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I am your typical housewife living in high maintenance suburbia. I have a handsome husband, 2 kids and a flock of pet chickens. I try and feed my family with $100 a month. With the help of coupons, gardening and bartering I am able to squeeze the most out of our grocery budget and still manage to have a little fun along the way.

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

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~~ Happy Thanksgiving! ~~

I don’t know how you found me, or why you keep reading this silly little blog of mine, but I am so very THANKFUL you show up here everyday. Or every other day. Or you know, just when you want a recipe or something. 😉

I am truly grateful for all the wonderful comments you’ve left over the years {and continue to leave} as well as all the tips, crazy observations and just randomly funny stuff or encouraging words. I think you’re pretty AWESOME and I love this little space we’ve carved out on the internet together.

Wishing you the happiest of Thanksgivings,

♥ Mavis and Lucy {and the HH, The Girl, and Monkey Boy too}

P.S. Today only Amazon offering Up to 40% Off Tea Forte Holiday Teas!!! I look forward to this deal every year and snagged the Tea Forté Warming Joy Tea Chest with 40 Handcrafted Pyramid Tea Infusers for The Girl for Christmas. This is such a fun gift to give and to receive if you have a tea drinker on your list. Okay, enough with the internet for today…. Go eat! 🙂

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  2. I can’t remember how I found you, but glad I did! I have really enjoyed your moving and setting up house adventures to New England. I love living here in the South, but it is fun to see you living out your dream. And I also enjoy your no-nonsense delicious recipes. And the easy Print Button feature :). You are an encouragement to many to pick a dream and to go for it!

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  3. Happy Thanksgiving!
    I have told many, many people about your blog. I look forward to reading your post or posts, every morning. I’ve learned a lot from you and that alone is much to be thankful for! You inspire, you inform, you make us think, and you make us laugh. You truly are a gem. I would love to meet you and your beautiful family.
    I thank God for you and people like you.
    Hugs from Columbus, GA.

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  4. Don’t remember how long I have read your blog….long,long time! Thankful for you also….learned lots from you and consider my internet buddy! Blessings to you and yours!!

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  5. Happy Thanksgiving! We have so much to be thankful for and I count you as one of them. From our family to yours…….have a great day.

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  6. Happy Thanksgiving! I found you years ago due to your mad awesome gardening and how you were barely spending any money at the grocery store because of it. HELLO INSPIRATION!!! I’m glad that you’re still blogging, because this is an awesome little corner of the internet. 🙂

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  7. I love visiting with you every day. I learn something every time I read your blog. And I love Lucy’s pictures. She is a little ham. Have an awesome Thanksgiving!

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  8. Wishing you and your family an awesome Thanksgiving you are such an inspiration to us all. Love n hugs from Georgia
    Linda Hart

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  10. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from Oregon!! While you are having a white holiday ours is going to be wet and windy! I love your blog which I’ve been reading for many years while I have my morning cup of tea. You give me daily inspiration. We have much to be thankful for. I will picture you and your family around that beautiful table with the warm fire close by-and sweet Lucy! Have a great holiday!

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  12. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours! I am thankful for your blog and all of your gardening tips, recipes, and entertaining stories.

    I made your pumpkin gingersnap ice cream for dessert today, and it is fabulous. I know my grandsons and son in particular, who are BIG fans of ice cream, are going to love it.

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  13. Happy Thanksgiving to you and all your readers. following tips from you and other thrifty bloggers helps me have all the blessings I have and in return can pay them forward.

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  14. Thankful for you, Mavis, and your blog. Don’t remember how I found you, but enjoy reading your daily usings while having my morning coffee, even before i read the newspaper.
    Happy Thanksgiving!
    From San Diego

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  15. I was just starting to garden several years ago, and I saw a Pinterest pin of a potato tower you were going to build. And down the rabbit hole I went!! I never did try the potato tower, but I did build 3 square-foot beds (small ones, 2 are 2×2 and one 2×5, it’s all the space I could carve out), and we’ve been eating some home -grown veggies every summer since 🙂 As well an LOVING following your adventures. May this Thanksgiving be cozy and lovely for you all. (all 3 of you…)

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  16. Happy Thanksgiving to you Mavis and your family!! Thanks for all you do. I learn so much and find such interesting and new places!!

    Always great tips and love all the great prices you find. Janie

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  19. Happy Thanksgiving! So glad you found your happy place. I have enjoyed your writing and recipes for many years. I think that I too have found my happy place in retirement! I have so much to be thankful for!

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  21. Happy Thanksgiving, Mavis. I came across your blog about 5 years ago, I think, and just love hearing about your adventures. Yours is the only blog I’ve kept. I’m thankful you take the time to share with us!

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  22. Grateful for you and Miss Puggle Princess!! Thank you for continuing to share your world 😀

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  23. Happy Thanksgiving. I came across your site when I was looking for a pie crust without shortening. That led to your blackberry pie. I came back a sporadically. Now I look forward to the daily email. Thank you.

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  24. happy Thanksgiving Mavis! I have a question, did anyone figure out with the mystery squash was? My sister came to Thanksgiving today and brought her mystery squash which looks exactly like your mystery squash. She was given seeds from someone from a school and was told that they were tomato seeds and when she open the envelope she realized they weren’t tomato seeds. She grew them and ended up with a mystery squash. We didncut it up and roasted it and it seemed like a cross between an acorn and a spaghetti squash. But we still don’t know what it is.

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  25. I am glad I found you too Mavis! I have been reading and enjoying your blog for many years and it makes my heart happy that you have finally found your home. Wishing you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving!

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  26. Happy thanksgiving! I can’t remember how I found you but I am so blessed that I have! Your garden tips and all the pics shown by other readers have motivated me to expand and grow more! We are ripping out the smaller garden and hoping ro grow enough for the family next year And your Christmas Jam has been a huge hit! I hope this Christmas season finds you and all your readers blessed and full of good health.

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  27. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family! I’m grateful you are still blogging after all these years! I really enjoy reading your adventures and gleaning your pearls of gardening wisdom!

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  30. Every. Single. Day. For like, seven years! I know exactly how I found you. I did some mud run/porky dash at Bogus Basin. I was searching for pictures online and you and your buddies had done the run the year prior with WATERMELONS. I clicked on your link/blog and the rest is history. Evidence here: https://www.stage.onehundreddollarsamonth.com/the-dirty-dash-boise-idaho/

    I sent you a flamingo and I even won a contest way back when (I still miss Francisco).

    I just love our daily chat…only, they are kind of one sided. You don’t know it but you are a dear friend of mine. Thanks for all you do and share. I’m thankful for you! (I’m still a little bit bummed you moved, two times ago…damn I miss that greenhouse) but I’m happy you’re happy. PS- I’m excited to hang an ornament I purchased from you too. in addition to my computer every day, you will be on my tree!

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  32. Thank you for your wonderful optimism and positive view of life. You will never know how much you inspire us.

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  33. I’ve started my day with you for a long time. I found you years ago when searching for frugal living ideas. I look forward every morning to reading your posts while I have my coffee. You make me smile and give me motivation to start my day. I am very thankful for you and your blog! Plus my son and I love the Lucy pics and stories

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  34. Hi Mavis hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I don’t think you realize how much your blog is enjoyed by your readers. I came across it a few years ago wondering if I was doing all that I could to save money on groceries (I was). But since then I have enjoyed your gardening and canning advice, the yummy recipes, such beautiful pics (love the covered bridges, yesterdays pic and Lucy’s face wearing those shoes!) lastly the humor that you share just about everyday life. Thanks so much.

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  35. I read your blog every day. I found you several years ago when I was looking something up about chickens. Something you wrote about them made you come up in the search. I have been hooked ever since. Enjoy your stories, many of your recipes. I do miss your adventures with Mrs. Hillbilly. Oh and yes I did make the New England style Rolls and they turned out great.

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