Become Self Sufficient ~~ Start A Home Based Business!

There are tons of ways to make money at home. I used to make money by making and selling cloth diapers, I have done ebay, I make money writing, Blogging, and with other things online. It is not hard. Some of the stuff online is even free to start! Which is a real winner.

I have a blog where I post work at home ideas. There are a ton of them over on Work at Home Mom Blog. I have had that blog for about 4 years so if you look back through the archives you will find a ton of info. I have been looking back over it myself and am surprised at some of the great money making ideas.

I think that even if you have a "real" job, it is a good idea to have a back up plan for something else so that you will always have money coming in. With this bad economy , I would not start something that is too risky or has a huge start up cost.

Just check out some things and use skills that you already have. If you can sew - try something using that, can you knit, bake, make candles, chop wood, etc etc!!
Use your skills and you should do great!








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Keep FREE Antenna TV

I just seen a tv commercial on my free antenna tv about a Special Interest group that want to stop free antenna tv all together. I cannot believe this. We cut our cable off a few months ago and have been using the new free digital antenna tv and it is working great for us. We get to keep up on our local news, weather, sports, etc. Why in the world would someone want to cut that off??

I found an online petition ,Keep Antenna TV, that we all need to sign. I signed it already and hope that you pass it a long.

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35 Ways to Watch TV without cable

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Back Online

I have been out of the loop for the last few months. I am now back online. It has been a hard few months and hopefully it will get better. All of the holidays and then bad winter weather has kept my hubby's truck driving down to the bare minimum. I cut out all of our bills that were things that we did not really need , like internet, and now things are starting to pick up a bit. I will be writing on this blog again. Download our free toolbar

Fuel for Emergencies....

Different types of fuels are very important when an emergency pops up. You need fuel for cooking, lighting, vehicles. Just make sure to store them all away from children and food.

A gallon of Coleman fuel should last about 40 hours. This is great for lighting.

Kerosene gas for lighting is easy to store and use.

Flashlights are a great light source too, but then you have to worry about batteries. That is why I have a solar powered battery charger and a few hand crank flashlights .

Candles are another great light source and should be stored up for emergency. I have also even learned to make my own candles.

A 2 burner gas camp stove is a great addition for cooking.

Learn how to make an emergecny tin (coffee) can stove. Use parriffin wax soaked tightly wound newspaper for the fuel.

I also have some charcoal stored up and a grill to use for cooking if I need to use it. You can make a lot of stuff on a grill - even bake bread.

Learn how to make newspaper logs for heat. They can replace wood if you need them to in your wood burning stove in an emergecny.

Make Oatmeal Milk

I love oatmeal! It is so cheap and filling. I always buy tons of it and do a lot of baking with it and eating it. My whole family loves it. So when I got my new issue of Country side magazine the other day in the mail , I just freaked when I seen a thing written about how to make milk out of oatmeal. So I decided to try it out. I love soy milk , since I am allergic to milk, so this seemed great for me. I made some oatmeal milk!! Put a cup of oatmeal in a blender, add water to within an inch of top and blend for a minute, then put through a sieve. Great -- taste like soy milk. you can add flavor to it too, like vanilla. Great for baking and since milk can be expensive and I always have oatmeal on hand. This is perfect.
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