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10 Ways to Thank a Teacher during the Holidays

Family Balance Sheet

And most importantly no matter what gift you chose, include a handwritten message from your child AND from you, the parent, thanking the teacher for the year. Take the lead and ask parents if they would each contribute $1-$10 and purchase a gift card at a craft, educational supply, or office supply store. 10 Teacher Gift Ideas.

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Our Carefree Summer.So Far

Family Balance Sheet

If we were thirsty, we drank from my parents outdoor water hose without a second guess from our parents. (I We participated with the library''s summer reading program and our church''s one week Vacation Bible School. become a fan and ''like'' FBS on Facebook. Our summers were spent outside. Thanks for reading.

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Natural Mothering eBook Bundle

Family Balance Sheet

Therapeutic Parenting for Children Who Are Healing from Trauma by Tova Krause Grindlay, CPC of Parent and Family Coaching ($4.99). The Thinking Parent''s Guide to Vaccines by Kresha Faber of Nourishing Joy ($2.99). Finding Balance with Attachment Parenting by Andrea Olson, MA of AndreaOlson.com ($17). Value: $7.95 ).

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. People opened their windows and used attic fans or sat in metal lawn chairs outside to cool off. Most of us did not have air conditioned homes. Entertainment.

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Needs vs. Wants

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

What was a want or a luxury to parents or grandparents may have actually become something most of us consider a need. Here are things that most in my generation would now consider a need, but that most of our parents didn’t have when we boomers were growing up in their households. That same decision holds true with everything.

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How To Tuesday: Extreme Couponing (Part 1)

Saving With Shellie

Or go to your local library. Parents magazine, Better Homes and Gardens, Kraft Food and Family and Woman’s Day also have coupons in them fairly regularly. Plus, when we reach 5,000 fans I'll be giving away a $50 Amazon gift card! Though easy to do, please keep in mind that photocopying coupons is considered fraud.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Dad grew up on his parent’s farm with a wood stove, an outhouse and kerosene lamps. Until, that is, she went out to the ‘library’ with her book one day, sat on the outdoor privy and got stung on the bottom by a bee! Her homes had coal furnaces with radiator heating, electricity and indoor plumbing. Inconvenient!

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