Tag: christmas
member name: Rhonda *TheTightwad* S.
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December 03, 2006 05:22 PM EST --
The last straw for me was my town lighting the Freedom Tree. What the heck? Freedom Tree? Great idea, wrong month. It is a Christmas Tree, people! I am not understanding why Christians have to compromise . . .
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October 07, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
1. Give gifts to people that they really are going to enjoy. Listen throughout the year and if they love coffee, give them a bag of special coffee and a mug, if they are looking for . . .
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December 03, 2006 04:55 PM EST --
I work retail. I have learned to absolutely hate Christmas, and I really hate that I hate it. I have had to go to work daily since Halloween and look at Christmas. People start getting really stressed . . .
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December 11, 2006 08:17 AM EST --
I will call my friends Joyce and Lou. We all lived on an Air Force base on the island of Terceira, Azores. I was blessed with three little cherubs at that time. Joyce and Lou had no children. They had . . .
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December 11, 2006 12:55 PM EST --
As long as I can remember, we always seem to move during the holidays when it was time to move. Military families sometimes get stuck on a certain rotation, and that was ours. When I finally got away from . . .
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October 01, 2006 01:58 PM EDT --
These make a great cookie to add to your Holiday baking
1 8oz container (cup) margarine
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 . . .
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December 02, 2006 06:37 AM EST --
I received this in my email box. Thought it was worth sharing.
1. M&M's - "Have a Merry and Most wonderful Holiday Season!!"
2. Soup or soup mix - Wishing you a "Souper" . . .
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December 17, 2006 11:04 AM EST --
When we were starting our family, we were poor. Young Navy families do not make much money. So, I started being a tightwad early in my family raising career. I learned to look at what I was spending my . . .
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November 11, 2006 07:36 AM EST --
As long as I can remember, we always seem to move during the holidays when it was time to move. Military families sometimes get stuck on a certain rotation, and that was ours. When I finally got away from . . .
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November 11, 2006 07:48 AM EST --
My son was four. He loved Christmas trees. He was so excited when his daddy told him that he was off to go cut down a tree. This was our first real tree, so I was expecting something . . .
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October 01, 2006 02:05 PM EDT --
I have to admit that I haven't tried these yet, but may be on my list for Christmas gifts this year. I thought I would share.
Cafe Vienna
1/4 cup instant coffee
2/3 c sugar
2/3 . . .
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November 13, 2006 12:02 PM EST --
Reuse and Recycle Household items for the winter
GALLON MILK OR WATER JUGS
Keep a jug full of kitty litter, sand, or salt at the door to use to melt ice. Keeping . . .
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November 26, 2007 02:06 PM EST --
Here is a list of decorating ideas for you Holiday Home
Tape a paper doily to a window and spray artificial snow over it. When you remove the doilies, you will have snowflakes
Form a cone with a . . .
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December 25, 2006 06:16 AM EST --
Here it is 6am Christmas morning and I am on Gather. This is the only time of the day I can be alone, so I tend to get up early when I do not have to go to work. I also have to get up and play Santa before . . .
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September 24, 2006 06:24 AM EDT --
Every year, Dec 1, we pull out the advent calendar. It hangs on the wall, and has 24 pockets in it. In each pocket, I put a name of one of my children and whoever has their name drawn that day gets a small . . .
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October 07, 2006 09:42 AM EDT --
Put an assortment of teas in a teapot. Also add a tea ball, flavored sugars, teaspoon caddy, etc.
Bake bread. Place on a bread board, add jams and jellies and wrap in a colorful checkered napkin . . .
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September 24, 2006 06:22 AM EDT --
Every year, Dec 1, we pull out the advent calendar. It hangs on the wall, and has 24 pockets in it. In each pocket, I put a name of one of my children and whoever has their name drawn . . .
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September 24, 2006 09:25 AM EDT --
Our breakfast on Christmas morning is always cinnamon rolls. Usually homemade, although I have to cheat sometimes.
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