Thriving On Thrift
Blog URL http://thrivingonthrift.blogspot.com
Located Vulcan, Alberta Canada
Tags thrift, thrifty, economic, economy, savings, cost-effective, frugal, inexpensive, budget
The place to find and share ideas that make the shift to thrift, nifty!
Latest Blog Posts
- 10 Warming Winter Ways on Nov 19, 2009
The snowline is creeping down the mountainside and our new home is getting cooler and draftier. As a woman who's been producing her own heat-waves for a few years, this drop in household temperature is welcome change. However, for hubby, who prefer...
- Getting Crafty on Nov 5, 2009
This is my busiest period. With sixteen birthdays and three anniversaries occurring between September and January, and Christmas – with all its baking, cooking, decorating and gift-giving – squeezed in there, too, this season is downright frenzi...
- It’s No Grind to Grind on Oct 24, 2009
In preparation for the recent move, our freezer needed its load lightened. Hubby took some food with him to the new location, leaving me three weeks to consume what I could of the remainder. Fortunately, we'd been reducing our frozen foods over the...
- It’s the Little Things on Oct 9, 2009
The move is behind us. All that remains now is a maze of boxes to unpack once the cleaning is complete. In the meantime, we make do with a few essentials that were last packed and first unpacked. Among the many things we're currently doing without...
- Relocation Discombobulation on Sep 24, 2009
I'm currently in the process of moving – AGAIN – and have made an important discovery during the process: there's a fine line between saving items for re-purposing and hoarding. I confess I've crossed that line.So, while I sort the stockpiles,...
- Sizing Up ‘SodaStream’ on Sep 10, 2009 in ratios soda sugar homemade carbonation SodaStream fructose seltzer flavouring syrup
Recently, a thread of conversation on Twitter caught my attention. The buzz was about a kitchen appliance that enables home-cooks to make their own sodas and seltzer water. The appliance is called SodaStream and is currently manufactured by SodaClu...
- Storage & Preservation of Produce & Cheese on Aug 27, 2009 in suggestions cheese washing recommendations preservation produce hints waste tips longevity perishables storage
Last week, a reader asked about veggie and cheese storage, expressing the concern that these perishables often spoil before they can be used. That concern is shared by many. Annually, in Canada and the U.S., several million tons of food is thrown a...
