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Another Year of Unemployment and Foreclosures
There is never really a "good" time to become unemployed, however, it's easy to conclude that 2010 may well be one of the worst times in our U.S. history to lose a job.  Many countries are struggling financially, wars now seem never ending, natural and non-natural disasters are happening all around the world (requiring record amounts of funding), and our own economy is still suffering miserably.  This may sound to some like the end of the world is close at hand,  but we are still here and we have to keep going.  And many of you are probably reading this now, thinking, "I still have my job, I'll be fine... read more

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A Walk Down Memory Lane
When I was thinking about what I wanted to write for this article, I decided to recall some of our fun memories and dates to celebrate birthdays and anniversaries and bring back happy times. Many of my favorite memories were cost effective, and I know I’ll probably forget several while I’m writing this article... read more

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Confessions of a Money Manager

I’m not sure who originally said "Success is a journey, not a destination," but I really like that quote. The same thing could easily be said in the context of financial security. Over the nearly 13 years that I have been in the money management realm, I have encountered so many people that feel like they are unintelligent because they have mishandled money. The honest fact is that money management has nothing to do with intelligence. Plenty of highly intelligent people struggle when it comes to things like dealing with credit, budgeting, and saving money. Good money management skills really come from a variety of sources... read more


Frugal Parenting
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Riches from a Poor Country
Not until I spent just over 8 months overseas in a foreign country did I fully realize how blessed I am to live in America. It’s so easy to take things for granted or complain about what we don’t have, but is the grass really greener on the other side of the fence?  How many times do we say, "If only I had…I could be happy," or "It's not fair! Why does she get all the breaks?"... read more

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Join us on our recipe blog at frugalfamilyrecipes.blogspot.com - each month we will select one recipe to be featured here at BetterBudgeting.com and the member who submitted it will receive a gift card for $25 of FREE GROCERIES!  (Visit the blog for more details.)  To be considered for the gift card, please send your recipes each month to Michelle at editor@betterbudgeting.com or via the contact link on our blog. We can't wait to see what's for dinner at your house! :o)

This Month's Featured Recipe Is...

Potato Tacos

Please don't get turned off by the name. When my husbands family made these I didn't want ANYTHING to do with it.  But after I tried it I fell in love, just give them a chance!  This is a normal Mexican dinner but I told my grandmother who lives in Missouri and now she makes it even more than I do!  And its my kids favorite thing to eat!!

5 medium potatoes
3 T. butter
1/4 cup of milk
Tsp. of salt
20 corn tortillas
Vegetable oil to fry
Lettuce
Sour cream
Salsa
Lemons

Directions:

Peel and dice your potatoes into smaller chunks (so they boil quicker).  Boil the potatoes until very tender.  Mash the potatoes add the butter and milk and salt just as if you were making mashed potatoes. After the potatoes cool down a bit scoop some of the mashed potatoes onto a corn tortilla.  Be sure not to put too much or frying will be a pain.  Fold the tortilla over but be sure to not fold it too hard because the tortillas tend to crack at the bottoms.  Put the bottom of the tortilla in the hot pan of grease first so that it wont crack apart.  After about 10 seconds just lay the taco on one side and let it fry and then the other side.

After the tacos are done we top them with lettuce, salsa, sour cream and lemon juice.

Submitted by Beth Scott

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I had recently gone to several birthday parties, baby showers, wedding showers, and weddings.  All of these require a gift, but the cost alone for one event seemed too much.  I decided to have a standard type present that could be altered for each event... read more

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