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Frugal websites
I love to get freebies. They are a wonderful chance to try something new or different. There are some wonderful frugal websites, I have some that I visit each day. I also have some discount websites that I visit when I am looking for a specific item. Caution! When you purchase something on sale at a great price, that you were looking for. It is called being a frugal shopper. When you purchase something on sale at a great price, that you weren't looking for and don't need. It is called impluse buying and is a big NO NO!!
http://www.freestufftimes.com/
http://freebies4mom.blogspot.com/
http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/
http://www.dealtaker.com/index.php
A wonderful new movie
To read more about this movie click here.
Home........Your favorite resturant
COOK AT HOME!
Yes you read it right. Cook at home.
- Invest the money you would spend in one trip to a restaurant on a good cook book. (examples to follow)
- Make it your goal to try a new recipe a week.
- Write down a list of your husband and your favorite meals. Cook them.
- Look on the internet for recipes, print them out and try them.
- Borrow cook books for the library or friends.
- Get a nice recipe holder and cards, use them.
- Make a menu for the week each Monday morning.
Some of my favorite cook books:
- Not Just Beans from Tawra Jean Kellam
- Martha's Family Cookery from Martha Greene
- The Amish Cook from Elizabeth Coblentz
- Countryside Cooking and Chatting from Lucy Leid
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
The Sin of Having to Know
Author Unknown
1 Timothy 5:13
And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and
not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they
ought not.
This passage refers to the temptation younger widows encounter when they
have no husband at home to provide the ballast they need to be
home-centered. But certainly, other women in the Christian community are
tempted to be busybodies as well. It may sound harmless, but Scripture ranks
this sin with some of the big ones.
1 Peter 4:15
But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer,
or as a busybody in other men's matters.
What is a busybody? In this passage, she is a woman who delights in other
people's business. Instead of being focused on her own home, her own duties,
her own family, the busybody is interested in everyone else's business. A
busybody is "busy" gathering and passing on information. Of course, saying
these things is sinful, but knowing them may be equally sinful.
Let's back up and examine how a woman becomes a busybody. First, she must
learn idleness, as our text says. But how does a woman learn idleness? The
image seems contradictory! I suggest that it is learned by studiously
avoiding the duties God has laid out for her. The budding busybody must
shirk her domestic duties for the more pleasant task of "visiting."
The woman Paul describes is wandering about the neighborhood. It is far
easier to leave unfinished duties behind than step over them. The women the
busybody visits can't see her laundry pile or the dirty kitchen floor. As
the busybody wanders from house to house, she is far from idle: she is busy
gathering information about everyone else's affairs.
Does the modern busybody wander from house to house? You bet. She goes here
for coffee and there for lunch. She's charging around town, dropping in and
checking up. The news gathered at stop one is repeated with relish at stop
two. This also provides her with lots of prayer requests for Bible study or
prayer meeting.
Of course, the modern busybody is not restrained if she doesn't have the
means to wander about town. She has a more convenient method - the
telephone. The modern busybody can be very "busy" on the phone for hours a
day. This sort of idleness may produce weariness, but it doesn't produce the
fruit God requires. A woman's God-given duties must necessarily be neglected
to carry on such extensive visiting.
How does the busybody conduct her visits? She asks many questions and is a
keen listener. She asks questions that are meddlesome and interfering. But
she seldom gives offense because she seems so genuinely interested. No
detail is insignificant for her. She delights in passing on "tasty morsels"
and offers much information (about others) without being asked. Since her
head is so full of "other people's matters," much of what is fact and what
is hearsay is easily blurred. Now she has become not only a busybody,
passing on the "news," but a gossip passing on rumors.
Meanwhile, is the laundry done? Is dinner planned? Can she really afford all
this time?
A few cautions come immediately to mind. First, ask yourself if you are a
busybody. IF YOU ARE WORKING HARD AT HOME FAITHFULLY DOING YOUR GOD-GIVEN DUTIES, THEN YOU WILL HAVE LITTLE TIME FOR SUCH FOOLISH BEHAVIOR.
Nevertheless, recall your recent conversations.
Have you been too involved in "other people's matters"?
Do you ask questions that are really not your business?
Do you pass on information about other people's affairs?
Do you delight in being the first to know and the first to tell?
Second, do you have a friend who is a busybody? Take care. You may be drawn
into her bad habits. Don't listen to her repeat all the news. Excuse
yourself from inappropriate conversations.
Do you have a regular group you meet with to "visit" and fellowship? Is the
conversation often about other people? Perhaps you should withdraw from such
a group.
Finally, if you know someone to be a busybody, keep your distance. Be
careful what you tell her. Assume that everything you say will get around
the community. That should motivate you to exercise discretion. Be careful
what you say, especially about your husband. Be sure your comments are
always respectful and kind and God honoring.
That sort of news isn't nearly as much fun to pass on.
No Gossip
Reject a divisive man after the first and second admonition, knowing that such a person is warped and sinning, being self-condemned. (Titus 3:10)
I won't have it no sirree'.
Get Out of Debt....NOW!
Get Out Of Debt~~~Now!-this is my advice to you. No if ands or buts , do it now!!!!
Sit down today and figure out how.
Here is a wonderful article from Mother Earth News that lists 75 ways to live more on less.
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Modern-Homesteading/2007-10-01/Live-on-Less.aspx
Thriftlessness
Wifely thriftlessness and extravagance have destroyed the happiness of many a household and wrecked many a home. On the other hand, many a man owes his prosperity to his wife's prudence and her wise administration of household affairs.Rev. J.R. Miller, Home-Making, 1882
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