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Frugal Living Week in Review: November 24th Through November 30th

by Mary Ann Romans in Frugal

How was your holiday? Was it a frugal one? In case you missed any of last week's articles, here are the posts that were featured.

How to Have a Chocolate Covered Christmas

If you cooked a Thanksgiving feast fit for an army of guests, then you probably aren't looking forward to going back into the kitchen any time soon. Unfortunately, your break probably won't be very long given that Christmas is right around the corner.

Yesterday at 11:52 PM

Parental Rewind: Holiday Edition

by Michele Cheplic in Parents

Now that your Thanksgiving guests are gone and the holiday leftovers are slowly disappearing you can finally kick up your feet and relax for a bit.

Yesterday at 09:50 PM

Celebrity Weddings: Who Did and Didn't Get Married This Weekend

by Michele Cheplic in Popular Culture

Contrary to Australian news reports, hunky actor Orlando Bloom didn't make it to the altar with his gorgeous girlfriend Miranda Kerr this weekend. Relax ladies; Bloom isn't off the market just yet. Though, that's not what the Australian media is reporting.

Yesterday at 08:40 PM

A Week's Worth of Holiday Family FUN

by Michele Cheplic in Fun

You survived yet another Thanksgiving and now Christmas is just 25 days away... are you prepared to have some holiday fun? This blog is designed to provide tips on how to make the season as entertaining as possible for families of all shapes and sizes (dysfunctional or not).

Yesterday at 08:33 PM

Real or Fake Debate

by Mary Ann Romans in Home

How do you put up a tree? Do you take it out of the box and out it together? Do you go down to your local Home Depot or corner tree lot and put up a real cut tree? Do you go out to a tree farm or the middle of the woods and cut your own?

Yesterday at 07:19 PM

Breed-Specific Dog Food

by Aimee Amodio in Pets

I was paging through an issue of Dog Fancy magazine and saw an ad for Royal Canin's new line of breed-specific foods. Interesting idea, huh? Instead of just tailoring foods to dogs of a certain size or age group, they've developed foods for specific breeds.

Yesterday at 06:11 PM

Are We Apathetic About Student Ethics?

by Mary Ann Romans in Education

A lot of our focus on ethics in education has to do with the environment for our students, what they are being taught, how they are being taught and who is teaching it to them.

Yesterday at 05:50 PM

The Single Parenting Public Bathroom Dilemma: What to Do?

by Angel Lynn Diamond in Single Parents

Being a single parent has so many challenges. There is only one of you so you must shoulder the responsibility of being both a mother and a father the majority of the time. Let's face it...mothers and fathers have their special places in the lives of their children.

Yesterday at 05:49 PM

Lettuce: My Fat Buster

by Angel Lynn Diamond in Weight Loss

My Challenges I have tried many, many diets over my 40-plus years. I have done the yo-yo thing, up two pounds, down three pounds, back up one and so on. A vicious cycle, indeed. I am like a human calculator and count off calories in my head now without writing anything on paper.

Yesterday at 05:18 PM

Dollar Store Shopping Strategies

by Mary Ann Romans in Frugal

Dollar stores are wonderful for saving money, but they can also be money pits, depending on how you shop. Maximize your savings on dollar store shopping when you employ some dollar store shopping strategies.

Yesterday at 03:46 PM

Tis the Season to be Cooking with Cranberries

by Michele Cheplic in Food

You may be sick of looking at cranberries right now, but don't let your Thanksgiving hangover influence your taste for the tart fruit. I just got back from the grocery store where fresh cranberries are on sale $3 for 2 pounds. What a steal.

Arizona Homeschool Groups and Resources L-Z

by Andrea Hermitt in Homeschool

To succeed in homeschooling, it is in your best interest to get involved with other homeschoolers. You should join a homeschool network or group near you. For this reason, I have decided to give a full listing of homeschooling groups throughout each state.

Yesterday at 02:33 AM

The Annual Holiday Family Newsletter-Yea or Nay?

by Michele Cheplic in Parents

Ah, the annual holiday family newsletter. It reminds me of that Goodwill commercial that airs this time of year. You know the one about the purple paisley shirt.

Yesterday at 01:28 AM

Jambo (Hello) to a New Line of Six Character Dolls Who were Adopted

by Pam Connell in Adoption

In Friday's blog, promised that I would do a positive blog on dolls. Last year, I wrote about dolls for kids of different ethnicities in my blog Toys and Dolls for Multicultural Families.

29 Nov 2008 11:50 PM

Holiday Family Bonding Around the TV

by Michele Cheplic in Parents

If someone is getting paid to write an article about television and children you can bet that the tone of the piece likely won't be very positive. TV generally gets a bad rap, especially when it comes to children being overexposed to it.

29 Nov 2008 10:54 PM

Looking for a Treadmill this Christmas?

by Michele Cheplic in Fitness

If so, then you know it's not as easy as banging out a letter to Santa and waking up to a PaceMaster Platinum Pro VR under the Christmas tree. Unless you are getting the exact replica of the treadmill you run on at the gym everyday, then you really need to do your homework.

29 Nov 2008 10:00 PM

Another Reason to Encourage Your Kids to WRITE a Letter to Santa

by Michele Cheplic in Parents

In a previous blog I vented... rather, shared my feelings regarding the influx of websites encouraging kids to go high-tech and email their letters to Santa instead of writing them by hand and shipping them off via snail mail. Frankly, I find the whole Santa email idea a bit insulting.

29 Nov 2008 09:49 PM

Post Partum Hair Loss

by Pattie Hughes in Pregnancy

Losing hair in the postpartum period is very common. In fact, many women will experience hair loss about three months after baby's arrival. Hair loss varies from woman to woman, but can seem excessive. This frequently causes worry among new mothers, who fear they are losing their hair.

29 Nov 2008 08:38 PM

Experiential Gifts Are Popular and Frugal

by Mary Ann Romans in Frugal

With everyone feeling the pinch of the economy, a new trend has been arising in holiday gift giving. They are called experimental gifts, and they don't have to cost much at all.

29 Nov 2008 07:50 PM

Native American Heritage Day

by Libby Pelham in Popular Culture

There are so many holidays, but this year, the federal government decided to honor Native Americans - well, at least for one day.

29 Nov 2008 07:38 PM

Student Get Arrested for Passing Gas and Other Weird School News

by Mary Ann Romans in Education

The Associated Press is reporting that earlier this week, one student in Florida was arrested for a very interesting crime.

29 Nov 2008 07:27 PM

March of Dimes Report Card for US Preterm Births

by Pattie Hughes in Pregnancy

Earlier this month, the March of Dimes issued a report card on the preterm birth rates throughout the United States. The country as a whole scored a "D".

29 Nov 2008 07:16 PM

Diary of a Cat Care B&B: Adventures in Cat Trapping

by Aimee Amodio in Pets

We have a new stray hanging around the cats only boarding facility. I haven't seen him yet, but my coworkers have. He's a grey tabby with a white belly, and he doesn't seem healthy at all. If we can catch him, the vets can take a look at him and help him if possible.

29 Nov 2008 05:58 PM

YouTube Christmas Videos

by Mary Ann Romans in Home

If you are looking for a great way to put you in the mood for Christmas at home, check out the following videos on YouTube! Isn't technology in the home wonderful?

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"Here for four pints of milk it is Â£1.65, but that is if you are willing to drink 1% milk, 99% chemicals."

In Average Retail Milk Prices for September 2008

thequeenofthecastle says...

"I live in Texas and was tempted to whine about our milk prices, but this reminds me to thank my milky stars!"

In Average Retail Milk Prices for September 2008

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Samual says...

"If you're worried about pesticides and such, just get one that hasn't been sprayed, though disease and general insect population rarely leaves the deciduous to the evergreen, but normally if an evergreen has a problem it either has completely brown, or no needles."

In Real or Fake Debate