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Safeguard Your Menu Plan System When Life Happens
Life doesn’t always go as planned. When meals have to be adjusted to accommodate life’s unexpected circumstances, write it down. Putting your change of plans in writing on your family menu plan can protect your good habits. Here’s why: You Can’t Stop Life From Happening All good menu planners will tell you that no matter how good your intentions or how far in advance your planning, life will alter your menu plan from time to time. Appointments can run long or you can find yourself unexpectedly away from home when you are supposed to be preparing a meal. You could even forget to prepare your crockpot meal in the morning…
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Don't Look Like a Tired Mom: 13 Quick Mini Makeovers
Check out our Beginner’s Guide for a tour of Home Ever After. Don’t Look Like a Tired Mom! Of course you’re tired – running a household with children is tiring work! We’ve all seen tired moms dropping off their kids at school in morning, desperately clutching a cup of coffee as if it’s their last bastion of hope… And we can all probably admit that we have been that tired mom on one occasion or another! Being a mom often means we sacrifice a lot of things (sleep being one of them) just to get it all done, and while we know we need to take more time for ourselves,…
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Top 5 Cheap Kids' Snacks for Summer Vacation
The kids may be home for summer vacation and hungry all the time, but that doesn't mean you should wreck your grocery budget by buying expensive snacks!
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Let's Hear it for Frugal Husbands!
Having the support people in our lives understand and get on board with our frugal movement is key. It makes everything easier to have the same thinking about spending less and saving more with your spouse (or other support person).
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How To Give Small Baby Shower Gifts
Readers Ask: How Do I Give Small Baby Shower Gifts? Being on a small budget may mean giving a smaller gift at a baby shower. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, though. Check out the 13 Best Baby Shower Gifts on a Budget for some great baby shower gifts to give when the budget is tight. Before you start to feel guilty thinking of all the bigger gifts that will be opened around yours, remember that it really is the thought that counts. In the case of small baby shower gifts, you have the opportunity for personalization that will make your gift both special and memorable to the new mom.…
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Personal Finance: Eliminate Annual Fees on Credit Cards
What most people don't know is that annual fees on credit cards are negotiable. It is completely possible to eliminate annual fees...
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Frugal First Day of Summer Fun for Solstice
Frugal First Day of Summer Fun for Summer Solstice What are your plans to celebrate the first day of summer? The kids are out of school, it’s a beautiful summer solstice weekend, and the living’s easy! Just because the first day of summer is such a huge event here in my city, I have to tell you a little bit about what it’s like to be in Alaska on the longest day of the year. In Alaska, summer solstice is one of the biggest holidays of the year. Not only is summer solstice the longest day of the year, but it’s also considered by most to be the first day…
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How to Unclog a Drain For 29 Cents
How to Unclog Your Plugged Drain Using Household Products Have you ever had your sink clog up when there doesn’t happen to be a bottle of Drano under your sink? The last time my husband was out of town the bathroom drain got plugged up. There was no Drano in my house, I didn’t want to run to the store to buy a pricey drain treatment product. I certainly didn’t want to pay for an expensive plumber to come unclog the drain! Did I mention I had never unclogged a drain before?! Luckily, I knew this handy trick that makes it easy for people to solve their own drain problems.…
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Our Free Samples are So Hot They're Driving People to a Life of Crime!
Think that headline is just a gimmick to get you to read this article? No such chance! I’m sorry to say that Home Ever After’s free samples are so great they are now driving people to a life of crime. People, anonymous people, people whose identities I will never discover… “What is she talking about?” you may be asking. I’ll tell you the sad tale! Today I went to the post office and was overjoyed to receive my free sample in the mail from Walmart of Weather Works Frizz Ease shampoo, conditioner, and style sealant creme. Or so I thought. When I attempted to open the postcard to get the…
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31 Fun Free Things to Do With Your Kids on Summer Vacation
Here's our brainstormed list of 31 fun free things to do with your kids this summer vacation, and the best thing is that most of them cost noting at all!
