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THE FRUGAL LIFE NEWS
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The Frugal Life
August 26, 2003
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A NOTE FROM RANDAL
Hello Everyone,
Soon school will be starting back, in some places it already has begun.
Hard to believe summer vacation has ended and now we are beginning our fall
routines.
This issue we have some great questions that need your assistance, please
take some time to share your ideas on the forum.
Remember we need your help in spreading the word about our other house that
we have for sale. We believe this home is for somebody else’s dream and hope
you will tell others about the website we have. If you have anybody moving
to Central Virginia, PLEASE forward this ad to them :-))
WILDLIFE / NATURE LOVERS! HOUSE FOR SALE
In Central Virginia – Nelson County – 2 or 3 BR/3 Bath
Land of “The Walton’s” and nearby Blue Ridge Parkway.
Custom-designed and built home on 6.72 acres with lots
of biodiversity for wildlife and birds. Mountain views,
no house in sight, total peace and quiet but within the
protective covenants of River Trails subdivision. $249,900
Get more info: http://www.theherbsplace.com/RT-241.html
241 River Trails
We would appreciate any help you could provide in sending a buyer our way.
Thanks again for sharing and subscribing to The Frugal Life News.
Until next time,
Randal
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FRUGAL FINANCES
MORTGAGE YOUR HOME, INVEST IN STOCKS?
Financial media distractions will be one of your most difficult challenges
as you journey to Debt Freedom. This is because the printed word, television
talking head, or authoritative radio personality, carries a lot of
influence… especially when they start slinging statistics.
Currently making the rounds is the notion of borrowing against your home to
invest in the stock market.
It boils down to the same prayer behind all leveraged investments… that
being the fervent wish that you are able to cash-in investment growth that
is greater than your mortgage interest cost. You’re also praying that
investment GROWTH doesn’t turn into investment LOSS. This would have nasty
effect of putting your home at additional risk of foreclosure.
Does this sound like an attack of lunacy going around?
Well… good for you!
But to hear the purveyors of this idea tell the story, mortgage rates are
low, the stock market is coming out of the toilet, and if you have 15 or 20
years to carry out this plan, it’s a slam-dunk!
Of course, in 1999, when they were predicting the stock market would grow to
the sky, leveraged stock investing was a slam-dunk strategy back then, too.
A strategy many participants wish they’d never heard of.
This idea is dressed-up by predictions of stock market growth in the 12%
range and the hope that recent capital gains tax cuts are forever.
When you compare these predictions and prayers to your BENEFITS for paying
off your debts: Guaranteed rate-of-return, Tax-Free Interest Savings, and
only 5-7 years to pay everything off; you wonder whom these “experts” are
working for… and you also wonder why they want you to hock your home.
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Payoff All of your Debts in 5-7 Years using the money you
ALREADY make!
Greg Moore is the author of the Debt Freedom Course, “DebtIntoWealth —
Lessons from My Journey to Debt Freedom”.
For your FREE Lesson 1 of this course and/or to find out why financial guru
and best-selling author, Suze Orman, is advising her millions of followers
to “Pay Everything Off as Fast As Possible!”, CLICK HERE:
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FRUGAL HOME / GARDENING
APPETIZING INDOORS GARDENS
By Mona Ankeny
Growing the ingredients for your salad is a fresh delight. Doing it indoors
where the picking is easy is even better. An indoor harvest may not be
large, but what you do get will be tastier than anything at the market.
Find out how to grow the ingredients for your salad indoors:
GOT PETS?
Visit Healthy Pet Corner for lots of information, products,
and links for birds, cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, and reptiles.
http://www.healthypetcorner.com
All for Pets
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FRUGAL SIMPLICITY
ROMANTIC IDEAS – FREE OR NOT
Here’s a site with some great ideas for romance. Some of these ideas are
frugal and others are not. They’ll take your ideas too! You can submit
them at the site.
Living frugally doesn’t mean you stop being romantic!
HAVE YOU DONE YOUR GARAGE SALE YET?
Here’s a site with some tips from a selling and buying perspective. Weather
is turning cooler and people are ready to get out there and shop outside
again. Time to sell some things BEFORE the holidays bring in more. It will
give you some holiday spending money too! Plan ahead and avoid the debt.
MAKE YOUR OWN CLEANING, BATH, and BEAUTY PRODUCTS
Here’s a kit with everything you will need to start making your
own pampering and cleaning products for pennies with the
easy-to-follow recipe guide.
http://www.theherbsplace.com/essentialstarter.html
Make Your Own
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FRUGAL TIPS
8 IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING YOUR CHILD’S ROOM
by Maria Gracia
Teach your children to clean and organize as soon as they’re old enough to
do so. If you help them do this now, you will be helping them when they’re
old enough to move out on their own.
This article has practical step-by-step ideas on organizing your children’s
rooms:
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WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE FORUM?
Maybe you can help these folks out with a few suggestions? Or post some of
your own questions. LOG-IN TO POST Here’s the link:
https://www.thefrugallife.com/bulletinboard.html
Questions Needing Answers at The Forum:
Cleaning Forum
1. My daughter recently bought a shirt that is white, with burgundy sleeves. She hand-washed it in cold water, and hung it to dry (she air-dries all of her shirts to keep them from shrinking). After it had dried, we noticed that the burgundy had bled onto the white…not all over the shirt, just where the burgundy sleeves meet the white part of the shirts, at the arms and neck, where the trim on the shirt is also burgundy.
First, I tried a bleach stick (Clorox), that didn’t work, so I went out and bought the RIT product to remove dye…however, I am afraid to use that as I don’t want to remove the burgundy from the sleeves.
I also have oxyclean, but have not tried that yet.
My questions are: how can I get the burgundy off of the white without damaging the burgundy sleeves? And, I’ve heard that soaking clothes in a mixture of salt, vinegar and water will prevent clothes from bleeding. Does this really work? My daughter also bought a shirt that is white with dark blue sleeves, and we don’t want it to bleed when we wash it. Also, I picked up some Shout Color Catcher cloths. Has anyone used those, and do they work?
Any advice would be really helpful. I would hate to have to replace the burgundy and white shirt, as it was $21.00!
Thanks in advance!
Em
Cooking Forum
1.Hi, I am new to this “frugal” lifestyle and was hoping someone might be
able to help me. This fall my family and I will be picking 6 bushels of
apples. I will be making applesauce, dried apples, apple pie filling, apple
butter, and hopefully apple juice. I have searched the net to find an easy
recipe to make the juice (without buying a juicer). If anyone has a recipe
or knows of a site I could visit it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance – maw
Critters Forum
1 .Okay so here’s my problem… My kitty which we found outside about 2
years ago keeps pooping outside his litter box and covering it up with
things he finds around the house… He’s about 4 we think… he was about 2
years, spayed, and declawed when i found him… he never pee’s outside the
box, and knew what it was right away… but he’ll only poop in there once
and he poops about 3 or 4 times a day… and we’re not always home to clean
it everytime he goes to the washroom.. can aNYONE tell me what’s going on
and if there is anything i can do about it?
2. I would like to hear any input from someone who has been able to get rid
of thingyroaches successfully inside and or outside the home. I just
sprayed a bunch of stuff, and also used pellets from the hardware store that
were to kill them in the lawn, but they are still out there. I know Boric
acid is a help. I read the info on ants, and was wanted to learn a bit more
about the roaches. Do they have a nest, like the ants, where you want them
to take the poison (boric acid) to? Thank you for any input! – Carlala
Finances Forum
1. Hi All ! I’m new to this, and need advice/tips from everyone I was a
big spender and have wasted thousands of dollars on junk that are piling up
in storage room I’m trying to save, and control my urge to shop I want
tips from everyone on how they go about saving money, stop those shopping
urges, and any comments, stories
Recipes Forum
1. I am looking for recipes for chocolate gravy. Yes it’s for real. It used
to be a real treat on Sunday after church. As i remember it had the
consistency of good ol’ white (flour+milk) gravy. Oooh it tasted soooo good,
with hot homemade biscuits, it is quite a treat. Also would like a recipe
for red-eye gravy, which is quite good also. Both these gravies were from
the good ol’ South, in Tennessee. I sure hope someone can help me in
this quest. TIA, that is, thanks in advance for your help in this matter.
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HOME-BASED BUSINESS IDEAS
NATURAL PET FOODS AND SUPPLEMENTS
Life’s Abundance has great products by Dr. Jane Bicks and Dr. Barry Sears who
developed the Zone Diet for Overweight Dogs. Besides dog, cat and horse
products, you will have a non-toxic line of cleaning products – safe for
pets and children. Visit this website for more information. This type of
site is also available for $10.95/month (plus an initial $20 set-up fee).
http://www.healthypetcorner.com/HPN/busopform.html
href=”http://www.healthypetcorner.com/HPN/busopform.html”> Life’s Abundance
HOME SPA PARTY PLAN – MAKE BATH & BODY PRODUCTS
Have you noticed how popular bath and pampering products have become? The
HomeSpa Party Plan taps into that craze. Guests at HomeSpa parties will
learn how to make bath salts, personalized perfumes, body spritzers and more
using essential oils, while you make a nice income from Nature’s Sunshine.
http://www.theherbsplace.com/essentialspa.html
ARE YOU A NATURAL HEALTH NUT?
If you’ve been a natural health nut, you have a lot of information others
need to have. Earn an income selling over 600 natural health products, skin
care, water filters, beverages, essential oils, and more. Earn trips and
car allowance. Websites are also available for $15.95/month.
http://www.theherbsplace.com/busop.html
FLINT RIVER RANCH OVEN-BAKED PET FOODS
If you have pets, they’ll love Flint River and you can make an income
providing good pet foods and other pet products to friends, neighbors and
your family. Pets keep eating, so customers keep buying. If you love
animals, this is a very rewarding home-based business. With only 100 volume
a month you can earn 19% on all sales.
http://www.healthypetcorner.com/FRR/busop.html
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