This was so great!!!
DanaB and I have corresponded on FV regarding homeschooling. Turns out she just moved about 10 miles from me, has kids the same ages, and last night she came to our HS Moms' meeting!!!
HOW COOL IS THAT???!!!
Any of you met a FV friend in person?
__________________ Mary Carney Working the night shift 'cause they never have meetings at 3am!
DD Sarah 29
DD Rosanne 26
DS Benjamin 16
DD Kathleen 14
Married to David since 1975
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Yes, I have met cmdarlin and prfctstrngr. It was such a treat! I'd love to meet with you some of you Missouri folk, but alas, I am moving to Iowa in 2 weeks. Maybe I'll meet some Iowa Hawkeyes!
__________________ "You are fearfully and wonderfully made." Please... respect life.
Debt free, hoping to stay that way!
Pic: Tennessee River at sunset (2008 Delta Queen cruise)
March On!!
1. Keep on writing. glorybug.wordpress.com
2. Spend more time in my craftroom.
3. Food: $100. Spent: @$50
4. Continue my Bible study time.
5. Start the kitchen remodel.
DEBT FREE!
House Deposit Fund - £10,000/£15,000
Wedding Fund - £330/£12,000
Emergency Fund - £325/£1000
Personal Savings - £125/£1000
£500 in 100 days Challenge - £325/£500 (ends 02/06/2009)
Lose-a-pound-a-week Challenge - 6/15 pounds lost
Menu Planning Challenge - 2/28 fortnightly menus completed and followed
Grocery Challenge £100/month - BUSTED/£100 for January
£62.35/£110 for February (upped budget as £100 not realistic!)
im in st petersburg. id love to meet some ppl close to me. been here over a yr and still know no one! *sighs* so lucky. hope u get together alot and enjoy the company..*hears crickets*
__________________ Blessed Be...JOYCE wife to Peter for 3 yrs. together 13 yrs mom to Christopher 14 Andrew 13 Mathew 5 Twilight
New goals: Menu plan every week!
Go for a walk 5 out of 7 days a wk
w/Dh holding hands and talking too!
Stockpile and coupon MORE!
Drink more water DH too
Eat breakfast
Compliment people more in my life.
YTD Coupons savings: $1,846.73
That is so cool!! Missy and I live about 20 miles from each other and have enjoyed getting together several times. We keep up with each other here and on facebook, too.
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"I need to remember that the source of all I have and all I am comes from the Lord. I need to remember that ultimately I am not totally in control." ~ forHISglory
How fun! I've never met any Frugal Villagers, but I think it would be fun to do so.
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Wife to DH--
Mom to DS--
and DD--
Avatar picture: My new friend (Ain't he a beaut?) Taken at Blanco SP, Blanco, Texas. March, 2010.
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EF- $1798 /$8000
Mortgage -- $57,979.52
March Emergency Fund Challenge-- $450 /$400
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"The time to save is now. When a dog gets a bone, he doesn't go out and make a down payment on a bigger bone. He buries the one he's got." --Will Rogers
That's terrific!! No one's come to visit me yet (sigh). Next time I go to the mainland I am going to find at least one of you!!
I have said "get yer butt over here'......thevail can pick you up in Seattle and you can then come over here for our quilt show in Oct.....I have it all planned...except your plane tickets!
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