Creative Homemaker

I'm frugal. Some may call me down right cheap. That's ok.  When you have a family as big as ours you have to find ways to be creative.  When Bear bought me a new washer and dryer set, we stocked up on Arm and Hammer liquid laundry detergent. I like it, it works and it's pretty cheap too. But this month, our budget took a major hit.  Big Blue, my '98 Suburban blew the engine. She was very sick.  So, her new heart is costing us this month's grocery budget and then some.  I had to find ways of cutting corners. We have been living off our food storage this month and doing without the "fun stuff" in order to pay for the "heart" transplant. I thought that since my laundry detergent supply was getting low I would save my pennies and buy the ingredients to make my own. I've done this before, and made the liquid kind but I really didn't care for the gloppy goop that I came up with.  I have no place in my laundry room for a large 5 gallon ...

http://kristygriffard.blogspot.com/2012/07/meridian-speedway-fundraiser.html The quilt was made by my sister Sylvia and me in memory of my brother Gordon who recently died of Leukemia. The money goes to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. My neice Kristy and my brother Brian are training to run in the City of Trees Marathon on October 14 th . The  goal is $4500 for our team ($1500 X 3) and they are at almost $1500 right now. The quilt my sister Sylvia and I created is now being auctioned. Contact my neice Kristy at the above link, if you are interested.  Tickets are $1. You don't need to be present to win, nor do you need to attend to purchase tickets.