lanieky

@lanieky (47)

United States • Age 56

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Budget Christmas Blues

OpinionatedLady @OpinionatedLady (5965) • United States 16 Nov 12

So I have been looking over Black Friday papers and web sneak peeks looking for those great deals...so far I haven't found any real awe inspiring buys. I have been making gifts for a month or so now but our budget...

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lanieky I can understand where you are coming from I am going to the dollar tree and getting some gifts also where I live there is a place that has clothes and what nots and craft things so I found me some barettes going to put ribbon and other stuff on them for...

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For Christmas Mom wants

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 19 Nov 12

Of course we all know that in the weeks leading up to Christmas, all of us as mothers are thinking about the things that our children would like to get for Christmas. We seldom think about the things that we would like to have for...

christmas

gift for mom

what i want

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lanieky I would like one or two things a new outfit would be nice also a camera but what I really want is to see my kids nice and healthy as well as the rest of my family that"s what matters the most to me.

19 Nov 12

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Recycling

STOUTjodee @STOUTjodee (3573) • United States 10 Nov 12

I remember when I would recycle my clothes that didn't fit or didn't wear anymore, or clothes that my children had outgrown to a place that would pay you a certain amount of money per pound. It was a good way to sort out clothes...

recycling

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lanieky We recycle aluminum cans and carboard also we do recycle clothes and some scrap metal we do it for extra money.

11 Nov 12

Encouraging family to save money?

GemmaR @GemmaR (8517) 20 Oct 12

We are trying to save money at home at the moment, because we don't have enough money coming in to pay for everything that we might have done in the past. Because of this, I need to think of ways that I can suggest to my family to...

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lanieky I used to remind my kids to turn off the lights when they was not in that room and we always recycled pop cans also we used to have a small garden and that is how we saved and it kept my kids busy.

8 Nov 12

Treatment plan for my back

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 28 Sep 12

I met with the orthopedist on Wednesday and he has determined that the first thing that he wants to try in order to get this pain in my back to ease up is to try some injections in my sacroiliac joint. He seems to think that one...

back treatment

driver

injections

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lanieky Let me tell you a story I went to the chriropractor several years ago and they told me I had deteriating bones in my back and then I went to my doctor all they wanted to do is give me pain medicine and I wanted to try different things first now I have been to...

7 Nov 12

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My wife and I

finlander60 @finlander60 (1804) • United States 2 Nov 12

usually eat out about once a week or so. We challenged ourselves to go for one month without eating out. The last time we ate out was September 30, 2012. That was the last Sunday in September. Today is November 2, 2012. I plan on...

celebrate

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lanieky I imagine that it saved quite a bit of money to not eat out we do that also plus we might get the urges but you just have to be strong and somethimes you can make something alot like you would buy at a restraunt.

2 Nov 12

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Where can you get free food?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 5 Oct 12

This past month I have scored twice on the free food. Once from my apple tree and once from a friend who shared here grapes with me. I have been canning all week in hopes that I can help lower our food budget. I was looking for...

food

grapes

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lanieky where I live there is several food banks that we go to they give alot of can food and some bread and maybe some meat you will just have to check around and see if where you live has places like that also like you said you can grow some things inside the...

2 Nov 12

Sandy impact

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 29 Oct 12

All I've heard about for the last couple days is Hurricane Sandy. And we are actually feeling some impact from it despite the fact that we live well inland in Kentucky. As I speak, we are having very gusty winds in our area and...

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lanieky I live in west ky and we have had some winds and it has been colder here the gas prices has not been to bad I do have a brother out in New york that I am still worried about but it seems like these storms come about once a year makes you wonder what is next.

31 Oct 12

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Bankruptcy and medical bills

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 17 Oct 12

You know, I've thought for a long time that our problems were going to be over in March of next year because that is the time at which all of our credit cards are going to be paid off. However, because of my husband's cancer...

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lanieky My husband has a friend that went threw bankruptcy and it seems like he has better credit it now then what he did I personally don't think its the coward way out if it helps a person then that is what they should do.

31 Oct 12

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Are there any survey sites that you don't have to qualify for.

walking2010 @walking2010 (1009) • United States 31 Oct 12

Is there any survey sites that you can just take a survey and get paid for without qualifying for them, because my thing is, when I fill out my profile and you ask me about this and that to the third then, when you send me a...

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lanieky I agree with you there I looked at alot of sites hoping to qualify then it says I don't so I gave up and just do this site to make some money.

31 Oct 12

Halloween 2012, have your children decided what they want to be?

dorannmwin @dorannmwin (36392) • United States 17 Sep 12

We actually hadn't even started thinking about Halloween yet this year. However, Kathryn went to her grandparent's house over the weekend and started picking out some things for her Halloween costume this year. She has decided...

children

costumes

halloween

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lanieky thats always a good thing I remember when I was a kid I went as a ghost one time easy fix take a white sheet but my kids are all grown but me and my husband is going to a halloween party he said he will not dress up I have not decided if i will or not just...

18 Sep 12

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Sons or Daughters?

mary629 @mary629 (23) 6 Aug 12

I have 4 sons and a daughter. My daughter is the middle child with 2 brothers older and 2 brothers younger. While I love all of my children equally, I found the 4 boys to be easier when it came to raising them. They didn't feel...

children

daughters

sons

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lanieky I have got one of each a son 21 and a daughter 20 my daughter was the easiest she used to help me clean the house and now she is a good housekeeper my son has also helped me with the dishes I used to think girls would be easier but my son was all he wanted to...

7 Aug 12

Would you judge or be understanding.

Thoroughrob @Thoroughrob (11742) • United States 9 Jul 12

I was at the store last week. I was just picking up a few items. I had passed this lady, that was shopping and had quite a cartload of groceries. Her son was acting up a bit, but she seemed to be keeping it under control. As she...

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lanieky I would have tried to help her also I know how hard it is my grandson has autisim and sometimes he can be a handful I think that was a very nice thing that you did the storms I imagine and it's hard to beleive that the stores does not teach their employees to...

6 Aug 12

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I have always thought of beans as a frugal food

sedel1027 @sedel1027 (17846) • Cupertino, California 23 Jul 12

Has anyone noticed that the cost of beans is steadily increasing? I grew up in New Orleans where every Monday we had red beans and rice. I am fairly good with holding that tradition. However, I have noticed over the last 2 years...

dried beans

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lanieky Me and my husband eat alot of beans we took a old icecream bucket and filled it up with beans and yeah I have noticed that they have went up I just went to the store and paid $1.13 for a small bag of white beans even though they are going up it does not take...

6 Aug 12

Let's go back to the 80s

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14348) • Canada 2 Aug 12

I was listening to some oldies tonight from the 80s, for some reason I love the music from this timeframe. I was just born in the 80s so I don't have any direct memories from this era. What kind of memories do you have from the...

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lanieky I was born in 1968 but I do like some of the music from the seventys andthe eightys but now days me and my husband would play a game when a song comes on the radio he ask me who sung it and I do the same to him most of the time I am right if it's around the...

2 Aug 12

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Shopping

Fishmomma @Fishmomma (11377) • United States 2 Aug 12

I work hard to save money, as I'm now working part time. We print coupons online at Target, as you can use an online coupon and a manufacture coupon for the same product. I find many times there are great deals at the store that...

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lanieky Where I live it's only one coupon per product but I also like to go to the sites and get free samples I used to cut the coupons out of the paper but it seems like they don't have as many as they used to.

2 Aug 12

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slip and slide

3SnuggleBunnies @3SnuggleBunnies (16374) • United States 28 May 12

I bought the kids a slip and slide as it's been in the 90's the past few days and I thought since our pool is no more basically that it would be a nice way for them to cool off. Now the kids ran the water on and off this morning...

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lanieky When I was growing up we had well water also and yes you had to use electricty for the well and I also remember when I was a young girl we could not afford a slip and slide so my dad took plastic and we took some dish soap and made our own slip and slide.

2 Aug 12

Neighborly Things to Do..

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14348) • Canada 1 Aug 12

Having neighbors that you can trust and get along with is so important for living comfortably I think. What kind of relationship do you have with your neighbors? What kind of gestures do you think makes a person "neighborly". A...

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lanieky One thing that we do for our neighbrs is to mow their yard for them my husband does that each time that he mows ares we have also taken their trash can down if they forget it I alsways treat people with respect I was brought up to treat people the way that you...

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Meeting someone in Person from the Internet.

Jshean20 @Jshean20 (14348) • Canada 28 Jul 12

Just curious how many of you have actually met up with someone that you originally met online. Did a relationship or friendship build? I hear of so many success stories from some of the dating sites out there. Of course you hear...

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lanieky I can ohnestly say that I have me and my husband used to get on yahoo messenger alot we used to go to a chat room and talk to people well this one time we all decided to meet in a local town and go listen to a band well we met the band that night and I will...

31 Jul 12

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