The My Frugal Home Forum

Good morning, frugal friends. We're having a lovely rainy morning, which we needed because it's been rather dry lately. DH is taking a nap on the sofa, so I won't be doing any noisy housecleaning until he wakes up. Maggie, they just don't make appliances like they used to. I think there's so much em...

I cleaned and organized the baking cupboard today and then did the same for the pantry. Decluttered the last of our original Rubbermaid containers, which are 30 years old, scratched up, and have cracks in the edge of the lids. I've been slowly replacing the worn-out stuff since early in the spring a...

I once had a blueberry-lemon-lavender sorbet that was amazing. At the funeral for my aunt, who was an avid gardener, some of her friends made lemon-lavender sugar cookies for the reception. Here's a nice link that talks about the difference culinary uses for lavender: http://homeguides.sfgate.com/di...

Rinty, can you set the phone to silent ring so that you don't have to answer calls from the school, and even better, your little helper won't hear it? Sorry the trip to the Job Centre was not very fruitful.

Cheers for Maggie for her son getting his driver's license, and for Jackie's DH being on the road to recovery. Today I need to do some tidying around the house, especially in the kitchen cupboards and pantry, as we've been doing some stock-up shopping and I want to get things arranged right. Hope ev...

Janet, I saw a recipe the other day for tutti-frutti jam that's mostly pears but has a chopped orange, 3/4 cup of crushed pineapple and 1/4 cup of marischino cherries added. It sounded great and would look so pretty in the jars. Rinty, can you just turn your phone to silent so that DH won't be jumpi...