Another Broke Mom
Diary of a Mom in Alaska, with a focus on being thrifty, cheap, and even broke! Recipes, budget helpers, ideas for pinching pennies, product reviews. Adventures in kid raising, always a thrill a minute!
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Fleece Hats and Gaiters
Calthine posted 12 weeks 5 days ago — You don't have to be crafty or a sewing expert to save money making your own hats and scarves or neck gaitors! I see fleece on sale at JoAnn's all the time, and I thought "How hard could a hat be?"Well, never having made a hat and not being the ty...
Product Review: Scrubbing Bubbles Automatic Shower Cleaner
Calthine posted 13 weeks 3 days ago — I'm having a really good Customer Service week. We've just had a lot of having to contact this or that company for various reasons, and it feels like the people we've gotten have been highly communicative and responsive. This ties into the blog ti...
Banana Bread
Calthine posted 14 weeks 4 days ago — The kids love muffins. I love banana bread! Making a week of snacks for Junior's preschool class has me getting out all kinds of recipes, including this one. The original recipe is from my faithful 2nd edition Joy of Cooking. I took blue ribbon...
Product Review: Wonder Hanger
Calthine posted 15 weeks 1 day ago — Here's another "as seen on t.v." item that I ran across at Fred Meyer. I picked up a box to see if they could alleviate our packed closet issues.The box comes with the parts for eight Wonder Hangers. They are ridiculously easy to assemble as long...
Do You Know the Muffin Man?
Calthine posted 15 weeks 1 day ago — I sat down to do this blog and discovered I'd somehow managed to not blog all of September. So much for resolve! I have the makings of several blogs that I kept meaning to get to... half credit, I suppose.In the last six weeks everyone in the fam...
Product Review: Danimals Crush Cups
Calthine posted 19 weeks 5 days ago — Since the end of school last spring Kiddo has been begging me for Danimals Crush Cups. These are yogurt cups marketed to kids, whose primary selling point is the squeezable cup which allows you to eschew a spoon and make tremendously rude noises s...
Product Review: Betty Crocker Bake 'n Fill
Calthine posted 20 weeks 1 day ago — My birthday was last week. I decided to make myself a fancy cake, since I make one for everyone else! What I wanted was a filled cake, so I pulled out my trusty Betty Crocker Bake 'n Fill cake pans. I originally saw these on an "As Seen on TV" ty...
Sweet Potato Pie
Calthine posted 22 weeks 1 day ago — One of the commodities we've been getting in our TEFAP boxes is canned sweet potatoes. The problem is, my family doesn't like sweet potatoes one bit. Not as fries, mashed, candied, or with marshmallows on top. I firmly believe that if we're brok...
Random Recipes
Calthine posted 23 weeks 3 days ago — I was poking around my web browser and ran across a bookmark folder called Cooking. I haven't peeked in here in a very long time! Since I always turn to the internet when I want new recipes or food information, I thought it'd be fun to explore wha...
