I haven't posted in quite a while. I'm reading a couple books on frugal and simple living and getting some great ideas from them. I also started a budget and a price diary for when I go grocery shopping. The books are: "Simplicity Lessons a 12-step guide to living simply" and "Frugal Living for Dummies." I'm getting some good ideas from both. Sometimes it still pays to get a library card! LOL

I'm still working at getting a garden started (I know it's getting late in the season, especially here in the desert where you have to plant soon enough so the sun doesn't outright wither anything that sprouts), just need to get our finances a little more stable so I can get the things I need to make a garden successful (like a hose!).

Here are the before mentioned pictures of my laundry set up:

Yes, fellow non-consumers, that is commercial laundry soap next to the drying rack. I'm using up what my late husband had in the house before I start using my home made stuff (I may be all about non-comsumer as much as possible, but I'm even more cheap.LOL) The rack and the tub with the built in washboard both came from Sears.com. The tub fits nicely into my sink. (it looks like a bed pan, but it really isn't!! Honest!!)