We just had our first free Mac class downtown Greenville. The folks at iPlace are pretty awesome, patient and accommodating. If you live in Greenville and want to pick up some free classes you can go on their website and figure out which ones you want to take and then sign up. They will be [...]
Archive for December, 2008
The ultimate challenge: The CVS two day sale (Dec 21, 22): obtain $144 of product for as little out of pocket (OOP) cash as possible. Every challenge needs a plan so I wrote down how to roll-over my extra care bucks (ecb) so I would spend as little money out of pocket as possible. I made six groups of [...]
Frugality for the Glory of God and Blessings for My Family
Posted: December 17, 2008 by RickThomasNet in home life, household, LuciaBeing frugal always sounded like a hardship to me, dull, lifeless, medieval, but in an effort to see if we can live on less, I’ve decided to pursue using coupons in my shopping. A friend showed me a free e-book at couponmom.com to get me started. I also read blogs on how shoppers purchased $200 worth [...]
I told the kids when they fill up their Disney Jug we would take a trip to see Mickey. They are stoked. I gave them a 5-gallon, clear plastic water jug to fill up. They have now covered the bottom of it. They are pretty quick to find pennies in parking lots and other places [...]
Friday night was our fourth annual ice skating event for our church. Our kids could not have been more excited about an event. Tristen has learned how to read the calendar so she has been marking the days for about two months now. Periodically over the past two months she would ask how long to [...]
It is 11:11PM on Sunday night and Tristen, who does not go to sleep easily, is making a list of things she can do to serve Mommy so Mommy can sit around all day, watch TV and be a true Princess, so she just said.
