When I was a kid, I can distinctly remember going to the library all the time. I was a voracious reader and would take out many, many books each time – finishing them very quickly. I can remember learning how to use the card catalog (the actual one, with cards, in a giant filing cabinet! […]
Frugal Fun
Planning a Fun and Frugal Family New Years Celebration for under $30
New years eve. It’s the time when you go out to a bar or a party, and drink too much right? Well, not in our house. We stick to staying home and having a fun and frugal time together with our three boys (now 13, 9 and 1 1/2). The oldest boys look forward to […]
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Kids Making Their Own Board Game – A Lesson in Frugal Creativity
My kids are very creative. Part of the reason is because we limit their screen time on weekdays to half an hour, and two hours on the weekends. So they’re forced to find something else to do to fill their time, and they often do interesting projects. For example, my oldest son makes 8-bit video […]
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Four Financial Lessons from School Book Fairs
When I was a kid, I loved to read. And that love of reading has passed itself to my children. Now that I’ve been through eight years of book fairs with one child and four years with the other, I consider myself somewhat of a book fair expert. I love being able to take the […]
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Cost of cookies – is it really cheaper to make your own?
A five step method to analyzing store-bought vs. homemade I’ve often wondered whether it really saves money to make your own food, as opposed to buying the packaged version. This is especially true with cookies. I don’t know about your family, but mine can go through a batch of homemade cookies like a bulldozer (remember, […]
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Chopped Championship – 5 Tips for Free Family Fun
My kids love watching Chopped (the Food Network TV show) on Netflix. They love all the weird ingredients, strange dishes, and the judging. So they decided that we should do a family Chopped championship with myself and my husband as the contestants. It was time consuming but a lot of fun! The only rules were […]
