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Do You Save Wrapping? – Thrifty Ways to Wrap Christmas Gifts

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Save any shopping bags you get through the year – especially the paper ones or ones that are unique in design, then use them at Christmas time. My brother once cleaned potato chip bags after turning them inside out and used those as gift bags! My 5 year old grand daughter did it last year in my Grandma Rie’s Money Camp.

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Lazy Saturday Reads: Gathering Shadows, The Color of Freedom and More

For the Mommas

But when she finds a dead body in the woods behind her pie shop just days before the big competition, Cinnamon realizes that there’s much more to worry about than cookies, frosting, and gumdrops. Louis, but even a bright future doesn’t take away her pain over the disappearance of her brother nine years ago.

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Lazy Saturday Reads – The Chocolate Rose, The Falcon And The Sparrow And More Reads

For the Mommas

Now, in the third book in the Amour et Chocolat series, a book USA Today calls “so romantic and sexy”, Florand takes us from Paris to summer in Provence, for the steamy encounter between top chef Gabriel Delange and the daughter of his worst enemy, Jolie Manon. Download: The Chocolate Rose by Laura Florand. Download: Rushed by Brian Harmon.

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Exploring Veteran’s Benefits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Many years later, one of her daughter’s husbands helped her apply for it – just a few years before her death in her 80’s. When Mom died, my brother purchased additional plots adjacent to hers so that family coming after could rest there as well. Unbeknownst to her, she was eligible for a VA Survivor’s Pension

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The 10 Best Movies For Girls’ Night

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

pretends to be her brother so she can join the soccer team. A Beverly Hills housewife who spends her time shopping on Rodeo Drive decides to take over her daughter’s Wilderness Group in order to help cope with her divorce. ” This is the second Kate Hudson gem on my top 10 list. It never gets old.

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2/18 Pinterest Pin(s) of the Week: Sewing?

Nicoles Nickels

Mrs. Frugal Franny has inspired me to try one of these: The Perfect Road Trip Pillow : This is a very clever craft ideas and one that I will make many times once my daughter sees it. Related Stories 2/11 Pinterest Pin(s) of the Week: Valentine’s Crafts 1/30 Pinterest Pin(s) of the Week: Little Brothers!

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. He married the love of his life almost two years ago, so now we have a daughter-in-law, too. When my brother and I were growing up, our parents didn’t have much discretionary income. Our son is 29 and biological. Made me proud!