I went from working a full time job to a stay at home mom of 6 (8 if you include the Hub's!!) I volunteer at 1 foodbank (monthly), I run a weekly foodbank, am the head chef at my church, with that and the kids school sports and activities I'm busier than 10 other busy things! SO, my house has...

Lets have some Thanksgiving love here. :) We have no student loans. (We never did, just saying. :) ) Personal Property taxes are lower this year. (thanks to trading in my DH's truck for a paid for, but nice 2000 year wonderful Jeep) We won our child custody battle. That we didn't start. o.O...

Hello! I was just curious if personal blog links are allowed in signatures? I know mine has one, and will take it off if it isn't allowed! Thanks. :pumpkin:

my children Love pizza and I refuse to pay $8 for cardboard at the store so I came up with my own version of personal pizza's for them. toaster oven 1 loaf of BBQ bread (i prefer sunbeam) 1 jar pizza sauce (i make my own using tomato sauce, garlic, Italian seasoning and a bit of sea salt, warm...

A dear friend is for the most bed bound and on better days wheel chair bound now. She had steps going up a good hill that took 3 people and a good amount of time to get her down. She couldn't get the wheel chair through most doorways in the house. She also needed the bathroom handicap ready. It...

I am just curious. How much personal information do you give out on a social site? Have just noticed there are times I would like to reply to a post but stop myself because I think, well, that might be a little to much information. Guess I have read and heard to many warnings about identity...

Can they ever be frugal? I'm contemplating using one for several reasons. 1) my wardrobe needs a serious overhaul and I have no idea where to begin...well I do. It's called throw everything out and start over. Nothing fits. 2) DH takes the car to work every day and it makes it really hard...

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just curious, I seem to remember at one time, we could upload and use our own personal smilies.... just noticed I can't find my old smilies here.... is that option gone??

It's New Year's Eve in the southern hemisphere and the time has come for a radical overhaul in our financial situation. Just new to this forum and from a quick glance it is exactly what I am looking for. After years of drowning in debt and spending above our means, 2011 is going to be the year...

i'm going to track my spending for november. i'm hoping for $100 total. $50 for food and $50 for misc. i already know that i need to get a gift for my gf for christmas and pay for shipping on two other gifts. wish me luck, i'm going to need it.

I could use a party, please! Have had major cramps for 2 days, but no bleeding yet ~ most likely tomorrow or Saturday. It's been horrible since my very first when I was 14 (just turned 30), but my parents kind of blew it off. I don't see how they could ignore it, I was in the bathroom...

...stop my world, get off the merry-go-round....and build back up again. This was nothing I planned, it just happened. I had been a little concerned as to how much time I was spending here at FV and if I was indeed shortchanging the life and people around me. And then I just took a break from...

My big goal is to be debt free. But I have a feeling my husband will want to buy another house up in northern California in the next year. So my goal for Dec 31 2011 is to pay up all cc debt, rental house fix up and 242k of HLOC that is adjustable. With the new better paying job. I will be able...

I've been doing a lot of mulling over our diet and food purchases lately and have been making some changes for the better... At times I find it difficult to balance my desire to spend less on food with my desire to buy the best quality that I can for my family. I thought I'd post some of my food...

:D Gabe? Or anyone else?

I decided that the time had come to see what I was made of... so to speak... and see what creative, healthy and frugal meals I could make. I planned a weekly menu and shopped accordingly. I had a decent stockpile to begin with which had plenty of veggies, rices and spices. Total spent on...

Today was my day to receive gratuitious fashion advice. I was checking out from the thrift store fill-a-bag sale this morning. "Look here," said one of the workers sorting clothes behind the counter. "These are your size." The the 3 volunteers led me back to the just-sorted rack and let me...

My challenge for myself for 2010 is to go from being completely reliant on my boyfriend Christopher, to completely self reliant. Nothing is guaranteed, and if I suddenly needed to support myself and my son, I want to be able to do that. I want to know that we'll be okay no matter what. To...

As some of you know, my son was accepted into the university of his choice next September. Since he and I do not have our American Work Visas yet but should get them soon, extra cash is difficult to come by. I will be, over the next year, selling everything that I can to make extra cash for...