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I am a stay at home mom with four wonderful kids. I have been married for over 10 years to my best friend. I am head over heels 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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Idaho Press Tribune Gives Back!

The Idaho Press Tribune is thankful for the great people in the Treasure Valley, and want to give back!

They want to help us all save even more this holiday season one of 2 ways. One Winner will win one of the following:

-First if you already get the Press Tribune
(any way, either just 1 Sunday or even our A Thrifty Mom deal)
you can get 4 Addition Sunday Papers for 6 months.
Or receive a credit to your account.

-Second if you are a new subscriber, you will get the daily paper (7 days) free 6 month
This is for Idaho Press Tribune delivery areas only.

To enter leave ONE comment here telling everyone what you are thankful for. Give away ends Sat 11/28 10pm mtn.

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63 comments to Idaho Press Tribune Gives Back!

  • I am SO thankful to live in such a close knit community. Boise really IS the best.

  • Becky

    I am already a subscriber, but I would love to get a credit on my account. That would help out with Christmas shopping. Things are very tight this year.

  • Lori

    I am thankful that my husband and I both have jobs and that we have a home to share with others. I am thankful that my daughter is clean and sober for 18 months on Thanksgiving!! I am thankful that God blessed us with the responsibility to raise her daughter(4yrs)! Even at our ages!!!

  • Carrie Lynn Wasson

    I am thankful for Truth, His Truth, and that He allows us the privilege of sharing this Good News with others!
    Got Truth?

  • Camille

    I am thankful for my two wonderful children and fantastic husband and that we will be together on Thanksgiving:)

  • Nicole

    I am thankful for the wonderful veterinarian who was so comforting and kind as we lost our dog to her battle with cancer yesterday. She was truly a member of our family and people like this vet are the memebers of our community whos kindness is sometimes overlooked.

  • Lynsay

    I am thankful for my wonderful family

  • Jo Dee

    I’m thankful for my fabulous husband. He’s a bread winner, homemaker, chef, parent and partner extraordinaire!

  • brookie

    i am thankful for the health of my loved ones and for all my many blessings.

  • Kat

    I am thankful for my Father in Heaven, family and health. :)

  • Margo

    I am thankful for warm clothes, my nine children, 6 grandchildren, our good health, food in the fridge, and the knowledge that God is really there and he hears our prayers.

  • Rebecca

    I am thankful for my 20 month old son, and my future son due in March! Quite the adventure!

  • Brooke

    I am thankful for my incredible husband and how hard he works so I can stay at home with my 3 beautiful children.

  • Raundi

    I am thankful for this beautifu country!!

  • Sally

    I am thankful for my family and that I can be with them forever. I am grateful for all those that I am able to help and those that help me.

  • Laura

    I am so thankful that people like you are here to give us encouragement and thrifty ways to feed and love our families. God Bless You and all the best to YOUR beautiful and growing family. I am thankful for MY family and good health.

  • Janet F

    I am thankful that my mom’s cancer may be cureable.

  • Sarah G.

    I’m grateful for my military husband who helps to keep this country free, and our six kiddos that keep me on my toes!

  • Bridget

    I am thankful for my family and the adventures God will send us on in the next year.

  • Kymber

    I am thankful for my family and the love and support I get from them. I am also thankful of my knowledge that I am a child of God and I know He loves me. Between my family and my faith, I have everything.

  • Christina

    I am so grateful to be a mother. And so blessed to get to stay home with my children. I have a fabulous husband who supports and encourages my decision to stay home with our children.

  • Cara

    I am thankful for my life this Thanksgiving. I was hit by a drunk driver a week ago and it was pretty serious and I was able to walk away. I am so blessed.

  • Heather

    I am thankful for the feelings I have in my heart when I serve someone! Wow! What a rush!

  • Wendi

    I am thankful to be able to save money with coupons which makes being a stay at home momma a little easier on our family financially:0)

  • I am thankful for my family and the roof over our heads this year. I thankful for a loving Heavenly Father that helps to guide us through our journey. I am thankful for my trials that allow me to grow and become closer to my Heavenly Father and help me to become a better person.

  • Nicole

    I am grateful for my family and that they all live close by. I am grateful for my health and my miracle baby boy!

  • Mary

    I am thankful for my children. They give me a reason to get through each day. I am also thankful that I have family in town to help!

  • Sarah H

    I am thankful for God and the comfort of the spirit in these challenging times.

  • Lisa

    I’m thankful for my family and good health. I’m thankful everyday when my family and friends are safe and healthy.

  • Katie

    I subscribe to the IPT already! It’s been great!

    I am very thankful for the gift of learning….I love learning new things, and the internet and blogs are a great resource!

  • Kira

    I am greatful for the gift of life. Life gives us challenges, but with those challenges it also gives us the opportunity to grow and help others through things that we may have already experianced.

  • Amanda Bettencourt

    I am thankful for my 2 beautiful children, and my amazing husband. Thankful to be a stay at home mom, and most importantly thankful for our health…

  • Shannon

    I am thankful for so many things. One I thought that would be great to share here is being thankful for all the work you and all the other bloggers do for all of us who use the info. to help us get by in this struggling economy. So thank you!

  • Jan

    I am thankful “the” Thrifty Mom – Sarah and the work she puts into this site that helps me save money each month. She finds us the deals and does the match ups that make this task a little easier and less intimidating for me. It is amazing to me how much money can be saved with a little extra time and effort put into my weekly grocery strategy shopping. My family is thankful too for some of the extra stuff we are able to buy now because our grocery bill has been signifigantly reduced – our favorite purchase from our savings since April – a new home, the money we saved on groceries significantly contributed to our down payment! THANK YOU SARAH!!!

  • Sylvia

    We are thankful that our new grandaughter was born healthy and happy

  • Amy

    It’s hard when you’re losing your home, to keep life in perspective. I’m thankful for my husband, because even when everything is crumbling around us, at least we’re in this together, instead of alone. I’m also thankful for our happy, healthy son. He makes the days so much more bearable.

  • heidi

    I’m greatful for all the wonderful friends and family I have. Some of you whom I don’t even know but have helped me and others in ways you may never understand.

  • I am thankful for my family and the opportunity we have to live close to them. Family is a huge blessing in my life.

  • Jennifer L

    I am so thankful for my husband. With all of the emotional wreckage that I’ve been going through, he is still the one person I love being around and look forward to seeing every day. I know other women that are going through struggles that say if it wasn’t for their kids they’d leave their husband. When my children are fighting with each other and I feel I can’t take it anymore, I am thankful my husband has the calm sense to handle these situations.

  • shannon grogan

    I am grateful the most for my Dad this year. He was the most amazing father, friend, teacher, and person. I miss him but am so grateful for the time I had with him.

  • Laura B

    I’m thankful for so many things. God has been very good to me. I’m thankful we live in a country where we can give thanks to the one who truly deserves it!

  • Maryhelen

    I am thankful for flannel.

  • dawn adams

    i am so very thankful for my family, and for my country. the freedom we have is not cheap and i will never take it for granted.

  • Katie S.

    After six years of trying, I am grateful for a beautiful and healthy baby girl! I’m also grateful for my husbands job as he was out of work for six months! I’m grateful for good deals, and any penny I can save! :) Happy Holidays!

  • asia

    I am always grateful for a healthy family, trying not to take a small thing like feeling well for granted and be thankful that the kids are all healthy enough to get on our nerves :-)

  • I am thankful for my little munchkins. I have three children and they, as most parents would say, are seriously the light in my life. They keep me going even when I don’t really want to get out of bed. They constantly bring laughter to our home and smiles to so many faces. I love just knowing that they are healthy and happy and that my husband and I are able to provide them with all of the things they need to grow, both physically and emotionally.

  • Bev Tank

    I am thankful for my wonderful husband and 5 beautiful children. I am especially grateful for the knowledge that we will be together as a family forever and for my Savior Jesus Christ and the love he gives to me each and everyday.

  • Liz A.

    Despite the horrors of teething I am thankful for my daughter.

  • Julie B

    I am thankful for Jesus Christ, my Savior, who is alive and working in my life. Oh how he has blessed my family this past year.

  • Kimberly

    I am thankful for my families health, love and support!

  • Karma N

    I am thankful for the safety and health of my family and unborn baby. I am thankful that my husband has steady employment.

  • Ashlee

    I am so thankful for my family. I love them so much!

  • Amy H.

    I am greatful that my father, who has been fighting non-hodgkins lymphoma, will be at our Thanksgiving table. To laugh with us, play with his grandchildren and to teach us the things he has learned this year, while fighting for his life. Happy Thanksgiving Everyone!

  • Laura R

    I am thankful for my family

  • Suzanne

    I am so thankful that God provides all of our daily needs.

  • Megan

    Many of us, myself included, have long taken our health for granted. Those of us born without congential defects, those of us who have not developed a deleterious disease, we do not fully understand and would hardly fathom what it would be like to loose the thing we are so accustomed to having that we never give it a second thought. I have only recently become aware of just how amazingly lucky I am to have my health – a realization that has come to me thanks to my first semester of nursing school. Now, more than ever, I am thankful for my health.

  • pbjack

    I am thankful for Jesus Christ and for this time of year that we have to reflect upon the birth and life of our Savior.
    I am thankful for my family, my god, my country, and for all the wonderful people in this community that so freely give to others.
    I am thankful for those people who show love for their neighbors and strangers alike.

  • I am thankful for my children. They have taught me so much more then I think I teach them.

  • I am thankful that God sent Jesus Christ to die so that his children might live in heaven with him forever. And that by God’s grace, he chose me to be one of these, as well as my family members. I am especially reminded of this as we enter the holiday season!

  • I am so thankful for my family and our health. This has been kind of a rough year healthwise, but they have been very minor things. It just reminds me that we are lucky that there are so many people out there who aren’t as lucky and are going through major things (like cancer). I am thankful that its just the little things,(like migraines) and not the major that plague my family.

  • Jessica

    I am very thankful for my amazing wonderful family and how much we have been blesed.

  • Christina Scott

    I am so thankful for my family, this great country I live in, the freedoms we have, my internet, and also coupons!

  • Kara Fulcher

    I am thankful for such an awesome family. For a warm home and food to eat. I am truly blessed.

    Kara