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How To Re-use Common Items

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last weekend my grown son was home for our autumn family picnic. Plastic containers from sliced lunch meat are great for leftover vegetable or casserole servings. Pumpkins are first used to decorate the porch for Halloween, then carved into jack-o’-lanterns and finally processed for use in pumpkin bread. Miscellaneous.

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Nicoles Nickels

My sister-in-law requires rice and now my son-in-law requires macaroni and cheese. My nieces, my daughter and I sing all the songs, loudly , to the annoyance of my brother and son-in-law. It’s Been a Really Long Week I Have Leftover Halloween Candy… First it was just stuffing and dinner rolls.

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Meet a Reader | Kim from Iowa

The Frugal Girl

My son has a job at a local pizza place and he gets a free meal after every shift. My younger son and I have been volunteering there lately and the need seems to be growing more and more. Now I like that she has some leftover/easier nights sprinkled in as it matches our life more closely. One of four nightstands we made!

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