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Glad to see this thread is still going strong! :)

Of course this all takes labor, time, love and money. That's why we are at least 2 years out on getting a cow as I finish my degree. I must toot my own horn here and say I am very good at time management. If I wasn't I'd be dead by now. I would have the morning milking, and my son will be...

Hey on the cow questions I thought I would share my thoughts, as we also have no livestock experience. So, we plan on buying a cow/calf pair, a second or third year cow. We raise the calf for meat, and share milk with the calf until we wean. Milk supply would be used for everything. Milk (we go...

Heather here are just a few make ahead meals. The refrigerator oatmeal sounds soooo yummy. Refrigerator oatmeal http://www.theyummylife.com/Refrigerator_Oatmeal Pancake fruit rolls http://onceamonthmom.com/raspberry-and-cream-pancake-rolls/ Fruity breakfast burritos...

That's great you can find good deals at a butcher! I wish we could :( we plan on after paying the car and such, starting a "meat fund" so we can buy a cow, pig etc until we are able to produce our own. What I'm worried about is chicken. We eat a loooooot of chicken. I think I'd need to raise two...

Took all day shopping sales yesterday. I think I'm good for the month. Matched coupons on clearance items for my fabric softner, got some pads for free, and bought a whoooole bunch of produce. 2lbs blueberries, 3lbs strawberries, 2 flats raspberries, 2 cantaloupes, 3lbs grapes, two big bunches...

Heather I am so sorry about the house things. Ask around for some quotes too tho, you'd think they'd be a bit more negotiable due to the economy right now. Hubby wants us to maybe stay here, as we just found out we are expecting again, and he thinks we can't afford to upgrade our home. Well, we...

I have started couponing in a big way. I just bought a bunch of coupons and I'm working on a stockpile. I am set on getting hba products near free from now on. I am sick of paying $4 for DHs body wash when I can get it almost free. I just need to dedicate a bit of time to it, and as school is...

Thanks Heather! I want to be out of debt except our school loans and mortgage when we move. We might not make all of it, as in we may move with school loans. Mortgage and my hubby's car, but we got 0 percent interest on that loan so it's last on our list. On Friday I am going to be going...

I have started my Dave Ramsey program! It's slow going now, but it's started. DH isn't too happy about the real penny pinching, but alas, it needs to be done! I'm also running a challenge on myself for the month of June to only spend $25 a week on groceries, so we can jut eat out of the pantry...

Being frugal is hard, but like heather says, goals are a good place to start. Once your goals are out in the open, it motivates you more. I also agree with budgeting treats. You work hard for your money, and it's to fun to see if every paycheck go just towards debts. Budget it an ice cream run...

Hmmm, what's a bj's? Great deals at the grocery stores for the memorial holiday!! I'm stocking up!! Pig has chicken legs for 69 cents lb, boneless ribs for 1.99, pork roasts for 1.99....etc. I can hardly wait to go shopping tmw!!!

Canning canning canning!! My girlfriend has a Sams club membership, so we went there and got some things. There prices on meat are fair, but not a steal. And they not take coupons, which is stupid to me. Oh well. Great place to get some of the basics.

Zukes is a tough one. You can pickle it, I do freeze it occasionally, but that's about it! If we have an over abundance, which we always do, I shred it and feed it to the chickens. I don't feel like I'm "wasting" it then! Hubby went out foraging and came home with almost a pound of morels, and...

Yeah a chest freezer is a must! We have the freezer off our fridge, and also a small chest freezer, and a small freezer off our back up fridge. When we move I want one of those huge freezers, the 5ft ones or whatever, as then we will be raising beef, pig, chicken all for meat. So at any one...

Thanks! I wanted a big home, it's always been my dream. I'd rather have a big home than a big wedding. DH wanted to buy properties with much smaller homes on them, then add on later. That was fine with me, but we went to go see this one on a whim. I didn't like it in the pictures, but in person...

I haven't been frugal. Well I have in some ways, and not in others. So let's start with how I've been frugal. Grocery shopping! I go a little out of my way to this 24 hour grocery store which has great prices. Their meats can be hit or miss, but everything else is way cheaper. I go after work...

Yeah I hear ya. This is actually my first weekend trying it. Hence why i only picked one breakfast, on lunch and two dinners. I can't see myself doing that whole menu all at once, unless maybe I had friends doing it with me. I also like doing the picking and choosing rather than doing there...

Hey Heather, do you do freezer meals? I am just getting started on it as I work full time and go to school full time and it helps curve our convience urges. I just saw you posted about convience and home cooking. Most of the meals for freezer meals has no prep. Thaw and bake in oven, or thaw and...

I keep reserves for a variety of reasons. 1) in 2010 me and hubby had lost our jobs and was only getting a fraction of our income. We were only able to get 32 bucks a month in food stamps to feed a family of 3. We ate poorly. Some nights, I didn't eat at all. That's a terrible feeling. And it...