I’m still trying to get over the whole CNN interview thing. It was surreal to be sitting there in the van at a soccer game clutching my cell phone to my hot cheek answering questions live on CNN. I was prepared for the time to be brief– I think it was all over in...
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Welcome to the Frugal Cooking Carnival! I hope you’re all set to share three days worth of menus, costs, pictures, and recipes. Guidelines can be found here. But even the recipes from one or two meals will be helpful, so please participate at whatever level you feel able. Before I share my own three...
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The Frugal Cooking Carnival is coming Friday, April 25th! I may be wrong, but I am guessing that more people will be READING this carnival than will be participating. So that means that those of you who contribute a link will probably get a good bit of traffic from this carnival. (And yes, that...
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Over the years it has been a rare time indeed when we haven’t had a little one either sleeping with us all night or climbing in for a cuddle in the wee hours of the morning. Fairly early on, we sprang for the cheapest king-sized bed we could find. I think it was $500...
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Meredith over at Like Merchant Ships is asking people to share stories of purchases they regretted. Sadly, I have no trouble thinking of a few. In the kitchen dept, it would be the juicer and the bread machine, neither of which I have used in the last year or so. Hubby advised strongly against...
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(Pssst: don’t miss the book giveaway in the post below!) Ok, I have an unusual tip this week. We actually learned this one from our veterinarian. When you want to safely transport a cat to or from the vet’s office, but don’t have one of those cool cat crates, try a pillowcase. Seriously. Set...
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I’ve been thinking about the upcoming Frugal Cooking carnival and thought it might be fun to share some other money saving tips now and then as well.  My first tip is a simple one:  THE GREAT WATER JUG.  We spend a fair bit of time running back and forth to various places– I’ve got three kids...
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I thought I ought to give you the rest of the details about our frugal-cooking carnival, coming up on April 25th. The object is to put together three days of yummy and affordable menus. Serve it to your family anytime between now and April 25th. Then share your three day experiment with all of...
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….on Friday, April 25th.  Basic idea here….more details coming soon.  Get your thinking caps on.  I’m excited to read about your yummiest frugal meals!  And by all means, feel free to mention this on your blog so that others can share their ideas too!
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When trying to think of something fun and different to put in our kids’ Easter baskets, I came across some colorful T-shirts at an outlet store.  At $2 each the price was certainly right.   But I wanted to add some personality to them.  I’ve always loved the neat shirts that Christian Book Distributors sells,...
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