We’ve all seen commercials and read articles about having a “family game night”. But what’s the big deal? Why bother? Here are 5 Reasons that Family Game night is Frugal Fun: #1-Games can be completely free. Charades, Eye Spy, 20 Questions none of these require a thing except your imagination! #2-Card games are practically free. … Keep Reading
Menu Plan~short week!
Yeah, I know. It is Wednesday already. It has been a busy week. School finally started here Upstate for the kiddos, as did soccer practice! We also had all of the Labor Day festivities to deal with. . . so meal planning has been rather catch as catch can. I’m willing to give it a… Keep Reading
Ooops!
I had a technical error on my “Ask Frugal Upstate” form. . . which I have now fixed. It’s hard being your own IT department, you don’t have anyone else to blame when something goes wrong! Anyway, I was able to tell that Catherine had asked me a question, but none of the data except… Keep Reading
Complete the Cycle Laundry Giveaway Winners
One of the really fun things for me about the Complete the Cycle Laundry Giveaway was I got to pick not one, not two, but FIVE winners. I just love sharing the love 🙂 So congratulations to Lisa, Troy, Kimberly, Michelle and Erin . . . you are the winners! You have all been emailed… Keep Reading
Quick Meals: 10 Simple Way to use Chicken
Today is the final installment in my 3 part series on quick meals. I’ve been showing everyone how having frozen precooked meats on hand can really speed up dinner preparation and save you from the dreaded “drive thru trap”. Previously I wrote about ways to use Ground Beef and Meatballs. . . today I tackle… Keep Reading
Menu Plan 8/31
Labor Day, the start of school, so many things happening in the next two weeks. I’ve got the meetings 3 nights this week to prove it! Monday: Wendy’s Chili Clone (Crockpot) & Fresh Bread I love a good crockpot meal on a night that I have a lot going on (hubs has pool, I have… Keep Reading
What would you Do?
What would you do with a bunch of apples starting to wrinkle and get spots? Me? I’d peel, chop and then Cooke them down on the stove to make some filling for my oatmeal fruit bars. *Note: If you have a great idea for a “What Would You Do?” question please send it in using… Keep Reading
Lunch Pack Winner
Congratulations to MU! You won the lunch box pack!
Decorating on a Dime Tonight on Frugal Coast2Coast
I may be on the road today-but I’ll be home in time for tonights episode of Frugal Coast2Coast! This one is going to be a lot of fun-we have “the Nester” owner/writer of “The Nesting Place” as our guest expert and we will be talking about all the ways we can make our homes beautiful… Keep Reading
Menu plan
Well I’ve been camping with the family this week-I am actually writing this on my iPhone in the campground arcade-the kiddos are playing air hockey and hubs is busy with hooking up the camper to the truck. So understandably this will be a very breif menu plan! Monday-Mac and cheese-straight out of the box. Or… Keep Reading
