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Could You Give Up Sugar?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Could You Give Up Sugar for a Year? Recently, the Schaubs (a family of four including father, mother and two daughters ages 11 and 6) have been getting quite a bit of media exposure because they just finished living a year without sugar. Giving up desserts and sugary snacks is hard enough in our culture that is filled with them.

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10 Ways to Thank a Teacher during the Holidays

Family Balance Sheet

We include teacher gifts into our Christmas budget every year, but I also want my children to be part of the gift giving process, whether they craft a card, make an ornament, or write a poem. Join forces with the other families to give a gift from the class. Give a Gift Card to a Craft or Supply Store. 10 Teacher Gift Ideas.

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Using Kids Crafts to Teach the Gift of Giving

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Teaching The Gift of Giving This year the grand kids are 5 and 8 years old and I want to demonstrate the pleasures of giving. Moms always love anything their kids give them! So, I checked in with my daughter-in-law to see what she thought they would have fun doing and that would be fun for her to get. Driving across.

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How To Get The Holiday Gifts You Really Want

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It is so easy to accumulate stuff and sometimes so hard to get rid of it (sell it, give it away or even throw it away). Wouldn’t it be great if everyone who will give you a holiday gift this year could just find exactly what you want or need! Gift Giving Isn’t Just A Tradition Or Obligation.

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

My husband and I discussed some ideas over our holiday break. …enter 2023 We have not one, but two teenage high school daughters. We want to assist our daughters with their college expenses. We have a number that we want to save for each daughter. Did you make 2023 financial goals ? My basement is still a mess.

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Free Nook Book Friday – Everybody’s Daughter & More

For the Mommas

Everybody’s Daughter. Would you give up your own lifetime of happiness for someone else? His teenage daughter Elizabeth soon follows Michael, but is surprised to discover that her father is nowhere to be found. Wyoming, 1902–Ranch foreman Charlie Welch doesn’t trust his boss’s daughter.

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30 Free but Thoughtful Christmas Gift Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

They will appreciate the thoughtfulness and might also be looking to reduce the sheer amount of unnecessary stuff that comes into their homes during the holidays. Browse the entire list and let us know in the comments which ideas you’re going to give and what free gift ideas you have. Give a Photo Session. Hair Cuts.

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