Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 23, 2014
Growing up in the fifties made me everlastingly grateful for a number of things, such as hot running water, central air conditioning, automatic dishwashers, TV remote control, the internet, personal computers (typewriters really sucked – no backspacing!), There were no garage door openers. There were no bicycle helmets.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 10, 2013
Most people know that music education helps grow children’s brains. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Experimenting with musical instruments should be part of every child’s growing up experience, at least in my book. Find A Used Instrument.
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The Frugal Girl
JANUARY 29, 2024
We also grow a large garden & lots of flowers, fruit trees & a 100-year-old grapevine. There’s always been garage sales/flea markets, library, state parks, fishing. We have sheep, an old goat, chickens, guineas, dogs & cats. This year I was so pleased to have frozen tons of veg/fruit & made jam/juice from the grapes.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MAY 1, 2014
In it she reminisces about growing up poor in the Great Smokey mountains in East Tennessee. But I never felt poor growing up. We had a coal stove at home, but my brother and my shared bedroom was just a few feet from the stove. One of their uncles played a joke on them and told them that they could ‘grow’ a pony.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
APRIL 8, 2014
Here are things that most in my generation would now consider a need, but that most of our parents didn’t have when we boomers were growing up in their households. Two car garages. With the two income household came the need for more than one set of wheels and consequently the desire for multiple garages. Air conditioning.
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