I buy apps only on rare occasions, when they get great reviews from friends and family. Most of the apps I use all the time were free to begin with, like Facebook, Twitter, the Weather Channel, etc.
Cornstarch and baking soda are very fine and can damage or gunk up your vacuum if you use them on the carpet. I think even the commercially available carpet freshening powders mostly just make the carpet smell good because the vacuum's exhaust is shooting particles in to the air, not because it's taking the stank out of a carpet.
I've bought a few, like StarWalk, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian (on sale) and Camera+. I won a promotional code for PetersonBirds, which is a more expensive app than I'm likely to buy. But I have mostly free apps.
Once in a great while I will buy an app that I have a specific need for. Usually, however, I download free apps, and I check to see what the daily free app is on my Fire every day.
Since going back to work full time with two little ones and a husband to feed, I do not think I would enjoy working in the kitchen without a dishwasher. I do bulk cooking on the weekends and I'm already spending enough time there that washing every dish by hand is not a viable option for me. Our dishwasher uses less water than it does to hand wash in a single sink, and we only run it once a week so I'm not freaking out about water waste. Small items get hand-washed, usually the kids cups and plates, but overall the dishwasher has been a much appreciated investment.
As for cheap storage options at thrift stores, it's pretty hit and miss. Value Village ridiculously overcharges for plastic storage wear and most of it is pretty scratched up. [Salvation Army charges a lot less, but almost never has any.] Dollar store containers are reusable and the cost is really, really low. I do re-use glass containers from things like pickles, jams, etc. The lids are primed and spraypainted matte black, and then I use stencils on the jar to label what's inside.
I wish I had a good knife, but I console myself with a good mandolin which helps immensely when chopping several pounds of carrots, celery, potatoes, etc, at the same time.
My stock pot is a hand-me-down from a family member and it probably gets more use than every single item in my kitchen combined, with the exception of my cast iron pan. All the trimming and peelings from prepping veggies for meals get done in to the pot, which goes right on the stove to make vegetable stock for soup.
I was recently gifted some silpats and a silicone pastry sheet, both of which are used often and help make clean-up very speedy.
Oddly enough some of the things I DON'T use are my mixing bowls! I find them really bulky and useless. If I'm baking I use the large bowl from my stand mixer and that's really about it.
I really enjoyed this article. I think the most important point is to be frugal. If you live well below your means, you will be less likely to be a wage slave and let money have control over you.
I don't think I would fall under the chronic procrastinator category but I tend to put things off sometimes. The principle that helps me the most is "just start somewhere". The first step has always been the hardest for me.
I've purchased maybe 2 apps in my life - one was a photography app for my MacBook that went on sale, and another one was a tethering app for when I travel so I can connect my phone for internet! Both are pretty useful & productive apps!
I download tons of free apps, but I haven't yet purchased any. If I ever find an app that meets an important necessity and isn't just for frivolous entertainment, then I'll consider buying.
Can you use a generic brand of Coke (like pepsi or ANY soda) to make you hair curly??
I like WiseBread on Faceook.
I don't buy apps and don't own a smart phone. Seems like a waste of money to me.
I buy apps only on rare occasions, when they get great reviews from friends and family. Most of the apps I use all the time were free to begin with, like Facebook, Twitter, the Weather Channel, etc.
We have bought a few 99cent apps for the kids ipod touches, and only because we had itunes giftcards. Otherwise it is just the free apps!
For a mesh bag hamper you throw the dirty bad in the wash and it is cleaned with the clothes.
For a plastic basket you take a cloth and wipe out / clean / disinfect the laundry hamper when it is empty because the clothes are in the wash.
I tweeted! https://twitter.com/#!/junethomemaker/status/177127935231275009
I like WB on FB!
I buy apps, but only if I have credit from iTunes gift cards I've received as gifts. I don't pay for them myself!
Cornstarch and baking soda are very fine and can damage or gunk up your vacuum if you use them on the carpet. I think even the commercially available carpet freshening powders mostly just make the carpet smell good because the vacuum's exhaust is shooting particles in to the air, not because it's taking the stank out of a carpet.
I liked you on FaceBook and left a comment.
Sometimes for my tablet, never for my phone.
I've bought a few, like StarWalk, How to Cook Everything Vegetarian (on sale) and Camera+. I won a promotional code for PetersonBirds, which is a more expensive app than I'm likely to buy. But I have mostly free apps.
I do not pay for apps because I do not have a smart phone or iPod or other such device.
Once in a great while I will buy an app that I have a specific need for. Usually, however, I download free apps, and I check to see what the daily free app is on my Fire every day.
Since going back to work full time with two little ones and a husband to feed, I do not think I would enjoy working in the kitchen without a dishwasher. I do bulk cooking on the weekends and I'm already spending enough time there that washing every dish by hand is not a viable option for me. Our dishwasher uses less water than it does to hand wash in a single sink, and we only run it once a week so I'm not freaking out about water waste. Small items get hand-washed, usually the kids cups and plates, but overall the dishwasher has been a much appreciated investment.
As for cheap storage options at thrift stores, it's pretty hit and miss. Value Village ridiculously overcharges for plastic storage wear and most of it is pretty scratched up. [Salvation Army charges a lot less, but almost never has any.] Dollar store containers are reusable and the cost is really, really low. I do re-use glass containers from things like pickles, jams, etc. The lids are primed and spraypainted matte black, and then I use stencils on the jar to label what's inside.
I wish I had a good knife, but I console myself with a good mandolin which helps immensely when chopping several pounds of carrots, celery, potatoes, etc, at the same time.
My stock pot is a hand-me-down from a family member and it probably gets more use than every single item in my kitchen combined, with the exception of my cast iron pan. All the trimming and peelings from prepping veggies for meals get done in to the pot, which goes right on the stove to make vegetable stock for soup.
I was recently gifted some silpats and a silicone pastry sheet, both of which are used often and help make clean-up very speedy.
Oddly enough some of the things I DON'T use are my mixing bowls! I find them really bulky and useless. If I'm baking I use the large bowl from my stand mixer and that's really about it.
Yes, for my son so he doesnt have ads to accidentally click on.
I really enjoyed this article. I think the most important point is to be frugal. If you live well below your means, you will be less likely to be a wage slave and let money have control over you.
I don't think I would fall under the chronic procrastinator category but I tend to put things off sometimes. The principle that helps me the most is "just start somewhere". The first step has always been the hardest for me.
Nope - I've had an iphone for nearly three years and I've never paid for an app. No need! There are so many great free apps out there.
This is so true! I'm not a risk taker in my personal life and the same goes for the way I handle money. Great article!
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I've purchased maybe 2 apps in my life - one was a photography app for my MacBook that went on sale, and another one was a tethering app for when I travel so I can connect my phone for internet! Both are pretty useful & productive apps!
I download tons of free apps, but I haven't yet purchased any. If I ever find an app that meets an important necessity and isn't just for frivolous entertainment, then I'll consider buying.