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Starting a New Business: My Son Actually Listened!

by Steve and Sara
Once in a very great while you realize that something you said to your children actually sunk in and they acted on it.  It’s a very good feeling.  Now my son will probably deny me having anything to do with his decision but I am going to take a tiny bit [...]

Types of Foster Care

by tenshi_cr
This is an ongoing weekly series as I complete the training and approval process for therapeutic foster care. I am by no means an expert and laws differ by state. The series is written in response to the questions that I am asking myself as I go through the process and I hope [...]

I Deserve It!

by J.sLessard
One of the excuses mentioned in Frugal Dad’s Language of the Perpetually Poor was “I Work So Hard, I Deserve It”.  ‘I deserve it’ is a trap that I still fall into occasionally.  It’s not usually for big ticket items like cars or vacations but usually for the smaller ones like eating out [...]

Kids End No Spend Challenge

I thought I had better update my no spending challenge.  I did pretty well until yesterday when I met my teenage children after CPR class.  We haven’t been able to get together but once since Easter as they live 3 hours away.  As I was going to be halfway anyway, we decided to get together [...]

Sunday’s Gratitudes

In one of the books I have read recently the author pointed out that if we spent as much time being grateful for the things that we have, we would have a lot less time lusting after the things we don’t have.  I have found this to be true and I have also found that [...]

8 Rice Alternatives

by hjl
It’s bad enough that the cost of everything is going up but as rice futures soared, two major warehouse stores put limits on the amount of rice.  Both warehouse super stores serve restaurants which buy rice in bulk bags of 20 lbs or more and are limiting customer purchases to 4 bags.
This has [...]

No Spending Day 1 and 2

I thought I would give you a quick update on the No Spending Challenge.  It is MUCH easier to go without spending money if I stay home.  It is much harder when I am out or working.  At work, there is always the temptation to buy a drink or go to lunch mostly due to [...]

Urban Homesteading: A Frugal Choice

by bjmccray
The cost of everything is going up! That doesn’t come as news to anyone and it is a reality that we all deal with daily. How do you make ends meet when your income doesn’t go up as fast as your cost of living? Many people are returning to a trend [...]

No Spending Challenge

In my post yesterday on having extra money, I mentioned purchasing an oriental carpet on clearance. I stated that I would have to adjust my budget to pay for it. I want to clarify that I paid for it in cash but that the money that I used was designated for something else [...]

Wednesday’s Child: The Kids

If you watch NBC, you will have seen the Wednesday’s Child segments they do on children in foster care who are available to be adopted. Most of these children are preteens and teens who have been in ‘the system’ for years. In a lot of cases these children have been in multiple foster [...]

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