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January 20, 2007
Heather L
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Frugal Friday — Curtains

Posted in Thrifty Ideas

Over at Biblical Womanhood, they have a fun thing called Frugal Fridays. I love all the links to the different blogs with all of the creative ways to be frugal. This week the theme is curtains, so I thought I’d participate for the first time. Here’s a picture of the curtains that I made for our “classroom”. My daughter wanted a safari type them, so I went all out. The curtains are very simple to make. There are just 4 panel curtains — just do a simple hem on the bottom and sides (if necessary, I just left the salvaged…

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January 19, 2007
Heather L
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Frozen Assets — Mashed Potatoes

Posted in Gluten Free, and Homemaking

We love mashed potatoes around our house, and I don’t really care to make them from scratch every time we want them. BUT, I prefer homemade (plus they’re really inexpensive to make). So, once again, I go back to my freezer. I peel, cook, and mash between 5 and 10 lbs of potatoes at a time. Then, I put them in microwave safe freezer containers (Tupperware Rock ‘n Serve). I have mashed potatoes easily available at all times. Yum!! Loaded mashed potatoes also make a really great lunch for Little Song Bird and I. D, on the other hand, needs…

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January 18, 2007
Heather L
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Wednesday’s Wonderings

Posted in Family, and Thoughts

My little girl was still sick today. I think she’s actually getting worse instead of better. Today, she’s added a cough in addition to the stuffy head and ear ache. Yuck! We didn’t even attempt school today since she was feeling so bad. Poor thing. Obviously, we didn’t make it to Moo Bingo. We’ll see about Linda Bailey tomorrow. I’m continuing my cleaning and decluttering. I was trying to focus on the entryway as it had gotten cluttered. D walked in from work and went WOW! I could hear him from upstairs. lol! He also walked into a house that…

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January 18, 2007
Heather L
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Frozen Assets — Husband’s Lunch

Posted in Thrifty Ideas

What are frozen assets? Frozen assets are meals, baked goods, or other things that you prepare ahead of time and put in the freezer. Today, I’ll tell you some of the things that I do for my husband’s lunch. I’m going to be honest and say that I’m not getting up when he gets up, but I still want to prepare good lunches for him to take to work with him. So, I tried to think of different things that I could send for lunch. Originally, I started making extra of whatever I was preparing for supper (spaghetti, lasagna, mac…

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