February 17th, 2010 Editorial Well, we’ve had our fair share of cold and snow around here and we are ready for spring! It sounds like many folks feel the same way right about now. But, I know that there’s plenty of cold weather left and we still need to bundle up. A few old fashioned […]
Continue readingFebruary 10th, 2010 Editorial This week I’ve been inspired by several people on the same weightloss and fitness journey that I’m getting back on track with. Scott from the Fatloss Quickie workout program has been encouraging me to share my weightloss journey on the Healthy Hillbilly Housewife website and so I’ve begun. Sharing weightloss […]
Continue readingFebruary 3rd 2010 Editorial I hope you had a great week. I had a very busy one. I spent Thursday – Monday at a conference in Atlanta. One of the highlights for me was to meet Scott from the Fatloss Quickie workout program in person. He is such a caring and warm person and has […]
Continue readingJanuary 27th 2010 Editorial I am trying to wrap up as much as I can today before heading to a 4 day conference in Atlanta with my husband tomorrow (which would explain why this newsletter is coming out so late today). This will be the first time our daughter is going to spend more than […]
Continue readingJanuary 13th 2010 Editorial I hope you had a wonderful week. Mine has been busy but fun (as usual). If you’ve been over at the Healthy Hillbilly Housewife website, you may have noticed that I am working on updating it. I’m not quite there yet, but you can see where I’m going with it. Once […]
Continue readingJanuary 6th 2010 Editorial I just realized this isn’t just the first newsletter of the year, it’s the first newsletter of the decade. How exciting is that? Instead of finishing the newsletter, I just sat here for the past 30 minutes and reflected on the past decade and how much my life has changed. 10 […]
Continue readingDecember 30th 2009 Editorial Can you believe it, there are only two more days left in 2009. I have thoroughly enjoyed this past year and am amazed at what we have all accomplished with the Hillbilly Housewife website. I want to thank each and every one of you for helping make it into a more […]
Continue readingDecember 23 2009 Editorial Merry Christmas! I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas. I’d also like to thank you for being a HBHW subscriber. This website and the newsletter wouldn’t be possible without the wonderful community of frugal minded women (and a few men) who always generously share their tips, advice and […]
Continue readingDecember 16th 2009 Editorial Can you believe it – there are only 10 days until Christmas. I better get my shopping wrapped up and start wrapping all those gifts. How about you? Yesterday’s Virtual Cookie Exchange was a huge hit and a lot of fun to put together. Bridgett and I took all the wonderful […]
Continue readingDecember 9th 2009 Editorial Good morning. It’s cold and rainy here and supposed to stay that way all day. In other words the perfect day for some homemade cookies and hot chocolate 🙂 . Speaking of cookies … there are quite a few new cookie recipes on the site thanks to all the wonderful submissions. […]
Continue readingDecember 2nd 2009 Editorial We’re still fighting a cold around here and as a result I haven’t been getting much sleep, but other than that we are enjoying Advent. We spent some time last night putting up the tree and various other decorations and I’m getting into the Christmas Spirit. How about you? If you […]
Continue readingNovember 18th 2009 Editorial I bought my turkey yesterday and am slowly but surely getting ready for Thanksgiving. How about you? Are you cooking for Thanksgiving or Christmas this year? If so, take a look at the holiday planning guides my friend Christine from Menu Planning Central has put together. I love the tips she […]
Continue readingNovember 11th 2009 Editorial Happy Veteran’s Day! I’m about to head to my daughter’s school for their annual Veteran’s Day Salute, but wanted to get the newsletter out to you first. You’ll notice a bit of a patriotic theme in today’s inspirational quote and story. A big THANK YOU goes out to everyone that submitted […]
Continue readingNovember 4th 2009 Editorial I hope everyone had a good weekend and beginning of the week. It poured down rain Halloween night – much to my daughter’s dismay because it cut her “trick-or-treating” short. Since then it has been beautiful and sunny and we were able to enjoy spending some time outside. Stores are already […]
Continue readingOctober 28st 2009 Editorial This past weekend was “Make A Difference Day” – something we always recognize with our girl scout troops. This year we organized a food drive to stock a local food bank. We also had a nice daisy scout meeting yesterday about making the world a better place. It is amazing how […]
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