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Baby Steps to Frugal Living

Creak. Creak. Stick. Stick. That’s the sound my sandals made as I walked across the kitchen floor. It was yucky. I couldn’t avoid it any more. Time to get the mop out. When I reached under the kitchen sink, I found no floor cleaner. Sigh. But I spied the baking soda on the counter. There was just enough left from eldest...

Back-To-School Shopping For Homeschool Families

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Here it is again…Back-to-School time! As usual, teachers and students alike begin thinking of the new school year. Parents make trips to the store to purchase the items on school supply lists. Teachers begin thinking about ways to give their classrooms a welcoming appearance. Students begin thinking about things like new...

Teaching Children to Cook (Part II)

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This is the second in a series of posts about cooking with children. Read the first post here. Meal Planning We all want our families to eat healthy. This can be hard when we have picky eaters that only like noodles, bread, and shredded wheat cereal. Not very well rounded, right? Teaching my children to cook also...

An Extravagant Life

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Last week I was online, chatting with my sister-in-law about menus and grocery shopping. At some point during our conversation she said, “We know how to be frugal around here.” “Right! That’s great!” I said at the time. But later, thinking back on our conversation, it left a sour taste in my...

Feeding My Pride

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Because the lyrics of my life include Rich Mullins’ songs, someone gave me a twenty-six page magazine about the self-proclaimed ragamuffin. There are many pithy quotes in the Release Extra, but this one echoes. I don’t feed my ego by wearing pretentious clothes or by cutting my hair in pretentious ways or by snubbing people...

Eight Frugal Family Gifts

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One of my favorite gift-giving strategies is to focus on family gifts rather than individual gifts. This approach is an effective means of saving both time and money, two very important resources, especially this time of year! Deciding on one large present is much quicker than choosing several individual gifts. In fact, I can...

Netflix, Frugality and Charlotte Mason: At the Forum – Nov 6

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Thank Goodness it is Friday. It has been a busy week in my household and the busyness has stretched its way to the Forum. I am sure I am not the only one who has benefited from the questions and advice that has been posted. We would like to extend an invitation to you if you have not been to the forum yet. Come on by and...

Beauty Bargains

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Let’s face it. Skin care, anti-aging creams, and hair products are not cheap. Nearly everyone wants to look attractive and youthful, but not everyone has a limitless budget for beauty. Through the years I’ve hit on some inexpensive alternatives to high-priced beauty items that have not only saved me a bundle, but are just...

Keeping Our Home Warm

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‘Housekeeping requires knowledge and intelligence…, the kind that is complex, not simple, and combines intellect, intuition and feelings. You need a memory good enough to remember how things are done, where things are, what the daily routine requires, what everyone in the home is up to as it affects housekeeping, the...

15 Homemade Math Manipulatives

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Math manipulatives are beneficial in so many ways. Your child will be able to “touch” and “see” the math concepts come to life. “1 + 1″ will not only be something recalled from rote memorization but it will be understood. My kids have learned so much with the incorporation of these...