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I'M GOING TO BE IN ALL YOU MAGAZINE!!!!

IT PAYS TO SHARE STORIES ONLINE!

Since I've boarded the savings train (CHOO CHOO), and since I love All You Magazine, I recently joined All You Reality Checkers.  It's a new online community where participants can get freebies, share savings tips, get exclusive savings, and possibly be featured in the magazine.  

About a month ago we were asked to share a story about a great bargain that we found.  I wrote about a terrific find that my husband and I made and today I got this letter:

Hi Kimberly,

I hope this finds you well!

You recently commented on ALL YOU Reality Checker Central about an AMAZING shopping score you found:

“For years, I’ve wanted the orange Rachael Ray cookware set. Back in the spring, Wal Mart marked it down from $199 to $99, but I still couldn't part with $100. Then my husband and I were waiting in the checkout line when an associate brought over a box—the last one of the set—and stamped it with ‘$49.’ I heard bells ringing! Sometimes, it really pays to wait.”

Good news! We'd love to include this quote (and you!) in an upcoming issue of ALL YOU magazine!

To be featured, can you please reply with the following info?

- Your full name, date of birth and where you live 

- A high-res photo of yourself (preferably smiling and looking at the camera)

- If possible, a photo of the item you're referencing in your quote

Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing back from you! Please let me know if you have any questions at all.

Best,

Kathleen 

I'm very excited and I wanted to share this wonderful opportunity with you.  Join today and you too will get freebies, lots of savings tips, and possibly be featured in an upcoming issue of All You.  I have saved SO much money by reading All You ever month.  It pays for itself ten times over.  Peace, love, and happy savings!!!

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Grandma Knew Best: Pinching Pennies and Cheeks: Twenty-four Carat Love

Grandma Knew Best: Pinching Pennies and Cheeks: Twenty-four Carat Love: TWENTY-FOUR CARAT LOVE What is twenty-four carat love?   It is pure love, love without expectations or manipulation.  It is lov...

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Twenty-four Carat Love

TWENTY-FOUR CARAT LOVE

What is twenty-four carat love?   It is pure love, love without expectations or manipulation.  It is loving someone so much that you would do anything to spare them any suffering.  It is honest.  It is unselfish.

My Mawmaw (or Momo) gave me twenty-four carat love.  Now that I'm getting older and I have my own granddaughter, I can look back and learn from her actions; I can and do appreciate the unselfishness of her love for me.  

So how do we know if we are loving completely, unselfishly?  All that I can do is give you examples of why I think she loved me that way.

• She never lied to me, even if it wasn't what I wanted to hear. 
• When I asked her to keep my secrets, she did.
• She never talked bad about my parents, my friends, or anyone in my life.  She may have given me advice when she thought someone might not be a positive influence, but she did not try to turn me against anyone.
• She never asked me to lie and taught me not to lie.
• When she gave, she did not expect anything in return.
• She listened and never judged. 
• She spent time with me, even if we were just watching television or playing Old Maid.  She talked to me and showed an interest in what I thought and felt.  
• When I suffered, she cried with me.
• She let me make a mess even though she hated to have anything out of place.  
• I always tried to do what she asked me to do, but if I couldn't, she did not try to make me feel guilty.
• When I was upset, she didn't try to make it about her.  She just tried to make me feel better.

If only we could all love with twenty-four carat love!  I hope that when I am gone, my children and grandchildren will have such beautiful memories of me, memories that give them both roots and wings.  

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Toys From the 70's That You Can Still Buy Today!

Mawmaw taught me to take care of my baby dolls like they were real little babies.  I LOVED baby dolls.  I was amazed to find that some of the dolls and other toys that I loved are still made today!  Just click on the links to buy them.

Baby Alive!  You fed her, she pooped!  No wonder she is still around, cute as ever!

I NEVER went to sleep without my Raggedy Ann Doll! Remember the real heart on her little chest? It's still there!

Paper dolls!!!  They still make them!

AND, OF COURSE, I HAD TO BAKE "FOR MY BABIES."

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We are Paper Dolls

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How many of these did I play with in the 70's?  I LOVED them! They came with cute outfits, and they were cheap!   My Mawmaw and my Moma bought me a lot of them.  They would help me punch out the little outfits because they tore so easily; they were fragile, especially in the hands of a five year old.

Like paper dolls, people are fragile.  Life is fragile.   No matter how fancy we dress or how careful we are, we are easily hurt or "torn" by those we allow in our lives.

One of my favorite quotes is by Bob Marley.
                           
           

Your family may hurt you, but that is only because we hold them so close to our hearts that sometimes we feel we love them more than they love us, whether it is true or not.  They are worth the worry, the arguments, and the tears that come with living.   

If I could put anything on my grandmother's tombstone, it would be, "She was an amazing grandmother."  I only hope that whenever I'm gone, my children, my grandchildren, and my husband will feel that way about me, because without them I am nothing but a paper doll on a shelf, no life, no purpose.

FYI: I don't see paper dolls anywhere anymore, so I did a little googling, and guess what I found?  See if any of these bring back any memories!  You can still buy them by clicking on the link for each.  I think I'll buy a few for when my granddaughter gets to be a little older.  Right now she is ten months old and just enjoys the sound of tearing paper.  <3

Retro Paper Dolls and Where You Can Buy Them:

• Dover Publications
• Google Shopping
• Ebay
• The Find (Very pricey but worth the look just for nostalgia.)

For a view of more nostalgic toys from the 70's, visit my Pinterest board labeled Childhood Memories.  Share some memories of toys you loved back in the day by commenting below.

Peace, love, & happiness!  

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Smart Grocery Shopping

My Mawmaw knew how to save money, but she always had the basic necessities to make just about anything we wanted to eat.  Today I find myself using Pinterest and other websites to accomplish what she did in her head every single day.  The older I get, the more I realize how smart, organized and creative she actually was.

The first thing Mawmaw did was stock pile grocery staples, ingredients that could be used to make a wide variety of foods.  She always had plenty of butter, eggs, sugar, flour, oil, meat, peanut butter, can goods, and other basics.  From these basics she could whip up everything from an entire Sunday lunch for eight, homemade cookies, beignets, cakes, etc.  She didn't have much money, but she planned well and used what she had before buying more; nothing was ever wasted.

I read recently that Americans waste over $500 per person per year on wasted food.  This didn't surprise me because I can't tell you how many groceries I've throw away because they spoiled or because I just didn't use them.  Luckily, I found a website that helps.  I'm not as smart or as organized as Mawmaw was; I need help!

Like Mawmaw, I rarely measure or follow a recipe.  I like to create as I go.  However, I need to make sure that I have enough of the basics to cover what I plan to make in the near future.  Therefore, when it is time for my monthly big shopping day, I use SayMMM.com.  If you take just a few minutes, you can enter stuff that you already have in your pantry.  Next, install the recipe clipper on your bookmark bar.  Just go to http://saymmm.com/mmmclipper.php and follow the simple directions.  With this button on your bookmark, you can add ANY recipe that you find on Pinterest or any other website to your Saymmm account.  When it's time to make out your grocery list, click on the recipes that you want to make in the next few weeks and it will automatically add the ingredients that you need to buy to your list.  You can also plan menus and install the mobile app.  What I love the most is that it saves the items that you purchase the most on a "frequent items" list so that when it is time to make your next list, you can check through your commonly purchased items and add them to your new list with a click of the mouse.  You will waste less food, avoid running out of stuff that you need, and always have ingredients in your pantry to cook things that you like to eat.

Since I have been using this website, I find that I almost always have the ingredients to whip up all of my family's favorites.  In the next blog, I'll share some food storage tips that have helped me keep ingredients for a lot longer.  Now if only I could just stick to buying what is on the list like Mawmaw did!    







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