My mother-in-law was a bit shocked when I said I would like to cloth diaper my baby. She had flashbacks to plastic pants, pins and poopy prefolds soaking in the toilet. After a bit of explaining and a few pictures I was able to show her how easy and cheap cloth diapering can be.
It doesn’t matter what time of year it is, I always find it beneficial to stop. Take a look at my finances. See where I’m spending frivolously. And do a self-imposed no spend challenge. It’s time for me to do one right now!
Being a homemaker is a job. And just like any other job there are certain sets of skills that are going to make your life a lot easier – especially when you are in this for the long haul! Here are some traditional homemaking skills that you should implement to make your house more …
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I truly appreciate modern science and medicine. I owe my life to it. But I still maintain a deep respect for health hacks from an earlier time. After all, it was our mothers’, grandmothers’ and great-grandmothers’ ingenuity and thriftiness that kept their own families alive and well.
So you don’t receive an actual pay check for your homemaking efforts. But there are lots of ways you can “make” money for your household by saving it. Implementing a few frugal kitchen habits can make a small yet compounding impact on your budget. During the Depression and other hard times in history, frugality was …
