Family Balance Sheet

MAY 4, 2015

These Nail Polish Marbled Flower Pots are a super cute craft that your kids can create (with your help) to give as gifts for Mother’s Day, other holidays or teachers. My daughters’ Girl Scout troop decorated these flower pots and I just had to share because they turned out so well and my girls had fun making them.

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Flowers and Plants Crafts Craft Flowers and Gifts 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 7, 2014

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. Not just the sugary desserts and snacks we eat, but the sugar that is in so many of our processed foods. Get Healthy'

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Giving Food and Drink Salad Dressing Consumer 191

Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 5, 2015

Our youngest daughter’s dresser practically disintegrated into pieces over the holiday break. My mother recently borrowed some luggage from us for a plane trip. I’m curious to see how much we can save and also how creative we can get by making do with what we already own or looking for things at a thrift store.

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Thrifting 2015 Thrift Stores Buying Second-Hand 100

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. Then my daughter required mashed potatoes.

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Thanksgiving Grandfather Jimmy Dean Sister 65

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 9, 2013

I was the mother of a toddler and a baby and I loaded them up in the van and headed to a jewelry store where I ran into a camera crew and walked out with $150 in cash. A local jewelry store ran a newspaper advertisement with the headline, “Holiday Cash-Fast!” This post originally published back in November 2008.

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Jewelry Finds Craigslist Cameras 138

For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 24, 2013

For daughters of the new American billionaires of the 19th century, it was the ultimate deal: marriage to a cash-strapped British Aristocrat in return for a title and social status. ” When Cora spies a distinctive snake tattoo on her mother-in-law’s wrist, she decides that she must have one as well. The Duchess’s Tattoo.

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Daughter Mother's Free Sparkle 45

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 6, 2011

First, through April 12, all Mother’s Day cards will be just $.99 44 and have them mailed to you mom, grandma, daughter, whomever. But in honor of Mother’s day they are waiving the subscription fee for a whole year and giving you 3 FREE cards ! Way cuter and way cheaper than grocery store cards.

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Printing Mother's Mom Gift Cards 55

Saving With Shellie

APRIL 5, 2011

First, through April 12, all Mother’s Day cards will be just $.99 44 and have them mailed to you mom, grandma, daughter, whomever. But in honor of Mother’s day they are waiving the subscription fee for a whole year and giving you 3 FREE cards ! Way cuter and way cheaper than grocery store cards.

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Printing Mother's Mom Gift Cards 45

Saving With Shellie

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

I asked in the SWS Holiday Survey how often and where you shop online. Some books I borrowed and loved were The Hangman’s Daughter series and the Hunger Games series. I shared mine with my mom and my mother-in-law. Frugal Tips and Tricks Amazon Holiday 2013' Do you have a Netflix account or buy DVDs all the time?

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Amazon Student Library Mom 85

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

So when our oldest daughter was born 7 years ago, we were over-joyed.and maybe a bit overwhelmed. Right after our daughter was born, I read an article in the newspaper that tugged at my heart and my postpartum hormones. That first year, the family was a single mother whose infant son was born just a few days before our daughter.

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Family Holiday 2005 Daughter 147

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 30, 2014

And I feel like I am stretched thin trying to be a good wife, mother, manager, chauffeur, chef, and homemaker while still being able to pursue my own passions. And by the looks of our daughters’ rooms, they are patterning their life after us. But I have a husband who is over-worked and under-appreciated.

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Kids and Family Home Cleaning Wellness 187

For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

This is a great time to check things off your holiday shopping list. Over 60% off Mother & Daughter Shoe Styles from Save our Soles. Hottest Amazon Deals for 11/08: American Girl Outfit & More! Head over to Amazon to save on American Girl Outfit, Shoes, Justified Series & More! 40% or More Off Fashion Watches.

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Girls November 2015 Golf 40

For the Mommas

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I have a happy life—a great career, wonderful friends, and a nice family (for the most part), but parents don’t like to let their single thirty-one year old daughters spend Christmas alone. It is, and always has been, the quintessential holiday tale. Download: Winter in Sweetwater County by Ciara Knight. Moore’s depiction of St.

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January Grandfather Cheap Christmas 55

For the Mommas

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Now it’s Jake’s first Christmas with his eccentric magical relatives, but trouble never takes a holiday…. Single mother Samantha Dean doesn’t have time for Christmas. Download: Jake & The Gingerbread Wars (A Gryphon Chronicles Christmas Novella) by E.G. Foley. Or romance, for that matter.

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Christmas Free Stuff Uncle Daughter 55