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Free Fun in the Sun!

It’s summertime. I am finally out of school for a few weeks and Logan and I are taking advantage of it! We have been playing and playing hard! There are so many things I want to do with him before school starts up and our time is limited again. But, as all single parents know, money doesn’t grow on trees, so we are forced to get a little creative with our fun since so many activities cost money these days. Logan loves to be outside. I’d love to be able to put him in all of the summer sports camps, … Continue reading →

Free eBooks For Your Kindle – Week of May 17, 2012

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People who love to read tend to end up with too many books to fit onto their shelves. One way to avoid this problem, but still be able to read a lot of books, is to get a Kindle. One nice thing about the Kindle is that Amazon frequently releases eBooks that you can download for free! Here are a few of the free eBooks being offered right now. Almost A Bride is a FREE eBook that was written by Patricia McLinn. It is the first book in the Wyoming Wildflowers series. This is a romance novel that was originally … Continue reading →

Allergy-Free Garden

If you are one of the millions of spring or fall allergy sufferers out there, you have my sympathy and a share of my box of Zyrtec. Allergies can be miserable, keeping you indoors when you just want to go out and enjoy the fresh air. Certain plants, trees and other greens are more likely than others to cause allergy symptoms. Knowing what to plant and what to get rid of may help you stay allergy free. Of course, just because you have an allergy-free garden doesn’t mean that you are out of the woods, so to speak. Pollen can … Continue reading →

Valentine’s Day Freebies – 2012

Valentine’s Day is coming up soon! Often, celebrating this holiday includes spending a lot of money on chocolates, flowers, and Valentine’s Day cards. Not much can be done about the price of the candy and roses right now, but the cards are something you can save money on. Here are a few eCards that won’t cost you anything at all to send to your Valentine. Hallmark has two Valentine’s Day animated eCards that you can send for FREE. One of them features their Hoops & YoYo characters, being their cute, yet obnoxious, selves. The other one plays the song “Somewhere … Continue reading →

Give Thanks for Free Embellishments

A few days ago I saw the most gorgeous Thanksgiving bouquet of vibrant sunflowers, royal lilies, button poms, gerbera daisies, alstroemeria, and mums. Only I didn’t get it to place at the center of my Turkey Day buffet; rather, I am using an image of the floral arrangement on a holiday scrapbook layout. The beautiful bouquet was part of a graphics package I found online for free. The clip art flowers didn’t cost me a dime, though they look like a million bucks on my page design. If you are looking for cheap ways to fill your Thanksgiving, Christmas or … Continue reading →

Making Your Own Fabric Flowers for Your Page

Recently, I made this adorable headband all by myself, flowers and all! And, it got me thinking about scrapbooking, of course. I thought, wouldn’t these little flowers be a great addition to a scrapbook page? I think they would! I have no sewing experience. My Mom tried to teach me as a child to sew, but I just never did it on my own, so I do not really remember much from what she taught me. But, I do know how to do a running stitch, and how to sew on a button, and that is all you need to … Continue reading →

Free Stuff on Craigslist

Cleaning out your house takes time, time that many of us just do not have. It is hard enough to find the time to clean, but then to have to find homes for our “good junk” is even more difficult. Yet, you hate to throw things away that someone else may be able to find a use for. There are so many people in this world who have to go without things that they are in need of. It is a shame and I am one of those people who have a great deal of difficulty just tossing things into … Continue reading →

Decide What You Want in the Garden

When planting shrubs in your garden you will need to think not only about whether you want flowering shrubs and if so what color. You will also need to think about what you want the shrub to do. Is it for a hedge or a screen for privacy, to fill in a bare spot or add height to the garden or relive hard angles from the house or just to look pretty? Another thing you might want to consider is the character of the plant. I’m a huge fan of plumbago particularly the deeper blue, though I like the one … Continue reading →

A Happy Accident Gives Free Passionfruit

Sometimes things that happen by accident turn out for the best. One time a friend was given several passionfruit in a paper bag. She put them in the fridge. They got pushed to the back as things often do in fridges and as a result she forgot about them. By the time she discovered them they were all shriveled, so she decided to see if she could grow a passionfruit from the seeds. She planted them all in soil in pots. Sure enough in time little green shoots appeared. When the passionfruit plants were about eighteen inches high she moved … Continue reading →

Want Free Flowers?

Do you want free flowers for your garden? This year we grew sweet peas and it cost us nothing. We grew our own sweet peas from seeds harvested from our own plants. Last spring we had an amazing display of sweet peas. Instead of being in a rush to take them down once they finished flowering, we allowed them to go to seed. Suddenly we had brown pods appearing everywhere. We picked a number of these pods. Far from all of them as they were prolific. The advantage was we were able to pick the colors we liked most. So … Continue reading →