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Frugal Friday: Cheap Turkeys for the Win! 11.18.16

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Wednesday: Slow Cooker Chicken Fajitas with my homemade fajita seasoning. Thursday: leftovers from Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Friday: Homemade Ham & Bean Soup , homemade sugar-free applesauce This soup takes some time from start to finish, but I work from home on Fridays, so I had the time.

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It’s Not Too Late to Save for the Holidays

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

First, do you have time to make homemade Christmas presents? Some popular items include homemade baking kits (think all of the ingredients for soup or brownies in a jar), homemade jewelry, artwork, crafts, and food. Take on extra work. Can you work extra hours at your job? However, you must ask yourself two things.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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So far, my girls have made orange chicken with rice, chicken potpie, homemade pumpkin cinnamon rolls and dinner rolls. It’s hard to say what personal lessons we will learn from this crisis and I’m not sure what life will look like on the other side, but we’ll get through it…together. Are you working from home?

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The Ultimate Homemaking Bundle Sale, a $1274 Value for Just $29.97

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The first step in putting together this collection was to find the critical homemaking skills that you need to transform your house into a home. Here they are: Cleaning … create a healthy, toxin-free home. DIY/Homemade … fun and frugal ways to express your personal style. Finances … build a budget that works.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

On Christmas eve, gangs of kids caroled from house to house. On Halloween we did a trick for our treat inside of a neighbors house, without our parents around and got homemade goodies to eat as a treat. Kids did chores and not all of them were ‘safe’ My brother mowed the lawn with a homemade electric lawnmower.

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