Gayle, I imagine you to be quite a good cook. I am not good with substitutions in cooking (it doesn't stop me from trying!). Have you every had any "flops"?gaylejackson2 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 2:27 pm I use a lot of substitutions in cooking, a favorite is for brownies. Recipe calls for baking chocolate squares, I use 3 Tablespoons baking cocoa & 1 Tablspoon of butter per ounce of chocolate needed.
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2dogs+somecats...thank you! I get inspired by your posts and what others post as well. Now that my son has lost 35 pounds and still going he needs smaller clothes. I told him the first thing to do is shop in his drawers and closet. He has so much in there the rod cannot hold any more. After he and I are finished closet cleaning I told him the next stop is thrift stores. The smaller you are the more to choose from including almost new items. Today he said he was going to buy a water bottle to carry around and I told him to take mine. It is what he wants and I have plenty of others so why spend the money? I really hope he listens to me.
If I can ever get some weight off there is plenty in my closet to shop. I am working on it, eating a whole lot better and doing lots of yard duty work (walking) but nothing yet. I hate working out.
Keep the ideas coming! A great place to look for ideas is the Tightwad Gazette fan club on facebook. Oodles of ideas.
Bev
If I can ever get some weight off there is plenty in my closet to shop. I am working on it, eating a whole lot better and doing lots of yard duty work (walking) but nothing yet. I hate working out.
Keep the ideas coming! A great place to look for ideas is the Tightwad Gazette fan club on facebook. Oodles of ideas.
Bev
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Hey thank you for the tip about the Tightwad Gazette Fan Club page - going to check it out.BevMoore wrote: ↑Wed Aug 28, 2019 7:04 pm 2dogs+somecats...thank you! I get inspired by your posts and what others post as well. Now that my son has lost 35 pounds and still going he needs smaller clothes. I told him the first thing to do is shop in his drawers and closet. He has so much in there the rod cannot hold any more. After he and I are finished closet cleaning I told him the next stop is thrift stores. The smaller you are the more to choose from including almost new items. Today he said he was going to buy a water bottle to carry around and I told him to take mine. It is what he wants and I have plenty of others so why spend the money? I really hope he listens to me.
If I can ever get some weight off there is plenty in my closet to shop. I am working on it, eating a whole lot better and doing lots of yard duty work (walking) but nothing yet. I hate working out.
Keep the ideas coming! A great place to look for ideas is the Tightwad Gazette fan club on facebook. Oodles of ideas.
Bev
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Oh another one!!2dogs+someCats wrote: ↑Sat Aug 24, 2019 1:03 pm Looking for some good inspiration from all of you here regarding successful substitutions you have made for something you thought you needed.
Just an example for starters - this morning I "thought I needed" a new system for my recycling. After a re-organization of my closet (I know, seems unrelated - but wait!) I had 4 of those "cloth bins" completely empty and free to hold plastic, metal, glass and paper on my enclosed back porch. They are way less of an eye-sore than the miscellaneous boxes or bags I was using.
When full, I will take to the garage and empty into my bigger (plastic clothes hamper type) bins - that get emptied by my trash removal company once a month.
When did you "shop your house" for something you thought you had to go out and find?
I want to knit chemo caps, but they require very soft yarn. Well I was pitying myself ($5 until payday) then thought on Monday or Tuesday to look in my yarn stash. Oh my! I found so much-nearly a full 30 gallon tote!!
Or rather I found it over 5 totes, just sorted, compiled, emptied a tote to put all of chemo yarn into, and stuffed the other totes full so I could put all of my “found yarn” into one spot. I’m going to be making A LOT of peach & lavender color hats, plus assorted other colors.
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Haha... I have flops All The Time, like when I burnt the quinoa to the bottom of the pan last winter, then dropped the whole pan into the snow (and it snowed that night so I didn’t see my pan again for weeks)!2dogs+someCats wrote: ↑Tue Aug 27, 2019 8:48 pm Gayle, I imagine you to be quite a good cook. I am not good with substitutions in cooking (it doesn't stop me from trying!). Have you every had any "flops"?
I remember my Dad eating my mom’s cooking flops & saying how good the food was—I guess I kind of expected dh to do the same, but he does Not, quite loudly & vigorous to the opposite.