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Martha Wild King
Aug 25, 20233 min read
Recession Survival Guide: Strategies for Financial Stability by Sharon Wagner
A recession can often evoke feelings of fear and uncertainty, plunging many into a state of financial worry. However, surviving and...
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Martha Wild King
May 13, 20212 min read
Organization for the Disorganized by Rachel Cardwell
Can you become organized? I would say yes! I was not always an organized person. Maybe it was a pure rebellion from growing up in a...
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Martha Wild King
Apr 8, 20216 min read
Cole Dickerson: The UBER-Frugal Millennial
Cole, you are THE UBER-FRUGAL Millennial as judged by me and my millennial daughter, Hannah, with whom you began ...
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Martha Wild King
Sep 22, 20204 min read
Living Small with Poverty Awareness by Andie Mitchell
Can we learn to live with greater awareness for the poor? Andie Mitchell of the Peace Corps knows we all can.
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Martha Wild King
Feb 28, 20203 min read
Love Letters #101
Two readers, Whitley Osterhout https://www.thefrugalcatholic.com/post/diy-wedding-by-whitley-osterhout-guest-writer-april-2019 and...
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Martha Wild King
Dec 5, 20192 min read
Give a Metal Music Mug for Christmas
A great gift for seniors, Metal Music Mugs are a practical and fun way to enjoy your favorite music, podcast or audiobook.
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Martha Wild King
Feb 28, 20176 min read
Minimizing from More to Less by Courtney Cotton
One of the joys of having old friends is that you get to know their children and learn from them too. Kathy Edwards, one of my BFF from Jun
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Martha Wild King
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Cream Rinse Rules
Most of the time, we make life more complicated than necessary. Take cream rinse or hair conditioner. It can be a lifesaver, for it...
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Martha Wild King
Apr 25, 20165 min read
Living Small with One's Food
Truthfully, I don’t know when I decided to embark on a smaller existence. It must have been the cold fall night when I was in an...
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Martha Wild King
Nov 30, 20153 min read
Remember the Poor
My mother, Lila Wild Rife, lived to be 99: Her mother, Mabel Riggs Dunfee, lived to be 101. Both women were strong Christians who knew...
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Martha Wild King
May 17, 20157 min read
The Frugal Wedding
Years ago, while attending a lavish wedding for the daughter of a high school B.F.F., I turned to another friend, Laura, and announced,...
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Martha Wild King
Jan 23, 20153 min read
The Frugal Catholic 1-31 File
We’ve all seen that pile in our homes. It’s the stack of paperwork composed of bills, statements, receipts for the tax file, birthday...
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Martha Wild King
Dec 5, 20143 min read
Give a Love Mug for Christmas
Sometimes Christmas becomes so complex with expectations that we miss its lowly treasures. So this year, I decided NOT to focus on What...
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Martha Wild King
Oct 31, 20142 min read
The New Good Samaritan–Couchsurfing
In Luke 10:25-37, Jesus clarified our neighbors. Our Lord told of a man beaten by robbers, leaving him half dead. A priest and Levite...
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Martha Wild King
Jun 27, 20143 min read
Reverse Gleaning or De-junking
We’ve discussed gleaning outside the home and gleaning inside. I want to address Reverse Gleaning, known as de-junking. When my lovely...
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Martha Wild King
Apr 25, 20143 min read
LET--US Eat Leftovers
Frugal ideas are like softball pitches: they arrive in various styles. Â Â My softball pitcher daughter has taught me that play areas...
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Martha Wild King
Mar 25, 20143 min read
Glean Inside to Gain Even More
In the last TFC blog post, Glean Outside Your Home to Save Big, we discussed how gleaning outside (collecting little by little) can help...
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Martha Wild King
Oct 18, 20133 min read
Make Good Use of Rubbing Alcohol
You probably have it lurking under your bathroom counter, and if you are like the rest of us, your $1.50 bottle of 70% or 91% rubbing...
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Martha Wild King
Apr 29, 20132 min read
Cashing in on the Chips of Life
Need a clever way to use up both soap chips and leftover corn chip, the kind at the bottom of the bag. Well read on for a solution to both!
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Martha Wild King
Dec 17, 20122 min read
The Frugal Catholic’s 2012 Christmas Gift Catalog
Need seven great Christmas gifts that are free or nearly so? Check out this article.
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