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  1. General Chat
    I am very humbled and thankful tonight. My daughter and I got a christmas food hamper from the salvation army. I have no idea who put our name in, I got a call to come down that they had a hamper for me. I cried!!!!!!! I am so very thankful to who ever it was.
  2. General Chat
    A Nativity Scene was erected in a church yard. During the night the folks came across this scene. An abandoned dog was looking for a comfortable, protected place to sleep. He chose baby Jesus as his comfort. No one had the heart to send him away so he was there all night. We...
  3. General Chat
    Im just sick of cereal. Seems like the prices are just going higher. I always buy generic because even the brand name ones goes on sell and i have a coupon still cheaper to buy generc. But this time I SAID NO MORE!!!Bought lots of bulk sausage and turkey bacon , 6 DOZEN EGGS. Some oatmeal...
  4. General Chat
    two really great finds from work lately. His company moved to another building a month or so ago. They were getting rid of some things and dh brought them to me. I got a really nice, heavy duty fold up table and a big metal shelf unit.....FREE! I have been wanting a table like this for...
  5. General Chat
    I have a friend who always tweets about things that bring her joy each day, even if it's a little thing. And it made me wonder: what little things in the day bring you joy? a cup of coffee after a long night? a cat's purr? a good meal? a smile when you least expect it? My moment of joy today...
  6. General Chat
    Our new windows!!!!!:pony: I can't wait for a winter without plastic and 100 year old windows!!!!!!!!!:bowing:
  7. Kitchen Basics
    Turkey, that is. We have a family potluck for thanksgiving, and as we were cleaning up the kitchen, my daughter walked through and announced, "My mom can make yummy soup with those turkey bones!" Next thing I knew, I was the proud owner of the "turkey trash". It was such a huge bird it...
  8. Religion
    As I mentioned in my way too long previous thread, I have been called back to Christianity by Jesus. About a week before Kyle and I broke up, He seemed to be everywhere I looked. Now I find myself in prayer for several hours a day, reading the Bible daily, and thinking clearer and more sound...
  9. Frugal Living
    instead of buying from the vending machine. Not sure it saves much, but I get to keep my quarters for my quarter jar.
  10. General Chat
    :dancing: My son Eric just brought me a new sewing machine. Not an expensive one....... But now I can sew again...... I am so happy he's a good kid (age 23):tay:
  11. Family
    As some of you may know, Chris is a great scrounger and has brought home all kinds of stuff. Today he topped himself when he pulled into our driveway with a van!!!!:eek: OK, first of all, he does not have his driver's permit yet and second...where did he get the van??? It turns out that the...
  12. Secondhand Shopping
    Our town is having it's annual "we'll haul it off for free" day and the boys have been "shopping" the many piles around town. So far they have hauled home 2 computer printers and a huge bag of yarn (a friend gave these to them yesterday), 1 working TV and a huge stack of record albums. Some of...
  13. General Chat
    I know this question has came up before but with the site changing so much, I though I'd ask it anyway. How did you end up in the village? Find it via a search engine, friends recommendation, link from another site, etc. I landed in the village when I was surfing the net with Google. I was...
  14. General Chat
    All afternoon I've been thinking about the thread Lisa posted and our answers to that thread. All of us struggling with Christmas, wanting Friday to be here now. A friend through an e-mail had been mentioning the same thing and I said to her "theres more to this", its something within our...
  15. Mother's day
    All week long He wouldn't tell me what hed gotten me for mothers day... and i kept guessing. i wasn't anywhere close. Anyhow here's our newest member of the four footed herd of ours. He is a one year old male Chuihuiha (sp). We haven't come up with a name for him yet, any ideas?
  16. Secondhand Shopping
    I just have to share the great things that dh brought home. He was given for FREE: a large tv antenna in great shape (cost about $60 in the store) a really nice wood sofa table (I love it) and a wooden end table (haven't decided where to put this yet) The man didn't want them any more and told...
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