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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

If you have the knack for your DSLR, a photo session would be a perfect idea for new parents, soon-to-be high school or college graduates, or a family portrait. Cooking Lessons. Are you an amazing home cook? Pick a theme, such as cooking basics 101, family recipes, bread baking, or preserving /canning. Baked Goods.

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Stay In Touch with Be There Bedtime Stories and $25 Visa Giftcard Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

I am an aunt to a beautiful niece who lives about 45 minutes away. Be there Bedtime Stories has an online library of some great titles and with the help of your webcam you record yourself reading the book and can send it via email to the child (or their parents). It was SO easy to get my stories recorded. Entry -Form.

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What a Wonderful Christmas!

Nicoles Nickels

Of course, everything didn’t get purchased or made or cooked but Christmas came anyway. After too many presents from parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins and too many opening-present cookies, we took a break for some dinner. Luckily the kids didn’t get up early on Christmas morning.

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10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

We give the gift of a home-cooked meal to my grandparents. My aunt gifts her nieces and nephews with loaves of homemade cinnamon bread every Christmas. STOP the madness and check out this list. Hopefully it will inspire you to think outside the (gift) box too. 10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas. A Homemade Meal. Baked Goods.

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Three Ways to Give to Charities Even If You Don’t Have Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the story Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse , a young girl and her parents live in Oklahoma during the Dustbowl. My aunt and uncle never had a lot of money to donate to their church, but every weekend they volunteered to help set up for weddings or clean up after them in the church hall. How to Give to Charity Without Spending Money.

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Are You Getting Ripped Off At The Gas Pump?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

A few weeks ago, my Aunt sent along an email that warned about mis-calibrated gas pumps. We are raised by parents to be. We love to cook, it's our. The email was adamant that pumps were overcharging for gasoline because the total amount didn’t really match up to the price times the number of gallons. Only 1 day left.

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Sunday Reads 7/13: School For Mysteries, Butter in the Well and More Reads

For the Mommas

Having lost both her parents and grandparents, and with nowhere else to go, Layla is moving from Florida to a small town in North Carolina to live with the only family she has left: her estranged uncle and aunt. Kori Cooke loves living in her hometown of Hermit Cove and running her dream business—The Early Bid Café.