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10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas

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They really don’t need or want anything and both of my grandmothers are trying to downsize. This sweet little candy dish was a gift from my grandmother. My great grandmother made a lot of her gifts. Hopefully it will inspire you to think outside the (gift) box too. 10 FREE (but Thoughtful) Christmas Gift Ideas. A Homemade Meal.

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The Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family Program

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We live no where near CT, but at the time, I had a first grader and I just couldn’t shake what the parents of those murdered children were going through. The family that we “adopted” was a grandmother (I will call her Tanya, but not her real name) and her 3 grandkids. did they have a computer?,

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TV Time - Work It Out Wombats!

Motherhood Moments

, a new animated series for kids ages 3-6 produced by GBH Kids and Pipeline Studios , starring a playful trio of marsupial siblings—Malik, Zadie and Zeke—who live with their grandmother, Super, in their treehouse apartment complex. Super, their grandmother, is the Superintendent and unofficial “Mayor” of the Treeborhood.

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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

I currently work part-time from home, mostly behind a computer. Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents? I didn’t get any financial education from my parents, just a vague but significant anxiety around money. Tell us a little about yourself. I’m 52. from my neighborhood walk 12.

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Tips to Keep Teens Safe Online

Saving With Shellie

Letting kids have unsupervised time online can be scary for parents. When kids are little it’s easy to monitor them with parental controls and kid-safe web browsers. A good practice is to encourage them to never post or say something unless they would be comfortable showing it to their grandmother. 39″ thin .

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I said good-bye to Cable and Hello to being smart

Coupons Do Work

It isn’t like when we were kids, when the cable went out we cried to our parents “I wanna watch tv during my downtime!” I am a single parent; I have to keep running my site and help others as much as I can (that is why I created this awesome site!). I cut the cable, and the kids are not complaining. ” Why?

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Do the Times in Which You Live Shape Your Finances?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If my great-grandmother’s generation hadn’t labored for suffrage and my Mother’s generation hadn’t become Rosie the Riveters, would she have trained me to believe I could do anything and would I and the hordes of other baby boom women ended up in the workforce?

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