Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 1, 2014

I grew up baking cut out Christmas cookies with my mother and grandmother. I came home with 6 different varieties of cookies. Ask everyone to bring 3 things to the party: One dozen cookies for each of the participants to take home. A basket or large bag to take home their new cookies. We call them Sand Tarts.

Swap 185

Swap Cookies Organic Organization 185

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Give the gift of a home-cooked meal. We give the gift of a home-cooked meal to my grandparents. They really don’t need or want anything and both of my grandmothers are trying to downsize. Watch a movie or old home videos. Looking for a simple & frugal gift idea? Use the good china. Play a game.

Simple 100

Simple Frugal Gifts Grandmother 100

Couponing 101

APRIL 16, 2019

Shop these deals today and tomorrow to get the mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers in your life something special! Jane.com is a beautiful boutique marketplace featuring the latest in women’s fashion trends, home decor, and children’s clothing. Personalized Wooden Postcards. Price: $5.99 (reg. 20.00) + $3.55

Mother's 74

Mother's Gifts Grandmother Expires 74

Saving With Shellie

MAY 9, 2017

Mom’s and grandmothers love getting pictures of family as gifts so snag a FREE gift today! Grab an updated family picture for your home or office today. This offer runs is only good today (5/9). I have used Walgreens photo a lot. They are fast and have great prices. This would be a great Mother’s Day gift!

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Photos Walgreens Printing Grandmother 60

Couponing 101

APRIL 9, 2019

Not because my mother or grandmother taught me how to do it, as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Within 6 months of that initial batch of strawberry preserves, I was cranking out batch after batch of home canned goodies to sell at local craft shows and markets.

Canning 81

Canning Homemade Simple Making 81

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 17, 2014

I treasure my recipe cards that were hand written by my great grandmother. If you are a… neat freak …neat person who loves to clean, offer home cleaning services. Gift them with a certain number of weeks of home cleaning. If you have recipe cards with the family member’s hand writing, make copies. Oil Change.

Christmas 223

Christmas Gifts Home and Garden Flowers and Gifts 223

Saving With Shellie

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Mom’s and grandmothers love getting pictures of family as gifts so snag a FREE gift today! Grab an updated family picture for your home or office today. This offer runs through Saturday (09/29). I have used Walgreens photo a lot. They are fast and have great prices. This would be a great Christmas or birthday gift!

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Photos Walgreens Printing Grandmother 40

Saving With Shellie

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Mom’s and grandmothers love getting pictures of family as gifts so snag a FREE gift today! Grab an updated family picture for your home or office today. This offer runs through Saturday(11/11). I have used Walgreens photo a lot. They are fast and have great prices. This would be a great Christmas or birthday gift!

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Photos Walgreens Printing Grandmother 45

Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 9, 2023

COMANCHE GIRL ON THE MOON Written by Dustin Tahmahkera Co-Commissioned by Native Voices at the Autry and Children’s Theatre Company Comanche Girl on the Moon stars an imaginative but insecure Comanche girl named Petu who discovers her late grandmother Kaku’s secret rocket ship on her family’s allotment in Oklahoma.

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles Art Work Girls 100

Family Balance Sheet

OCTOBER 27, 2011

Do you prefer to use canned pumpkin or home-cooked pumpkin in your pumpkin recipes? My grandmother is a hard core 'cook it yourself' person and swears that she can tell the difference between a pumpkin pie made with canned pumpkin versus one made with cooked pumpkin. Ravioli with Creamy Pumpkin Sauce at Alli and Son.

Recipes 219

Recipes Grandmother Cooking Ice Cream 219

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 10, 2012

I grew up baking Christmas cookies with my mother and grandmother and I definitely want to continue the tradition with my own girls. I came home with 6 different varieties of cookies. Ask everyone to bring 3 things to the party: One dozen cookies for each of the participants to take home.

Swap 100

Swap Cookies Holiday Frugal 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 14, 2016

This Week’s Dinners: Sunday: We went to our favorite local pizza/sub shop for lunch with my parents and grandmother. We all brought home leftovers and that’s what we ate for dinner. Today is Day 14 and I’m recapping the week’s menu and my shopping trips.

Grocery Spending 100

Grocery Spending Grocery Groceries Raisin Bran 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

We rush home and rush back out for the evening activities. Take some time on those occasions where everyone is home to turn off the screens and bring the family together with these budget-friendly indoor activities. Fancy restaurants aren’t always in the budget, but you can have a fancy dinner in your own home.

Activism 100

Activism Family Swap Kids and Family 100

Couponing 101

DECEMBER 5, 2012

It’s a blessed reminder to share the joy of knowing Jesus with family, friends and with all who enter your home this Christmas season. Great gift idea for moms, daughters, sisters, grandmothers, and girlfriends!” Coordinates beautifully with other items in the Redeemed Christmas Collection. I love Dayspring products.

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Flashes Friends And Family Sale Grandmother Sale 79

Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 24, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We had my parents and grandmother over for dinner and I made Pioneer Women’s Chicken Parmigiana, garden salad, steamed broccoli, and my tasty (but cheap) garlic bread. I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad.

Budget 100

Budget Budgeting Leftovers Freezers 100

Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

My grandmother taught me this money saving tip years ago and I now only buy the seconds. When I got home, I washed the apples in some vinegar water and made my first batch of homemade sugar-free applesauce of the season. One of my kids was not feeling well, so we stuck around our home and hubby and I got a lot of housework done.

Budget 100

Budget Budgeting 2017 Home and Garden 100

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

It also doesn't have fancy garland or matching ornaments like the beautiful trees that you see in Better Homes & Garden magazine. or my all time favorite ornament that was made for me by my great-grandmother. I feel so much better now that that is off my chest. Here's another secret. Our tree doesn't have a theme.

Christmas 113

Christmas Grandchildren Home and Garden Crochet 113

Family Balance Sheet

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

That Sunday, as our GPS drew us closer to the family’s home, I became a bit unsettled at the location. The family that we “adopted” was a grandmother (I will call her Tanya, but not her real name) and her 3 grandkids. We were heading right into a very depressed low income housing project.

Family 219

Family Kids and Family Dec Grandkids 219

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 17, 2014

It’s been around forever in one form another, whether back when your grandmother reused glass bottles for canning or in 2014 when a truck comes around to pick up all those empty soda cans you put out at the end of your driveway. Ah, recycling. Share in the comments! Go Green'

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Recycle Recycled Recycling Reuse 217

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Lots of people don’t mind cleaning the house; some even enjoy it but it seems that the vast majority of people, whose task it is to keep the home clean, would rather be doing something else! For myself, what didn’t get done before lunch just didn’t get done, when I was home full time. Mind you, sometimes lunch wasn’t till after 2.00

Motivation 183

Motivation Cleaning Home and Garden Home Improvement 183

Nicoles Nickels

APRIL 16, 2014

The 85-year-old tomato brand is hosting a Facebook promotion and is asking home cooks to post about their inspiration in cooking. Part of the promotion is also educating home cooks on tomatoes (when to used crushed, diced, whole, puree, plum, sauce, etc.). Who inspired you? . This is a sponsored post. All opinions remain our own.

Contest 69

Contest Hobby Cooking Grandmother 69

Nicoles Nickels

OCTOBER 12, 2012

My line is inspired by my grandmother, who dedicated her life to keeping women beautiful. My products are designed to help every woman enhance the nuances that define her individual beauty, and make my grandmother proud – Salma. The Skin Effects 5 Minute Facial Kit delivers a breakthrough, at-home treatment. – Salma.

Beauty 99

Beauty Giveaway CVS Grandmother 99

Nicoles Nickels

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Inspired by my grandmother, my products are designed to help every woman enhance the nuances that define her individual beauty. Inspired by my grandmother, my products are designed to help every woman enhance the nuances that define her individual beauty – Salma. – Salma. With tepezcohuite, lemon & calendula extracts.

Grandmother 68

Grandmother Pampers Beauty Coffee 68

Saving Cents With Sense

MARCH 28, 2014

Grandmother’s Natural Medicines by Itai Stiklaro. A Home for My Heart by Anne Mateer. Learning To Play the Guitar by Anthony Pell. Mini Missions for Simplicity by Courtney Carver. The Ultimate Guide to Sleep by Jessica Lopez. “He Is Risen” Easter Banner. Easter Coloring Pages. The Action Bible Easter Story.

Freebies 58

Freebies Easter Crochet Grandmother 58

Couponing 101

JUNE 6, 2011

Not because my mother or grandmother taught me how to do it, as a tradition passed down from generation to generation. Within 6 months of that initial batch of strawberry preserves, I was cranking out batch after batch of home canned goodies to sell at local craft shows and markets.

Canning 94

Canning Homemade Simple Making 94

For the Mommas

OCTOBER 10, 2013

Today, lifestyles are so different then when our mothers and grandmothers were raising children. Within my slow cooker recipe cook book, you will find easy and delicious dinners you can toss in the slow cooker in the morning and have a hot dinner when you return home from a long day. A slow cooker is a working moms best friend.

Kitchen 55

Kitchen Cheap Bar Harbor Grandmother 55

Work With What You've Got

JULY 25, 2010

Been home with my family. My Grandmother went to be with Jesus.

Grandmother 40

Grandmother Family Home 40

For the Mommas

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Today, lifestyles are so different than when our mothers and grandmothers were raising children. I decided to write this book, so you don’t have to go through the local drive through on the way home. Working moms don’t have time to stay in the kitchen for hours. We need meals that are nutritious, easy, and delicious.

Christmas 55

Christmas Beauty Cheap Grandmother 55

For the Mommas

JANUARY 13, 2015

Jenna’s thrilled that her favorite grandmother wants to take her to Disneyland, but when a couple of skeezy crooks read that Nanna wants to use her millions to build a special home for cats, they develop a plan to hold Nanna’s cats for ransom. CATNAPPED is a beginning chapter book for animal lovers.

Disneyland 40

Disneyland Grandmother Cheap AMC 40

Family Balance Sheet

DECEMBER 11, 2017

And I may or may not have taken a coveted Chick-fil-A gift card from my grandmother! Unused items from your home. It turns out Poppy has no problem snatching a gift right out of his granddaughter’s sweet hands. And we’re not a mean bunch, I promise you, but everyone leaves the gathering giggling from the thievery.

Games 100

Games Christmas Gifts Family 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 13, 2011

Regardless if you live in a cold or warm climate there are many ways you can save money and energy in your home. Here in Canada we usually think about saving precious heat from our furnaces, however, in the summer many of us want to cool our homes as well. Let the sun beam through your windows to help warm your home.

Food and Drink 147

Food and Drink Re-use Home Drinks 147

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 13, 2011

Regardless if you live in a cold or warm climate there are many ways you can save money and energy in your home. Here in Canada we usually think about saving precious heat from our furnaces, however, in the summer many of us want to cool our homes as well. Let the sun beam through your windows to help warm your home.

Food and Drink 133

Food and Drink Re-use Home Drinks 133

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter. We are very blessed that my husband earns enough so that I have been able to stay at home and homeschool–so my “why” in saving money is to balance that out. This only happened after we stopped owning homes and became renters.

Rent 182

Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 182

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 19, 2013

5 Reasons Mature Adult Offspring Fear “The Money Talk”… Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips The Benefits Of Carpooling For Your Kids Adult Children Living At Home – How To Approach It Take Your Kids on a Money Trip to the Store. Money Tips'

Grandchildren 220

Grandchildren Grandkids Kids and Family Parenting 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

We put in new windows this year at our 1985 home. There are just two of us at home now. I’ve never hired a house cleaner for our home (although I put hubby on notice that once I turn 80 we are getting one). Some folks (including my own Grandmother) make their own soaps, lotions, cleaners and more. Cheap or frugal?

Frugal 100

Frugal Cheap Clothes Clothing 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Because, by their very nature, natural beauty products are made following a simple biological process, it is possible to make your own products in your home kitchen. You will find lots of basic recipes on the internet, so do as your grandmother probably did and make you own beauty products.

Beauty 201

Beauty Health and Beauty Green Plants 201

For the Mommas

NOVEMBER 4, 2012

Fourteen-year-old Andrew discovers his mother’s hidden diary at his grandmother’s home during a Christmas gathering. You do not need a Kindle to read the free books. You can download the books to your computer or a free Kindle Reading app.

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Father Grandmother Sister Daughter 51