Posted on 07/24/2009 3:37:21 AM PDT by nw_arizona_granny
Weekly Roundup - Living On Nothing Edition Category: Roundups | Comments(15)
Did you hear about the guy that lives on nothing? No seriously, he lives on zero dollars a day. Meet Daniel Suelo, who lives in a cave outside Moab, Utah. Suelo has no mortgage, no car payment, no debt of any kind. He also has no home, no car, no television, and absolutely no “creature comforts.” But he does have a lot of creatures, as in the mice and bugs that scurry about the cave floor he’s called home for the last three years.
To us, Suelo probably sounds a little extreme. Actually, he probably sounds very extreme. After all, I suspect most of you reading this are doing so under the protection of some sort of man-made shelter, and with some amount of money on your person, and probably a few needs for money, too. And who doesn’t need money unless they have completely unplugged from the grid? Still, it’s an amusing story about a guy who rejects all forms of consumerism as we know it.
The Frugal Roundup
How to Brew Your Own Beer and Maybe Save Some Money. A fantastic introduction to home brewing, something I’ve never done myself, but always been interested in trying. (@Generation X Finance)
Contentment: A Great Financial Principle. If I had to name one required emotion for living a frugal lifestyle it would be contentment. Once you are content with your belongings and your lot in life you can ignore forces attempting to separate you from your money. (@Personal Finance by the Book)
Use Energy Star Appliances to Save On Utility Costs. I enjoyed this post because it included actual numbers, and actual total savings, from someone who upgraded to new, energy star appliances. (@The Digerati Life)
Over-Saving for Retirement? Is it possible to “over-save” for retirement? Yes, I think so. At some point I like the idea of putting some money aside in taxable investments outside of retirement funds, to be accessed prior to traditional retirement age. (@The Simple Dollar)
40 Things to Teach My Kids Before They Leave Home. A great list of both practical and philosophical lessons to teach your kids before they reach the age where they know everything. I think that now happens around 13 years-old. (@My Supercharged Life)
Index Fund Investing Overview. If you are looking for a place to invest with high diversification and relatively low fees (for broader index funds with low turnover), index funds are a great place to start. (@Money Smart Life)
5 Reasons To Line Dry Your Laundry. My wife and I may soon be installing a clothesline in our backyard. In many neighborhoods they are frowned upon - one of the reasons I don’t like living in a neighborhood. I digress. One of our neighbors recently put up a clothesline, and we might just follow his lead. (@Simple Mom)
A Few Others I Enjoyed
* 4 Quick Tips for Getting Out of a Rut * Young and Cash Rich * Embracing Simple Style * First Trading Experience With OptionsHouse * The Exponential Power of Delayed Consumption * How Much Emergency Fund is Enough? * 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind * Save Money On Car Insurance
Your thread is very informative, thank you. I will attempt to make the Taco Casserole, wish me luck./Just Asking - seoul62.........
Thanks to Milford421 for this report:
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D99KVTB00&show_article=1
Mystery substance sickens La. cops; 18 quarantined
You bet it will do!
Most excellent, thank you.
{{{{{{lotsa hugs}}}}}}
Oooh, that Granny picture is so cute!
Well, today I tried drying meat - not jerky in the usual sense.
I was going to do a deer roast for dinner, so I put two in a pot and boiled along with some onion and garlic, a bit of salt and pepper cooking till they were done. (This achieved the goal of minimum of 160º temp.) I pre-heated the dehydrator and sliced the venison and put it on the trays - 6 hours later - bone dry! I cut it in 1/8 - 1/4” full slices across the grain and some in smaller pieces - all dried bone dry. Boiling it seems to have prepared it very well - removed the untrimmed fat from the meat and all.
I can hardly wait to do more and also try different meats.
Gotta get that freezer emptied for refilling.
I took some and re-hydrated it and it was great!
Thank you Ma’am !
Great, now I’m hungry.
>>>Great, now I’m hungry.<<<
LOL well, pull up a chair... Always enough for one more.
Had the sliced venison roast with a thickened sauce from the cooking water over homemade whole wheat noodles (made with my own eggs and my own wheat), along with green beans from the garden, the first of our tomatoes sliced in vinegar, water and a bit of sugar, along with homemade apple sauce, bread I baked yesterday (again my wheat that I ground) with some of last years peach preserves. Oh, and a crazy crust apple pie (my pie filling) for dessert.
Needed a home cooked meal before all the junk food we will eat at the State Fair tomorrow.
I'm going to try that. we're cleaning out a freezer in just a few so am sure will have a likely candidate to dry,,, then I’m vacuum packing it either in jar or food-saver..
BTW anybody found food saver storage bags or bulk rolls at a better price that the world famous wally world??
>>>BTW anybody found food saver storage bags or bulk rolls at a better price that the world famous wally world??<<<
Not really... However if you can get the cases of rolls, they seem to be cheaper.
On my dehydrated foods, I’m using the Food Saver attachment (about $10 in either regular or wide mouth size) to vacuum seal canning jars - I use used lids and they seem to seal just fine, therefore no new cost for their storage.
Oh, too darn hot to go to the fair till this evening... Have been watering fruit trees and poplars to keep them growing (3 1/2 weeks - .01 rainfall) Today dehydrating peppers for my all veggie powder. Tomatoes are coming on and I plan to dry a whole bunch - have seen information that you can make a nice tomato paste by rehydrating tomato powder with just enough water to make it the right consistency - beats all the heat from hours of cooking it down and stirring for hours to keep it from scorching, then waterbathing them - drying is much cooler in the kitchen (even with all 3 of them going).
Another great resource from Granny!!
That’s a heck of a post... but then you are a heck of a poster! Great work DelaWhere!!
“I was born, a poor black child...”
ROFL
Welcome to our survival thread, I hope you join in and ask questions or provide new information. We have a great time here and have for over a year now. Thanks for stopping by!!
Granny says to add beer to the batter.
Hello and welcome if you haven’t been to our threads before. If you have, I’m glad to say hello and it’s good to meet you.
There is a ton of great information on the first two threads and there will be another ton on this one. I hope you join in with your recipes, survival tips and ideas, and any questions you have. We have a great time on this thread and I hope you find it useful. Good to have you here!
Good to see you JD, hope all is well at Galt’s Gulch!
Hey granny!
Glad you’re still cranking them out!
Really busy, still. Guess that’s good! :)
Take care
Nah... There are lots of things I should have done... Make it shorter, balance the columns, etc...
But thank you very much. You and Eagle50AE put the archives together, so I can’t take credit for that...
But, I must say, when I saw that graphic for Granny, I knew I had to use it...
Of course I had to get the dig in on Delaware’s Biden...
Well, back from the fair... One stop I had to make was to Cong. Mike Castle (the RINO who voted for Cap N Tax) Set two of his staffers back on their heels. They will be eating crow Wed. when I go back (with papers and documentation) They actually told me I had to be mistaken - Mike would NEVER quote CAP (Center for American Progress - John Podesta’s ultra liberal organization) to justify the bill - He did - it is currently on his website in one of his press releases no less! He is claiming $360 Million extra income and 6,000 jobs gain for Delaware - The Conservative Heritage Foundation has $600+ Million loss going up to $1.3 Billion loss after 2012. Confrontation time tiz a coming.
I even told them that paying someone to scratch your back for 40 hours a week, and then you being paid to scratch theirs is NOT gainful employment and would not create anything but two very irritated backs! Sending jobs to China, India, Brazil, etc. was not in his constituents interest.
I also told him that the CBO and the EPA were totally disingenuous - They base the benefits on 100% of the fees being refunded - How can they do that? They already promised most of those funds to big business to encourage development. Geesh.
Wife actually took my arm and said ‘You need to let them talk to some others.’ - There were about a dozen listening and nodding in agreement.
Their final words were ‘We can’t please ALL constituents all the time.’ Grrrrrrr.
Of course you guys all know how I can get on my soapbox. LOL
Great rant.
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