Hidden Magnolias

While searching for information about saving money, I ran into this fun to read site outlining some of the creative things people did during WWII.  https://learnincolor.com/frugality-how-to-from-the-greatest-generation.html Samantha outlines 10 areas on"how to use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without." Save Paper With my parents and grandparents being part of the Greatest Generation , this peaked my interest. I remember fondly some of the things my grandparents di that at the time in the 60's, I thought very old fashioned.  For one thing, on my grandfather's roll top desk, he kept a stack of envelopes he used as note paper. He would carefully open all mail with a sharp letter opener, turn the written side over and stack it with the back side and viola -- a scratch pad.  I do this now because of the huge amount of waste paper in my life. I noticed one day that most of my trash was paper -- used computer paper, envelopes and the like. Yeah, it could go into the...

I am constantly bewildered by the enormous amount of things out there for me to buy to help with sustainable living. It has almost become a huge Industry by itself -- t he prices are outrageous!  Let's look. One website offers an on-the-go reusables kit for $114.99. Now I like all this stuff, it looks good and is very cool. BUT..... https://www.netzerocompany.com/collections/bundles/products/on-the-go-reusables-kit?variant=30683874164834 Why not use what you have instead of buying this kit? Start with the utensils. Just pull out of set of stainless steel you already have in your kitchen drawer. OR buy a set from a thrift store or yard sale if you don't want to use what you have at home? Pennies on the Dollar. You can make or have a chum make you the carrying case with left over fabric from a shirt/top/skirt/pants that you are throwing away or from a scrap of cute fabric you can find at yard sales. Another things that had me scratching my head is the silico...