BailOut-Wednesday's freebies & contest

Everyone is talking about the bailout...About how they have to cut back and live within their means,,,Heck i am already doing that so maybe it want be so bad after all..lol..kinda like the ALABAMA song ,song of the south..they were referring to the great depression..lyrics say...wall street fell,but we were so poor we couldn't tell...lol...I was watching Oprah today and it was all about saving money and living within your means...being Frugal,coupon clipping,carpooling,gardening,jams and jellies,using a freezer,canning,bartering,recycling,turning off air conditioning,..HeCK,my families been doing that..maybe i can make money teaching others..lol..;) it's called doing without...lol..not really..but if it is not something you really need...DON'T BUY IT!!!!!and if you don't have cash for it...YOU DON'T NEED IT!!!!

Here is some freebies i found..enjoy...

May god bless us all...
Betty ~Simply Southern
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potty training kit
free potty training kit!!!

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http://www.rightathome.com/offers/SeptSweepstakes/default.aspx

This month’s sweepstakes gives you a chance to win some big cleaning help at home.

You could win $5,000 toward an energy-efficient washer & dryer!

Enter today for a chance to win the grand prize: $5,000 to purchase an energy-efficient

washer and dryer of your choice. Three thousand first-prize winners will receive our Fall

Cleaning Gift Box filled with SC Johnson products. Each gift box comes with full-size

products to make your fall cleaning faster and easier and includes:

* Windex® Original Glass & Surface Wipes
* Pledge® Multi Surface Wipes
* Pledge® Natural Beauty Wipes
* Pledge® Multi Surface Duster
* Scrubbing Bubbles® Action Scrubber™ Starter Kit
* Scrubbing Bubbles® Flushable Bathroom Wipes
* Shout® Color Catcher™
* Ziploc® Brand XL Big Bags
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f you’re one of the first 20,000 members to respond, you’ll receive a gift pack that includes:

One free Ziploc® Brand Vacuum Freezer System Starter Kit

This new product from Ziploc® removes air for freezer burn protection. The Ziploc® Brand

Vacuum Freezer System makes buying in bulk a cost-effective way to feed your family.

With specially designed vacuum bags and a simple, battery-free, air-removal pump, it’s easy

to freeze steak, hamburger, chicken and more.

In addition, you’ll receive $14.10 worth of coupons for you and a friend for:

* Glade® Candles
* Glade® Scented Oil Candles
* Oust® Surface Disinfectant & Air Sanitizer
* Ziploc® Brand Vacuum Bags
* Any Windex®



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free shopping bag! (site can be slow) reuseable bag

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Free $10 in coupons when u sign up for a dinner made easy news letter


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free coffee cup with spoon! looks very cool!
To receive your Free Coffee Cup with Digilake logo, simply complete your details below.
thank you for your order! Please allow 3-4 weeks for delivery.
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Free Swedish Fish T-shirt


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Note: You need to register with the site first before you can request the sample
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click for jergens
WALMART ALWAYS HAS SAMPLES! check BACK REGULARLY...

this is for a sample of jergens

can be slow at times,be patient,they do send their samples...

here is the link to main sample page....
main walmart samples page

right now they have
pamprin,
goodnights garments from pampers
playtex sport tampons
benifiber

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FREE CORRECTOR PEN.
Make sure you dint give them your 'real' cell phone not sure if they will send you text


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Commit Lozenges 24-count starter pack

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Click for a sample of Monistat Soothing Care Chafing Relief Powder-Gel Skin Protectant,

+ $1 off coupon.

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get your razor!
Try a sample of either Schick® Quattro® Titanium Razor
or Schick® Quattro® Titanium Trimmer*.

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free kitty litter
just for kitty! Register to get FREE (up to $6.99) one (1) 13.2 lb bag of Purina®

Yesterday’s News® brand Moisture Locking Paper Pellets, any variety


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text "TAMPAX" to 467467 and receive a free sample of Tampax Pearl.

ShopText is a FREE service for consumers. Standard text message rates and other charges

may apply from your Carrier
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free kotex
Enter your email on the first page to get the sweepstakes form. On the form, make sure to

check the box next to "Yes, please send me a FREE sample pack
THEY ALSO HAVE A CONTEST GOING ON,SO MARK YES TO THAT ON

REGISTRATION

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free sunsilk
free sunsilk samples (also comes with 2 coupons for 1.00 off!)

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Take advantage of this money-saving tool. The Club Wild coupon book consists of six (6) coupons for $5 each.
This offer is limited to U.S. residents. Limit one Club Wild coupon book per household. While supplies last.


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say boo to the flu
Free flu shots for kids 6mos-18 years and their families/caregivers; select cities

. free flu shots for kids ages 6mos to age 18 and their families/caregivers; adults w/out kids are $35. they also had face painting, art activities, free clorox wipes samples, free kids' book on flu prevention, and free t-shirt.


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free dove haircare sample

free dove!!!

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Hope you enjoy freebie Wednesday..If any of these were helpful to you,let me know and i will continue adding freebies that i also sign up for you...just leave me a quick comment...have a great night readers!!!!

May God Bless Us All..

Recycling can be hard work~ Palin~Contest-giveaways

Ever tried tearing apart an old house trailer? Well if not,let me tell you it is a pain in the neck.We have this older trailer on our place that has not been lived in in like 9 or 10 years.So we came up with the idea to scrap it.The wood that was usable will help make a little shop area for us.The aluminum siding we are scraping as well as the wiring for copper.We have worked on this all day and got one room done,well part of another also.Whoever remodeled this years ago,used those huge nails ,you know the ones they make railroads from..lol..well not quite that big...Me and hubby both feel like we have been hit by bats!And let me say we are very outgoing and working on something constantly.We are both in pretty good shape for middle age and this thing has about''whupped'' us.To top it all off,it has the old kind of insulation in it,the stinging kind,that has been to deal with all day..Anyway a shower was nice earlier and now hubby is grilling some pork steaks for supper.
The forecast is calling for rain...;) hadn't really had any rain in a month,everything is sooooooo dry.We live in rural Alabama ,house just off the main dirt road and the dust is awful every time someone goes by.Most times i just have windows open and fans on and the dusting inside is relentless i am afraid.I just can not see paying 500 dollar a month for electricity to run the ac....So it is off this year unless absolutely necessary.By cutting down on all we do as much as possible ,our bill runs about 140.00. We can deal with that.
Make sure if you are not registered to vote you do it quick,LIKE NOW!!!!I am voting for McCain/Palin...only one's to vote for as far as i can see.I sure can't vote for the other nonsence pair...
Ok i will end and add the contest/giveaways around blogville...Have a wonderful evening and I'll let you know how we did on recycling on the room we finished tomorrow!!!

God Bless us all

Betty~Simply Southern

Make it,Use it,Love it .DO IT YOURSELF!

I have been experimenting on solar ovens,not the sometimes expensive panels you buy in the store.I knew there had to be a way to make them yourself out of something ordinary,maybe something laying around the house or closeby.
There are a lot of good ideas out there so i am going to include some of these.Some are so easy my 5 year old grandson Billy can help with it.Now you may think ''why would i want to go to the aggravation of making something i have to leave in the yard and wait a few hours for it to get done''?
Here is why!Here in the deep south most of our down time from electricity is from hurricanes,tornado's etc.So is a lot of other areas.In the north would be snow storms and ice,much like what they are having now.If something happens and your electricity and/or gas is disruppted then you are out of ideas.You are still going to get hungry and the kids want to be fed.So on this scenerio would be really cool,if not logical,to know how to do it.GRANTED YOU WOULD NEED SUN ,but typically after the storm,there is sunshine,if only a few hours of it..That's all you'd need.
So that that idea you now find possibly silly or unneeded for a person such as yourself,Now makes you a very wise and prepared person indeed.Chances are everyone will be watching to see how you are getting by without the modern neccessities!Perhaps you were smart and prepared ahead of time..Yes,and what if something even worse happens?what if power were down for an extended time?
A lot of very smart people in high places are saying that there is a very high possibility that just this scenerio will happen in the very near future.An economic collapse.The people in the depression area did not plan for a collapse like that either.Most thought all was well and learning to live more modern.But the thing that differs from then to now is,Most people did still know how to take care of themselves without modern help.NOW THEY DON'T.TOO MANY GENERATIONS HAVE PAST THAT RELY ONLY ON OTHERS.
Worse case scenerio happens ,you at least have made a small step in helping yourself,best case,you can have fun camping and show off your newly acquired skills!
It is a win win situation for you..So come on,indulge yourself and try it!

Simply Southern~Betty R.
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Panel solar cookers are the first solar cookers that are truly affordable to the world’s neediest. In 1994, a volunteer group of engineers and solar cooks associated with Solar Cookers International developed and produced the first “panel” cooker, the CooKit. Elegant and deceptively simple looking, it is an affordable, effective and convenient solar cooker. It requires a dark, covered pot and one plastic bag per day or one high-temperature plastic bag per month. With a few hours of sunshine, the CooKit makes tasty meals for 5-6 people at gentle temperatures, cooking food and preserving nutrients without burning or drying out. Larger families use two or more cookers. The CooKit weighs half a kilogram, folds to the size of a big book for easy transport. CooKits are now produced independently in 25 countries from a wide variety of materials at a wholesale cost of $3-7 US. We expect that the new hand-assembled CooKits will outlast the manufactured CooKits which last for two years.

CooKits complement other cooking methods needed at night and on cloudy days. Coming about twenty years after the first efforts to replace open fires with improved cooking stoves, the CooKit uses no fuel at all. The CooKit is both user-friendly and environmentally friendly. Families can save scarce, expensive for when they cannot solar cook and when economically capable, add other, higher cost cooking improvements such as modern biomass, smoke hoods, biogas, or liquefied petroleum gas.
The CooKit folds to be about the size of a large notebook when not in use.The value of CooKits is outlined in the following manner:
Addressing fuelwood scarcities:



Solar cooking one meal a day, three times a week has been proven to reduce fuelwood consumption and related smoke by one third.
The CooKit saves more than four times its value in fuelwood each year. With careful use and storage, a CooKit can be used for two years, reducing fuelwood consumption by two tonnes.
Improving health:

The CooKit can pasteurize household drinking water, making it safe to drink.
The solar cooking process is smokeless, reducing respiratory diseases and eye irritation
Solar cooked foods retain vitamins, nutrients and their natural flavors; there is no smoky taste; the foods cook slowly in their own juices. Nutritious, slow-cooking traditional foods (beans, root crops, and some grains) are restored to the family diet
Clean up is easy as the food never burns or sticks to the cooking pot.
Solar cooks frequently report that the money they save on cooking fuel purchases is used to for many essentials, such as extra food, school supplies, and medical care.
Without having to gather wood or dung, breathe smoke, and tend a fire – all associated with traditional cooking – solar cooking is easy and safe for people with AIDS and other illnesses, the elderly, disabled and young orphans.


Rocks can be used to allow the CooKit to be used under windy conditions.Enhancing household and women’s economic status:

The CooKit represents a new opportunity for women to capitalize on an underserved market and better meet their own cooking energy needs
Solar cooking saves time as there is less need to tend a fire or collect firewood. A person can cook while at work, at the market, or tending crops. Young girls can attend school instead of searching for fuelwood.
Solar energy is free and abundant in many areas of Kenya, providing a safe, clean, healthy supplement to traditional fuels.
Co-developers are Roger Bernard of France and Barbara Kerr of the USA, with work also by Ed Pejack, Jay Campbell, and Bev Blum of Solar Cookers International. Extensive field tests in the USA and in many developing countries confirm its performance, convenience, low cost, acceptance, and adaptability to diverse needs.


Construction plans


Easy plans for making a CooKit
Plans for making a CooKit exactly as Solar Cookers International manufactures them. Start with a big piece of cardboard about 1m x 1.33m (3'x 4'). Cut and fold as shown. The angles and folds shown are best, but small variations are OK.Hints:


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To make clean straight folds in cardboard, first make a crease along the line with a blunt edge such as a spoon handle, then fold against a firm straight edge.
Make the slots a little too small and narrow so that they fit snugly to hold up the front panel.
Glue aluminum foil on the side that will form the inside surfaces when the oven is set up for cooking.
To set up, lay panel flat with shiny side up. Fold up front and back parts and fit back corners into the slots in front.
You're ready to cook! Put your food into a dark-colored pot. Then place the pot inside a plastic bag (an oven cooking bag will withstand the heat best). Close the open end of the bag and place pot and bag into the center of the cooker.

You will find more detailed plans in Solar Cookers and more tips and tricks on this one by going to main source loactaed here>>>>>>
solar cooking!CLICK HERE NOW


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Haybox Cookery --
What is a haybox? Simply an insulated box used for slow cooking. Haybox cookery saves energy. Hayboxes and solar box cookers go very well together. This tipsheet from the Centre for Alternative Technology shows you how to make one and suggests two easy recipes to start you off.


jOURNEY TO FOREVER-HAYBOX-

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Another really cool thing i have been looking at is a tipi.Native americans lived in them year round ,of course they were built properly.But all things considered would not be a bad idea to know the basics anyway.The kids would have a blast with it in the back yard,so try on just for fun.This peticular pattern uses pvc for tubing.i personally like using wood.

Backyard or Livingroom Tipi

The whole gang will love this mini tipi that’s perfect for every child's next backyard powwow.




Backyard or Livingroom Tipi

Materials:

tipi pattern (we used Terrific Teepees, available at www.sewbaby.com)
canvas
coordinating lining fabric
sewing machine
thread
heavy-duty sewing machine needle
masking tape
measuring tape
five 66-1/2" lengths of 3/4" diameter PVC pipe
drill
five 3/4" PVC end caps
five crutch tips
electrical tape (optional)
acrylic paint and textile medium (optional)

1. Follow the tipi sewing instructions provided with the pattern.

2. To make channels for the tipi poles, you will need to make a French seam. With the lining already stitched to the outside fabric layer at the top and bottom of each panel, lay two panels together, lining sides facing (figure A).

3. Mark and cut the corner, at the bottom of the channel, on a diagonal 2" from the side and 2" from the bottom (figure B).


Make this tent -from DIY NETWORK!


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A lot of talk has been going on now about everyone needing to go green,save the enviroment and the likes.I agree.i agree because i just think it makes sence!I know we should all do what we can do to help protect our earth.If we can live cheaper and more self suffcient-i know we should do that.We need to stand on our own two feet whenever possible just like our grandparents did.I assure you a lot less headaches come from that.The energy bills are not as high,gas prices are cut,grocery bills are not so scary and life is just much less stress free.Which by itself is eneough for me to think about it.
Been looking at earth ship homes. another house building method that caught my attention is this. You make a huge pile of soil with your tractor, as big as you want. You lay rebar and pour concrete on your soil dome. You then dig out all of the soil with you tractor and pile it on top of your concrete dome. Plant your garden on top of your house. Interior temp stays stable year round!
Check out these ''earthhomes''! Some are quite basic,others big,beautiful homes.I like this.I am going to try a smaller one.Would be good for food storage and as a storm shelter if built right....The first one is a large home.
earthship home

Here are some more links!
1>> The Earthship Global Website This is the "big daddy" of Earthship websites. It is the homepage for Earthship Biotecture in Toas, New Mexico. These are the folks that have been nuturing the idea for the last 30 years. Tons of information and tons of pictures.

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TOUCH THE HEART HOME This is Mike Shealy's llama and tirehouse website. Mike lives in an Earthship not too far from us. If you are looking for a tirehouse designer, I recommend Mike. Right now he's working on a couple of tire-bale houses, check out the drawings on his site!

3>>>>>>>> CHECK IT OUT! New Mexico. A great commentary on the building process. Has great pictures of the outside of Allen and Pat Gooch's "Nest" with interior pictures too.

4>>>>>>>>> THE HUT A hut as a starter project then the building of a Nest. Good Pictures!
THANKS GOING OUT TO EARTH POWER FOR ALL THE INFO AND LINKS!

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Here is a really neat forum with all kinds of cool diy ideas!!! i like this forum...
lumenlab.com

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another really cool diy site..lots of fun things here kids can be involved in!
junk home!
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Till tomorrow--"think simple"
Simply Southern~Betty