"The best food storage is not in welfare grain elevators but in sealed cans and bottles in the homes of our people. What a gratifying thing it is to see cans of wheat and rice and beans under the beds or in the pantries of women who have taken welfare responsibility into their own hands. Such food may not be tasty, but it will be nourishing if it has to be used." (President Gordon B. Hinckley)
It still seems prices continue to rise and we must try harder to stock our pantries.
Keep looking for sales.
Keep trying to find more frugal ways of doing things. Learn to do more for yourself. YouTube has lots of people showing how to fix things and how to replace things. Once, we changed a starter by having a tutorial and we did it! So try that before you pay.
Our money is not going very far so we need to do everything we can do to live more frugally. Think outside the box.
Tip: Before I get groceries, I go through my refrigerator and clean and chop any produce left from the month and put them in the dehydrator and dry them for later use.
At the beginning of the year, people want to organize, so they run to purchase tubs and all manner of organizing bins. Instead of doing that, look around your house and see what you already have that can help you with organizing projects.
We have a recycle place where it has items that still have usefulness - it is like a free yardsale. This last week, I picked up these two books, the person used them for budgeting by envelope method as they had labels on these ziploc type envelopes that are heavy duty. So I took off the labels and put my embossing stencils in them - way sturdier than the little photo album which had flimsy pockets, so I organized things into these books....
I use these brass stencils in card making.
I put this in here to show how to take something with a purpose and use it for another. We just have to think outside that box - recycle, reuse... waste not, want not!
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without," should be our motto for this year.
https://www.pinterest.com/lovelyetcblog/repurpose-reuse-recycle/
https://www.google.com/search?q=reuse+recycle+repurpose&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS960US960&oq=reuse+recycle+reporpose&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqCQgBEAAYDRiABDIGCAAQRRg5MgkIARAAGA0YgAQyCAgCEAAYFhgeMggIAxAAGBYYHjIICAQQABgWGB4yCAgFEAAYFhgeMgoIBhAAGAUYDRgeMgoIBxAAGAUYDRgeMgoICBAAGAUYDRgeMgoICRAAGAgYDRge0gEJMTgwMTBqMGo3qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:cc72d895,vid:mMYqGSqG6i8,st:0. I like the idea of making crinkle things. I should make some toys for the cats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69o1z-MxJ88 - this has some really nice ideas.
https://www.pinterest.com/diyhsh/recycle-reuse-repurpose/
I think this could inspire you.
I know a lot of people are going to use what they have already on hand and not purchase new items this year. One lady is going to finish twelve unfinished projects. She has embroidery projects and sewing projects and knitting projects. She said she picked twelve to finish one unfinished project a month rather than buy anything new this year.
When our girls brought home art from over the years that they made at school, I saved them, then I traced onto a piece of muslin and embroidered their artwork. I made them pillows of their work and I made us pictures.... a few are on this wall so we can continue to enjoy them.
I used the same colors that they did and embroidered the pictures, then I placed a sheet of tinfoil on a cookie sheet and laid the art face up on the foil. I heated a cup of water and put like four tea bags in it. Then, using the tea bags, I dabbed on the thick tea when it was like how I wanted it. Then I baked this in the lowest temperature my oven would go till it was dry (about fifteen minutes or so). Then framed them. Each has the name of the child and the date that they made the art.
Things do not have to cost money to be nice. I had everything, even the frames.
I think over time many think they are down in the dumps and shopping is a way to feel better. I suggest not doing that. Also, window shopping is not helpful if your budget is tight. Find other things. Like if you are down, think of someone who needs a visit or a plate of cookies or give a helping hand and before you know it, your mood has changed.
These are just a few ideas. I bet if you think about it, you could come up with lots more ideas.
Missy says just do the best you can and find time for you as well.
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Tippy Longstockings says while things are hard now, keep a stiff upper lip - we can do this!
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