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Cash System for Groceries Week 2

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My post Cash System for Groceries Week 1 has been included at the 196th Festival of Frugality over at Green Panda Treehouse.   Please pop on over and check out the Festival, it is chock full of great frugal articles today! Week 2: Monday September 14th to Sunday September 20th Every Monday we start out the week with $160 for groceries. This is the update for week 2 of using the cash system for groceries.  Click here to read about Week… Read the rest

OODA – 2 Year Blogoversary Contest

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I started Out of Debt Again on September 27th, 2007, so my two year anniversary is coming up soon! In celebration, I'm going to run a contest until midnight PST Sunday, September 27th, 2008. Prizes 1st Place: $25 Gift Certificate to Amazon 2nd Place: $10 cash via PayPal 3rd Place: The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss How to Enter and Earn 1 Entry Point Simply leave a comment to this blog post. Once you've left a comment, you may earn… Read the rest

September 2009 Gardening

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My garden is still producing.  The watermelon plants have done wonderfully, and I was able to harvest a watermelon a couple of days ago. It is a Malali watermelon. So far this is the largest one, although I believe this variety is supposed to be 10-15 pounds. It came in just under 5 pounds, at 4 pounds 14 ounces. This grew on the netting I made, and I'd given it extra support with that netting that covers the frozen turkeys,… Read the rest

Family Cloth?

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In a recent post over at Mrs. Money's, she had a conversation with her neighbor's teenaged boy who asked “Why are you always hanging those little cloths outside?  What do you use those for?” and then she links to another post titled Cloth Toilet Paper. I honestly have never heard of such a thing before!  I thought I was pretty “up” on this green and frugal stuff. My first thought was EWWWWWW. But then I thought maybe I could at… Read the rest