Archive for the ‘Three Green Rs’ Category
Monday, December 26th, 2011
When it's time to cut back on family expenditures, a prime place to start is with the food budget. Once the "easy" savings are implemented -- first by eating out a lot less, then by buying store brand or bulk, and then by preparing meals more from scratch -- then ...
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Sunday, May 8th, 2011
I discovered something last night. Maybe this is old news for you, but then again, maybe not.
A little less than a year ago, sixteen states banned the sale of dishwasher detergents that contain more than 0.5% phosphorus. My state is one of those states. (For the record, the states are ...
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Thursday, March 10th, 2011
This book caught my eye at Borders, so I flipped through the pages a bit and bought the book off of Amazon when I got home. (I'm probably not doing my part to help Borders out of bankruptcy, but oh well.) Jeff Yeager's The Cheapskate Next Door is a well-researched ...
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Friday, March 4th, 2011
When we moved from our old house to the new one, we left a house with a septic tank and went to one that was served by our county's sewer service. Having one over the other isn't that much different, I suppose. They both do the job. Having a septic ...
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