mrmnmom82's commentsComments On: EverythingArticles Blogs Journals Photos created by: Everyonemrmnmom82 Are Frugal People More Emotionally Mature? - Blog Entry02 Oct 2008 11:00 AM We get the Oriental Trading magazine. I like to buy something fun to hand out at Halloween every year. Well, my son likes to go through and say,"I want that, I'm gonna get that!" I tell him to circle what he likes. I make it clear that this is just for fun, we don't have enough money to buy all of these things. When we emptied his piggy bank into the real bank I asked what he wanted to save up for, he said a spiderman costume. That works for me. He has something to look forward to. When we're at the grocery store I have a mantra I've learned to repeat, he now answers his own question when he asks, " can we get.....?" The mantra is, "That's not on our list." sometimes it's "You allready have one at home." He responds "OH, ya! I have one at home!" I guess he forgot! We don't have hardly any tantrums in the store. New Jersey Legislature Turns on Homeschoolers - Blog Entry02 Oct 2008 09:43 AM What do standardized tests, portfolios, and outlines of education have to do with participating in the school's sports? It's just an excuse to put regulations on homeschoolers. I bet they are speaking of immunization when they talk about medical care. Are Frugal People More Emotionally Mature? - Blog Entry01 Oct 2008 06:13 AM I consider willpower another form of self control. Obstaining from something, if you will. I think it also shows a little bit of humility. Something epensive or frivoliss, is not more important than having financial peace. Are Frugal People More Emotionally Mature? - Blog Entry30 Sep 2008 09:51 PM I think will power and maturity can be the same thing. I believe it does matter how we were raised. My mother would buy cases of soda on sale, but we could only have it with pizza. And we only had pizza like 4 times a year! So we would have to walk by the soda in the laundry room every day! It was killer! But I don't find it difficult to tell myself "no, that's a want not a need" Thanks mom! Exept when I'm pregnant, I want it and I want it now! Avoiding Internet Contention - Blog Entry30 Sep 2008 05:03 AM This is the reason I was so happy to have found this web site. I was actually searching about homeschooling, and realized that they also have an LDS blogger! I would get very discouraged when searching the internet. I also heard the talk you are speaking of, and I think it was also Pres. Hinkley's passing, and the knowledge of all the work he did, that made me want to search out, and have something positive to say. But I only felt I was only finding people with negitivity. So my husband encouraged me to stop reading the chats, they allways made me so upset, and sad. Thankyou for having positive information. And I'm grateful to this site, that it doesn't allow the kind of negative comments to go on like other sites do. Swapping Out Seasonal Clothing - Blog Entry28 Sep 2008 08:52 AM THis can be such an overwhelming task!!! My sister gave me a tip concerning this. She keeps a large tupperware bin next to the dryer and tosses in the stuff that's too small. I've got a few 2T boy clothes floating around the house/laundry and my son is in5T!!! So I'm still working on this. Yes or No? Answer These Frugal Questions - Blog Entry26 Sep 2008 07:14 PM I do the lemon in the water thing, and take home the free rolls in my doggie bag. The Duggar's Go Hollywood - Blog Entry19 Sep 2008 09:17 AM Maybe that's why they decided to do the show? To answer those kinds of questions. My Mother-in-Law - Blog Entry06 Sep 2008 03:36 PM I'm in a simalar situation with my father in law who left when my husband was just 1. Even though his father continued to go to the same church as my husband and my mil, live in the same town, his father had no relationship with him. My husband doesn't mind if I write his father to keep him updated on the kids, or say hello when we visit his mother at her church sometimes. They'll exchange an awkward hello and that's it. I know how you feel. You want to keep the lines of communication open so when either one of them decides to try a bit harder, it's, hopefully, a bit less awkward. |
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