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Life isn't always pleasant, but somewhere in your day something good happened. It's time to celebrate those little things. Did the vending machine drop two Snickers instead of one? Did someone tell you how nice you looked today? Share it here and give yourself a high-five.

First of all my DH finished his college degree with a 3.87 in Electronic Technology- which means he now has the degree for the work he has been doing for 15 years. YAYAYAYAY Now he has a job. Unfortunately it is out of the area and we will not be moving. His is about 3 hours from home in the...

The big 40 hit yesterday. I was so busy with Easter that it came and went without much thought. I am not really bummed about this birthday as I hear some people can be. On the other hand I thought that my life would be a little more settled and the plans that were made when I was younger would...

I was posting in the form about going bare footed and when it came up in the post it was all about spam.Any one know why it did that?I never wrote any thing about spam.

did i miss something? i usually tape them and watch them later at night. anyone know?

Our family has joined with 9 other families to travel to Florida for a World Series Softball tourn this week. We get down here and one night our battery on our 6-year-old minivan goes dead. It will cost $100 to fix it. No big deal, we need a battery. We get it fixed and go on our way. My...

This is God. I will be handling All of your problems today. I will not need your help, so have a miraculous day. Sometimes I need to be reminded. I thought maybe others might need to hear this this morning as I did.

We had something weird happen last week and we cannot find an explanation. We have a small side room in an annex which we use for people who stay over. Every time that someone stays over, I change the sheets. The day before I had changed the sheets on the bed and pushed it neatly back where it...

Well,I'm sure some of you are aware, my position was being eliminated. Well today it happened. I was pretty upset earlier, but am doing ok for right now. I have had my resume posted on several sites for about a month or two. Hopefully something will happen soon. We have a good stockpile for...

My stepdaughter got into a huge fight, i told her if she didnt like the rules to get the hell out. She she did just that, Its been the best stress free week. My husband is thrilled she is gone, her sister is just in fantasty land and happy.. SD went as far as telling her aunts i i slapped her...

I was told today that I will be layed off in the next two months. I'm sooo sad and scared. My question is, do I go ahead and wait till it happens - take the severance pay and then take a lower paying job? I know that there are not any jobs in my field. I have been looking and will continue...

This is going to turn out to be a brag thread because with becoming frugal comes many, many benefits. Some people may look at frugal living as a depressing and miserable state, but I personally look at it as having an enriching and rewarding outcome. I really became frugal in October 2008 and...

I was at Walmart yesterday and saw a cart of marked-down stuff. The saleslady told me that there were some good buys in the cart. They had really cute stocking cap and gloves sets marked for 50c for the set. I thought, "Not bad deal!" To get both the cap and gloves was a bargain. So I picked...

i've been checking out this site (in between reading the real-time posts...) faster...people...faster.....:yippee: and i was in the 'FV experience' and saw all the names and points and all...and noticed how many were no longer participating... what do think happened to all these frugalites...

well i finally did it...i jumped to the next level...i have run out of things to unplug in the house so i unplugged dh's cable box...i can't help myself...the little lights and numbers were taunting me...i heard little voices in my ear..."do it...do it..." so with a grin on my face and a heavy...

Yesterday while I was at school, DH calls. The realtor called and would be there in an hour to show the house. This is the first time since the house was put up for sale in November. He scrambled around to get things picked up. He wasn't happy but he's very unsolciable and doesn't like...

I layed my son down for a nap around 2pm. I heard all these sirens and they showed up two houses next to me. We heard the neighbors baby stopped breathing. She must be around six months old. Our neighborhood ran out to see. I saw the mom and dad screaming for the AMT to move faster because...

My worst fears have come to life... My dh has been hit by a layoff. No notice , no nothing. One weeks pay. We have exactly 2,000 dollars in the bank and nothing coming in. Good God , what is going to happen? I pray he finds work fast. IN truth we can't even afford to miss a weeks pay. Thank...

Some weeks ago a friend from childhood started visiting me again, we haven't met in 2 years so it was nice. Just yesterday she came by (even though we are going to her place on Sunday, me, my mum and bf) and we chatted. (She is separated and has 2 young girls.) She told me about her new flat...