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Archive for September, 2008
Baked Cheese Pumpkins Recipe
Posted in Food, School Lunches, The Autumn Holidays, tagged bake, cheese, children, frugal, pumpkin, recipe on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Preparing for Winter
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, Winter Prep, tagged dishwasher, laundry, Food, save, money, Winter, Dryer, porch, sales, save money, fleece, coupons, blankets, yard sales, heat, electric bill, slippers, warm clothing, plastic, windows, slowcooker, temperature, shannon buck, payment plan, save on costs, steps, banking, energy efficient, stove, air dry, electric company, oil tank, "dog house", #2 oil, kerosene, warm jammies, quitls, comforters, discount stores, few dollars, household items, personal hygeine, drafts, programmable thermostats on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 | 7 Comments »
(Two years old, I know. Perhaps I’ll have the opportunity to post a more updated one soon.)
Preparing for Winter
By Shannon Buck – Copyright September 2006
Winter is not far off, and we are beginning to prepare for this now at our home. These are the steps that we are taking this year. Hopefully some of the [...]
Prices are Still on the Rise!
Posted in Creating A Pantry Challenge, Food, Low-Income, tagged baking, budget, bulk, cheaper, coupons, Food, freezer, grocery store, money, pantry, pantry list, prices, sales, Sam's Club, shannon buck, shop on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Shannon Buck – Copyright July 2007
Wow! Prices (on everything) are so high these days! It is hard to plan and budget for things when you cannot afford them.
I was trying to create a workshop for purchasing food on little money, but I had to stop. I am going to have to start over due [...]
Frugal Recipes: Autumn Trail Mix
Posted in Autumn, Food, Food Cupboard Creations, School Lunches, tagged Autumn, frugal, recipe, trail mix on Sunday, September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I recently added this recipe to
http://frugalrecipes.wordpress.com/2008/09/21/autumn-trail-mix-2/
The Welfare Myth Part 2: Stretching the TANF Dollars
Posted in Cheap, Clothing, Food, Free, Homeschool Frugality, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, School Lunches, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged Food, Hannaford, foodstamps, money, maine, Low-Income, welfare, TANF, school, homeschool, clearance, Christmas, freebies, dollar store, expensive, water, electricity, sewer, bills, television, gas, work, child support, MaineCare, yard sales, heat, flea markets, The Salvation Army, freecycle, housing, phone, fuel assistance, thrift shops, heap, shannon buck, welfare myth, goal, rent, section 8, raise children, utilities, payment plan, cable, satellite, thermostat, town hall, city hall, Department of Health and Human Services, ASPIRE, car repairs, free lunch, free milk, childcare, textbooks, college, churches, free winter boots, winter coats, Angel Trees, Ebay.com, consignment shops, single mom on Sunday, September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Shannon Buck ~ © September 2007
As I mentioned in The Welfare Myth Part 1, it is a myth that welfare recipients have a lot of money to live off. Most welfare recipients really have little money for day to day expenses, once they have paid the bills. That is, if they can pay all [...]
The Welfare Myth Part 1: TANF/AFDC
Posted in Cleaning, Clothing, Food, Household Needs, Kitchen Needs, Low-Income, Personal Hygiene, Utilities and Other Bills, tagged AFDC, bills, child support, childcare, children, diploma, economy, electricity, expenses, family, food stamps, ged, home, Low-Income, low-income apartment, MaineCare, money, phone, purchase, rent, school, simply, TANF, washers and dryers, welfare, welfare myth, Winter, work on Friday, September 19, 2008 | 7 Comments »
It seems that there are still many people who believe that people on welfare are living it up, getting everything that they could ever want, without having to work. While on occasion, people have been known to do this, not everyone does. Everyone is not out to cheat the system. Most people are just trying [...]
No Money for Gas (Oh my!)
Posted in Cheap, Free, Health, Low-Income, Reduce Reuse Recycle, tagged 00 steps, 10, activity, adult, america, children, gas, gas money, goal, mile, money, overweight, save, walking on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Shannon Buck – Copyright July 2007
Well, they say that America is overweight, so this will certainly help some of us with that problem, including me. On average, each adult should be getting about 10,000 steps each and every day. How many of us actually do that? I rarely ever do. Children are supposed to [...]
When you cannot Afford to Purchase a lot of Cleaning Supplies
Posted in Cheap, Cleaning, Goals: Save and Help, Household Needs, Low-Income, tagged clean, Cleaning, coupons, dollar store, household, purchase, shannon buck, supplies on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | 2 Comments »
By Shannon Buck – Copyright July 2007
Believe me, this happens in our household as well. I try to always have a few things on hand:
a large bottle of vinegar (The vinegar smell does not stay in the home that long. Only use a small amount with water.)
a few large boxes of baking soda
salt
dish detergent, purchased [...]
Prices Are Still On The Rise: Dairy Products
Posted in Cheap, Food, Low-Income, tagged butter, Cheap, cheap brands, cheese, coupon, dairy products, eggs, income, margarine, milk, money, prices on Thursday, September 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
By Shannon Buck ~ Copyright September 2007
I don’t know about all of you, but I am having difficulties keeping up with the rising prices. The prices continue to rise, but my income does not. What is a family to do? We are having to cut back more and more all of the time. Winter is [...]
