Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
http://www.internet-grocer.net/
He has a lot of great information. His newsletters are very good and he addresses many issues of interest to us all.<<<
That is good to know, thanks for the information.
Take a look at this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=639#639
$4500 of your tax dollars wasted to pay to destroy perfectly good cars... sickening.
http://www.survivormall.com/index.asp?PageAction=Custom&ID=16
FREE EMERGENCY GUIDES (DOWNLOADS)
Courtesy of SurvivorMall.com.<<<
Impressive and useful list, thanks for posting them.
If the Greate Generation has deteriorated to the point they spend what they get as fast as they can, after going through the depression and WWII, that’s pretty sad. Actually, all I saw yesterday were young people, mainly families.<<<
It did not take long for me to use up my savings on health tests and meds and oxygen machines.
So no, I don’t have any left at the end of the month, for about 65% of it goes to the local drugstore.
Triple Up !<<<
Good advice.
I am amazed at the things the left believes, they do not have any common sense and really think the gov. will take care of them.
Fine example of communist brainwashing.
The few that were trying to grow food on their rooftops, will soon come under the new laws and some of them are discussing it, but not enough of them.
whitehorse wants to be notified of healthcare protesters..
noted under photo of woman..
Welkome Komrades..
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/
turn in( rat out) your clunker neighbor, get a bag of potatoes...
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LOL, you must have been listening to Rush too, he exposed it in the last hour.
This blows my mind, that he would put it on the Whitehouse blog, not a surprise that they will do it.
Destroying perfectly good cars. I am shaking, I am so angry. Absolutely disgusting... glorifying wanton vandalism. It’s satanic.<<<
Satanic, what the liberals and hitler believe, they are dancing in the midsummer full moon with joy, for every car that dies.
Insanity is what I call it.
N. Korea: 2 Detained US Reporters Pardoned
North Korea says two detained American journalists have been pardoned.
MORE DETAILS: http://www.10News.com/tu/5IMDcE6zL.html
LA Fire Department shuts rescue units under cost-cutting plan
Daily News Wire Services
Updated: 08/04/2009 10:26:24 AM PDT
The Los Angeles Fire Department has begun shutting down rescue units and eliminating paramedic field supervisors as part a cost- cutting plan expected to increase emergency response time, it was reported today.
The plan goes into full effect Wednesday, when 15 fire trucks and six ambulances are pulled out of service daily on a rotating basis citywide, according to an article on the Los Angeles Times’ Web site.
Firefighters assigned to those units will be used to staff vacancies, which for years have been filled by calling in other employees on overtime.
As part of the effort to close a $56.5 million budget shortfall, three additional ambulances in Sylmar, Hollywood and East Hollywood were indefinitely taken out of service on Sunday, The Times reported. Staffed by firefighters for 12-hour periods, those ambulances were used to free up busy paramedic ambulances by responding to lower-level emergencies.
Also eliminated indefinitely were three slots for captains who supervise paramedics in the field and serve as emergency room liaisons, according to The Times.
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The Medicare prescription drug plan doesn’t help? I don’t know anyone on it yet, so I haven’t heard.<<<
The ones that are available here were not what I needed, so I do not have any insurance, except the part A, that will help if I go to the hospital to die.
And don’t believe the Walmart ads, for Scott took my prescriptions to them and they gave him a printout, $28.00 more than i pay to the small local drugstore.
Rush played two clips today from the campaign: in one Obama states clearly that it will take time to eliminate private insurers and in another, he states he is for a single-payer plan.
Can’t get much closer to what he really thinks than that. <<<
The time is upon us, when the truth is so strange, that a little fiction would be welcome.
Obama’s plans are so bad that even the communist news articles are exposing him.
This is a nightmare, isn’t it?
>>>Take a look at this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=639#639
$4500 of your tax dollars wasted to pay to destroy perfectly good cars... sickening.<<<
Thanks, but no thanks... Sickening enough that I, and each member of my family (you did too) have to pay $3.17 each so that situation could happen. Let alone the $6.35 additional that they are going to spend for us to be entertained with prize discounts on cars - Actually, I wouldn’t spend $9.52 to watch a demolition derby either...
Just think - every time they say just 1 billion, you lost another $3.17.... Now how much was the TARP program?
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!!
CB, saw something and it prompts me to ask -
Do you have a cat survival grab bag?
When the time comes to ‘bug out’ can you just grab it and go?
LOL sorry for teasing, but saw this:
Deluxe/Multiple Cat Survival Kit
http://www.survivormall.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=74
Actually, might not be too bad of an idea... (but this one seemed pricey...)
State ordered to shrink prison population by 44,000 inmates
In a historic move, a panel of three federal judges today ordered the state of California to reduce its prison population by more than 44,000 inmates in the next two years.
Read More
http://www.sacbee.com/1089/story/2082570.html
Other Breaking News stories at sacbee.com
* Elk Grove Councilman Jim Cooper announces for Sacramento Sheriff’s race
* Former Monarch Yolanda Griffith ends WNBA playing career
* Roseville PD adds officers to DUI patrols
[Lots of money in the DUI tickets......granny]
* Head of Fish and Game board resigns
* North Korea releases U.S. journalists after Bill Clinton’s visit
[That is how liberals plan, shut down the medical crew and set loose the killers...........in my opinion, it will do a great deal to help with the jobless problems, for the man on the street, will have no way to protect himself, and will be shot down.....
granny]
http://www.realfood4realpeople. com/RF4RP09/v11082.htm
Zucchini-Raisin Cookies
Recipe By : Real Food for Real People
Serving Size : 36 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cookies Vegetarian
Amount Measure Ingredient — Preparation Method
———— —————— —————— -———— -———— —
1/2 cup Vegetable Shortening
1 cup Sugar
1 Egg — (or egg substitute)
1 cup Zucchini — shredded & peeled
2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Baking Soda
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1/2 teaspoon Nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon Cloves
1 cup Raisins
In a large mixing bowl, cream shortening and sugar. Add egg (or substitute) and beat well. Stir in zucchini and
set aside. Combine flour, baking soda and cinnamon in another bowl. Add baking powder, salt, nutmeg and
cloves. Add dry ingredients to wet ingredients and stir until well mixed. Stir in raisins and drop by rounded
teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart on a greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees F for 12-15 minutes or until golden
brown. Cool on pans for 2 minutes before removing to wire cooling racks. Cookies will be cake like, soft and
chewy.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 87 Calories; 3g Fat (31.3% calories from fat); 1g Protein; 14g
Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; 6mg Cholesterol; 74mg Sodium.
Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch) ; 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Fat; 1/2 Other Carbohydrates.
Not sure if this is what she’s looking for, but I got it on the About.com: Southern Food site. This Angel Pie recipe
is made with a lemon pudding mixture in a meringue crust.
4 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
1 cup sugar
Filling:
4 egg yolks, beaten
1/3 cup sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons grated lemon peel
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup heavy cream
Beat egg whites and salt to stiff foam. Gradually beat in cream of tartar and 1 cup sugar; continue beating until
stiff peaks form. Spread in greased 9-inch pie plate. Bake at 250° for 1 hour. Cool. In top of double boiler over simmering water, cook egg yolks, 1/3 cup sugar, lemon juice, water, and lemon peel until thick, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add butter and blend well. Cool filling. Whip cream until stiff peaks form; spread half of the
cream in bottom of cooled meringue crust. Top cream with lemon filling then spread with remaining whipped
cream. Chill thoroughly and serve.
Debbe
Here is the Tupperware bread recipe that Yvonne is looking for.
Tupperware Bread
3 1/2 c. warm water
3 pkgs. of yeast
6 T. sugar
6 T melted butter
4 t. salt
2 eggs, beaten
10 c. flour
TIP: If you don’t have a Tupperware bowl, you can use a regular bowl and cover it with a dish towel. Let the dough
rise for 30 minutes to 1 hour.
1. Using your large Tupperware bowl, dissolve the yeast in warm water. Add the sugar and melted butter. Stir in
salt and beaten eggs. Add the 10 cups of flour last.
2. Stir until thoroughly mixed (the dough will be sticky). Snap on the bowl’s cover and put in warm place until the
seal pops on the lid.
3. Turn out onto a floured surface. Divide the dough into 4 equal parts and put into greased loaf pans. Cover pans
with a damp dish towel and let rise for 30 minutes.
4. Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes or until done. Cool on racks.
Shirley from AR
Pineapple Upside Down Cake
¼ Cup margarine or butter
2/3 Cup packed brown sugar
1 can (20 ounces) sliced pineapple in juice, drained
Maraschino cherries
1 1/3 Cup all purpose flour
1 Cup granulated sugar
1/3 Cup shortening
¾ Cup milk
1 ½ t baking powder
½ t salt
1 large egg
Heat oven to 350. Melt margarine/butter in 10-inch ovenproof skillet or square pan, 9x9x2 inches, in oven.
Sprinkle brown sugar over melted margarine/butter. Arrange pineapple slices on brown sugar. Place cherry
in center of each pineapple slice. Beat remaining ingredients with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds,
scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high-speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour over pineapple.
Bake in skillet 45 to 50 minutes, square pan 50 to 55 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out
clean. Immediately turn upside down onto heatproof plate. Let skillet
or pan remain over cake a few minutes.
Patty
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