DIY: How to Make a Backyard Firepit Out of a Salvaged Dryer Drum

My husband and I are fire fans. Fans of fire. Bonfires in particular. We live on a military base and have a very small fenced in back yard, ...

How to Save Money on a Hawaiian Vacation (or any vacation):

My husband and I just recently returned from a 8 day trip to Oahu, Hawai'i. It was our combination honeymoon/anniversary trip. We were s...

Thrifty Thinkin': On Eating, Food Budgets and Couponing, Etc...

When I moved out here in December, finally able to live with my husband and do exciting dreadful things like grocery shopping I had utterl...

Hand-Painted Art for My Kitchen: "Where You Invest Your Love..."

This post has been a long time coming. This project was finished a couple weeks ago, but I was waiting to get it hung up (with the help of m...

Thrifty Thinkin': Repurposed and Painted Jars for Cute Pantry Storage

As you know, I've been trying my hand at attempting to make as much of our food from scratch and buy as little packaged/process/pre-made...

Thrifty Thinkin': How to use Aluminum Foil as a Dry Ball

You know what they say, "one woman's wad of aluminum foil is another woman's fabric softener." (What? You haven't hea...

Thrifty Thinkin': How to Make Your Own Fabric Softener

Confession: I am a fabric softener and dry sheet ADDICT . Like...seriously. I love, love, love the smell and feel of fresh, soft laundry (fo...

What is FRUGALITY?

According to our man Noah Webster, in his 1828 Dictionary:   FRUGAL'ITY , n. 1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery ; a spari...

Thrifty Thinkin': HOMEMADE BROWNIE MIX

My husband loves brownies. Loves them. During our long distance days, I packed up a lot of brownies in boxes and sent them to various Air Fo...