Make It From Scratch! Carnival

Hello everyone!!  I am so pleased to host the Make it from Scratch! Carnival today at Out of Debt Again.

Pamela Jorrick presents The BEST Birthday Party Ever!!! posted at Blah, Blah, Blog.

Lucky presents All Day Beef Stock posted at Making My Own Luck.

Joanne presents Fun Easy Recipes For Kids posted [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

My Grandma was Truly Frugal

Grandma and my Mom in 1944

Yesterday I promised to tell you about my frugal Grandma.  Grandma was born in 1914 and passed away in 2007.  She grew up during lived through the Great Depression which I’m sure affected her lifestyle for her entire life.  In her mid-twenties, my Grandma contracted [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Festival of Frugality #206 Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition

Welcome to the 206th Edition of the Festival of Frugality – Homemade Christmas Gifts Edition!

Posts to the Festival stopped coming in right around 8pm on Friday night. Either y’all were too stuffed from Thanksgiving Dinner, everyone was too busy out on Black Friday or shopping online Cyber Monday, or something’s up with the [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Friday Favorites, November 27, 2009

I haven’t done this in a while, and since I didn’t participate in any blog carnivals this week I thought I’d mention some favorites I found at a couple of the carnivals this week:

Carnival of Money Stories hosted by Mighty Bargain Hunter

Wow, Good Financial Cents REALLY loves In-n-Out Burgers!  He manages to [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

28th Carnival of Money Stories II – Winter in Arizona Edition

Welcome to the 28th Carnival of Money Stories II – Winter in Arizona Edition.  Thank you to everyone who submitted a personal money story or money experience.  This edition includes some pictures of the Arizona desert, in the winter.  We rarely get snow in the low desert, but we get some gorgeous sunsets and [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Carnivals the week of November 9th, 2009

On Monday, my story about how I almost married an Amway salesman was included at the Carnival of Money Stories II hosted at Gather Little by Little. Thank you to the host for including my post and hosting the carnival.

Some other stories I enjoyed reading from the carnival:

Bible Money Matters has a [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Brand New Carnival – Female Personal Finance Bloggers Unite!

I just learned that Her Every Cent Counts has started a new carnival – it’s brand new and in the beginning stages, and the carnival will run once a month to start with. Check out HECC’s post here to learn more about it:  Announcing the Carnival of Female Personal Finance Bloggers.

Speaking of carnivals, [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

The Time I Almost Married An Amway Salesman

Come close, my pretties, and let me tell you a scary and financially disastrous Halloween love story.

I rarely dated during the years Mr. A and I were divorced. Getting married again was not my first priority.  Being the best parent I could be was a lot more important. However, I did date a [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Carnivals for the week of October 26th, 2009

Carnival of Money Stories II

My post Our Grocery Budget – How It’s Evolved was included at The Carnival of Money Stories II – The Halloween Candy Edition hosted by PT Money.

Some of the posts I liked there:

Building Rich Money Habits 101: My personal finance story by Rich Money Habits. Great story! [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]

Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream Recipe

This recipe includes four simple ingredients: butternut squash (you can use pumpkin or any variety of winter squash), honey, cream, whole milk and honey.

Yesterday on the way home from church, I noticed several establishments were offering some form of pumpkin “dessert”. Pumpkin Pie Blizzard from DQ, Dreyer’s Limited Edition Pumpkin, but I held [CLICK TO CONTINUE...]