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 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...
by Daisy | Feb 2, 2009 | Household, Simple & Frugal
I need a place to keep all of my handmade gifting plans for the year, and I thought you might too. When I have some spare time, I like to know where I’m headed on my projects so I don’t run late on somebody’s afghan, or (like this Xmas) start my...
by Daisy | Jul 6, 2008 | Household, Simple & Frugal
As I mentioned here, we are living in a time when old-fashioned, frugal, and eco have all come together in a strange conflagration of coolness.These days, anything ‘handcrafted’, ‘natural’, ‘organic’, or ‘recycled’...
