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Category Archives: Debt Free

A basic Thanksgiving dinner for 25.00 with recipes ( less if you cook everything from scratch).

Posted on November 18, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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I was looking in the sale ads and one of the stores had a Turkey dinner all prepared for 59.99 that was a 10-12 pound turkey, your choice of 2 Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Frugal Challenge, Frugal Tips, Menu, Menu recipes, MYO Recipes, Recipes, Uncategorized | Tagged Thanksgiving

Homesteading/Ranch Savings Challenge

Posted on July 10, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  We went camping for the week of the 4th for the music festival on the river. It was so good to get away and our camping spot was amazing. Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Debt Free Challenge, Frugal Challenge, Homesteading Savings Challenge
Extreme ways to save Money

Job Loss and Cutting Expenses When There Is Nothing Left to Cut.

Posted on July 7, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  Well, I have been lucky I haven’t completely lost my job but my enrollment is down at least 75%. Which means I have taken a pretty huge cut in Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Debt Free Challenge, Frugal Tips, Homesteading Savings Challenge | Tagged Cutting Expenses

Homesteading/Ranch Savings Challenge

Posted on June 17, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  We had a good freeze a few nights ago glad we didn’t have much of our garden put out yet. We did cover what we did have set out Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Debt Free Challenge, Frugal Challenge, Homesteading Savings Challenge

Homesteading Ranch Savings Challenge

Posted on May 27, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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It is finally starting to warm up here although the wind has been vicious and I am really pretty much over it.    Here are some of the things I Continue Reading →

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Homesteading Ranch Savings Challenge

Posted on May 20, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  With all that is going on with the job losses, only working part-time and the cost of food starting to creep up it is going to be more important Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Frugal Challenge, Homesteading Savings Challenge, No Waste No Spend

Shopping Twice a Year.

Posted on May 12, 2020 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  Could you go to the store just twice a year to do your shopping? Being quarantined and being a high-risk person I haven’t been to the store in over Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Depression Era, Frugal Challenge, Getting Prepared, Homesteading, Homesteading goals, No Waste No Spend, Self Sustaining Pantry

Homesteading Savings Challenge #1

Posted on October 2, 2019 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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  Last month I started a Homesteading savings Challenge you can read it here. Well, I got busy and didn’t keep up with it so I am starting back at Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Frugal Challenge, Homesteading Savings Challenge

Does Being Frugal Mean You are Poor ?

Posted on September 11, 2019 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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Why do we as a society think that if someone is being frugal they must be poor? Why do so many people think that they have to buy name brand Continue Reading →

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Homesteading Savings Challenge

Posted on July 9, 2019 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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I had been thinking about going to town to find a job since the daycare has been kinda slow the past few months. But was really not wanting to so, Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Frugal Challenge, Homesteading Savings Challenge, What to buy this month

Frugal Challenge-Cook From Scratch

Posted on January 25, 2019 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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Frugal Challenge-Cook from scratch Did you know that everything you buy in the store you can make your self and most of the time for a fraction of the price? Continue Reading →

Posted in Debt Free, Frugal Challenge, No Waste No Spend, Self Sustaining Pantry

Zero Waste, Zero Spend, Goal for 2019

Posted on January 15, 2019 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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Zero Waste, Zero Spend, Goal for 2019 One of my new year’s goals is to have a no waste and no spend year. As I mentioned before I am wanting Continue Reading →

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Frugal Challenge of the week, A Price Book

Posted on November 7, 2018 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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You need to know your prices in order to be able to save money. Several years ago I made a list of everything that I buy and I also added Continue Reading →

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Frugal Challenge, Getting a Budget Put Together

Posted on October 24, 2018 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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I am going to be starting something new. It will be about saving money and getting out of debt. I will try do a frugal challenge and tip every week. Continue Reading →

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Make your own Baking Powder

Posted on April 17, 2018 by watkinsranches@yahoo.com
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This is super simple to make and since baking powder doesn’t have a very long shelf life this is ideal. How to make your own Baking Powder. 1 teaspoon baking soda 2 Continue Reading →

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