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Are you dealing with downsizing your "stuff?" Well, learn what Colorado natives Greg and Susie Calhoun have experienced. Less is Best!

A recession can often evoke feelings of fear and uncertainty, plunging many into a state of financial worry. However, surviving and...

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...

Cole, you are THE UBER-FRUGAL Millennial as judged by me and my millennial daughter, Hannah, with whom you began ...

Can we learn to live with greater awareness for the poor? Andie Mitchell of the Peace Corps knows we all can.

Two readers, Whitley Osterhout https://www.thefrugalcatholic.com/post/diy-wedding-by-whitley-osterhout-guest-writer-april-2019 and...

A great gift for seniors, Metal Music Mugs are a practical and fun way to enjoy your favorite music, podcast or audiobook.

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

Most of the time, we make life more complicated than necessary. Take cream rinse or hair conditioner. It can be a lifesaver, for it...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

Sometimes Christmas becomes so complex with expectations that we miss its lowly treasures. So this year, I decided NOT to focus on What...

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...

We’ve discussed gleaning outside the home and gleaning inside.  I want to address Reverse Gleaning, known as de-junking. When my lovely...

Frugal ideas are like softball pitches: they arrive in various styles.   My softball pitcher daughter has taught me that play areas...

In the last TFC blog post, Glean Outside Your Home to Save Big, we discussed how gleaning outside (collecting little by little) can help...

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...

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!