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Steamboat Dinner Cruise
Today is my birthday! This year we did something different, when my husband’s birthday rolled around we put the money in savings. The money we would have spent on our anniversary went into savings,...
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Choosing a New Microwave
We were having a girl’s night and I made several things in the microwave. I foolishly had a decorative cloth on top of it that blocked the holes in the back. It died. My microwave died. After cooling...
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JCPenneys “Black Friday Rebate Reward Cards” are Useless
My daughter moved into a new apartment last fall and she needed kitchen appliances. We had read the Black Friday flyers advertising appliances for “$9.99, $14.99, and $24.99. We should have known it...
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Stainless Steel or Silver
I own two grapefruit spoons. According to the back they were made by the same manufacturer using the same molds. The only difference is the material used. One is stainless steel and the other is silver...
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Choosing My New Washer
My husband worked almost 30 years at the same lumberyard. It was family owned and opened in 1926. They closed it’s doors for the final time last year. That was when I decided to buy only from local...
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Shopping for a Chest of Drawers with a $65.00 Budget and $7.00 Cash
My husband works for a small lumber company. How small is it? There are only two salesmen…and one is a farmer…and you work every other Saturday morning. That means you can only take vacations in the...
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8 Tips For Buying a New Cell Phone
A migraine woke me up and I spent the morning with all the curtains closed. I thought about staying home, but David promised me a new phone in August. (Yeah, August was really busy.) We had a doctor’s...
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Frugalfish Gets a Fitbit?
Anyone who has read many of my posts knows I am NOT a fan of exercise, see here. (That title alone will make my friends think I fell off of the deep end.) Sweating makes me break out and I avoid it,...
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Ocean in the Middle of Iowa
“This post brought to you by Derek!” Derek got out the boxes of summer decorations and cobalt blue glassware that the doctor ordered me not to move! One was on the bottom of a stack of boxes....
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The Key to Prosperity
Last month, David and I spent 10 days in Israel. It was amazing! David and I enjoyed the sunrise over the Dead Sea. Now, when I read my Bible, I understand so much more because I saw what they were...
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