The trick is catch them on clearance. My Walmart does the small ones for $2.50 on clearance. And the larger family size ones for $5.50 on clearance.

ooo I'll have to try that. I don't usually buy bone in beef because it's not on sale. Serious question here - does the grass fed organic whatever really matter on bone broth? Or will regular old commercial beef bones have benefit?

I'd splurge for the doll, but go walmart / target for clothes and accessories. They really do hold up MUCH better than the store brand ones. Ebay is a good place to look for a starter doll too. Get one that needs a little tlc - most of the repairs are very easy to learn to do. I've rehabbed dolls we got that were covered in ink and the hair was completely matted. It's not that hard.

Intially, Dance in happiness. Then eat as much as I could before my Hyperemesis kicks in. And call to schedule an appointment and get prescriptions to deal with said Hyperemesis.

I'm in for October again. My goals for the month: Income / Sales: $300. This includes rebates Shopkick: 3000 points {equals about $12} Swagbucks: 5000 points {equals about $50} I'm trying to bank back points for Black Friday sales & Christmas. My printer is working great, so I printed a bunch of coupons to go with ibotta rebates and such. Hoping that helps stretch the grocery budget. We have a few activities this month too - a free festival, a community garage sale, and the local Blessings Bash. So it'll be a little higher for transportation cost on account of all those.

Bumping up - still looking for ideas! Ideally I"m looking for two ideas around $40 each, plus smaller ideas under $10.

It still ran well but was starting to go a little bit. I disclosed the issues. This. The guy I sold the washer to buys them for $20 each, repairs and then sells for $120. I knew what was wrong with it {needed new seals} and it wasn't terribly expensive or hard to repair - IF you had the $40 wrench needed. But when I added in buying the wrench, it was too much for me.

Right now my shows are: Supernatural Walking Dead NCIS Vikings Fuller House Full House {HULU}

Sold the dryer today for $40. I did splurge and order pizza, but I had a free code from papa johns so pizza and breaksticks for $10 delivered. Did another laundromat trip this morning. More expensive this time - I took a bit more stuff plus had towels and a blanket which take more to dry. And the free dryer wasn't free anymore unfortunately. I ended up spending $10 on laundry and $1 for a soda for DD. Still not terrible though. That was two machines {$4 & $2.50} and the rest was all drying {$3.50}. I think about 2-3 more trips and I'll have it all done, even the blankets. I also scored at Walmart. I got an email for a free $25 credit when I opened a Walmart Credit Card and spent $25 or more. I applied and was approved, so I ordered 4 40lb bags of chicken feed {it's cheaper online and comes to the door}. $42. But if I was willing to wait an extra day for shipping, they offered a $10 discount, so I got it all for about $7 after the credit and the discount, and it comes to the door! I'll have to clear space in my deep freeze for 3 of the bags, but it's doable. And I scored yesterday at Amazon. They had a promo for sign up for a free month trial of the music service, get a $10 credit on amazon for anything sold by Amazon. I signed up, immediately told it not to renew the trial, and then used the credit to order screws for the chicken coop and a 3 pack of charger cables for our phones {dd needed a new one and the 3 pk was cheaper}. $2 after the credit for it all, and that came out of my gift card balance so nothing out of pocket.

My kinda sorta 6th / 7th grader is working through Apologia General Science at a very slow pace. We're also doing lots of science documentaries and discussion.

Sometimes there can be a legal or social reason to lie about it. Like my grandmother wasn't her father's child. This was a huge family secret until my dad had to prove her birth for social security. Turned out she was born 2 states over and her father was a Native American. This was in 1912, and she wouldn't have been considered a citizen at the time if they'd claimed him. It was easier for her mother to quickly remarry and move away.

I did the first batch of laundry at the Laundromat. One of the regulars pointed me towards the dryer that runs endlessly without needing to be paid for, so saved there. $4 for a HUGE batch of laundry washed and dried! AND my new printer finally works, so a bunch of coupons printed and ready for my next shopping trip.

Look at the SMart Diet. It's basically a version of NS that uses all frozen and shelf stable meals from the grocery store. I did it a while and it worked for me, but then I discovered I don't do well with gluten and well....

Ooo Thanks! Am I correct in that then I can upload the raw data to something like 23&me or Ancestry ad find relatives? They say they will provide the raw results as a file.

I'd go for it. And when / if I can afford to do the testing, I will. I've got two missing siblings that DNA is probably the only way I'll ever find them. One was born overseas and the other was adopted out {in the mom's defense, they thought my dad was KIA in Korea}. It does happen a lot. Like I know my dad's dad wasn't actually his father biologically - something about the blood types made it an impossibility. But yet he looks so much like his grandfather....so it must have been a relative. But who?

I like OutOfMilk. It has both a grocery list, to-do list, pantry inventory, recipie book and even totals your cart for you {if you input the prices}

Just wanted to share - I scored a Naturebox {snack box} for $1 after the promo code FreeShip1, and then got 1250 swagbucks back. I ordered two bision bars but there are lots of options. The credit is $4.95 fwiw. It is a subscription site, but it's easy to cancel through webchat. If you want more snacks, you can get three to try and just pay shipping with the link http://ref.naturebox.com/gx9Pq. Shipping is $4.95 I think.

Really? Why? I was really looking for something that explained NZ history and historical culture to me as well - my partner is tired of constantly having to explain things :) I guess something geared towards immigrants maybe?

The Homechef box was an extra promo plus credit from a previous promo. I got my initial box free after swagbucks though, so I recommend watching there for a deal. Hello Fresh was a code from a mom here on the boards. Well, the broken washer is gone. After looking a bit more into repairing it, It turns out I would have needed a specific wrench at a cost of $50, plus another $50 in parts. So instead I called the guy locally who buys broken washers and he took it for $20. I'll make do with the laundromat for a while until I figure out if we're moving or not. It'll probably take the $20 to catch up the laundry, so I'm not counting it as income.

I"m in the USA. But we want to spend 7th grade studying the history of Australia / New Zealand / Oceania {it's a long story, but we have a solid reason for doing so}. What's out there for textbook or programs that cover those areas?

We've been doing Lifepac {I know - different than everyone else}. I'll either continue with that or possibly spend 7th studying New Zealand / Australia / Oceania history {If I can find a darn book!}.

My washer just died. A speed Queen is probably out of the budget, and I don't think they carry them locally anyways. What cheaper washer is decent?

Ugh I spoke too soon again {I really need to learn not to jinx myself!}. The washer just died! It's very old {at least 15 years} so I'm not sure about trying to fix it. It's sprung a leak when it fills, so I'm pretty sure it's the tub gasket. And of course I have a TON of laundry to do. I guess at least for a while we'll be doing laundrymat.

I"m doing okay so far. I"m working back up my ebay sales - I want to try for a goal of at least $150 a month there from here out. And a goal of $150 a month on mturk as well - between those I'd be doing a lot better. I am spending a little bit though - I got prime again {$6.50 for the month}, because I'm going to be ordering a printer for my ebay stuff {using gift cards}. And also to use for printing coupons, so I figure it'll pay for itself pretty quickly. It's a brother and I opted for wired vs wireless because it's about $30 cheaper AND they say the wireless tends to shut off if you don't print often. Had one of my free Homechef meals last night. We'll have the other tonight. And next week I've a free Hello Fresh box coming that I'm excited about I need to drag out the wagon and go walk the neighborhood over the weekend. It's bulk pickup :) I am hoping to find more chicken wire again for the coop.

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