Family Features: Water heaters are energy intensive appliances. In fact, they are the second largest energy user in the home, and …
Readers share resourceful saving tips
Letters to Jill Cataldo My frugal readers often share some of their favorite moneysaving and couponing tips with me, and I …
Life Lessons: Education you can use in the real world
Right now, kids across the country are headed back to school. Why not take time to focus on learning yourself? After …
Contact lenses: Don’t let bad habits affect your eyes
Proper lens care guidelines and hygiene should always be followed to help preserve contact lenses, as well as one’s eyes …
How to help — and 9 other things to know about the wildfires
By Evan Bush, The Seattle Times reporting from Washington where wildfires are ripping through the state. This article contains information …
Portland tiny house made of reclaimed refrigerator panels
By Janet Eastman, The Oregonian, Portland, Ore. With all the talk about tiny houses, in a nutshell it comes down …
Experience a totally new (and cheaper) shower
Showers are the third highest consumer of water in the home, expending an average 17.2 gallons with every use. We …
Pet First Aid
Can you give your pet emergency assistance until professional help is available? Do you know what to do for your …
Basics: How To Reset a Circuit Breaker or Fuse Box
Located inside or outside of your home is a circuit breaker box (sometimes called a fuse box) that contains circuit …
Be prepared with a Disaster Plan for your pets
Our pets enrich our lives in more ways than we can count. In turn, they depend on us for their …
Pet’s Best Friend – Tips to consider when adding a second pet
By Dana Grove, The Brandon Sun, Manitoba, Canada Having a pet can bring so much joy to our lives. It is …
From lemons to egg oil – getting rid of stretch marks
Stretch marks or striae (singular stria), as they are called in dermatology, are a form of scarring on the skin with an off-color hue. They are caused by tearing …
Do you qualify? Will the government help to repair or improve your home?
Want to add an addition onto your home? Renovate your bathroom or basement? Learn about programs to help pay for …
Your Home: How to organize your closet
By Nicole Villalpando, Austin American-Statesman Sometimes the closet takes on a life of its own. The clothes seem to dive-bomb …
How to make a candle in an enamel cup
(Guardian Web) Fragrance your home with a scented candle in a mug – this one is simple to make. You …
Heads up! These mice droppings can kill you
You probably didn’t know it but deer mice, cotton and rice rats and white-footed mice carry the potentially deadly Hantavirus. …
Balsamic vinegar is delicious, good for you and easy to fake
Balsamic vinegar (Italian: aceto balsamico) originates from Italy, as is popular throughout the world. The original, costly, traditional balsamic vinegar (Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale), is made from a reduction of …
How To Make An Air Conditioner In Less Than 15 Minutes
Melting? No A/C? Got that cat on a hot tin roof thing going on? Head over to Home Depot or …
21 THINGS YOUR BURGLAR WON’T TELL YOU!
1. Of course I look familiar. I was here just last week cleaning your carpets, painting your shutters, or delivering …
DIY Self Filling Water Bowl for Your Dog
Luke’s new self-filling water bowl is a big hit. Could you make this water filler from wood, velcro, a liter soda bottle …
Bubbles the 2-legged dog meets 3-D print technology
3-D FTW! Check out the new wheels on Bubbles! This is what the next generation of self-reliance is going to look …
15 steps to real homemade jelly
This is how to make proper jelly with all the steps. It’s a good thing to know how to do. Canning …
The government is not there to help
California cuts off only water source for town of 15,000 A planned community in California’s Central Valley is just days away …
Make this cute mat from corks
Whether you’re a wine drinker or not, here’s a great cork mat idea. You can use it on the floor …
103 Handy household uses for baking soda
Although much more expensive products have been developed over the years to do the same jobs, baking soda can work for you …
File this under: “Why didn’t I think of that?”
In Hong Kong, Pizza Hut thinks it can do more than just bring food to your front door. It wants …
Aerators. Save water. Save money.
We’ve written before about the water snoops. As America faces a water shortage issue across most of the country, the …
You spilled coffee on your laptop. A step-by-step fix.
One of our guys just dumped a cup of coffee over his laptop. Huge panic. But our tech guy sent him a list …
How would you react to a snake in your spice cabinet?
Watch this rat snake (non-venomous) that got in through a hole in a laundry room floor swallow an egg. The YouTube note says that …