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Benefits of Having Your Parents Watch Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

On special occassions, now that I’m retired, I go to their house to watch them. There are many documented benefits to utilizing grandparents to watch grandkids. Although using relatives to kid sit can be fraught with stress, anxiety and cause for family arguments, many families do it successfully.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Before kids, I spent my free-time volunteering at a stray rescue shelter for dogs. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. My family loves watching movies and tv series together, and having regular game nights. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

The repeated defrosting cycles tend to cause freezer burn on foods pretty quickly, so I try not to keep things in my kitchen freezer for long at all. Related: A post about freezing food in glass jars. And here’s a post about freezing food odds and ends. Here’s my cinnamon bread recipe , in case you want to make some!)

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8 Recipes for a Christmas Movie Night

For the Mommas

.” – This line is from our kids’ favorite movie “The Polar Express. The kids just loved watching movies. And I enjoyed watching them have fun. Snacks and food were an important part of the movie-watching experience. I got good at whipping up snacks quickly.

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Frugal Valentine’s Day Ideas for Kids and Couples

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Show Your Love with Food. One of the easiest ways to show your love on Valentine’s Day is with food. Thanks to Pinterest, you can search and find literally hundreds of special foods for Valentine’s Day from desserts to fruits to eggs and toast. If you have kids, you can plan a special day for them.

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Gwyneth Paltrow’s $29 Food Stamp Budget – I pay $30 a week no food stamps

Coupons Do Work

Gwyneth Paltrow posted on her facebook page : There are a lot of people who use Food stamps (now known as SNAP), and the reality is, food stamps or not, anyone can live on $29 a week. Actually I live on $30 a week and I have a family of four – a dog and my kids do activities. Hubby, my two kids and myself.

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How To Make Reindeer Food

For the Mommas

How To Make Reindeer Food. Here is a really cute idea to do with your kids – How To Make Reindeer Food. If you have watched Santa feeding the Reindeer – now you can make some Reindeer Food to make sure Santa makes it your house. Check out how to make Reindeer Food here.

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