The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 18, 2023

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. I had two older siblings, but my sister passed away in a car accident in 2000 and my brother passed away from MS in 2020 so now I’m an only child. Here’s Ginger! Tell us a bit about yourself. I’ve been divorced (unmarried) for 15 years.

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Texas Oregon Recycle Recycled 130

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 12, 2012

I grew up eating these sweet and sour meatballs – my grandmother and my mother would both make them. They are my brother’s favorite meal and even now my mother knows it’s a surefire way to get my brother to come over for dinner!

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Recipes Brother Grandmother Mother's 61

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 23, 2014

Knowing about and utilizing this pension would have made my Mother-in-law’s life somewhat easier while she was growing up in that deceased Veteran’s household. One of my great-uncles on my Mother’s side of the family bought enough plots years ago for all of my Grandmother’s side of the family.

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Military Grandfather Education Los Angeles 162

Nicoles Nickels

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

I’m pretty sure I always sang it as Grandmother’s house, which is weird since we actually went to my Grandfather’s house for holidays. The day starts/started with my mother or me or now my daughter getting up and stuffing the bird and getting it into the oven. Over the river, and through the wood, .

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Thanksgiving Grandfather Jimmy Dean Sister 65

Saving With Shellie

MARCH 26, 2015

Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. To his wife’s shock, Nathan wants to adopt the boy…but the child’s grandmother steps in. Dark Places by Gillian Flynn – $2.99 Definitely a page turner!

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Libbys Boys Kids and Family Grandfather 40