craftymom

@craftymom (71)

United States • Age 50

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Making Buttermilk

Brenda @wahmbrenda (141) • United States 27 Mar 09

Many recipes call for buttermilk. Do you know what this really is though? It's actually 1 cup curd, 2 cups water and a pinch of salt. This sounds disgusting to me even though it's suppose to be good for you. So, will you still use...

buttermilk

how to make buttermilk

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craftymom I believe it's 1 cup milk and 1teaspoon vinegar--I usually just pour "some" vinegar in the milk.

27 Mar 09

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Do you have a coin bank?

dolce_vita78 @dolce_vita78 (8062) • Philippines 12 Jul 08

I do have four coin banks at home. One is for 10 peso coins, another for 5 peso coins, the other for 1 peso coins and another for 25 centavo coins. At the end of everyday, I have so much coins in my purse. I would drop them in...

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craftymom That's so funny danish, we get a lot of Canadian change in our American money. I don't even realize that I have foreign money until I go to the machine at the bank to cash it all in and have it left over. I'm justs keeping all of it in a box in my closet,...

17 Jul 08

Do you love free stuff?

pholdermomof3 @pholdermomof3 (214) • United States 24 May 08

I love to get free stuff. I search the web daily for freebies. I used to get so many each day that the mailman would have to bring the mail to the house because it wouldn't all fit in the box. I bought a farm size mailbox and now...

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craftymom That's such a good idea that your sister had. At my sons' school, during teacher appreciation week, sometimes we give baskets of spa-themed "goodies" and this would be a great way to save doing it!!

17 Jul 08

Cutting the electricity bill

thebeaddoodler @thebeaddoodler (4262) • Lubbock, Texas 17 Jul 08

I've been looking for way to cut the electric bill. I absolutely love the smell of sun dried clothes, but I don't have a clothes line. The wind blows so hard here that one of the nifty portable umbrella type would not be feasible....

dry clothes

electric bill

frugal

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craftymom vera5d, about those bulbs: In case you don't know, every package I have seen says they are guaranteed to work for at least 2 years or you can return them to the store where you bought them. So, be sure to keep the packages and receipts. The last time we...

17 Jul 08

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Waiting in line...

msedge @msedge (4011) • United States 15 Jul 08

We went shopping last weekend and when we were about to pay there was a lady that was already there paying at the same time talking to the cashier.We waited in line for so long that they never cared for us that we were.They...

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craftymom good for you!!

15 Jul 08

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Do you organize your freezers?

katsmeow1213 @katsmeow1213 (28717) • United States 28 Jun 08

Now that I have a 3rd freezer, I had to go through and organize my frozen foods. I moved one freezer to the dining room, and that is holding all my "rainy day" stuff that I won't be using very often. The large deep freezer in the...

deep freezer

dining room

freezers

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craftymom I only have two boys-6&8, but with all of their friends over it seems like a dozen or so:)

29 Jun 08

Finding animal ingredients in supposedly vegetarian food --

beeeckie @beeeckie (802) • United States 27 Jun 08

Is extremely upsetting! I recently discovered that the all-purpose baking mix we were using contains beef fat and lard. For a product that I thought was vegetarian, I was very disappointed. I am very careful to read soup labels...

ethics

food

vegetarian

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craftymom Oh, a typo!! I meant to say "Have you ever considered making your own baking mix?" oops

28 Jun 08

I knocked out the grocery store before the crowd!

Kareng @kareng (54219) • United States 21 Jun 08

I decided to get up early this Saturday morning and get on with the chores. I was IN the grocery store before 8 am and there was hardly anyone else shopping. Usually Saturdays are busy and the store is packed so I wanted to beat...

grocery shopping

shopping

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craftymom I used to go shopping when my husband got home (about 9pm). It was so much easier to go really late, sometimes after midnight, than to have to take the boys when they were that young:)

23 Jun 08

Pool Toys

Pigglies @Pigglies (9329) • United States 14 Jun 08

Do you still enjoy playing with pool toys? If so, which pool toys are your favorites? I've been trying to get some exercise by swimming lately, so I've been inviting a friend over about once or twice a week to make sure I go...

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craftymom Thank you so much for the best response, and have fun in the pool!

23 Jun 08

Disipline

Shawchert @Shawchert (1094) • United States 12 Jun 08

How do you discipline your child? This isn't one of the discussions that should be a debate or you should she should kinda deal, so how do you discipline your child? My son is only 5 months old at the moment so there's no such...

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craftymom thanks so much for the best response!

23 Jun 08

Your best money saving tip.....

newtondak @newtondak (3946) • United States 12 Jun 08

for stretching your food dollar - please share with everyone. One of the things that I do is to make my own noodles: Stir together 3 egg yolks, 1 whole egg and 3 tablespoons water. Stir in 1 teaspoon salt and 2 cups flour and...

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craftymom Thank you for the best response, it's my first one!!:)

22 Jun 08

Handwriting

Celestiamoon @Celestiamoon (231) • Canada 18 Jun 08

Did you know that kids in school no longer have to learn how to handwrite?? That's the way it is where I live anyways. I couldn't believe it when I heard one of my younger cousins say " I don't know how to write" . I looked at her...

handwriting

penmanship

taught

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craftymom Even the fourth grade teachers think it unwise that the students go back to printing after learning to write. That decision has been made somewhere higher up. I plan on having him continue to "write" at home.

22 Jun 08

Saving money

chertsy @chertsy (3798) • United States 13 Jan 08

I have written a discussion about this in the past. So I thought I would write about it again in case anyone missed my prior one. With tax time here, you can go to www.irs.gov and do your taxes for free for the ones that made...

money

savings

taxes

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craftymom Chertsy, Even after you earn too much to file for free, you can still file on many sites for about 10-15 dollars. There are links from the irs website. I mean, I know you can do it at home, on paper, for free, but we decided it was worth the cost to just input...

14 Jun 08

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Child hits mom in supermarket.

limosonia1 @limosonia1 (1559) • United States 28 Feb 07

I was standing at the check out when I looked over at this child counldn't be more then 4. She was throwing a fit and her mom kept telling her to calm down. When the child flies off and smacks her right across the face. Now this...

supermarket

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craftymom Oh, my, that's exactly what I have done when my two were younger. I only had to do it once or twice, but they learned fairly early how to behave in public. I also praised them when they were behaving properly. Even now (ages 6&8), my sons point out how badly...

12 Jun 08

Do you find joy in cooking food?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 10 Jun 08

Do you enjoy cooking? Do you like cooking as an emotional or creative outlet? Or, do you simply cook to prepare food and feed your family? One of the greatest pleasures and joys of my life is cooking. It's a soul healing...

being in the kitchen

cooking food for fun

my life

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craftymom okay, I LOVE to cook. My kids and my husband all tell me that my food is better than any takeout:) However, through no fault of my own, my husband can always tell if something's not quite right with me....If I'm mad at him about anything, I tend to burn his...

10 Jun 08