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Free Book Friday 3/7 – Free Kindle & NOOK Books

For the Mommas

But when you’re an orphan and she’s your aunt–and the only mother you’ve ever known–well, it works out just fine. That’s why I got so riled up when I heard Grandpa and Uncle Charlie talkin’ about findin’ a fella for Aunt Lou! also free on NOOK ).

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Deciding to Be Content Even When Life Doesn’t Go the Way You Plan

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s been a long haul for our entire family, and we eagerly looked forward to the day when we could leave Chicago and move closer to family and friends in Michigan. After all, I have many aunts and uncles who winter in Florida, so I would have family nearby and my mom could come to visit to escape the Michigan cold.

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Thanksgiving Menu Planning Tips & Recipe Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

Thanksgiving dinner for my extended family is a shared experience. She also roasts the turkey and makes the gravy and the stuffing, but my aunts, uncles, and cousins all bring a dish and/or dessert to round out the meal. My mom hosts Thanksgiving. Let’s Talk Turkey. Calculate How Much Turkey You Will Need Per Person.

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Snapfish Coupon Code: Save 60% Site-Wide

Saving Cents With Sense

Photo gifts make such great gifts for grandparents, aunts, uncles, or any other family. Family Deals Holiday coupon code holiday gift idea' Have you ordered your holiday calendars or cards yet? There is a Snapfish Coupon Code right now to save 60% off everything! Use code: SANTA14 at checkout to get your discount.

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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

I went on buying trips to New York for the fancy ladies wear shop run by one aunt (they used to model the dresses at high end shops), learned the uniform business from another aunt, and was taught the basics of the Borscht Belt hospitality business by a great cousin. After dinner, Dad went off to Schul with his brothers.

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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Use that gift card combined with sales to buy some new clothes to give to a needy family. Or, donate to a family at Christmas. Redeem your points for an Amazon gift card and buy a toy for a child from a family in need. If you earn 2,699 Swagbucks, you can redeem it for a $25 Lands End gift card, for example.

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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Agree on the values and expectations you want your children to have in the area of personal finance and consistently teach and enforce those between the two of you (and clue in any significant others in your family such as aunts, uncles, grandparents and etc). Derailing them with sudden windfalls.

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