Homestead & Bread
Coupon Queen 01/30/2010
 I love coupons!!! I always carry my books with, never leave the house without them, you never know when that one item is on sale and you can buy it for just a few pennies. I never liked traditional coupon organizers, they would easily tear or were just too small or had too few categories for all my coupons. Needless to say, a lot of coupons expired before I had a chance to use them. Here is my solution: 50c photo books Benefits: -Large windows for viewing coupons -Many pages to customize -Holds more coupons than traditional organizers Now go Clip and $ave!! Many Blessings, Melanie     Miss Emily aka Sugarcube 01/18/2010
 Tired Full Sweet Not so happy Ready for some Football!!!!!Big Sis and Lil Sis 01/06/2010
   Welcome Little Blessing 01/01/2010
 This little tiny baby Was sent from God above To fill our hearts with happiness And touch our lives with love He must have known We'd give our all And always do our best To give our precious baby love And be grateful and so blessed Our Girls Decorating for Christmas 12/10/2009
     I blame too much turkey and pie for this purchase!!! Hihi I actually bought all this fabric for less than $20! Many Blessings, Melanie    Squirrels LOVE Pumpkin 11/16/2009
 Making a Difference this Holiday Season #2 11/03/2009
"For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat."  Be generous with canned food donations. Did you know 1 in 8 Americans is at risk for hunger? Many churches/organizations collect non-perishable food during the Holiday Season. My daughter is a scout and her troop collects non-perishable food items during the month of November and distributes the donations to local food banks. Food banks are suffering in a bad economy; families tighten the belt and donations to food banks decline. My Tip: Shop for food banks around the year, not just during the Holiday Season. Every time I go grocery shopping I buy 1-2 items suitable for a food drive, any free items I get with coupons are designated for donation as well. We keep those food items on a separate shelf in the pantry. I also pick up toiletry items this way, a few days ago I bought 5 tubes of toothpaste for 50 cents each and 5 deodorants 50 cents each (with coupons), the next day my daughter brought a flyer home from school requesting toiletry donations. Visit Feeding America: Faces of Hunger site:http://feedingamerica.org/faces-of-hunger.aspx Feeding America provides low-income individuals and families with the fuel to survive and even thrive. As the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, our network members supply food to more than 25 million Americans each year, including 9 million children and 3 million seniors. Serving the entire United States, more than 200 member food banks operate 63,000 agencies that address hunger in all of its forms. For more information on how you can fight hunger in your community and across the country, visit www.feedingamerica.org. Many Blessings, Melanie Making a Difference this Holiday Season #1 10/28/2009
 Making a Difference this Holiday Season #1 - Place a quarter in every Salvation Army bucket you see. Make sure to have a couple of quarters with you before leaving the house. Let your kids put the money in the bucket. Visit their website at: http://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/www_usn_2.nsf/vw-local/Home Many Blessings, Melanie Making a Difference this Holiday Season 10/28/2009
 Making a Difference this Holiday Season "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth." 1 John 3:17-18 Charitable giving fell last year by the largest percentage in five decades, according to a new study by the Giving USA Foundation. Now I am aware that most of us can’t spare hundreds of dollars, but there are “cheap” or free ways to make a difference. I think it is very important for us as parents to teach our children to show kindness and grow a charitable heart. Also, we need to teach our children that charity and kindness should be done privately without the want to be recognized or praised, that contradicts the act of charity. “Do all the good you can and make as little as fuss about it as possible.” Charles Dickens "Be careful not to do your 'acts of righteousness' before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. "So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. Matthew 6:1-4 I think it is wrong to force children to do charitable work, instead find something that the whole family can enjoy and feel proud of. Each man should give what he has decided in his heart to give, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver. 2 Corinthians 9:7 Sit together with your family and discuss ways to make a difference this Holiday Season, make a list, print and put on the fridge, I will post several tips over the next few weeks. Many Blessings, Melanie |     “It is the sweet, simple things of life which are the real ones after all.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder  ArchivesJanuary 2010 CategoriesAll |
RSS Feed