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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- Apr 8, 2021
- 6 min
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 ...
- Sep 22, 2020
- 4 min
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.
- Feb 28, 2020
- 3 min
Love Letters #101
Two readers, Whitley Osterhout https://www.thefrugalcatholic.com/post/diy-wedding-by-whitley-osterhout-guest-writer-april-2019 and...
- Dec 5, 2019
- 2 min
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.
- Feb 28, 2017
- 6 min
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
- Oct 4, 2016
- 2 min
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...
- Apr 25, 2016
- 5 min
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...
- Nov 30, 2015
- 3 min
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...
- May 17, 2015
- 7 min
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,...
- Jan 23, 2015
- 3 min
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...
- Dec 5, 2014
- 3 min
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...
- Oct 31, 2014
- 2 min
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...
- Jun 27, 2014
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 25, 2014
- 3 min
LET--US Eat Leftovers
Frugal ideas are like softball pitches: they arrive in various styles. My softball pitcher daughter has taught me that play areas...
- Mar 25, 2014
- 3 min
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...
- Oct 18, 2013
- 3 min
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...
- Apr 29, 2013
- 2 min
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!
- Dec 17, 2012
- 2 min
The Frugal Catholic’s 2012 Christmas Gift Catalog
Need seven great Christmas gifts that are free or nearly so? Check out this article.
- Aug 1, 2012
- 3 min
Cutting Back on Your Food Costs--Part 4--Have More With Less
In this 4th and final part of “Cutting Back on Your Food Costs," let’s look at the last two SOS Principles. In my earlier articles, we hav
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