Newsletter 15:17
In this Newsletter
1. Cath's Corner
2. In the Tip Store - Simple MOO to Lose Ink Stains; Unclog Your Showerhead; Shiny, Silky Clean Hair
3. Share Your Tips
4. On the Menu - Muffin Surprise
5. The $300 a Month Food Challenge with Wendy - Fill Up Your Containers
6. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
7. Member's Featured Blog - Savings Revolution 2017
8. Last Week's Question - What veggies can I grow in winter?
9. Ask Cath
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Happy Easter to you all, I hope it is a blessed and peaceful time for everyone.
I apologise for the delay in your newsletter, I had it mostly done, but just couldn't get my tablet to work yesterday to click the "send" button!
We aren't doing our usual Easter camping trip as I've been in hospital for the last nine days. I'm home again this morning, and so grateful to be back in my own comfy bed. If you're travelling stay safe, and enjoy the break.
Here's a link to my favourite Hot Cross Bun recipe (which we make all year round, I can't just have them once a year). http://www.cheapskatesclub.net/hot-cross-buns.html
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
2. From The Tip Store
Simple MOO to Lose Ink Stains
I use whole milk to remove ink stains. Works a treat. For a large spill, I place a pie dish under the stained spot. Pour the milk into the pie dish and rub fingers up and down stain to wet the fibres. Leave to soak. Return in 15 - 30 minutes, check if more milk and soaking time needed, if it does repeat first step. If not, wash as per usual. This has worked every time for me and I am terrible at spilling ink on me or writing all over myself.
Contributed by Pat
Unclog Your Showerhead
Lime scale and mineral build-up can clog water passages over time and decrease water pressure. This easy, nontoxic approach allows you to unclog your showerhead without scrubbing or removing it.
What You'll Need:
plastic bag
Bicarb soda
white vinegar
rubber band
Step 1. Find a strong plastic bag that is large enough to fit around your showerhead. A grocery bag works well!
Step 2. Mix 1/3-cup bicarb soda with one cup of white vinegar in the bag. The bicarb soda will react with the vinegar causing it to bubble, so I suggest doing this over a sink or the bath in case it overflows.
Step 3. Put the bag over your dirty showerhead and secure with a rubber band. Make sure the head is completely covered in the bicarb solution. The acid in the vinegar reacts with sodium bicarbonate to form carbonic acid, a strong cleaning agent.
Step 4. Leave the bag on the showerhead overnight.
Step 5. In the morning, run the water through the showerhead for a minute, and then rinse the outside of the showerhead and arm until no trace of the bicarb solution remains.
Bonus: You can also grab a pin or needle and gently poke it through the showerhead holes to clear them.
Shiny, Silky Clean Hair
I use cider vinegar as a hair rinse which leaves my hair shiny and silky clean. Use about a 1/4 cup of cider vinegar instead of conditioner. Pour it over your wet hair, let it sit for a couple of minutes, then rinse for the softest, shiniest, silkiest hair ever. You'll find your hair won't need washing as often too.
Contributed by Peggy
There are currently more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
3. Submit your tip
The Cheapskate's Club website is over 3,000 pages of money saving hints, tips and ideas. Let's get together and make the Cheapskates Club Australia's largest online hint, tip and idea library. Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Club. We publish a Winning Tip each Thursday, so enter your great money, time or energy saving idea now.
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Submit your tip
4. On the Menu
Muffin Surprise
(My kids say the surprise part is that it is always different)
Toast one or two English muffins per person. Top with any combination of the following, depending on what you have in the pantry, fridge and freezer.
Sliced cheese, sliced tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, tinned spaghetti, left over spag bol, egg (boiled, poached, fried or scrambled), ham, bacon, sliced deli meats - whatever takes your fancy.
This recipe is from the Easy Meals Recipe File
This week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Beef
Monday: Porcupines, mash
Tuesday: Spinach Ricotta Ravioli, salad
Wednesday: Curried Rice patties, savoury rice
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Fish Tacos
Saturday: Muffin surprise
In the fruit bowl: bananas, grapes
In the cake tin: Hot Cross Buns
There are over 1,500 other great money saving meal ideas in the Recipe File.
5. The $300 a Month Food Challenge with Wendy
Fill Up Your Containers
Welcome to the food challenge.
A couple of weeks ago we spoke about finding room to start your stockpile. Our cupboards and pantries can be choc o block at times. We think there's just no way we can find extra space to store 10 tins of tomatoes (for example).
This week's challenge is to fill up all your canisters and containers with ingredients. There's no point in having half full containers and half empty packets floating around. That's a lot of space that could be otherwise used. Please take 10 minutes out of your day to fill them up. You'll feel rich when you see the full to the brim containers. Think of all the food you can make.
I'd love to hear of the space you find. There could be half a shelf's worth of space to be found amongst the packets.
I'll be doing this challenge with you and I'll report back next week.
Have a great week and BE ENCOURAGED!!!
The $300 a Month Food Challenge
The Post that Started it All
6. Cheapskates Buzz
Most popular forum posts this week
What Did You Do Today that Saved You Money?
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3452-What-did-you-do-today-that-saved-you-money
Breakfast on the Go!!
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3549-Breakfast-on-the-go!!
Educating Country Kids
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3326-Educating-Country-Kids
Most popular blog posts this week
Magic Honey - From Crystals to Liquid in One Easy Step!
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2014/01/magic-honey-from-crystals-to-liquid-in.html
My No Waste Kitchen
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2013/06/my-no-waste-kitchen.html
The No Waste Kitchen: 10 Good Ways to Re-use Tea Bags
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2013/07/the-no-waste-kitchen-10-good-ways-to-re.html
7. Members Featured Blog
Platinum Cheapskates Club members have their very own Cheapskating blogs, and they are wonderful and inspirational and encouraging and even funny. This week's featured blog is written by hevva.
Savings Revolution 2017
G'day all you revolutionistas.... you have been very quiet on the blogosphere front and so have I. Hope that everyone is warm and dry tonight...even with the disastrous weather there is so much we have to be thankful for. I wish for all those affected by Debbie that their homes and lives get back to normal very quickly. I have gone through 4 hurricanes when I lived in the US and I don't like them at all!!!
As you know I have been going through a hurricane of my own (and yes there has been a Hurricane Heather and they have not retired the name yet) and things are still in upheaval but I can see some blue sky. We have started the house selling process and hopefully the stress and worry of being in between and then trying to get settled in the other house will come to an end and I can start to enjoy a life again!
I have spent enormous amounts of money on various items to do with getting the 'new' house ready (floors, fences, repairs etc.) but we had the money available without debt and we did as much as possible ourselves. eBay and Gumtree have been a great help and sales go straight into 'The Fund'. I have also still been saving my 'Gold Money' and that has been a help too. I am so tired of decluttering and decision making though that I am temporarily cured of my love of op shops - I have one right here at home! I can go shopping anytime!!! And our physical strength has held up for which I am so very thankful. Much encouragement and entertainment from reading the adventures of this wonderful group of Cheapskaters has helped keep me smiling!
Thanks to all of you.
Click here to find out more about the Cheapskates Club Saving Revolution
Login to read more Cheapskates Club Member blogs
8. Last Week's Question
Last week's question was from Priyanka who wrote
"I am from Melbourne where the winter is pretty harsh. I like to grow my own veggies as I have a nice backyard. Can anyone suggest what veggies are best to grow that can survive the winter in Melbourne? I really don't like creepers or plants that grow underground. Thank you for your suggestions in advance."
Susan Czermak answered
I live in Melbourne. and there is quite a lot that can be grown in winter. Carrots, parsnips, beetroot, leeks, anything in the brassica family (cabbage/broccoli family) but I mostly grow collards as these are quick, harvest continually and taste better than spinach (difficult to get seeds but worth it - Green Harvest online has them), spinach, NZ spinach, Tuscan and curly kale, garlic, Broad beans in early spring and snow peas. Lemons and mandarins grow well here, as do red currants and gooseberries. I don't grow the following but you can - shallots, winter lettuce, turnips, swedes and radishes.
Anita Moir answered
I've done this alphabetical list for winter planting:
Artichoke (globe)
Asparagus
Beetroot
Broad Bean
Cabbage
Chicory
Dill
Endive
Garlic
Jerusalem Artichoke
Kohl Rabi
Leek
Lettuce
Marjoram
Mint
Mustard Greens
Onion
Parsnip
Pea
Potato
Radish
Rhubarb (crowns)
Rosemary
Sage
Shallot
Snow Peas
Spinach
Spring Onion
Thyme
Tomato
Hope this helps
9. Ask Cath
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
For just 10 cents a day you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. Members can update their email address or any other details by clicking on "Edit Profile" directly under their membership number after they have logged in to the Member's Centre. Subscribers to our free newsletter can use the Change Your Address form (under Customer Service in the menu) and fill it out. Once you've filled it in click the send button and we'll do the rest. Please remember to include your old email address so we can find it in the list as well as the new one.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
When you login to the Member's Centre you will be told how many days of membership you have left once you have 30 days left. Just click on the link to renew and your membership will just continue on, uninterrupted.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
Read our privacy policy
How Did You Get on Our List?
You signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member
12. Contact Details
The Cheapskates Club -
Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
PO Box 5077 Studfield Vic 3152
www.cheapskatesclub.net
1. Cath's Corner
2. In the Tip Store - Simple MOO to Lose Ink Stains; Unclog Your Showerhead; Shiny, Silky Clean Hair
3. Share Your Tips
4. On the Menu - Muffin Surprise
5. The $300 a Month Food Challenge with Wendy - Fill Up Your Containers
6. Cheapskates Buzz - Cheapskaters are talking in the Forum and on Cath's blog
7. Member's Featured Blog - Savings Revolution 2017
8. Last Week's Question - What veggies can I grow in winter?
9. Ask Cath
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
11. Frequently Asked Questions
12. Contact Details
1. Cath's Corner
Hello Cheapskaters,
Happy Easter to you all, I hope it is a blessed and peaceful time for everyone.
I apologise for the delay in your newsletter, I had it mostly done, but just couldn't get my tablet to work yesterday to click the "send" button!
We aren't doing our usual Easter camping trip as I've been in hospital for the last nine days. I'm home again this morning, and so grateful to be back in my own comfy bed. If you're travelling stay safe, and enjoy the break.
Here's a link to my favourite Hot Cross Bun recipe (which we make all year round, I can't just have them once a year). http://www.cheapskatesclub.net/hot-cross-buns.html
Have a lovely weekend everyone.
Happy Cheapskating,
Cath
PS: Love our site? We love referrals! Send a note to your favourite newspapers, magazines, radio stations, TV stations, friends and relatives, and tell them about us!
2. From The Tip Store
Simple MOO to Lose Ink Stains
I use whole milk to remove ink stains. Works a treat. For a large spill, I place a pie dish under the stained spot. Pour the milk into the pie dish and rub fingers up and down stain to wet the fibres. Leave to soak. Return in 15 - 30 minutes, check if more milk and soaking time needed, if it does repeat first step. If not, wash as per usual. This has worked every time for me and I am terrible at spilling ink on me or writing all over myself.
Contributed by Pat
Unclog Your Showerhead
Lime scale and mineral build-up can clog water passages over time and decrease water pressure. This easy, nontoxic approach allows you to unclog your showerhead without scrubbing or removing it.
What You'll Need:
plastic bag
Bicarb soda
white vinegar
rubber band
Step 1. Find a strong plastic bag that is large enough to fit around your showerhead. A grocery bag works well!
Step 2. Mix 1/3-cup bicarb soda with one cup of white vinegar in the bag. The bicarb soda will react with the vinegar causing it to bubble, so I suggest doing this over a sink or the bath in case it overflows.
Step 3. Put the bag over your dirty showerhead and secure with a rubber band. Make sure the head is completely covered in the bicarb solution. The acid in the vinegar reacts with sodium bicarbonate to form carbonic acid, a strong cleaning agent.
Step 4. Leave the bag on the showerhead overnight.
Step 5. In the morning, run the water through the showerhead for a minute, and then rinse the outside of the showerhead and arm until no trace of the bicarb solution remains.
Bonus: You can also grab a pin or needle and gently poke it through the showerhead holes to clear them.
Shiny, Silky Clean Hair
I use cider vinegar as a hair rinse which leaves my hair shiny and silky clean. Use about a 1/4 cup of cider vinegar instead of conditioner. Pour it over your wet hair, let it sit for a couple of minutes, then rinse for the softest, shiniest, silkiest hair ever. You'll find your hair won't need washing as often too.
Contributed by Peggy
There are currently more than 12,000 great tips in the Tip Store
3. Submit your tip
The Cheapskate's Club website is over 3,000 pages of money saving hints, tips and ideas. Let's get together and make the Cheapskates Club Australia's largest online hint, tip and idea library. Share your favourite money saving, time saving or energy saving hint and be in the running to win a one-year membership to The Cheapskate Club. We publish a Winning Tip each Thursday, so enter your great money, time or energy saving idea now.
Share your favourite hint or tip that saves money, time and energy and be in the running to win a one-year subscription to The Cheapskate Journal.
Remember, you have to be in it to win it!
Submit your tip
4. On the Menu
Muffin Surprise
(My kids say the surprise part is that it is always different)
Toast one or two English muffins per person. Top with any combination of the following, depending on what you have in the pantry, fridge and freezer.
Sliced cheese, sliced tomato, mushrooms, baked beans, tinned spaghetti, left over spag bol, egg (boiled, poached, fried or scrambled), ham, bacon, sliced deli meats - whatever takes your fancy.
This recipe is from the Easy Meals Recipe File
This week we will be eating:
Sunday: Roast Beef
Monday: Porcupines, mash
Tuesday: Spinach Ricotta Ravioli, salad
Wednesday: Curried Rice patties, savoury rice
Thursday: MOO Pizza
Friday: Fish Tacos
Saturday: Muffin surprise
In the fruit bowl: bananas, grapes
In the cake tin: Hot Cross Buns
There are over 1,500 other great money saving meal ideas in the Recipe File.
5. The $300 a Month Food Challenge with Wendy
Fill Up Your Containers
Welcome to the food challenge.
A couple of weeks ago we spoke about finding room to start your stockpile. Our cupboards and pantries can be choc o block at times. We think there's just no way we can find extra space to store 10 tins of tomatoes (for example).
This week's challenge is to fill up all your canisters and containers with ingredients. There's no point in having half full containers and half empty packets floating around. That's a lot of space that could be otherwise used. Please take 10 minutes out of your day to fill them up. You'll feel rich when you see the full to the brim containers. Think of all the food you can make.
I'd love to hear of the space you find. There could be half a shelf's worth of space to be found amongst the packets.
I'll be doing this challenge with you and I'll report back next week.
Have a great week and BE ENCOURAGED!!!
The $300 a Month Food Challenge
The Post that Started it All
6. Cheapskates Buzz
Most popular forum posts this week
What Did You Do Today that Saved You Money?
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3452-What-did-you-do-today-that-saved-you-money
Breakfast on the Go!!
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3549-Breakfast-on-the-go!!
Educating Country Kids
http://www.cheapskatesclub.com.au/memberforum/showthread.php?3326-Educating-Country-Kids
Most popular blog posts this week
Magic Honey - From Crystals to Liquid in One Easy Step!
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2014/01/magic-honey-from-crystals-to-liquid-in.html
My No Waste Kitchen
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2013/06/my-no-waste-kitchen.html
The No Waste Kitchen: 10 Good Ways to Re-use Tea Bags
http://www.debtfreecashedupandlaughing.com.au/2013/07/the-no-waste-kitchen-10-good-ways-to-re.html
7. Members Featured Blog
Platinum Cheapskates Club members have their very own Cheapskating blogs, and they are wonderful and inspirational and encouraging and even funny. This week's featured blog is written by hevva.
Savings Revolution 2017
G'day all you revolutionistas.... you have been very quiet on the blogosphere front and so have I. Hope that everyone is warm and dry tonight...even with the disastrous weather there is so much we have to be thankful for. I wish for all those affected by Debbie that their homes and lives get back to normal very quickly. I have gone through 4 hurricanes when I lived in the US and I don't like them at all!!!
As you know I have been going through a hurricane of my own (and yes there has been a Hurricane Heather and they have not retired the name yet) and things are still in upheaval but I can see some blue sky. We have started the house selling process and hopefully the stress and worry of being in between and then trying to get settled in the other house will come to an end and I can start to enjoy a life again!
I have spent enormous amounts of money on various items to do with getting the 'new' house ready (floors, fences, repairs etc.) but we had the money available without debt and we did as much as possible ourselves. eBay and Gumtree have been a great help and sales go straight into 'The Fund'. I have also still been saving my 'Gold Money' and that has been a help too. I am so tired of decluttering and decision making though that I am temporarily cured of my love of op shops - I have one right here at home! I can go shopping anytime!!! And our physical strength has held up for which I am so very thankful. Much encouragement and entertainment from reading the adventures of this wonderful group of Cheapskaters has helped keep me smiling!
Thanks to all of you.
Click here to find out more about the Cheapskates Club Saving Revolution
Login to read more Cheapskates Club Member blogs
8. Last Week's Question
Last week's question was from Priyanka who wrote
"I am from Melbourne where the winter is pretty harsh. I like to grow my own veggies as I have a nice backyard. Can anyone suggest what veggies are best to grow that can survive the winter in Melbourne? I really don't like creepers or plants that grow underground. Thank you for your suggestions in advance."
Susan Czermak answered
I live in Melbourne. and there is quite a lot that can be grown in winter. Carrots, parsnips, beetroot, leeks, anything in the brassica family (cabbage/broccoli family) but I mostly grow collards as these are quick, harvest continually and taste better than spinach (difficult to get seeds but worth it - Green Harvest online has them), spinach, NZ spinach, Tuscan and curly kale, garlic, Broad beans in early spring and snow peas. Lemons and mandarins grow well here, as do red currants and gooseberries. I don't grow the following but you can - shallots, winter lettuce, turnips, swedes and radishes.
Anita Moir answered
I've done this alphabetical list for winter planting:
Artichoke (globe)
Asparagus
Beetroot
Broad Bean
Cabbage
Chicory
Dill
Endive
Garlic
Jerusalem Artichoke
Kohl Rabi
Leek
Lettuce
Marjoram
Mint
Mustard Greens
Onion
Parsnip
Pea
Potato
Radish
Rhubarb (crowns)
Rosemary
Sage
Shallot
Snow Peas
Spinach
Spring Onion
Thyme
Tomato
Hope this helps
9. Ask Cath
We have lots of resources to help you as you live the Cheapskates way but if you didn't find the answer to your question in our extensive archives please just drop me a note with your question.
I read and answer all questions, either in an email to you, in my weekly newsletter, the monthly Journal or by creating blog posts and other resources to help you (and other Cheapskaters).
Ask Your Question
10. Join the Cheapskates Club
For just 10 cents a day you can join the Cheapskates Club and get exclusive access to the Cheapskate Journal, the monthly e-journal that shows you how to cut the costs of everyday living and still have fun.
Joining the Cheapskates Club gives you 24/7 access to the Members Centre with 1000's of money saving tips and articles.
Click here to join the Cheapskates Club today!
11. Frequently Asked Questions
How do I change my email address?
This one is easy. Members can update their email address or any other details by clicking on "Edit Profile" directly under their membership number after they have logged in to the Member's Centre. Subscribers to our free newsletter can use the Change Your Address form (under Customer Service in the menu) and fill it out. Once you've filled it in click the send button and we'll do the rest. Please remember to include your old email address so we can find it in the list as well as the new one.
How do I know when my membership should be renewed?
When you login to the Member's Centre you will be told how many days of membership you have left once you have 30 days left. Just click on the link to renew and your membership will just continue on, uninterrupted.
What will you do with my email address?
We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone for any reason whatsoever. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.
Read our privacy policy
How Did You Get on Our List?
You signed up to receive our Free Newsletter at our Cheapskates Club Web site or are a Platinum Cheapskates Club member
12. Contact Details
The Cheapskates Club -
Showing you how to live life
debt free, cashed up and laughing!
PO Box 5077 Studfield Vic 3152
www.cheapskatesclub.net