Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

I realize not everyone has family heirlooms to give away, but my grandmother was downsizing and gifted her grandchildren pieces from her Fostoria Glass collection that were my grandparents’ wedding gifts back in 1945. As our wedding gift, my cousin wrote the addresses on our 150 wedding invitations (years ago).

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Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 130

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

I’m a long-distance cyclist, a triathlete, a wife, a mother of two, a sister, a daughter, a friend, DIY-er, and a community member! Brian and me at the Sears Tower Having our first child just one month after our first wedding anniversary was NOT in the plan, but so far it’s worked out well! We lived for 2.5

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Kids and Family Parenting Cars Car 191

For the Mommas

SEPTEMBER 3, 2016

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. The Color Of Freedom by April Sumner. Something in the Heir by Jenny Gardiner.

St. Louis 40

St. Louis Daughter Television Televisions 40

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Use the pulp for pumpkin bread, cookies, pies, soups and more. Use pumpkins at your wedding as flower baskets. My daughter-in-law came up with this idea, buying bulk pumpkins and bulk flowers. Compost it by cutting it up and putting it on the pile. Decorate for the next fall holiday with it.

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Halloween Green Reuse Garage 138

For the Mommas

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Jilted by her fiancé, Karla packs away her wedding quilts and her plans for marriage. Widow Jane travels to marry a prosperous man she barely knows in order to give her daughter a better life—then is stranded in a winter storm. Ada, a wealthy ingénue, inadvertently causes grave injury to a poor man she once considered quite a catch.

Christmas 40

Christmas Marshalls Texas Better Life 40

Coupons Do Work

APRIL 14, 2015

My daughter does competitive cheerleading and that itself is $3K a year (not including travel). I stocked up on several sizes for the next 2-3 years… for my daughter, last Sept, Crazy 8 had a coupon and a sale on summer clothes. Monday-Wed= meal no. I only have my oreo cookies but that is my favorite thing to have.

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Budgeting Budget Food Kids and Family 100