Friday wrap-up: Hacking Craigslist, ceiling fans, efficient cars,...
Get Rich Slowly this week posted a terrific tip to subscribe to a search on Craigslist. Mwah ha ha, when the right Kromski Prelude spinning wheel comes along, I will be all over it! It is ceiling fan...
View ArticleThis $4 gadget saved us $34
Recently I bought a Kill-a-Watt device to measure electricity usage, and I’ll be posting here periodically about what it’s teaching me. True confession: We have a fancy Bunn coffee maker that keeps the...
View ArticleSaving on winter heat
It's wintertime, and the heat bills are soaring - especially for those of you in the frozen upper Midwest and Northeastern U.S., or in Europe. Heating time is big business: According to the U.S....
View Article9 money-saving home fix-ups
The Internet is buzzing this week with ways to save money on adding efficiency to your home. Most likely, January heating bills have been rolling in, and with the economy in its current tizzy,...
View ArticleFix a Leak Week, March 16-20
Ladies and gentlemen, grab your wrenches ... The EPA has announced "Fix a Leak Week" in mid-March. It's the perfect time to save water by fixing those household leaks. You'll also prevent home damage,...
View ArticleHow to hang out laundry
Spring is here, and it’s a great time for all of us to create backyard replicas of those classic springtime images of clean clothes whipping dry on a clothesline. (Why is there no ACTUAL image today? I...
View ArticleReady to winterize? Join the Weekend Winterizing Challenge!
To help motivate myself -- and you -- to get into a winter energy-saving mindset, I'm collaborating with Jennie Dorris, who writes Denver's 5280 Magazine's Cheap Thrills blog, to put together an...
View ArticleMore winterizing tips
‘Tis the season for winterizing. In addition to our challenge, there is a lot of great information on the Web. If you want to look beyond today’s earlier post on winterizing windows, I came across this...
View ArticleWeekend Winterizing Challenge: New Windows & Caulking Air Leaks
Want to join the Weekend Winterizing Challenge? Read all about it here. We’ve owned two homes in the past nine years, and lived in plenty of rentals. Thus, I’ve experienced a whole slew of window...
View ArticleWeekend Winterizing Challenge: Draft Dodging & Energy Audits
Jennie looks at making draft dodgers, and we talk about energy audits. The post Weekend Winterizing Challenge: Draft Dodging & Energy Audits appeared first on Cheap Like Me.
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