tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post4888964517801000949..comments2024-03-19T05:22:18.699+00:00Comments on Penniless Parenting: Constructively Dealing With NegativityPenniless Parentinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17671140279531925880noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-3445220312861272742014-06-30T18:16:03.925+00:002014-06-30T18:16:03.925+00:00Penny, I love your blog and have followed it for y...Penny, I love your blog and have followed it for years. Keep up the good work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-19294481906060027522014-06-30T02:42:00.224+00:002014-06-30T02:42:00.224+00:00Penny, I love your blog and have followed you thro...Penny, I love your blog and have followed you through the birth of two of your children now.<br />I truly admire your honestly, frugal lifestyle and bits of wisdom shared from across the world. <br />I can relate to your struggle with keeping the house in order for a neat husband, while I am trying to homeschool, cook everything from scratch due to food allergies, and raise livestock so that we Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-29724940972119798392014-06-30T01:55:18.681+00:002014-06-30T01:55:18.681+00:00Just another fan here (and fellow tall woman!) wan...Just another fan here (and fellow tall woman!) wanting to say that I love your blog and your outlook on life. I have a toaster oven that looks WAY worse than your spare burner. The stains just won't scrub off. My mother-in-law tried to throw it away, but I saved it from the trash! :-) My husband and brother-in-law gently tease me and my sister about the giant messes we make and all the spoonsChristynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-72094727522132014562014-06-29T21:22:28.674+00:002014-06-29T21:22:28.674+00:00You can have a spotless house or you can have a li...You can have a spotless house or you can have a life. Cooking is messy, especially if you are enjoying it! I know, my kitchen is messy when I'm in it too. Keep doing what you're doing and make your life the best you can. You have a great attitude and I really like your site. AM from CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-41618975681017517112014-06-29T09:13:31.301+00:002014-06-29T09:13:31.301+00:00There are stuff that are hard to maintain by "...There are stuff that are hard to maintain by "design"... :'(<br />> All my plumbing sucks ! and any time I use my kitchen faucet, I have to remove gunk from the additionnal faucet fine strainer otherwise, either the strainer gets full (from as little as a grain rice) and water can't go away, either I remove the strainer and the whole faucet get blocked in the next 5 minutes. cecilenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-92117946396925449162014-06-29T02:04:13.712+00:002014-06-29T02:04:13.712+00:00My house is almost never as clean and tidy as I co...My house is almost never as clean and tidy as I could like. As far as I am concerned it means I have a life and I am spending time with my kids and family and NOT excessively tidying the house. <br /><br />My theory is that a slightly untidy house is a sign of a happy family. <br /><br />Daisy in CanadaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-49313638340702240202014-06-29T01:39:34.870+00:002014-06-29T01:39:34.870+00:00Cleaning the kitchen walls is not the highest prio...Cleaning the kitchen walls is not the highest priority when you have 4 kiddos and one of them is an infant. Perhaps this person has never had children- Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-79416779426381909612014-06-29T01:09:14.767+00:002014-06-29T01:09:14.767+00:00I'd rather have a little crud on the wall than...I'd rather have a little crud on the wall than crud in my HEART!! What an unhappy, unpleasant person.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-57768237005832385142014-06-28T20:28:56.331+00:002014-06-28T20:28:56.331+00:00Dear Penny,there is a saying that the mean-spirite...Dear Penny,there is a saying that the mean-spirited comment-maker should bear in mind and that is that we should never judge another unless we have "walked a mile in their moccasins". Kitchens get messy when we use them instead of resorting to unhealthy convenience food. I have a huge amount of respect for you and the fantastic educational job you do maintaining this blog while working Swissgalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13498896289881963209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-4289553930831850952014-06-28T19:29:42.000+00:002014-06-28T19:29:42.000+00:00you do not need to apologize to anyone about your ...you do not need to apologize to anyone about your standards of living. we all live as we feel and no one has a right to tell us differently. sometimes I need to do a cleanup on things but because of work / family / things that come up, I can't always get to it and it needs to wait. keep up the gr8 writting! have a good week. rochelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13500239033148201774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-35349884132799989482014-06-28T05:58:55.910+00:002014-06-28T05:58:55.910+00:00Penny, I'm so sorry about the trolls. It is sa...Penny, I'm so sorry about the trolls. It is sad how much ugly stuff people will say under the cover of anonymity. I will not make assumptions about who those two anonymous people are or call them names as much as I am tempted to but I do want to point out that these two individuals seemed to have been following your blog for quite some time to know a few details about you and cared enough to Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11723710595222039099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-84490507780065741312014-06-28T05:25:29.087+00:002014-06-28T05:25:29.087+00:00I am SO sorry you were attacked by such ungracious...I am SO sorry you were attacked by such ungracious, mean-spirited people who obviously need a lot more to do in their lives if they have the time to sit around and write nasty comments on blogs! <br /><br />I for one LOVE your blog and your posts are some of the few I read rather religiously! Love hearing all about your frugal tips and recipes, and I have never once gotten the impression from anyRae Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08374319991677903512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-60535382619291057942014-06-28T05:07:42.662+00:002014-06-28T05:07:42.662+00:00Penny, long time reader... I am having a horrible ...Penny, long time reader... I am having a horrible time leaving comments so this is under "anonymous" because I can't get Google to cooperate.<br /><br />People suck, bottom line! If all they can do is sit by & criticize your home/cleanliness, they obviously need a life... how easy to judge people w/out a clue as to what is going on in their lives. I am sure those same critics Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-70726067876859306562014-06-28T01:36:53.650+00:002014-06-28T01:36:53.650+00:00I love reading your blog. It is always inspiring. ...I love reading your blog. It is always inspiring. So many good ideas and recipes, and you give us a slice of your life as it really is. I realized that reading blogs with gorgeous glossy pictures of perfect food & houses were making me feel inadequate. I'd rather come to you for ideas I will actually use! As a kid I was raised in thrift stores and I am happy to buy reduced produce to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-6297087190207273772014-06-28T01:25:00.482+00:002014-06-28T01:25:00.482+00:00I think people who have ridiculously clean and tid...I think people who have ridiculously clean and tidy homes need to get a hobby ;) especially when they feel the need to criticise others for not being the same.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02945159102354915312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-55070400989201082562014-06-27T23:51:53.517+00:002014-06-27T23:51:53.517+00:00I think there is a big difference between "me...I think there is a big difference between "messy" and "filthy". When every area of the house is well lived in, especially with small children, it think it is fairly unrealistic for it to be tidy all the time. I believe it is also a lot harder when a parent is at home with their children all day, does not eat out, and spends their time doing many activities that other people Kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13536367644489240629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-1754808229126193242014-06-27T22:47:39.833+00:002014-06-27T22:47:39.833+00:00You're doing just fine. A truly awful house (a...You're doing just fine. A truly awful house (and I've seen some) has backed-up toilets (which had been that way for a long time), rotting food left out where kids could get at it -- and they would because there was nothing else to eat in the house. One place had a long-dead cat in a corner. At least that one didn't have kids in it.<br /><br />As everyone else has said, that commenter Annemarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-3696929136006432882014-06-27T17:22:33.184+00:002014-06-27T17:22:33.184+00:00Am I the only one who didnt even notice that the b...Am I the only one who didnt even notice that the burners/ wall were dirty until reading this post? I was just so impressed you figured out how to fix your pot that I simply didnt notice anything else.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-9038953444390335212014-06-27T15:04:56.166+00:002014-06-27T15:04:56.166+00:00I WOULD EAT IN YOUR HOUSE!
Only an unhappy person ...I WOULD EAT IN YOUR HOUSE!<br />Only an unhappy person would would be so rude. Your honesty is admirable and your openness is impressive. You rock!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-70961964379642613372014-06-27T14:56:57.061+00:002014-06-27T14:56:57.061+00:00Thank you for the post. It makes me glad to know I...Thank you for the post. It makes me glad to know I am not the only struggling messy person. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-71344351927068446342014-06-27T14:50:46.502+00:002014-06-27T14:50:46.502+00:00As someone who has about 8 loads of laundry waitin...As someone who has about 8 loads of laundry waiting to be folded and a blogger herself, I sympathize. I can't believe what insensitive, uncouth comments people make. Nuts to them. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-20966642072891799932014-06-27T14:31:29.395+00:002014-06-27T14:31:29.395+00:00For the life of me I can not understand why someon...For the life of me I can not understand why someone who feels that way about you/your life/your blog would even be bothering to read your blog, let alone post on it...anonymously. What idiots.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03906007386698251317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-22732717720255896822014-06-27T14:25:28.763+00:002014-06-27T14:25:28.763+00:00Also, your family doesn't eat food off a burne...Also, your family doesn't eat food off a burner or wall. And dirt isn't unhygenic per set anyway. Also, I'd like to see them take close ups with flash of select portions of their kitchens.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-49809261081363921512014-06-27T14:05:50.688+00:002014-06-27T14:05:50.688+00:00I have lived frugally most of my life through choi...I have lived frugally most of my life through choice, necessity, or a little bit of both, which means I have had to make do with items that were hand-me-downs, thrift store finds, or just plain old. Over time and with use, things tend to become stained to a point that cleaning the item could damage it or it just isn't worth the time and effort anymore. So I could just run out and get LaVonnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05501033384913310880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300660817354328186.post-51866323623405013742014-06-27T13:49:23.166+00:002014-06-27T13:49:23.166+00:00Penny, let me first start off by saying I absolute...Penny, let me first start off by saying I absolutely adore your blog. It is the absolute ONLY blog I follow, and a lot of it has to do with the fact that we have so much in common. I know what it's like to struggle with being messy. Sometimes you're cooking on all four burners, may have something in the crockpot and in the oven, may be preparing a salad, etc. while simultaneously, youGhetto Granola Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04823788423977076273noreply@blogger.com