tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510992094089400612.post2956578046666520918..comments2024-03-05T20:50:17.081-06:00Comments on Lille Punkin': Raising a Family of 8 on a Budget: Cheap vs. Fast vs. GoodUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510992094089400612.post-69038043967872082162015-12-09T10:19:56.908-06:002015-12-09T10:19:56.908-06:00I think you stumbled on a huge life lesson here! T...I think you stumbled on a huge life lesson here! That's amazing what you are able to provide for your family, good work mom and dad!Mary @ LOVE the secret ingredienthttp://lovethesecretingredient.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510992094089400612.post-31340678869023437232015-12-08T15:47:30.721-06:002015-12-08T15:47:30.721-06:00Donna, that sounds just like my husband! Years of ...Donna, that sounds just like my husband! Years of planning, tweaking, and accumulate the right materials for the right price. Some day, we'll have quite the home and garden, but we are learning to be patient until then. Thanks for commenting!Linsey Knerlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03771495834210418433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510992094089400612.post-83954125295880675112015-12-08T12:05:08.485-06:002015-12-08T12:05:08.485-06:00Some things I leave to the professionals, e.g., I ...Some things I leave to the professionals, e.g., I don't cut or color my own hair -- but I do my best to make it cheap by getting discounted gift cards to Regis, saving up to 20 percent.<br /><br />But my partner and I are as patient as you when it comes to getting most stuff done. He thought about the way he would build a greenhouse for several years before actually doing so -- and during that time he'd figured out which pieces from the scrap lumber pile would go where, and how he'd take down and reconfigure an existing structure. We'd also scored some free windows from a neighbor and a friend who were having replacements put in. <br /><br />Last year the roofing material he wanted (clear and corrugated, with a 30-year guarantee) went on sale for a couple of weeks. I immediately ordered more discounted gift cards (thanks, Home Depot!) through a cash-back shopping site and we used Home Depot coupons as well, saving more than $130 in all. He also bought cedar deck boards for the floor and the lower-level deck, since they'd be plenty wet in the greenhouse and exposed to Alaska winters outside. The penetrating oil stain was free, though, at the city transfer station (people can leave paint and other things there, sort of a mini-Freecycle).<br /><br />As a result, we got a greenhouse up this year and it produced WONDERFUL tomatoes and cukes -- plus hours of enjoyment for us. It's a hobby/pastime we can eat! We'd have gotten it a lot quicker if we'd hired someone to build it. But we'd have paid a ton more.<br /><br />So we got cheap and good, but not fast. Works for us.DonnaFreedman.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424517756389917729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510992094089400612.post-75760029653556268722015-12-07T23:28:27.078-06:002015-12-07T23:28:27.078-06:00Your house looks greatYour house looks greattdonnelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11644484749302589412noreply@blogger.com