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You can heal your life - and your nails!
A book by Louise Hay helped me to put an end to 45 long years of nail biting! According to her book, 'You Can Heal Your Life', biting your nails may represent 'frustration, eating away at oneself, or spite of a parent.' It wasn't until I made the conscious connection to my unresolved feelings and nail biting that I stopped. What I found really helped me was downloading some free meditations from YouTube. These cost absolutely nothing to help relax and unwind. I also repeated some daily affirmations such as 'I enjoy having beautiful, long and strong nails'. I have also used homeopathic remedies such as Brauer's Nerve Tonic, which in my opinion is the best thing since sliced bread to calm a stressed nervous system!
By: Natasha Z 1 response in the members' forumNo more shopping lists with free app
We have eliminated paper shopping lists by using a free app called Our Groceries. You can link the app via entering one email address, so everyone who does the shopping at your house has the up to date grocery list at any time. The best thing is, you can customise the list to be very specific about what you want. There is a paid version of the app but we have been successfully using the free version and love it. No more wasted paper and no more forgetting things as the list is always with us!
By: Sam 15 responses in the members' forumHottest Hints
Watties microwaved mashed potatoes - the SS way!
When I see the new ads on television for Watties 'NEW HOMESTYLE MASHED POTATOES' for the microwave, I just about laugh myself of the couch. I have used this system for many years, for a fraction of the price! Using an ice cream scoop, put single servings on your baking tray and freeze. To remove, gently twist the baking tray and they will 'pop' off. Place the required number of servings in one of those 'recycled' plastic bags that all us Simple Savers have stashed away and place in freezer. When they are required there's no need to defrost, just put them in the microwave (covered) and 'zap' for one minute per scoop. My kids love them with an egg for breakfast! Quick, very low cost, no nasty preservatives and yummy. Not to mention a lot more convenient than going to the supermarket and spending your hard earned dollars on more prepackaged junk you and your family don't need. Enjoy!
By: Ang Cartwright 11 responses in the members' forumSanity saved with Christmas wish books
When my children were young, I dreaded the arrival of Christmas catalogues and their enticing displays of new and expensive toys. So, some months before Christmas, I purchased cheap scrap books and the children spent some time covering them with Christmas paper. These became their Christmas Wish Books!
As each new catalogue arrived, the kids would carefully go through it and select any item they would like to receive. They would then cut out the picture and glue it into their book, with no limit on how many items they had in their book. However, the children knew they would not get everything in their wish book. On Christmas Eve, the kids would leave the books out for Father Christmas, who would be able to look through them and select one or two of the items to leave in their Santa sacks.
This worked so well for us in our one income, cash strapped household. I knew what each child wanted and I could see how much their gift choices were; this meant there was no rude shock when I went shopping for the items. I was also able to tell grandparents what toys the children were interested in, so they were able to purchase a gift knowing it was something the child wanted.
Even as the children outgrew Father Christmas, they still liked to make up a Christmas Wish Book - just to be sure they received something other than socks, jocks and hankies! I've never put a dollar value on what I saved, but I know it saved my sanity at a very stressful time of the year.
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