There’s a lot in this life that seems out of my control. I could easily spend my time in frustration, whining about and bemoaning those things (while making everyone around me miserable)… but instead, I’m trying to take responsibility and ownership of whatever I can control.
I can’t control who becomes our next president, but I can vote [...]
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Stewardship is not always a popular topic in local churches. Often it invokes negative images or experiences. But stewardship is a gift from God, a spiritual discipline and a means of God’s grace.
The above message from Bishop Kenneth L. Cardner was prominent on the back of our church bulletin last weekend. It is timely as [...]
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A warm Finer Things welcome to Money Saving Mom visitors! For all the rest of you, head on over to Crystal’s awesome money saving blog to check out my latest guest post: Frugal Living in a Tiny Town.
**Note: This is not my post office. It sure is cute, though, and ours isn’t much bigger!
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Keeping our finances simple is one thing that has given us peace of mind and heart during the nearly ten years that we’ve been married. Because of the choices that we have made and continue to make on a daily basis, we’re able to continue on course when the financial world around us seems to [...]
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What a wonder that I do not have to worry about our family finances. I don’t need to worry about anything, actually. God says so! For that I am grateful.
Dismiss all anxiety from your minds. Present your needs to God in every form of prayer and in petitions full of gratitude. Then God’s own peace, [...]
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Although I gave up my membership recently, I’ve enjoyed my fair share of years wandering the aisles of SAM’S club in search of great bulk deals (and yummy sample snacks along the way!) I still have access to bulk buying – thanks to “friends in high places” — but with grocery store sales and coupons, I could [...]
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We have one TV in our home. With our highly technical rabbit ears, we receive one semi-clear channel. That works for us.
We have children. They provide lots of free entertainment.
We have children. We don’t choose to have time for TV.
We have children. We don’t want to be tempted to use the TV as a sitter.
We [...]
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This month my electric company was kind enough to give me more than a sour taste in my mouth from our latest bill. On the back of the statement, they supplied free hints for saving money at the pump. I had seen this information before, written in percentages, but when I saw the actual money lingo [...]
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I’m a pretty frugal person. We’ve taken lots of steps to live happily on less so that I can be home raising our children. We don’t do cable. We rarely eat out. We don’t have any debt aside from our mortgage. We utilize our library and fresh free produce and Manager’s Specials. I’ve even stalked [...]
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