by Ivory Soap | Sep 8, 2009 | Body Care, Household
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beedigital/ / CC BY 2.0 Don’t eat sugar. Lower your calories. Have an energy bar. Avoid carbs. Jump off the roof! The diet industry can make us all really nuts if we pay attention too long. And unfortunately, most of us...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 27, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracy_olson/ / CC BY-SA 2.0 We’ve already covered the grocery store, but what about the rest of the household expenses? Yes, being weird suburban homesteaders reduces those costs too. 1. Have a little house. Small houses require...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 25, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
WOW, that calendar is blue, huh? Trick of the camera, but the more important thing is that it’s also really EMPTY. And this is a really busy week for me! 1. We shop only once a week and refuse to go back. If we’re out of milk, that’s just how it...
by Ivory Soap | Aug 20, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
Most of what TL and I do, we just do cause we’re strange. But in tough economic times, our eccentricities may be of interest to others. Why? Because our weird Little House lifestyle is naturally low cost! So, here are eight ways that being eccentric like us...
by Daisy | Jun 19, 2009 | Body Care, Household
This is an insect repellent for the skin. I’m not going to misrepresent–for me, it isn’t the holy grail of natural repellents which would last indefinitely and be 100% bugproof. I keep a bottle in my back pocket and reapply frequently and I still get...
by Ivory Soap | Jun 5, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
People are made to depend on other people. Yes, you *can* do it all on your own, but that’s not really feasible or preferable in most cases. Isolation is not the goal. A community of people all doing things the old fashioned way broadens our ability to live...
