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I have an awesome recipe that my neighbor makes and she passed it on to me, beings none of her 4 kids do any canning, and it is delish...... As soon as I can find it..I'll post it if you'd like.
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Don't feel bad.....my family (not hubby or kids) but sister, mom, in-laws, ect. laugh at me for living the way we do. They think you should go and spend, spend, spend, but nope, we pay our bills and live life with as little as possible. I have come find that the less you have, the less...
I'm not a latter day saint but all I do is date all of my canned goods (Home canning) and what I do purchase from the grocery store I mark it with a "use 1st" & "use 2nd" and so on, on the edge of the box. This way I know what to use first. When ever I can....I take out what I did last year and...
Went to the library today while out getting animal feed and a few things from the grocery store.. I picked up a book by John Seymour called Self-Sufficient Life and how to live it. Just in the first few pages I came across something that John had written in 1976 and I think it will fit in great...
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Living frugal is soooooo easy, people just have to have a desire to live that way. don't get me wrong, we buy things we need that are new, like, well, undies....yep, went and bought 4 packages today for myself and our 3 daughters. And you know what....we get to the store (K-Mart) and...
We here at Acre of Blessings really have no choice but to live frugal. I love actually. I like the fact that when we go to a store as a family that our kids automatically head straight for the clearance section. We love thrift store shopping and yard sales. I am not a big fan of flea markets...