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  Last Saturday, we had a spontaneous family outing. It involved a   picnic, (homemade chicken salad sandwiches, bananna bread, fruit, ice tea, all spread on a beauitiful table cloth, compliments of homemaker Hannah)   fishing, paddle boats, playing in the creek, walking, seeing wildlife, history lessons, a country drive, and more. All for free. [...]

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this is quick and easy, I will give you the basics and you can figure out the amounts according to your family size rainbow colored pasta, my favorite is called wacky mac, (click here for coupon) different shapes and colors chicken breasts ranch dressing diced onions, tomatoes, green peppers ok, cook and drain and cool [...]

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There are some things that just mean comfort. For us it is ice cream. It may be irresponsible to some but for us even when we are down to absolutely no spending money as long as we can still scrape up enough chump change for ice cream, it means everything is OK. Funny huh?   [...]

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In response to my own post of June 3rd “the dime is squeezing me” I am hosting a carnival of sorts this week. Or maybe it will become a meme. I don’t know where it will go, but for this week, let’s encourage each other. We will start today with 101 ways to decrease your outgo. [...]

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Well, we had a wonderful breakfast the last couple days, homemade yogurt and fresh mulberries. We make homemade yogurt from our own milk and have fruit trees. I have learned to use what the Lord is providing at the moment.  But my girls take it one step further. Since we have milk, and eggs, and [...]

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Well, we have shifted from me squeezing a dime, to it squeezing me. How are y’all doing this? Are you focusing on spending less or making more? We have gotten to the point of hardly driving anywhere. And I can’t wait for the garden to start producing more. And my big freezer spontaneously defrosted itself [...]

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