YOUR SURVIVAL GUIDE: 14 Ways to Stay Afloat in This Economy

YOUR SURVIVAL GUIDE: 14 Ways to Stay Afloat in This Economy (Self-Help for Those Who are Drowning in Money Problems, Housing Difficulties, Family Struggles) (Self-Help That Works)was a free kindle book at the time of the writing of this post.

If you've got money problems, housing difficulties, family struggles, and find yourself in emotional tumults, you may have noticed that you are not alone. Everyone is touched by this new economic climate; no one is left out, no matter how they appear to be surviving.

What to do about it? How to help yourself and others? How to approach today and tomorrow by giving yourself the best opportunity of doing well is revealed here -- it's a new way of living. Embrace it!

The tools and techniques offered here will give you and yours ways to cope and ways to improve your situation whether it's financial or emotional. It covers every aspect of life. This survival guide offers suggestions on how to make the most of what you have in 2013 and how to improve your circumstances in the future. This survival self-help guide is for a new way of living and is a road map for creating a better world -- one person at a time! Your life and your world will be better in the process.

Sally Huss has been a King Features Syndicated author of the popular "Happy Musings" panel for newspapers for many years in the US and Canada. She has authored over 30 books, focusing on positive attitude in sports, character building in children, and uplifting messages for everyone. Her bright and happy art has appeared on millions of products (even happy baby bibs in Walmart!)

Preface -- "There have been better times, but none better to remind us of what is important." -- Sally Huss
Now is a time of complete misunderstanding.

Step 1 -- How it Appears -- "Life is picture perfect. We just can't see the whole picture." -- Sally Huss
Now is a time of great troubles, and therefore, great change.

Step 2 -- A New View -- "We suffer less by understanding the lessons we are undergoing. School is always in session."
What we need is a new point of view.

Step 3 -- A New Wealth -- "Wealth is an unknown quantity. Anybody can be wealthy with the right point of view." -- Sally Huss
Wealth is usually associated with money.

Step 4 -- A New Strength -- "Harmony never feels better than when you establish it within yourself." -- Sally Huss
How do you gather the strength you need to handle the situations that confront you? Breathe!

Step 5 -- A New Opportunity -- "Life goes on and on, offering opportunities to make it better and better." -- Sally Huss
What are the business opportunities at this time?

Step 6 -- A New Thinking -- "Look up. Brighter times are on the horizon." -- Sally Huss

Step 7 -- A New Conservation -- "The best things in life are free and they are becoming more popular than ever." -- Sally Huss
What do we need to conserve? Everything!

Step 8 -- A New Education -- "Struggles become us when we face them courageously." -- Sally Huss
A new way of living requires new ways of doing things, and in turn, new ways of educating yourself and your children.

Step 9 -- A New Way of Eating -- "When one has little, one is grateful for anything. When one has a lot, one must be grateful for everything." -- Sally Huss
How can we change the way we eat that will help improve our circumstances?

Step 10 -- A New Compassion -- "The growing anxieties in the world must not touch the peacefulness in your heart." -- Sally Huss
What we need at this time is a breath of fresh air, one that gives hope to all who need help.

Step 11 -- A New Forgiveness -- "Forgiveness is always appropriate." -- Sally Huss

Step 12 -- A New Morality -- "In these times, keep your standards high and your expenses low, and you'll continue to sail." -- Sally Huss
Our popular culture has taken us off track.

Step 13 -- A New Happiness -- "Happiness that depends on happenings is short-lived. Happiness that depends on nothing is forever.

 

Saving Money in the Kitchen: Frugal Cooking Tips and Recipes

Saving Money in the Kitchen: Frugal Cooking Tips and Recipes was a free kindle book at the time of this posting.

 Louise Hill is a mom to five and grandmother to 8 who has spent years learning how to save money throughout the house. In Saving Money in the Kitchen: Frugal Cooking Tips and Recipes, Louise shares the many tips that she has learned. Despite the economic conditions, whenever you can save money it means that you have more money to save or to spend elsewhere. In difficult economic conditions, finding ways to save money can be crucial.

In this book you will learn how to cut costs in the kitchen, not only by reducing your grocery bill, but also by stocking your kitchen wisely and cooking smart. Saving Money in the Kitchen: Frugal Cooking Tips and Recipes is filled with tips on how to save money on food costs, as well as delicious meal ideas and breakfast, lunch, dinner, side dish, soup, dessert and slow cooker recipes that you can make inexpensively.

Building a Wood Fired Oven in a Day

Building a Wood Fired Oven in a Day was a free book for the kindle when this post was written.

This book is for anyone who’s dreamed of baking bread or pizza in their own outdoors woodfired oven, but always lacked the space, the skills to build one or the funds to buy one.

The Mini Wood Fired Oven costs less than a £100 to build. Its footprint is just one metre square, it is fantastically simple to make, and you don’t have to make room to store it in your shed when the first frost comes.

Inspired by an ancient Croatian baking method, Dragan built the Mini Wood Fired Oven in our garden at The Artisan Bakery School in just one day. It makes a beautifully versatile alternative to the full-size wood fired oven we use to bake breads and make pizzas for the village.

* Takes 1 hour to reach baking temperature

* Requires very little wood

* Lends fabulous, smokey character to food

* Can be used for breads, pizzas, baked spuds, casseroles and even barbecued food

Building a Wood Fired Oven in a Day includes metric and imperial measurements. It has very simple plans,dimensions, photographs, lists of materials and tools, step-by-step building instructions, and explanations on how to best use your oven.

Cast Iron Set - Super Low Price!

If you have been wanting to get some cast iron cookware , now is the time to do it. This Lodge L5HS3 5-Piece Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron Cookware Set at a ridiculously low price. Get it while it is on sale and had free shipping.Now is the chance to get a whole set of cast iron cookware.

I CAN CAN CHICKEN!!

I CAN CAN CHICKEN!! How to home can chicken to save money and time with quick, easy, tasty family recipes (I Can Can!! Frugal Living Series Book 2) was a free book for the kindle when this post was written.

In this book you will learn to home can flavorful and delicious, naturally tender chicken.

What will you learn in this book?

1. You will learn easy step-by-step methods to safely home can chicken for yourself and your family.

2. You will learn to almost effortlessly create and safely home can your own chicken stock using your crockpot or electric turkey roaster.

3. You will learn to significantly lower your food costs and increase the nutritional value of your family’s diet.

4. You will learn how to shop to get the best prices on the highest quality cuts of meat.

5. You will learn how to use the canned chicken in delicious, easy recipes that will make going through the drive-through seem like more trouble than cooking a healthy meal for your family.

Each simple step in the home canning process is fully explained in an easy-to-understand, conversational style. The canning procedures are followed by a series of easy and tasty recipes for super-quick nutritious family meals. These recipes are designed for busy people who are trying to keep a frugal, healthy, country panty in a modern world.

These techniques are written so that anyone, whether you are a complete novice or a seasoned home canner, can follow along. Everything is step by step. Both the how and the why of the steps are clearly explained.

Try I Can Can Chicken to discover the satisfaction that comes from stocking your pantry with wholesome, nutritious, and delicious foods for you and your family.

Scroll back to the top of the page to click BUY NOW to learn more about this exciting food storage process to save money and time while increasing food quality for your family.

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Another great idea that someone shared. Dang, there are a lot of geniuses out there!!!

Pantry Foods You Need to Survive the Worst - Including Recipes using Pantry Staples

Pantry Foods You Need to Survive the Worst: Including Recipes using Pantry Staples was a free kindle book at the time of this writing.

Pantry Foods You Need to Survive the Worst - Including Recipes using Pantry Staples

The only thing we can be certain of in life is its uncertainty. You never know when someone in your family is going to get sick, when you might lose your job or when a large-scale disaster might strike. While you can’t predict what may or may not happen in the future, you can take simple measures to be prepared for the worst. In the event of a disaster, one of the most important things you can do for your family is to keep them fed – that is where a well-stocked pantry comes into play.
In this book you will learn the basics about what an emergency pantry is and what kind of foods you should stock in it. You will also receive the following:

Factors to consider when stocking a pantry

Tips for organizing your pantry for the greatest efficiency

Storage tips for rotating foods to keep them fresh

Delicious recipes using your pantry items

If you have ever thought about stocking an emergency pantry for yourself or your family, this is just the book you need to get started. By the time you finish this book you will feel prepared to create a well-stocked pantry that will keep your family fed during an emergency.

Frugal Cooking with Dry and Canned Foods: The Economical Way of Cooking Balanced and Healthy Meals at Home

Frugal Cooking with Dry and Canned Foods: The Economical Way of Cooking Balanced and Healthy Meals at Home was a free book for kindle when this post was written.

Frugal Cooking with Dry and Canned Foods

The Economical Way of Cooking Balanced and Healthy Meals at Home

 
Are you fed up with trying to stick to a budget and nothing seems to work out the way you hoped? Cooking economically is a better alternative than your former relatively careless regime when the weekly groceries were a mere errand regardless of price. It’s not that easy for some to be convinced by just that statement alone; fortunately Frugal Cooking with Dried and Canned Foods is a sincere attempt to compile an assortment of evidence that proves this.

Canned and Dried foods are irresistibly delectable in their true form. This eBook also halts your search for excellent recipes designed entirely with frugal ingredients.

You will be amazed by the things this sort of cooking covers. Though commonly referred to; not many truly know what frugal cooking really means.

The Frugal Cooking with Dried and Canned Foods eBook contains the following information:

1. The benefits of Frugal cooking.

2. How to be a skilled Frugal shopper.

3. Quick and easy recipes for canned and dried food categories.

4. How to choose an economic lifestyle.

Grow Your Own Groceries: Vegetables

Grow Your Own Groceries: Vegetables was a free kindle book when this post was written.

Imagine walking out to your backyard or sunny patio and picking your own Plump Juicy tomatoes and crisp lettuce for a healthy salad. It just puts you at peace, knowing how it was grown and that it is fresh and healthy. I often plan the menu depending on what’s ready to harvest. Eating this way is so much easier than menu planning and

grocery shopping all the time. There are so many reasons to grow your own foods organically and you don’t need to spend a fortune to do so. You can start as big or small as you like. Do you like BLTs with sweet tomatoes and crisp lettuce? Grow a tomato plant with some lettuce planted at its base. Who doesn’t love Spaghetti? You could even make your own Spaghetti sauce. Do you like fresh crisp Lettuce on your burger? Do you use Green Onions? Grow them both in a small pot on a sunny windowsill. This book covers everything you need to know to grow your own vegetables easily and inexpensively.

In this book you will learn:

• Some of the top reasons to grow your own foods


• Where to get seeds and plants for far less than the stores


• How to easily grow, companion plant, harvest, store and collect seeds from 14 of the most popular vegetables


• Which of these can be regrown from Grocery store produce and seed


• How to make 3 basic potting soils yourself that are far better than the name brands


• How to grow and use your own mulches, even in pots!


• How to make 6 of your own fertilizers with things you most likely already have


• which vegetables can be container grown and what size container is needed for best growth


• How to make your own trellis’s, plantable seed starting pots, cloches etc…from things you have around the house or can purchase inexpensively from the hardware store.

Growing your own Groceries: Vegetables is just a first to come in a series of eBooks on growing your own foods. It couldn’t be easier to grow your own foods, even if you are in an apartment with limited space. All you need is a sunny window sill to get started.

Hoodsbee: The Hoodie That Becomes A Plush Toy

I was really wowed when I first seen this!  My Little Man even more. This is such a neat idea and it is easy to become a backer of this project through Kickstarter!

A soft, plush toy that becomes a hoodie for your child is a great idea. They can take it along with them in car, camping, school, trips, airplane, etc and if they get cold put it on. Then at bed time they have their snuggly stuffed animal that they can use as a pillow to make them feel at home. Awesome! Pledge to  Hoodsbee at Kickstarter!