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I have four children. Dividing special snacks and treats that I find on sale (combined with a coupon of course), is often hard to manage. Who has already had his fair share of this family treat? I have made snack buckets in my cupboard that holds each person's fair share of a special family treat. Names are on each bucket ( or box...I have baskets with each child's name on it that I found very cheaply). I don't ever have to remember equal distribution. The baskets with the names on them tell me everything.
Love your book, and have shared it with my child's teacher and my best friend,
Robin S
Hello! I love this site and the newsletter. I really like the NOT JUST BEANS book, especially the tips.
I have a vacation tip:
I just recently got 3 round-trip tickets from Columbus, OH to Burbank, CA for just under $700 by flying Skybus. We saved us at least $500. Skybus only flies to/from certain cities at the moment, but they have a deal where you can fly to Boston for only $10.
So if you or anyone else needs a small break and Skybus flies out of your city (or nearby) take a trip to Boston.
thanks,
michelle
I would like to submit the following tip to your newsletters. Maybe it will help some folks!
There was a recent tip in the Dollar Stretcher newsletter about using a solar yard lamp during a thunderstorm. I can take that one step further.
When I lived with two roommates, we had little extra spending money. We were always looking for ways to save a buck or two. Electricity was one area where we thought we had done enough, but we were wrong!
During a trip to a local hardware store to pick up some nails, we noticed that there were TWO types of solar yard lamps available- fixed (on a spike or stake), or hanging (from a hook, sometimes connected to a stake). We saw that it was only $20 for a three-pack of solar lamps (I've since seen four packs for the same price, on sale). We bought two packs of them and six of those pretty plant hangers that people sometimes use for their hanging plants (the ones that look like pretty shelf brackets, but with hooks).
When we got home, we mounted the plant hangers over or next to four windows in our house & put the solar lamps on them. Then, we hung the other two on the house, next to the front and back doors. In the late afternoon or early evening, we would open up the blinds to allow the sunlight to "charge" the indoor lights. The outdoor lights took care of themselves. At night, we had free household lighting that would last until sunrise if we'd charged them long enough! We kept a piece of nice material in rooms that we needed to sleep in, in order to cover the lights when it was time to go to sleep.
The day after we started doing this, we had a neighbor call us to let us know that we'd left both our porch lights on overnight. We asked if it had disturbed her.
"No," she said, "I was just worried about your electric bill. Actually, I felt safer when I came home from work and they were on, because I could see to put my key into the lock!"
"Well," said my roommate, "You'll feel safer EVERY night then, because we're leaving them on from now on- in fact, we CAN'T turn them off! They're SOLAR lamps & the power is FREE!"
I hope that this tip is useful to all of you & to your readers.
Thanks,
Miss Elisha B
I have four children. Dividing special snacks and treats that I find on sale (combined with a coupon of course), is often hard to manage. Who has already had his fair share of this family treat? I have made snack buckets in my cupboard that holds each person's fair share of a special family treat. Names are on each bucket ( or box...I have baskets with each child's name on it that I found very cheaply). I don't ever have to remember equal distribution. The baskets with the names on them tell me everything.
Love your book, and have shared it with my child's teacher and my best friend,
Robin S
Hello! I love this site and the newsletter. I really like the NOT JUST BEANS book, especially the tips.
I have a vacation tip:
I just recently got 3 round-trip tickets from Columbus, OH to Burbank, CA for just under $700 by flying Skybus. We saved us at least $500. Skybus only flies to/from certain cities at the moment, but they have a deal where you can fly to Boston for only $10.
So if you or anyone else needs a small break and Skybus flies out of your city (or nearby) take a trip to Boston.
thanks,
michelle
I would like to submit the following tip to your newsletters. Maybe it will help some folks!
There was a recent tip in the Dollar Stretcher newsletter about using a solar yard lamp during a thunderstorm. I can take that one step further.
When I lived with two roommates, we had little extra spending money. We were always looking for ways to save a buck or two. Electricity was one area where we thought we had done enough, but we were wrong!
During a trip to a local hardware store to pick up some nails, we noticed that there were TWO types of solar yard lamps available- fixed (on a spike or stake), or hanging (from a hook, sometimes connected to a stake). We saw that it was only $20 for a three-pack of solar lamps (I've since seen four packs for the same price, on sale). We bought two packs of them and six of those pretty plant hangers that people sometimes use for their hanging plants (the ones that look like pretty shelf brackets, but with hooks).
When we got home, we mounted the plant hangers over or next to four windows in our house & put the solar lamps on them. Then, we hung the other two on the house, next to the front and back doors. In the late afternoon or early evening, we would open up the blinds to allow the sunlight to "charge" the indoor lights. The outdoor lights took care of themselves. At night, we had free household lighting that would last until sunrise if we'd charged them long enough! We kept a piece of nice material in rooms that we needed to sleep in, in order to cover the lights when it was time to go to sleep.
The day after we started doing this, we had a neighbor call us to let us know that we'd left both our porch lights on overnight. We asked if it had disturbed her.
"No," she said, "I was just worried about your electric bill. Actually, I felt safer when I came home from work and they were on, because I could see to put my key into the lock!"
"Well," said my roommate, "You'll feel safer EVERY night then, because we're leaving them on from now on- in fact, we CAN'T turn them off! They're SOLAR lamps & the power is FREE!"
I hope that this tip is useful to all of you & to your readers.
Thanks,
Miss Elisha B
posted by Tawra Jean at 2:14 PM
2 Comments:
Hello,
I am curious about the solar lanterns. How many did you put in each room? How well did the lanterns in the house work in the winter? I am thinking of trying this as our electric bill is already outragous.
Thank you.
Solar power Exterior lighting. One way my husband & I did last year was install MALIBU Solar power lights 2 pks both front/back of our porches.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3331121
This link from walmart products will show which ones $39.47. Price has drop since last yr - $49.99 ea. We thought it was a return on investment worth the extra bucks.
Removing the OLD 60 watt incandescent bulb, spreading the bulbs across for even lighting. It was wonderful...
Slash your electric bill - FREE lighting forever. In winter lighting in the northeastern area lasts about 6-8 hours, instead of the 15 spring/summer hrs.
Our next we purchased solar power water bottle, which we use as a FREE night lighting for all the bedroom or flashlight further reducing our electric usage -
http://www.earthtechproducts.com/p2559.html
SOLAR POWER WATER BOTTLE - $24.95 ea.
We have brought our electric bill down to $78 bucks per month, our house runs 100% electric NO Gas. Electric stove, frige, lights, water heater, furnace, etc...
We drive a TOYOTA 2007 Yaris, saving $$$ in gas - 39 miles to the gallon no matter what speed you drive - 85-55....
With costs driving up, up, up, smart return on investment purchases is the only was to GO.
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