How to Make Curtains – Cute Cheap and Easy For Your Child’s Bedroom

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We don't spend a lot of money for decorating around our home, but we do like to make things look nice when we can.  Today I'm going to share with you the curtains I put together for my son's bedroom using the top fitted sheet of his new bedding set.  It helps if you own a sewing machine, but it's not completely necessary as there is not a lot of sewing to be done, and you can stitch up the… Read the rest

The Fine Print on Coupons – When It’s Aggravating

Money
Recently one of the local businesses in our area started to include coupons at the local grocery store on the back of the receipt.  I think this is a great way for a company to advertise because they encourage new customers to visit their store and also to keep current customers coming back. But this past week I ran into a situation which didn't make good business sense to me. Last week we needed to buy more lay crumble for… Read the rest
Chicken Salad

4 Quick Ways to Use Leftover Chicken

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Whole chickens were on sale this past week for $0.67 a pound. Time to stock up on chicken! We make a lot of homemade chicken stock around here because it's very healing to the gut lining.  Every weekend I cook at least two chickens. Sometimes I roast the chickens first, other times I boil them. Roasting Your Chicken Roasting is simple:  Remove the chicken from the bag, and remove the liver, gizzard and heart from the inside of the chicken. … Read the rest

Credit Sesame Free Credit Score!

Just Stuff
Have you signed up with Credit Sesame yet?   Just wondering if you haven't, what you're waiting for? 🙂  It's a completely free way to track your credit score, with monthly updates, and they send you an email automatically letting you know when your credit score changes. Credit Sesame is a great way to keep an eye on your credit score.  It's easy to think you know everything going on with your credit but have you ever heard those stories about… Read the rest