Comments on: Take the Thrifty Challenge http://herchristianhome.com/take-the-thrifty-challenge/ Christian homemaking articles, resources, tips, recipes Tue, 15 Nov 2011 15:09:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Rhonda http://herchristianhome.com/take-the-thrifty-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-185 Rhonda Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:12:14 +0000 http://herchristianhome.com/?p=887#comment-185 Shirley, I admire the fact that you do so much on your own! That's fantastic and a blessing to your husband, I'm sure! I understand about conveniences...and if you can afford to do so, then that's not such a bad thing. Perhaps packing lunches just once each week for your child could really add up over the year. You could put the lunch money that day into a savings jar and when it's full, spend it on something special for your home. I wanted the challenge to be something that would encourage women to put their skills to good use to save money. I didn't want anyone feeling like they needed to deprive themselves of conveniences that were important to them if they could afford to do so. Shirley,

I admire the fact that you do so much on your own! That’s fantastic and a blessing to your husband, I’m sure!

I understand about conveniences…and if you can afford to do so, then that’s not such a bad thing. Perhaps packing lunches just once each week for your child could really add up over the year. You could put the lunch money that day into a savings jar and when it’s full, spend it on something special for your home.

I wanted the challenge to be something that would encourage women to put their skills to good use to save money. I didn’t want anyone feeling like they needed to deprive themselves of conveniences that were important to them if they could afford to do so.

]]> By: Shirley http://herchristianhome.com/take-the-thrifty-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-184 Shirley Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:50:36 +0000 http://herchristianhome.com/?p=887#comment-184 This is a hard one for me, I already do much on my own, I walk instead of drive so I only have to get gas once a month, I bake from scratch and do home cooked meals already. The one thing I do like the convenience of is to pay for my child's lunch at school so I could commit to packing it this week instead. My husband usually buys his lunch only once or twice a week, but this next week I could pack it everyday. I suppose we could forgo our once a week eating out a restaurant or getting take night. I don't think I would want to that every week though I would if some else cooked it and cleaned it up! But I can do that this week b/c I know we are going to church for Asian American Fellowship Night and will get a meal there and I just bring a dessert. hat may be cheating slightly but it is doable! This is a hard one for me, I already do much on my own, I walk instead of drive so I only have to get gas once a month, I bake from scratch and do home cooked meals already. The one thing I do like the convenience of is to pay for my child’s lunch at school so I could commit to packing it this week instead. My husband usually buys his lunch only once or twice a week, but this next week I could pack it everyday.
I suppose we could forgo our once a week eating out a restaurant or getting take night. I don’t think I would want to that every week though I would if some else cooked it and cleaned it up! But I can do that this week b/c I know we are going to church for Asian American Fellowship Night and will get a meal there and I just bring a dessert. hat may be cheating slightly but it is doable!

]]> By: Rhonda http://herchristianhome.com/take-the-thrifty-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-181 Rhonda Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:13:34 +0000 http://herchristianhome.com/?p=887#comment-181 lol, That's amazing that we're working on the same things! Noodles & pizza dough really are cheaper to make yourself...and truthfully they do not take that much time. I've been making my own salad dressing for quite awhile now (and also homemade salsa for my boys)...it's really saving extra pocket money. It adds up over time. Snacks from the store are quite costly and add up...that's a good goal. lol, That’s amazing that we’re working on the same things! Noodles & pizza dough really are cheaper to make yourself…and truthfully they do not take that much time.

I’ve been making my own salad dressing for quite awhile now (and also homemade salsa for my boys)…it’s really saving extra pocket money. It adds up over time.

Snacks from the store are quite costly and add up…that’s a good goal.

]]> By: Kristina http://herchristianhome.com/take-the-thrifty-challenge/comment-page-1/#comment-178 Kristina Thu, 21 Jan 2010 21:55:55 +0000 http://herchristianhome.com/?p=887#comment-178 That's funny that you just wrote about this, because that's exactly what I did this week... I gave my husband a haircut(first time in years!) AND I made homemade muffins for breakfast! I also made bread this weekend along with pizza dough and noodles, it was fun, and really so much cheaper than store-bought! I am looking for snacks for the kids for lunches/after-school that would be cheaper to make as opposed to buying. I am accepting this challenge! That’s funny that you just wrote about this, because that’s exactly what I did this week… I gave my husband a haircut(first time in years!) AND I made homemade muffins for breakfast! I also made bread this weekend along with pizza dough and noodles, it was fun, and really so much cheaper than store-bought! I am looking for snacks for the kids for lunches/after-school that would be cheaper to make as opposed to buying. I am accepting this challenge!

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