My grandmother had a large metal tub she used to collect rainwater with. We washed with it, used the water in the garden and the bathroom, just about everything short of drinking and cooking. While I gagged at our water bill last year and lamented how much of that water was not being used as [...]

When I was little, we learned how the coconut tree can be used from top to bottom with not one bit of waste. For example, the leaves can be made into mats, the coconut shell into ladles, the trunk into a bridge, the husk into brushes (for cleaning), the coconut flesh and water for drinking [...]

A while back, I wrote about making my own Senseo coffee pods. It has worked very well for me and only takes me about 30 seconds to make a pod before popping it into the Senseo. One day I got lazy and thought wouldn’t it be nice if there was a faster way. That’s when [...]

Not an electronic gadget for once. I saw these awesome little things in All You magazine. The first is a key finder. They are pretty little hooks that you hang to the side of your purse and the keys go on the inside. Neat idea. This way, you won’t have to rummage all over to [...]

Nook, Kindle and soon the iPad all oh so very tempting! But they are also oh so very expensive. This is awful for a geeky chick who is also working hard on being and staying debt free. But no worries. It is also thank to this geekiness I’ve been able to enjoy several eBooks now [...]

This is such an awesome idea! I’m sure you have some of those big black binder clips around your house or office right this minute you probably don’t have to spend extra. I had like boxes of them because bought them cheap and in bulk once. I never knew what to do with all of [...]

Don’t know about you, but when the kids are impatient to start the show – or you are impatient to get back to what you’re doing – it is so very annoying to sit there waiting for these trailers to be done. You’re probably thinking just hit menu several times right? Well, some DVD’s aren’t [...]