Posts by frugalmama

it might be nothing, but please go to your regular doctor and ask to have your thyroid checked. Ask for a TSH, T4 and T3 levels. Nausea was my main symptom of Grave's Disease, which can be fatal and often shows up several months...

It's catholic in nature so wouldn't work for everyone, but I really love Catholic Heritage Curriculum's Language of God series for Grammar. DD is starting kinder this coming fall, but I have the books through 4th grade and really...

Quote: Originally Posted by KatWrangler Thats weird. I mean we get almost $700 a month. I don't go rushing out and spend all of it at once. Normally people here often only shop twice a month or monthly - too...

Quote: Originally Posted by PatienceAndLove My Parish in San Antonio is an Anglican Use church, so we receive kneeling at the Communion Rail via the Body intincted into the Blood by the priest/deacon before we receive...

Quote: Originally Posted by inkedmamajama back on topic-why do they stagger the benefits anyway? is there a practical reason? It's for the stores's benefit - helps avoid everyone buying out the store on the...

Quote: Originally Posted by Ruthla Yes, in theory it should work that way. But in reality, I stock up on stuff early in the month and then we're "eating out of the pantry and freezer" the last week of the...

My dd is much the same, except for outgrowing her diapers. She just turned 3 fwiw. Once Upon a Potty is the only thing that seemed to get the concept through to her. I recommend the video over the book.

subbing as we're in the same boat - rough floor and all.

Just did my 100 items - cleaned out my pantry! Wow there was some old food in there.

self-employed here too. I cobble together various jobs to make ends meet - I sell books online, work as consultant for another company, and a few other things. We jsut barely make it, but I'm home all the time to home school.