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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 9 years to my best friend. I am head over heals in love with him. He always supports my crazy "thrifty adventures". We have a lot of fun together.

I was raised on a small dairy farm. Where I learned very young, the value of hard work and how to be thrifty in all areas of life. Growing up our meals were made from scratch. Only on special occasion would we get name brand cereal, chips, or any other fancy treats. Now that I am a Mom with my own budget, the basic foods always comes first. I too make most of our meals from scratch and take pride in feeding my family a well balanced healthy diet.

I enjoy seeing how far I can make our budget stretch, and when I take the time to match sales with coupons I am able to get all those "fun & fancy" items that would other wise be out of my budget. Being thrifty has always been a way of life for me, but it has also become a real joy.

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So how much longer? – Update

When I first posted about a special giveaway a few weeks ago we only had about 650,ooo visitors. We are now at 930,000.

What does that mean? Well in just a few more days we will be giving away some money! Not coupons, not a prize… Hard Cash. Stay tuned!

Its not going to be based on signing up to get our feed or emails, or how long you have couponed.

Its going to be a How can you use it to give back. I want you to start thinking about what, how, where, when you would either spend, grow, use, or give $100. TO HELP SOME ONE ELSE

Some one emailed me saying they felt weird about telling me why they deserve it…
Its not if you deserve it… its how can you help someone else with it…. Sorry it came out that way.. but I want to be able to have ideas thrown our way that will give every one ideas on how to help those around us. Granted we all feel the effects of the economy.. but to really enjoy and feel like we can make a difference in someones life will “pay” you much more in total rewards then just a hundred dollar bill will. If we were to just hand out $100 bucks.. to spend how ever some one wanted…. it would be spent and forgotten…. We wanted to do something special.. we want some ideas on how we as a group can help those around us. The person who can make this $100 expand and help a variety of people the best and the most efficient and thrifty way will win. Then we will have them tell us what they did and show pictures or video to us in return, so we all can fell good about being able to help others
This is only a SNEAK PEEK…. Don’t enter your ideas YET!

10 comments to So how much longer? – Update

  • Jo Ann

    Tyree – just wondering how you pronounce your name. My daughter’s name is Tyri’ pronounced tuh-ree. Sorry, it’s off topic, but the name is very uncommon and I’ve only met or heard of one other person with the same name (the person I named her after.)

  • Jenna Peck

    re Lynn: Your blog says it’s invitation only. Could be a reason why not a log of people visit your site, they can’t view it. :) I’ve love to check it out if possible. Thanks!

  • Jen

    I think this is a great idea, can’t all be about coupons and recipes everyday, right! Mix it up ;)

  • Tyree

    So glad you clarified. What a cool idea. The other poster totally missed the boat. I can’t wait to share my ideas. So cool! I didn’t get this the first time you posted, but this is such an awsome idea. Teaching people how much they can do by giving just $100 and how far they can make that go. What an inspiration for people.

  • I love it Sarah! Too many people need a helping hand…I think it’s a great idea!

    Kathy

  • Neva

    I think this is a GREAT idea! Can’t wait to share my idea …

  • Its not if you deserve it… its how can you help someone else with it…. Sorry it came out that way.. but I want to be able to have ideas thrown our way that will give every one ideas on how to help those around us. Granted we all feel the effects of the economy.. but to really enjoy and feel like we can make a difference in someones life will “pay” you much more in total rewards then just a hundred dollar bill will. If we were to just hand out $100 bucks.. to spend how ever some one wanted…. it would be spent and forgotten…. We wanted to do something special.. we want some ideas on how we as a group can help those around us. The person who can make this $100 expand and help a variety of people the best and the most efficient and thrifty way will win. Then we will have them tell us what they did and show pictures or video to us in return, so we all can fell good about being able to help others

  • Whoa ! I’m lucky if I get 15 – 45 visitors a day…of course my blog doesn’t do all that you do…congrats !

  • Emily

    very cool – super excited!!

  • Anony

    When I started reading this blog, it was for the great coupon deals and pictures of Sarah’s deals. I don’t live anywhere near an Albertsons, but I enjoyed seeing what she got. I also enjoyed the recipes, and pics of your kids. After reading this post, however, something rubbed wrong on me. It was like I was being lectured by a teacher, to think about why I deserved to receive $100 from you. For me to keep reading this blog, I would like to see more coupon deals, recipes, etc., more posts from a thrifty mom. Good luck with your move.