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You should start making that invention! You could hire people to make them, too. We certainly need good diapers. When mine were little I sewed velcro on them so I wouldn't have to use pins and they worked great except they stuck together in the laundry sometimes if they came loose.

WOW! I just signed up for the newsletter and am quite pleasantly surprised to read just how much stuff this site has to offer! AWESOME!!!

I had that same idea, dragon. I got so tired of prikking my fingers with those pins! My diapers have Velcro tabs that are slanted so they can be closed small for smaller babies but allow the diaper to fit larger babies, too. They are contoured and have extra padding where it's needed most. I sold some to my neighbors who saw them hanging on the line to dry and asked me where I bought them. Once I told them that I made them, they were very eager for me to sell them some. I guess I should have done this a long time ago but better late than never, right? I already have one myLotter friend waiting to help me make these. If they really sell well, I know I'd want to hire more friends from myLot. Plus, I have a couple of other irons on the fire right now so I wouldn't have time to devote to making diapers all day.

Yep, the government isn't going to run to the rescue if there is a disaster or you lose your shirt financially. Best to be prepared for anything!

I'm sorry! I never have gotten the hang of posting links here.

I'm all about independence and I can see where this will really help me. I'm going to buy a food dehydrator and dry most of the stuff in my garden, this newsletter gave me a lot of info on this today. Do you get the Dollar Stretcher? That's also a good one that's free.

I lived in Phoenix for 28 years and found it a pain in the butt to raise vegetables. But it CAN be done! Use shade, water and good soil to raise anything you need. I realize that water is costly there but gas prices are going up and you might just break even with veggies. But you'll have naturally grown food. Put a 1/2 gallon jug in your toilet tank to help. After you've gotten wet, turn off the shower, soap up then turn it on again. When I was in AZ, we didn't even use the hot water in the summer because we got our water from a well and it was warm in the summer. We turned off the water heater in the summer. Shade, water and attention can give you a wonderful garden. Container gardening is great, too.

yes we do turn off the water heater most time. anyway, the water still comes out hot already anyway. my daughter visited once and said she couldnt get a cool shower after being outsidesays she dont know how i live here in h$ll. she lives in ohio.

I was very pleased with my first one, I hope they are all as informative!

Indeed, it was much harder! I would like to live in past times but please, don't take my washing machine or my stove!

I love finding useful free stuff! Do you get the Dollar Stretcher? It's really good, too, and free. I've been signed up for years and it's saved me hundreds of dollars!

I do now :D I will always take free info that might save me some $$s along the way. Thanks! ~Rachel

I'm glad you found my discussion! I really like this new ezine. I was taught a lot of survival stuff when I was growing up in the form of camping, food preservation, economizing, etc. so I don't have a lot of pampering to give up. But I would really mourn the loss of a washer and dryer! I'd love to live off the grid but solar panels are so expensive and usually break or wear out before they pay for themselves--everything "green" is expensive for a reason, cos there are a chosen few getting rich off the movement. Anyway, this is a great resource, as you said, and I'm glad we've found it!

I found great stuff about drying food in the first one. The second had an interesting article about preparing for emergencies. I'm sure you'll enjoy it, I can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Saving money and being as independent as possible is the smart way to live these days!

It was probably the Dollar Stretcher, I've been getting that for years and it's saved me a LOT of money! I hope you like this one! That is the cutest little dog in your avatar, just in time to greet the Easter Bunny!

thank you. thats my coco a couple years ago. i gave her a snack to be still for the pic and she was licking her "lips" so i snapped it and labeled it, "kiss this easter bunny"

A lot of people have small children, I think that is why they have the diaper articles. That is good news, though, because it means that parents of these children are reading such newsletters and not depending on the government to get their a$$es out of a sling.