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From the monthly archives:
With the recent beautiful, Spring weather (flurries in the forecast notwithstanding) I decided it was high time to go through my kids’ seasonal clothes and assess the current situation.
You see, when I’m out and about at the second-hand stores I like to frequent, when I see something cute, I want to get it. However! Just [...]
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Some of you have asked for an update on how The Hubs is doing on his deployment. Firstly — thank you so much for asking! That sure is sweet of you. Secondly — he’s doing just fine up there in the Kyrgyz mountains, where the weather is so erratic you’d think it was Kansas: sunshine [...]
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So tomorrow always comes sooner than you think.
Loving the comments and tips and input on cooking whole chickens in the last post! I know I learned some things! Admittedly, that’s not saying much… Ahem.
What do y’all make with the chicken from your whole chicken?
But before we talk chicken, let’s talk chicken stock. I turned around [...]
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I never cooked up a whole chicken myself until recently.
“Hi, I’m Jolyn.”
(Hi, Jolyn!)
“I’m 38-years-old, and I just cooked my first whole chicken.”
This is dedicated to all of you 37 and younger. Please, don’t wait as long as I did to prepare something so fundamental to healthy, frugal meals.
And if you’re older than I [...]
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Frugal Dad: Do Something You Love, Before You Have to Do Something For Money (excellent perspective for those “just starting out”)
One Money Design: Manage Money By Living From Heaven Backwards
Get Rich Slowly: How Much Stuff Does One Man Need?
Keeping the Kingdom First: What does Frugal look like?
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They’re moving in now with free rent for March; we’ll get our first rental check for April. Hallelujah!
I really was not expecting this so soon. Our rental house in Vegas has been empty for three months — we’ve been without tenants longer than that before, in a better economy.
The Terms
The tenants signed a one-year lease [...]
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When my daughter was sick last month I looked all over for the thermometer and couldn’t find it. I’d finally had enough: it was time to clean out the nether regions of my bathroom. I wasn’t even exactly sure I’d find it in there, but it was as good of a place to start as [...]
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I feel the need to clarify our position regarding our (still empty) rental home in Las Vegas, and a new post seems like the best way to do it. So for the record, we are not at all considering a short sale! As I stated in the previous post, I do not believe our situation [...]
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How much of your budget goes toward eating out? (How many of you have no idea?) How much of that is not for enjoyment, but for apparent convenience?
I’m not against eating out, not by any stretch. But I do think it is one area in our lives that, over the years, has saved us financially. [...]
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I think many people feel that putting themselves on a budget will restrict their lifestyle and keep them from being able to spend money on the things they like to have and do. My experience has been the opposite: creating a budget has actually felt quite freeing.
Before, whenever I wanted to spend money impulsively, I [...]
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