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Cranberry Orange Chicken Crockpot Recipe
Since we have stopped using coupons, I have started to shop as local as I can to save more money. Foster Farms Simply Raised sponsored this recipe to give me the opportunity to use their locally grown, antibiotic-free chicken as my local shopping includes our meat. Fresno is known for its location for produce, but…
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Using Local Markets To Save Money On Grocery Shopping
If you are new to this series you may want to start at the beginning HERE. When we were first married I was a one store shopper. This isn’t very good when you are trying to save money on grocery shopping. But, like most people in the US we went to the closest place to…
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Simple Living Challenge Day 15: Home Clipboard or Notebook
If you are new, be sure you check out the full Simple Living Challenge. How to Create a Home Notebook I think I have gone through every type of home notebook, clipboard or schedule out there. none of them have worked long term. I even tried to make my own last year that combined all…



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