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Want to have fun around the Dinner Table? Try these 11 Different Ideas!

Around the dinner table: Making Eating Together Fun. A family making pizzas for dinner together.

If you want to make eating together as a family fun, you’ll love some of the things we do around the dinner table. The family dinner hour is going the way of the dinosaur and black & white movies. But is the desire to eat meals together an old-fashioned, outdated notion? And with today’s faster-paced, non-relational lifestyle is it even possible? Eating meals together is a mainstay of a cohesive family unit. Without this time of connection, you could …

Restaurant Hacks - 14 Money Saving Tips Eating at Restaurants.

Discover the amazing world of Restaurant Hacks. You’ll find lots of awesome tips and tricks to save money when eating out or getting takeout! Treat yourself to scrumptious meals without breaking the bank by using these insider secrets. We love eating meals at home, but once in a while, a meal out at a restaurant is a wonderful treat. And what makes it even more special is when you can get the same meal for a discounted price. Please, …

Fathers Day building memories and things with your kids

The typical Father’s Day celebration is to wait on Dad, hand, and foot, hand him the remote control, and let him do whatever he wants for the entire day. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Try a Different Kind of Father’s Day2 Ideas That Turn Work into Play3 Best Gifts Ideas for This Father’s Day4 Learning to Do Home Repairs5 Tools that Steve Likes Try a Different Kind of Father’s Day This Father’s day we’d like to encourage Dads everywhere to have …

Great Christmas decor and craft ideas for your home.

Elevate your Christmas spirit with 10 stunning DIY craft ideas. From dazzling ornaments to charming decorations, make this holiday season magical! Christmas is a year-round thing for our family. We shop year-round. Listen to Christmas music (almost) year-round. And we are always looking for Christmas Decor & craft ideas. This page contains: How to make a light-up Yardstick Star, DIY Felt Christmas Tree, Felt Christmas Ornament Templates, Homemade Christmas Piñata, Simple Dough Ornaments, Elegant & …

Personal Care items super page of savings.

Saving on personal care items is a piece of cake if you follow some simple money-saving tips on your toiletries. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 General Money-Saving Tips for Toiletries2 Save on Hair Care3 Save Money on Caring for Your Teeth4 Save Money on Soap5 Cheap Body Wash6 Save Money on Body Lotions7 Save on Insect Repellants8 Hydrogen Peroxide Uses9 Custom Lipstick Colors From What You Have10 Homemade Baby Wipes11 Polishing Jewelry with Toothpaste12 Old Mascara Wands Save Wildlife General Money-Saving …

Free Grocery Price Tracker Sheet [Printable or Spreadsheet]

If you want to ensure that you get the best prices on groceries try this free Grocery Price Tracker Sheet that we’ve developed. We first started using a Price Tracker Sheet when we were learning our prices (we got the idea from Amy Dacyczyn’s Tightwad Gazette newsletter and modified it for us). It’s a great tool to track prices between stores and price increases over time. Use one page for each item you want to track. You can fill …

Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes including Reuben Sandwiches, Pot Roast, Beef Stroganoff, Beef brisket & Teriyaki/ Wine Marinade

This Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes Super Page contains Delicious & Easy Chunk Beef Recipe Round-Up! If you’re looking for easy-to-make, delicious tasting and inexpensive Chunk Beef main dish recipes, you’ve come to the right page. We had so many beef main dish recipes, that we needed to break them up into 2 pages. So the ground beef main dish recipes have been moved to our Ground Beef Main Dish Recipes Page. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 Chunk Beef Main Dish …

Save Money on Buying Meat: Ideas & Tips Page

Our “Save Money on Buying Meat” Page contains a growing list of clever and frugal ideas for grinding beef, slicing ham, lunch meat ends from the deli, meat bought in bulk and so much more! Plus there are more resources listed at the bottom of this page. TABLE OF CONTENTS1 1. How to Grind Beef at Home2 2. Shank Ham for Lunchmeat?3 3. Broiled Bulk Beef is Better4 Save Money on Meat Tip #4 – Discount Meat at Closing …

17 Real-Life Success Stories from Debt-Free and Frugal Living Masters!

This Debt Free Living & Frugal Living Inspiring Stories Page contains a growing list (17) of success stories from our readers on how they avoid debt and live life joyfully! If you’re looking for encouragement to keep going, you’re going to love reading these frugal living success stories from real people. Some struggle with debt, others are finding joy in living within their means. Keep reading and get stoked about the possibilities! TABLE OF CONTENTS1 1. Frugality Helps You …

21 Inexpensive Recreation ideas for everyone

Inexpensive recreation activities are easier to find than you might think. Recreation doesn’t have to be expensive to be fun! How much are you willing to pay for fun and entertainment? Where we live there seems to be an endless list of things we do, and most of them cost quite a bit. There often seems to be an attitude that if you’re going to have fun, you’ve got to spend money, and the more money you spend, the …

Want to have fun around the Dinner Table? Try these 11 Different Ideas!

Free Meals Out: 22 Restaurant Hacks That Will Save You Tons!

Great Fathers Day Ideas: Serving & Teaching Your Kids to Work

10 Stunning & Fun, Budget-Friendly DIY Christmas Craft Ideas

Personal Care Items – Money-Saving Tips

Free Grocery Price Tracker Sheet [Printable or Spreadsheet]

Chunk Beef Main Dish Recipes – Recipe Round-Up

Save Money on Buying Meat: Ideas & Tips Page

17 Real-Life Success Stories from Debt-Free and Frugal Living Masters!

21 Fun and Inexpensive Recreation Ideas and Activities for All Ages

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