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Thursday, May 21, 2009 | By yard_sale_annie

i clip coupons to but i don't buy them i go to my local library and take them out of all the new papers there and pick the ones i want and leave the rest for someone else. also my local college has a coupon box in the counseling office i stop there and look thru their coupons..when i am on the way to my doctor...also i live in a mobile home park where there are trash cans by all the mail boxes and have found al types of coupons for free.

Hi, Kim. Welcome to My Frugal Life. We have a few very faithful bloggers and lots of occasional ones. So glad you found us.

jess

I also stockpile and do what the above poster says. It does feel like a game. We just got three 16oz bottles of Kraft Salad DRessing for around .56 cents! Things like that. If we know we will need the item or will use it or if I can plan it into a meal, we will stock it. Boy, it is still a game-in-process for us. I am also learning to plan menues. I at least plan meals rather than menues so I know I can fill a few days in cast I don't want to have (or make) what's on the menu list for the day. On going!

From http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/fletcher/staff/rbir/ilexpoison.html
Dick Bir
NC State University

'Common Poisonous Plants and Mushrooms of North America' by Turner and Szczawinski, gave a more thorough treatment. In the section on English holly (Ilex aquifolium) and related species, they write "Berries and leaves may cause digestive upset; berries occasional cause of poisoning in children, but not known to be fatal." They say the berries and leaves contain theobromine, a caffeine-like alkaloid listing the same toxicity symptoms as Shmutz and Hamilton. "However, fatalities from Holly are unknown, and their poisonous properties are frequently overstated. Mild doses of the leaves or berries cause stimulation of the central nervous system, whereas higher doses cause depression of the central nervous system." If large quantities of the berries have been ingested, they suggest that vomiting be induced followed by activated charcoal and a saline cathartic, excess stimulation caused by theobromine can be countered with barbiturates and benzodiazipines. Obviously, medical professionals need to be involved if treatment becomes necessary.

From Redwicket...
Go to the site, read the article...I found this with just a very short search. Just from this little snippet I would not ingest Holly in ANY form.

We also had to look at various factors when my hubby made a change from public school sp. ed. teaching to a private outside firm offering services. Some of what was on the table was the sheer stress factor of dealing with so many problematic kids after 15 yrs. of it. He's now more into compliance and it's more than worth it, altho we did have to give up some benefits. It's a balancing act. Now he gets paid for the hrs. he puts in nightly...funny how that works out.

I had always thought that Holly was poisonous. Is there a certain kind that can be used? You have peaked my interested, here in the Hill Country, we have so many different types of Holly plants that I would hate to grab one that could make me or anyone else very sick.

I have read recently that holly leaves contain
caffeine. They are related to mate, an herbal tea with caffeine drunk throughout South America. So if times were hard, gather and roast your dandelion roots, and make your brew, but boil a few holly leaves in the mix. I would imagine you might chop them.

I also shop bi monthly. I do not plan meals ahead....I spent a few months stockpiling staples. We set up our basement with shelves, a second refridgerator, and a deep freeze. I buy sale items in bulk, use coupons, rotate the stock.....we make a game out of it and save quite a bit of money. We also have a graden this year and will can the harvest.

having my gallbladder removed has cause problems with my bowels like the other people... it is a side effect that is not pleasant to deal with... but the many painful attacks that bent me over in two because of pain.... well i sure don't miss those... and they were too frequent.... so even though i do find the side effect inconvenient ... but thank God no more painful attacks....

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