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1345 days ago
An article on living on 1 income: http://www.stretcher.com/menu/1income.htm by Jeffry Strain: his blog on saving money: http://www.pfadvice.com/ his website(register & you can sign-up for free weekly newsletter by email): www.savingadvice.com a few old favorites: sample frugal weekly meal-plan http://savingdinner.com/menu_mailer/frugal_mm_order.html http://planabudget.com/money-tips.htm refunds & coupons: Refund Express, http://www.refundexpress.net/ http://www.livingonadime.com/tipindex.htm#Leftovers www.budgetonline.com/ Hillbilly Housewife www.hillbillyhousewife.com/index.htm www.thethriftshopper.com/ www.thriftyfun.com/
1548 days ago
ok, it seems like I only update very occaisonally....when there's announcements....so here's one: We've started back to our local CBS. Here's the details.... CBS Community Bible Study Lee County, Iowa Please join us as we study The Gospel of Luke at First Christian Church 608 - 10th Street Fort Madison, Iowa Sept. 6, 2005 - May 16,2006 Tuesdays, 9:15-11:15 am Plus kids' program: babies- 12yrs. For more information call Community Bible Study @ 319-372-5771 Inquire about the evening class, too! btw, My dh goes to the evening CBS in Lee County IA. It starts this week, also, on Thurs. eve (7 pm). They won't be studying the book of Luke. Instead they'll be in the Old Testament-several books, including Ecc., I think. They'll be meeting in Keokuk, in the new First Christian Church/ old Walmart ...
1682 days ago
As a busy Mama, I'm finding it hard to find time to spend online, so I'm not adding to this real quickly, but my main thing is I'm trying to see this as a tool to track some of my own interests and activities. If anything I add here helps someone else with similar interests and concerns thats good too. I'm having a hard time getting anything typed in again today because of a box that keeps popping up on my computer. Tihis can be such a helpful tool to have access to but also so frustrating! Before I give up for now, I'll try to post a link here to a refund form to print out for a new Land o Lakes butter product. I like to find deals on foods that are just basic-type real foods. the web site for this is http://www.landolakes.com/pdf/TryMeFree.pdf Notice that its a pdf file so you need the Adobe Acrobat to get it. ta ta for now, the frugal mama
1717 days ago
Wacky Cake 1 1/2 c. flour 1/4 c. cocoa 1 c. white sugar 1t. baking soda 1/2 t. salt 1/3 c. salad oil 1t. vanilla 1t. vinegar 1 c. water Preheat oven to 350 degrees (F). Mix dry ingredients into an ungreased 8"x8" pan. Make 3 holes in the mixture. In one hole, pour the vinegar; in the next hole, pour the oil; and in the last, pour the vanilla. Pour water over the whole works and mix just until combined. Bake for 30 minutes. Cool and eat! This demonstrates when an alkali and an acid are mixed, causing a chemical reaction. Vinegar and baking soda are leavening agents in this recipe. They create gas bubbles that cause the cake to rise. abbreviations in recipe: c=cup t=teaspoon warning, once you get your kids started playing with vinegar and baking soda, they'll want to do all the old favorites, so get ready to turn 'em loose!: model volcanoes, plastic pop-bottle rockets, (any other ideas?) Have fun! Get messy! Frugal Mama
1717 days ago
The planting garden, homeschooling (very eclectic- personalized studies for 4 kids), and other projects have been keeping me really busy lately... I was wanting to record more often in this spot what we've been doing , and maybe even start another site dedicated to just our homeschooling projects. One set-back to trying to do this--when I started I thought we were going to get a faster internet connection but that isn't possible where we are (our rural phoneline doesn't even handle the 56k speed that is always listed as the slowest speed when you try to download something.) A small disadvantage to being so rural, but the advantages far outweigh the inconveniences. I'll try to get some crockpot recipes here soon. We use my crockpots alot! After a relatively healthy winter, we are passing around a tummy flu. Teas seem to help as much as anything with this. peppermint or ginger are good ingredients to look for to find something to settle upset tummies. My husband swears by ...
