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HUHO: March 2007 Edition
Published March 1st, 2007 in Bloggery and Help Us Help Ourselves. 2 CommentsHUHO: Quick Money Selling Clothes
Published February 28th, 2007 in Clothing and Help Us Help Ourselves. 5 CommentsLast time around Genni and I gave some info on buying clothes at the thrift store, but this time it’s about selling them back.
I usually don’t shop in consignment stores for clothes — furniture is another deal — but opt for the thrift shops. Thrift shops usually have donated clothing with no cost to [...]
HUHO: When Your Cat Has Eye Herpes
Published February 24th, 2007 in About, Help Us Help Ourselves and Pets. 9 CommentsIf your cat gets eye herpes* there is generally no need to visit a vet because, just like human viruses, there’s not much you can do about a virus except pamper it. If it gets bad enough, yes, take your schnookums to the vet and get some ointment to rub on your kitty’s eye [...]
I asked Jill to host Help Us Help Ourselves at Feministe for March 1st. Send your submissions to feministe@gmail.com in a timely manner in order to be a part. Car and transportation-related tips have been requested, but any of the following would be welcome.
# how to scrape up money quickly when you’re in [...]
This mini version is so for a few reasons: a dying computer, a dead wiki, and a very tired blogger. Some of these entries are stragglers from the January version, and some are things I found in my daily reads.
Parties interested in hosting the March 2007 version of HUHO, please leave a comment [...]
I’m pretending to clean house and feed myself:
I don’t know what my problem is but today I got really excited about starting my garden this spring, not that I ever have time to take care of it. Shit, my Christmas tree is still up. E wants us to plant flowers and I have [...]
Which could be called HUHOOH.
We’re waiting for the wiki to be figured out (i.e. for me to figure the stupid thing out), and clearly I missed the January 1st mark for call-outs. More announcements to come.
As I have mentioned in previous posts all over the ’sphere, I grew up in a comfortable middle class household. My folks weren’t always wealthy — this was the result of hard work and smart investments, sheer luck, education, the kindness of family, saving money and frugality whenever possible. I remember a story [...]
HUHO: Green Chili Burritos
Published November 30th, 2006 in Help Us Help Ourselves and Recipes. 3 CommentsBy House of Mayhem
The Hard Way:
Each recipe makes approx. 10 burritos. You can freeze leftovers, IF ANY! It can be thawed, and with added water, makes a nice stew over rice. Aging improves the flavor!
1 head cabbage
1 lb. meat-chicken, beef, or pork. Preferably lean and cut into ¼ inch cubes. If using a whole [...]
Mary McQueen offers two more recipes for the bundle. These look like things you could make in bulk and eat on for awhile, a technique of mine to save time during the week.
Tomato and Spinach Soup
Note: K, I have to admit, this first one I have jacked from Rachael Ray, but it is delicious, [...]
I had to add to the suggestions on thrift store shopping because it’s basically how I’ve clothed myself for the last six years.
1. Contrary to the folks who commented below, I don’t thrift in town if I can help it. I travel to the smaller towns in the region, avoid Goodwill and Salvation [...]
HUHO: Thrift Smart
Published November 27th, 2006 in Clothing and Help Us Help Ourselves. 10 Commentsgennimcmahon writes a long description of how to shop thrift stores and get your $2 worth:
If there’s one thing I know, I know thrifting for clothes. I haven’t worn much in the line of new clothing in years, but you wouldn’t know it from looking at me. Some things I have learned:
1. Familiarize yourself with [...]
HUHO: Free, Printable Recipe Books
Published November 26th, 2006 in Help Us Help Ourselves and Recipes. 8 CommentsThis is an awesome contribution. Kathy writes:
I don’t have a blog or anything, but I’d like to contribute some tasty and fairly cheap curry and other recipes to the project. The recipes.doc file is a cookbook I put together a few years ago with family recipes and some contributions from the mother in [...]
HUHO: Buy Cheap, Aim Healthy
Published November 26th, 2006 in Food, Help Us Help Ourselves and Recipes. 1 CommentCatty writes:
If there is a Trader joe’s nearby, whole wheat pasta that is actually delish is available for a buck a package. Their tomato sauce is also very affordable, and often organic to boot. That can make the trusty spaghetti much healthier than using regular spaghetti and Ragu sauce. Their cereals and [...]
I will accept HUHO posts until midnight tomorrow night.
And good news! Vegankid kindly set up a wiki on this domain using this software — and once I figure out how to use it we’ll be in business on the wiki end. Regardless, I will have the carnival posts up as planned on Friday, [...]
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