Frugally Sustainable
A Resource for All Things Frugal and Sustainable
Ask 5 people what it means to live a sustainable lifestyle and you’ll get 5 very different answers. A buzzword for sure, but not many of us are able to define it. Even Webster seems a little uncertain! Here’s their definition: “1: capable of being sustained 2a : of, relating to, or being a method …
Today was the day! Laundry day! If only you could see my laundry room (Trust me this picture does not do it justice!). Somewhere, in the middle of the huge mount-o-clothes, I thought to myself, “Why on earth do these children have so many jeans and shirts?” And that was it…Momma went minimalist with the …
So often frugality is equated with poverty; when in fact, it is some of the wealthiest people in the world who are the most frugal. And unfortunately, it is those of us who mistakenly spend money the way we think the wealthy do, who are the poor.In a lot of ways I think we turn …
So, I have been hit with an idea! A New Year’s resolution of sorts! How could my life, and the lives of others, change if we were to challenge ourselves to 23 days of frugal living? I consider myself, my husband, and my children to be fairly frugal people, and sometimes I admit we take it too …
Ah…Black Friday! Does it seem strange to anyone else that we celebrate consumerism the day after we remember all the things we have to be thankful for? It almost seems like a slap in the face, doesn’t it? I like to talk about consumerism, and how we as a family are moving away from it. But, …
With the holidays suddenly upon us, I am scrambling to prepare my home for our out-of-town guests! Who’s with me? I’ve decided to gather a few of my most popular homemade cleaner recipes here in one place so as to serve as a reference for those of us in a mad rush to clean the toilets, the …
