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13:05:03 |
mamasara |
Chat for Feeding Your Family on a
Budget: What's for Thanksgiving Dinner? |
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13:06:55 |
kaylasmama |
Good morning! I'm here for a bit, but
will have to help my wee one to sleep in
a little while... |
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13:09:09 |
kaylasmama |
anyone here? |
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13:11:58 |
kaylasmama |
hellooooooooooo |
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13:14:39 |
kaylasmama |
well, I need to help Kayla to sleep.
I'll be back to see if anyone's here in
about 15 minutes or soo.... |
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13:16:41 |
mamasara |
Hey I'm sorry got distracted with little
guy. I'm here if you want to talk. |
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13:27:38 |
Hockeymom2313 |
Hi |
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13:36:45 |
mamasara |
Hi |
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13:36:56 |
mamasara |
I keep missing you ladies |
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13:37:19 |
mamasara |
*doorbell* |
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13:38:21 |
txchipsie |
Hello? |
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13:39:05 |
mamasara |
Hi |
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13:39:10 |
mamasara |
Glad to have you here |
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13:39:18 |
mamasara |
I keep missing everyone |
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13:39:57 |
mamasara |
This chat is normally well organized but
since this week is Thanksgiving, I
thought I'd just open the chat for
discussion on Thanksgiving preparations
and Recipes |
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13:40:29 |
mamasara |
:whistling: |
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13:40:47 |
mamasara |
*woohoo* |
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13:41:31 |
txchipsie |
LOL... well. I'm quitting my in-home
business so our income is about to take
a hit and if I can cut corners with
groceries that would be best... |
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13:42:10 |
txchipsie |
Though we live near extended family and
I'm pretty low on the totem pole so
Thanksgiving won't be at my place, so
that's not as much an issue for me. |
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13:42:11 |
mamasara |
cool, I have a coupon train if you'd
like to join that. Basically we just
pass along an envelope of coupons |
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13:42:33 |
mamasara |
we take what we need and pass on what we
don't need |
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13:43:02 |
mamasara |
Also, if you talk with ourwiefamily she
is a mama of 6 (almost 7) and has some
excellent ideas on saving funds. |
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13:43:02 |
txchipsie |
OMG, it would die with me. I'm really
(really) not organized enough for
coupons... |
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13:43:11 |
mamasara |
LOL |
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13:43:31 |
mamasara |
Do you know your Weekly Food budget? |
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13:43:51 |
txchipsie |
LOL in a word? no. we go to the store
and get stuff. |
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13:43:57 |
mamasara |
Oh, what business where you with if you
don't mind me asking? |
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13:44:13 |
txchipsie |
I was a Passion Parties consultant.
;-) Yes, it is what it sounds like. |
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13:44:27 |
mamasara |
Okay, have you heard of Gourmet to Go? |
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13:44:31 |
txchipsie |
No |
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13:44:46 |
mamasara |
I don't work for them any longer so I'm
not trying to sell you anything here
okay |
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13:45:08 |
mamasara |
Just wanted to let you know they are a
Mix Prep company Like mixes in a jar but
in bags... |
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13:45:31 |
mamasara |
Sign up is free and last I was working
they offered a 45% discount to reps |
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13:45:48 |
mamasara |
So lets say a mix was $4.00 you could
buy for nearly $2.00 |
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13:46:00 |
txchipsie |
The problem was not the business... I
loved what I did... it's the current
audit by the IRS that has me re-thinking
this whole thing. |
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13:46:10 |
mamasara |
Might be something to look into. Sign up
is free they do have a 1/4 minimun of
$100 though |
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13:46:27 |
mamasara |
Audit? what for? |
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13:46:34 |
mamasara |
It's crazy... |
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13:47:03 |
txchipsie |
random it seems... but I'm really not
organized and it's hell trying to dig up
every cancelled check for every bill I
paid that had anything to do with the
business and the milage is making me
nuts. |
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13:47:07 |
mamasara |
Oh, just thought since you're trying to
save funds that maybe this could be a
win win thing for you - save money on
food and earn some extra cash |
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13:47:29 |
mamasara |
Milage is a bummer... |
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13:47:51 |
mamasara |
Organization is key and if you do not
have a receipt it is as though it never
occured |
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13:48:22 |
txchipsie |
Just not a hastle that was worth it
since I was just in it for the fun... I
had no asperations to be a
super-diamond-executive director or
anything and that's pretty much the only
way this would be worth it, ya know? |
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13:48:50 |
mamasara |
You have your customers locally? You
might just try visiting them and keeping
track of miles... then look in your
records for the dates of the parties and
calculate it that way. |
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13:48:57 |
txchipsie |
Anyway, gorceries... |
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13:48:58 |
txchipsie |
LOL |
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13:49:03 |
mamasara |
Yup |
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13:49:04 |
txchipsie |
groceries even |
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13:49:21 |
mamasara |
sorry got over excited about that...
*uhoh* |
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13:49:36 |
mamasara |
Okay, what does your family like? |
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13:49:53 |
txchipsie |
*laughter* |
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13:50:14 |
txchipsie |
hmm... I love to cook, but my kids can
be a little picky... |
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13:50:15 |
mamasara |
Do you go out to eat a lot or are most
your meals homemade? |
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13:50:42 |
txchipsie |
We're really moving toward eating at
home more, and we've been doing a great
job... but it was expensive. |
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13:50:51 |
mamasara |
You could slow cook some meals, saves on
time and money... |
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13:50:58 |
txchipsie |
of course, eating out is more expensive
yet so... |
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13:51:07 |
mamasara |
how large is your family? |
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13:51:08 |
txchipsie |
LOVE the crock-pot... |
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13:51:16 |
txchipsie |
1 DH and 2 1/2 kids |
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13:51:17 |
txchipsie |
lol |
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13:51:23 |
mamasara |
lol |
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13:51:42 |
mamasara |
do the kids take lunch to school? |
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13:51:56 |
mamasara |
not the 1/2 one lol |
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13:51:58 |
txchipsie |
no school... babies here. |
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13:52:09 |
txchipsie |
mostly lunch at mom's" lol" |
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13:52:10 |
mamasara |
wow... all babies nursing? |
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13:52:39 |
txchipsie |
Actually, no, the 4 1/2 year old is
weaned... recently. But the 2 1/2yo is
dedicated though. |
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13:52:41 |
mamasara |
That saves some money... Do you belong
to a co-op? for produce? |
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13:53:02 |
txchipsie |
I'd LOVE that... or how it sounds in my
head... what is it? |
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13:53:16 |
txchipsie |
a box of fruit/vegs once a month or
something? |
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13:53:28 |
mamasara |
Yeah like those dedicated nurslings :bf |
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13:53:37 |
mamasara |
Yep exactly the way it sounds |
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13:54:00 |
mamasara |
depends on where you live you could get
them for $15/week or do it bi-weekly or
1/month |
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13:54:38 |
txchipsie |
Is there a website or something? I
looked into a co-op before but it was
all organic (I'm not picky) and mostly
bulk stuff that I don't use regularly
enough to make it worth it. |
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13:54:43 |
mamasara |
You can look up food co-ops in google
for your area out here in CA we have a
number to choose from We use the Davis
Co-op here |
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13:55:12 |
ourwiefamily |
hello ... can I get in on the last 30
seconds of the chat? :) |
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13:55:13 |
mamasara |
Not all are organic and if the farm is
not organic you can usually save some $
there too |
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13:55:24 |
mamasara |
LOL of course Karla... |
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13:55:41 |
txchipsie |
Is this the momma of the herd? PLEASE
join in! LOL |
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13:55:47 |
mamasara |
We're just chatting on ways to save
money as she is about to stop her online
business |
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13:56:02 |
mamasara |
It is she. (I've been talking about ya) |
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13:56:08 |
ourwiefamily |
lol |
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13:56:17 |
txchipsie |
(good stuff, swear!) |
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13:56:31 |
ourwiefamily |
ahhhh |
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13:56:32 |
mamasara |
karla, do you do a co-op for produce? |
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13:56:35 |
ourwiefamily |
nope |
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13:56:41 |
ourwiefamily |
I've done so in the past though |
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13:56:51 |
mamasara |
did you find it saved you $$ ? |
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13:57:03 |
ourwiefamily |
At this current point in time we are on
food stamps ... a gloriously huge
amount, so we buy at grocery store |
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13:57:25 |
mamasara |
oh yeah forgot about that. |
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13:57:26 |
ourwiefamily |
Hmmmm .... well, it was organic and it
was cheaper than buying organic in
stores. More expensive than non organic |
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13:58:01 |
mamasara |
I do have a list of resources to
investigate this just not handy right
now. Google for your area and it should
bring something up. |
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13:58:11 |
ourwiefamily |
my sister sent me an interesting site
that I've glanced at though not had a
lot of time to look through. Seems like
a good resource for saving money |
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13:58:26 |
mamasara |
what is it? |
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13:58:43 |
ourwiefamily |
www.hillbillyhousewife.com |
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13:58:49 |
ourwiefamily |
better make sure i got it right ;) |
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13:59:04 |
ourwiefamily |
yep ... it clicks through |
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13:59:15 |
mamasara |
Currently we are utilizing Schwans
Delivery as we don't have a vehicle It
helps us buy meat and stuff and easy
prep dinners for the boys |
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13:59:24 |
mamasara |
That is an awesome site |
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13:59:34 |
ourwiefamily |
she has a pattern for making cloth pads
that I've looked at but haven't looked
at food stuff much yet |
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13:59:37 |
mamasara |
She has some very interesting recipes
and (verbage) |
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14:00:02 |
mamasara |
I made a menu with her Lunch
Sandwich/Soups incorporated |
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14:00:17 |
txchipsie |
Doesn't Schwans get expensive?? |
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14:00:31 |
mamasara |
http://www.budgeting101.com has a menu
plan that feeds 4 on $30/week |
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14:01:07 |
txchipsie |
that link didn't work... |
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14:01:21 |
mamasara |
We have about $400/month to spend on
groceries and we buy wisely (chicken and
maybe some frozen veggies and then walk
to the grocery for milk and such) We
utilize their bread dough for food |
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14:01:32 |
ourwiefamily |
we are going to be looking hard for a
place to buy a quarter of a cow from ...
that has been a huge money saver in the
past |
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14:01:41 |
mamasara |
maybe http://www.budget101.com |
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14:01:55 |
txchipsie |
that worked. thanks |
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14:02:29 |
mamasara |
Lots of mixes to make as well (like the
do it yourself gourmet to go mixes) |
