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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 161408" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">TL, I too am appalled on a daily basis with the rise in cost of everyday items, from groceries, to health/beauty products to gas, clothing - everything.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I have been using vinegar and baking soda as cleaning agents also. I've cut out fabric softener as well - now it's just laundy soap and an occasional scoop of OxyClean in our whites. I also have begun to hang out certain items to dry. H refuses to put up a clothes line for me, but I really want one, at least for the summer.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">Aside from buying a more cost effective economical car, I try to conserve gas by doing my weekly errands on Saturday mornings in one fell swoop. We live about 8 miles away from any real stores, so I try to make a circle and do them all at once. H and I have decided that Friday night pizza is something we can live with, though he occasionally gets a hankering from something different.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">Since switching to a vegetarian diet, I am making more meals at home. I made our own whole grain pizza dough yesterday and added all the leftover veggies in the fridge - yum. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I also freeze everything to be used in a stew or soup or side dish later. Sometimes H will go in and throw out stuff, but lately he's been good about leaving it all be so I can use it later. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I've become a light miser. I used to keep the front light on all night, and often forget to turn it off come morning, but now I turn out all lights at bedtime except a small nightlight in the kitchen.</span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">We belong to Netflix, also no late fees or postage - it works for us. We want to watch movies, but we don' thave digital cable and we're too lazy to drive to the store and pick one out and then return it on time. We used RedBox for a while, but switched to NetFlix because it's just so easy and they have everything! For $13/month, we can watch up to 8-10 movies a month if we watch them and mail them back asap. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I shop for all my canned/jarred items at Job Lot or Odd Lot - I get fabulous deals. We're not buying any meat except cold cuts for H, so that's a savings. However, have you seen the cost of produce lately?? I will be using the organic farmer down the street throughout the summer and buying as much clearance veggies as possible for canning and freezing. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I planted a HUGE garden so we can cut back on produce purchases in the summer, plus I am hoping to have more to can/freeze come harvest season. I want to plant a few berries shrubs in late summer for next year also. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I water my gardens late at night or early morning to avoid fast evaporation. Watering in the sunshine is almost useless I've found. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">I planted my flowers, which are basically just for color, far apart so I didn't have to buy as many. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">We're opening our pool two weeks later than usual this year to save on energy running the filter. </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: darkred">And we're investing in a solar heater panel so we can get a longer season. That, along with the cost of H's second floor addition, is the big expenditure this year. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #8b0000">I want to trade our gas powered mower for a rotary mower instead - save on gas, easier to push, comes with a bag for mulching. But H is having none of that business. </span></span></span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-family: 'Garamond'"><span style="font-size: 12px"><span style="color: #8b0000">More later...</span></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 161408, member: 2211"] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]TL, I too am appalled on a daily basis with the rise in cost of everyday items, from groceries, to health/beauty products to gas, clothing - everything.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I have been using vinegar and baking soda as cleaning agents also. I've cut out fabric softener as well - now it's just laundy soap and an occasional scoop of OxyClean in our whites. I also have begun to hang out certain items to dry. H refuses to put up a clothes line for me, but I really want one, at least for the summer.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]Aside from buying a more cost effective economical car, I try to conserve gas by doing my weekly errands on Saturday mornings in one fell swoop. We live about 8 miles away from any real stores, so I try to make a circle and do them all at once. H and I have decided that Friday night pizza is something we can live with, though he occasionally gets a hankering from something different.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]Since switching to a vegetarian diet, I am making more meals at home. I made our own whole grain pizza dough yesterday and added all the leftover veggies in the fridge - yum. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I also freeze everything to be used in a stew or soup or side dish later. Sometimes H will go in and throw out stuff, but lately he's been good about leaving it all be so I can use it later. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I've become a light miser. I used to keep the front light on all night, and often forget to turn it off come morning, but now I turn out all lights at bedtime except a small nightlight in the kitchen.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]We belong to Netflix, also no late fees or postage - it works for us. We want to watch movies, but we don' thave digital cable and we're too lazy to drive to the store and pick one out and then return it on time. We used RedBox for a while, but switched to NetFlix because it's just so easy and they have everything! For $13/month, we can watch up to 8-10 movies a month if we watch them and mail them back asap. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I shop for all my canned/jarred items at Job Lot or Odd Lot - I get fabulous deals. We're not buying any meat except cold cuts for H, so that's a savings. However, have you seen the cost of produce lately?? I will be using the organic farmer down the street throughout the summer and buying as much clearance veggies as possible for canning and freezing. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I planted a HUGE garden so we can cut back on produce purchases in the summer, plus I am hoping to have more to can/freeze come harvest season. I want to plant a few berries shrubs in late summer for next year also. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I water my gardens late at night or early morning to avoid fast evaporation. Watering in the sunshine is almost useless I've found. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]I planted my flowers, which are basically just for color, far apart so I didn't have to buy as many. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]We're opening our pool two weeks later than usual this year to save on energy running the filter. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=darkred]And we're investing in a solar heater panel so we can get a longer season. That, along with the cost of H's second floor addition, is the big expenditure this year. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=#8b0000]I want to trade our gas powered mower for a rotary mower instead - save on gas, easier to push, comes with a bag for mulching. But H is having none of that business. [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Garamond][SIZE=3][COLOR=#8b0000]More later...[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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