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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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Make this years Valentines Day special without breaking the bank.
 My 4 year old wanted to do a craft project with Mom so this is what we made.
It was fun, and turned out rather cute!
You will need
- A pair or little hands
- Red paint
- Paint brush or sponge
- Card stock… I used a 12×12 sheet cut in half then folded to make a card
- Marker
On a side note you might want to make sure your little one is wearing an old shirt… cause they always seem to get paint everywhere!
Use the red paint to cover the fingers and palm of their hand. You will need to act quick so it does not dry. Only do one hand at a time. We painted her hand 4 times to make 4 cards then switched to the other hand and painted it 4 times as well.
Firmly press hand down, with the thumb pointing down to form half the heart.
Once the paint is dry write your messages and draw a heart in the middle.
It was a fun little afternoon project!
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Ever wonder how you can make those cute square scarfs that every one is wearing? Why pay the $20 bucks for some store bought one when you can make one for under $5 bucks? Our friend over at Living Life and Loving Every Second figured out a easy way to make your own and she is sharing it with us! It’s so easy!
 Photo credit: Living Life and Loving every Second Materials Needed to make your own square scarf:
1. Iron
2. Light Fabric of your choice but make sure it is double sided
3. Heat n’ Bond hem tape
4. Scissors
5. Pom Pom Trim
6. Fabric Glue
I am not even going to do a picture tutorial on this one because it is so easy a child can do it! First you want to take the fabric lay it on a flat surface then with a yard stick measure a square 40″x 40″. After that get your iron and hem tape and hem all four sides….YOUR ALMOST DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Take your trim and fabric glue and I used my fingers to put the glue then press the trim and YOU ARE DONE.( I put trim on only two sides)
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Many times a week we get emails from followers saying that when they click on a link old out dated post come up. Or that when they click a link to print a coupon, old coupon that were a month or more old show.
What is happening? Well it isn’t our website or any other website. What happens is that when you are on the computer and you visit a website, your computer stores little pieces of information about that website. It stores this information to make the next time you visit that same website, it can pull up the website faster using the stored information. This is great when you casually visit a particular website. But sites like ours where deals post sometimes more then one an hour, sometimes readers visit very frequently. Sometimes multiple times a day, just to keep up with each new deal. So each time they visit your computer continues to store little bits of information. Doing this your computers storage area quickly becomes crowded and full. And just like you in a crowded room, you can become confused, agitated and start sending mixed signals just trying to keep up.
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So guess who we called out to our home the other day? AmeriServ (ASI) Heating and Cooling! Why? Well we woke to a cold home. Early that morning the heater was on but just blowing and no flame. Now I am one to try and tinker with things, so I looked it over and read the code light that was flashing. I found the part on the diagram that said had the error, but for the life of me couldn’t figure out what to do at that point – I’m no pro! So I called the Pro’s – ASI Heating and Cooling.
They came right out, diagnosed the issue, fixed it then waited for the furnace to cycle on and then timed the unit to make sure it didn’t cycle right back off. Which on our unit we thought was normal. It never would flash any warning lights, the unit would turn on and then stay on with heat and all for about 5 to 10 mins, then cycle off, even if the temperature was not reached. Then it would be off and then cycle back on. We always thought that our old furnace was normal. It heated the house, kind of, and there were never any codes that displayed so we always assumed that it worked. And we assumed that the reason our house was always cold was that we had poor insulation and old windows that were not up to date energy efficient products. Our house was built back in 1972 with no new updates since we started to renovate.
Our ASI Heating and Cooling repair man made a few check when he saw what was going on, and replaced a part verses replacing the entire unit that a friend, who does heating and cooling, had told us was the probable issue. A simple fix and guess what – we have long lasting heat! Maybe our insulation and windows aren’t as bad as we thought. The heat stays on like a normal heater does, and reaches the room temperature settings and then turns off. And it stays off longer then I could ever imagine, probably like a normal heater!
The house is so warm now! I really thought it was just the insulation of our home. I feel like I have a new home! It’s warmer, we feel more relaxed, and much more cozy. We are just so happy and thankful that our repair man was thorough enough to see something that was wrong even if the furnace thought everything was not ok by not flashing error codes.
So if you need a repair, or need to get a tune up, just to make sure things are fine. or maybe you have a bid on a job or repair from another HVAC (heating and cooling) company and want to feel secure about that should be repaired. AmeriServ actually does FREE second opinion calls. So make sure you call
AmeriServ (ASI) Heating and Cooling
(208) 342-HEAT or (208) 467-COOL
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Get these super cute Minnie Mouse style ear phones for only $2.37 and get free shipping!
Shipping for these is about a month. So give your self enough time if you are ordering for a special event. We have ordered MP3 players, RC car motors, phone cases, and other nick-nacks for them and love them.
As a nurse I in no way condone smoking. I see the harmful effects every day in the hospital taking care of people with lung disease and cancer.
I was talking with a fellow nurse who told me about “their” (for privacy) smoking history and how “they” stopped by using electric cigarettes. I told them about the prices I found on this site, and “they” told me I better share these deals with my readers because they were much cheaper then anything “they” had paid for the same electric cigarettes. “They” said that it helped because it tricked “their” senses, the taste, the sensation in the mouth, the look, and the action and feeling in between “their” fingers.
So if you smoke and have thought about stopping, here are some great deals on electric cigarettes and accessories for it!
So start your new year resolution the right way!
 Marlboro Flavor Electronic Cigarettes with Marlboro Logo Paper Cigarette Box Kit
Only $5.36 for the kit!
A healthier alternative to the traditional toxic cigarette.
Looks, feels and works exactly like a real cigarette but almost no nicotine.
With seven electronic cigarette refill cartridges included.
Built-in a 110-240V charger.
The charging time is about 5 hours.
No tar and other carcinogenic substance or harmful ingredients to human body.
Not harmful to other people and the environment
No smelly breaths and no yellow teeth.
No fire danger, due to no flame.
Can be used safely in most no-smoking places such as restaurants and trains.
Make easier to quit smoking while still tasting the flavors that are available.
An ideal gift for your family and friends who are heavy smokers or want to quit.
Each cartridge can be smoked around 150 inhales.
Other replacement parts and flavors:
 Get 5 Vanilla flavored electronic cigarette refills for only $1.99 with free shipping
 Get a 10 cartridge kit with the electric cigarette (no paper box) for only $7.70 with free shipping!
Women’s version thin style black electronic cigarette kit with USB charger, case, mirror, 4 refill cartridges. Only $7.21 with free shipping
Or get the same Women’s thin electric cigarette kit in white. Comes electric cigarette, four refills, USB charger, case, mirror for only $7.21 with free shipping!
Or you can get the Traditional Style Electric Cigarette kit with USB charger, electric cigarette, two refills and case for $8.80 and free shipping!
 Menthol (Mint) flavortobacco tar oil for Electric cigarette refills contains 10ml or 200 drops. Only $2.40 with free shipping!
Get Marlboro Flavor Tobacco Tar Oil for Electronic Cigarette 10mL equals 200 drops. For only $2.40 and free shipping
Get Vanilla Flavor tobacco tar oil for Electric Cigarettes. Get 10ml which equals 200 drops for only $2.40 with free shipping
Charger your electric cigarettes with this small and convenient USB Electric Cigarette Charger only $1.13 with free shipping!
 You may not know what SOPA is, but if you run an online website you probably have heard about the new vote coming before our government… If you haven’t heard of SOPA you will most likely see the Strike tomorrow.. Wikipedia has already gone “black”.. or shutting down…Websites that go “black” tomorrow Wed 1/18/12 are publicly displaying their protest for the legislation going before our government to restrict, regulate, enforce, and give out felony warrants for arrest of website owners who the Big brother of Governmental deem in violation. We will not be going “black” and taking our site down for the day – but we have already sent letters to our senators and congressman to oppose the bill. We hope you will do he same…Please read the following link and support sites like Google.com, Wikipedia, WordPress, Twitter, Reddit, A Thrifty Mom.com… and hundreds and thousands of other sites…
http://sopastrike.com/
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