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Okay, so I need to work a little on my photo skills! Anyway, behind the oil painting is a paper shredder, which I nabbed for $3. The woman having the garage sale said she consolidated her boutique office to her home office, and no longer needed two paper shredders. I looked up the cost of [...]
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We just went and picked up the first baskets for our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) group. Peaking into the bushel basket, I was thrilled at its contents: my old friend kale, two types of lettuce (deer tongue, and another kind), rhubarb, a pint of strawberries, some onions and radishes. A bounty of just-picked goodness for [...]
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I’m not what you could call “crafty,” by any stretch of the imagination, but even a monkey could do this craft, one of my all-time favorite garbage to gold ideas. Check out this “recipe” for homemade lava lamps, adapted from FamilyFun Magazine. Far out! (I couldn’t help myself…) Plastic or glass bottles (salsa and fudge [...]
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On Saturday morning, I came across a neighborhood having one of those big and fabulous all-together-now garage sales, which are fantastic because they save time (you can find a ton in a small area) and if they are in an upscale area? Even better. So, I’m tooling down the street, eagle-eyed for tables heaving with [...]
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Sometimes, I surprise even myself with how cheaply fabulous clothing can be bought secondhand. I’m talking crazy, silly wacky prices, just for popping in here and there at your favorite thrift store to see what the people have dropped off in big boxes. Recently, I saw that my favorite little thrift store was closing down. [...]
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Lorilee Craker used to be quite dense on the subject of money, so much so she laughed out loud when someone suggested she write a book about Amish money secrets.
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