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Here’s a hot deal that would be perfect for a Christmas gift! Get a Custom Photo Mug for just $5.99 shipped. Here’s how: ::Head to York Photo and create a custom photo mug. ::Go to checkout and use coupon code GIVEMUG. ::You should just have to pay shipping — which is $5.99.
Note: This offer is for new customers only. Thanks, My Frugal Adventures! Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.    Related Stories Teach Them Diligently celebrates the focus of Christian families – that is, the discipleship of children to glorify God. More than simply a convention about home education, they purposefully develop the themes of missions, discipleship, and Christian parenting in addition to the traditional academic “how-to’s”. In addition to amazing speakers, you will also find a large exhibit hall with some of the best prices available on the resources you need. Check out the event closest to you to find out all that you can expect to experience at Teach Them Diligently! 
This is the weekly list of Free Homeschool Curriculum and Resources compiled by Jamerrill from FreeHomeschoolDeals.com. If you aren't a homeschooler, but you're a parent, teacher, babysitter, or nanny, you'll probably find at least a few useful freebies in this list. You may also want to go through the Educational Deals and Freebies from earlier this week for more. Kick off this Thanksgiving season with this free download of these Thanksgiving Color by Number sheets. Mama’s Learning Corner is offering free The Pilgrims at Plymouth Writing Practice worksheets. Get this free Community Service Tracking Printable. Archiving Early America offers free videos, eBooks, music, and maps to teach about this country's formative years. You can find free homeschool music curriculum guides at Maestro Classics. Download a free worksheet set from FiveJ’s – Learn the Months of the Year, Seasons & Leap Year. Currclick.com has free Bible and Values Worksheets and Activities (57-pages). For pumpkin themed reading fun here is a free My Pumpkin Emergent Reader Pack. 
Get this Free 40-Page Activity Mini-Lapbook for Thanksgiving. Veterans Day is November 11th. Here are free Veterans Day Writing Printables. The Better Mom is offering 50 Educational Thanksgiving Freebies. This list includes Thanksgiving-themed activities for kids, craft project ideas, and free educational printables.
Here are free Ancient History Notebooking & Activity Pages (Over 100 Pages!) Download a free A is for Apple Theme Preschool Printable Pack Homegrown Learners is offering a free Tchaikovsky SQUILT Lesson + Free Notebooking Pages for music study. Copywork freebies for this week include: Free Bible Verses for Children Thanksgiving Set, 20 Free Printable Binder Covers for Copywork, and Free 50 States Copywork. 
Free Download: My Coloring Book for Preschool-Early Kindergarten. If you have Egypt studies scheduled here are 10 Free Kindle Books about Egypt. Free Thanksgiving Bible Printables & Crafts are available on Christian Preschool Printables. New this week is a set of Free 30 Days of Giving Thanks Printable Set. This printable set non-seasonal so you can use it anytime of year. Help teach your children good stewardship by using these free printable budget envelopes for kids from Queen of Free. Several homeschool freebies that are ending soon: Free 7-Day Trial of Online Timed Math Drills, Free Character Bundle Audio & Flashcards. Homeschool Freebie of the Day featured a A Visual History of the United States eBook. 
Download or order a free How to Become President of the U.S. Poster. You get free entrance into over 100 National parks on 11/9-11/11! This would make a great field trip. Meet Penny is featuring a Free Pumpkin Unit Study: Lesson Plan, Printables, Power Point Show + More! Homeschool Creations is offering a full set of A-Z Do-a-Dot Marker printables! There are two separate files to download. Another freebie from Currclick.com is this Free Gratitude Notebooking Pages Set. Download the free Flip a Word word game from This Reading Mama. Flip a Word is a short vowel game to help readers blend words. More homeschool freebies that you might be interested in: Click here for more homeschool freebies! *Don't forget! If you are looking for additional free homeschool resources please check the huge growing list of free homeschool curriculum and resources on MoneySavingMom.com! Jamerrill is the homeschooling mother of a large and growing family. After seasons of spending $50 or less annually to homeschool her children, she started Free Homeschool Deals in 2012 to help all families afford the homeschool life. You can follow the homeschool goodness on Pinterest andFacebook. Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
The Christmas shopping season is upon us! Don’t let your spending get out of hand and ruin your budget. For a helping hand, check out the new budgeting tool from Dave Ramsey called My Christmas Budget. More than a simple budgeting tool, My Christmas Budget will help you get and stay organized for this season’s Christmas shopping. The My Christmas Budget website is mobile-friendly, so you’ll always have your Christmas shopping budget at your fingertips. To learn more, read 5 Ways Our Christmas Budgeting Tool Will Change Your Life from Dave Ramsey. Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
Guest post from Brigette Shevy These muffins have been a family favorite for almost 20 years. We got the recipe from a Taste of Home magazine and have been making them ever since! Even though they look fancy, they are simple to make and rely on just a few basic ingredients (those kinds of recipe are the best!). The jam is a fun addition! 
I love serving these for breakfast, brunch, or during one of our traditional "breakfast for dinner" meals. If we ever have any left over, my children love them for snacks, and my husband takes them to work in his lunch. I recommend doubling this recipe! Cinnamon Doughnut Muffins - 1 ¾ cup flour (I use a mix of whole wheat and white)
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
- ¾ cup sugar (I always scrimp on this amount)
- 1/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup milk
- Jam
Topping: - ¼ cup butter, melted
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, combine first five ingredients. In a separate bowl, combine sugar, oil, egg and milk until well mixed. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. Fill greased or paper-lined muffin tins half full. Place 1 teaspoon jam on top. Cover jam with enough batter to fill muffin cups ¾ full. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Place melted butter in a small bowl. In a separate bowl, combine cinnamon and sugar. While muffins are still hot, dip tops in butter and then in cinnamon/sugar. Makes 10 muffins 
Brigette is a full-time wife and mother who is blessed with three amazing bundles of energy (ages 6, 4, and 2). She enjoys music, experimenting in the kitchen, homeschooling her children, finding great deals, long-distance running, and anything chocolate. Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories
There’s a new $3/1 Huggies Little Snugglers Newborn coupon. More new Baby & Toddler coupons: (Note: The link in this post is my referral link. Read my disclosure policy here.) Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
It’s the beginning of a new month at that means a number of new coupons are available on Coupons.com and many other coupons are reset and can be printed again: FOOD
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It's Free App Friday! There are 27 fun and educational iTunes apps available for free today, November 1, 2013 only. Head over to SmartAppsForKids.com to see the full list. Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
This VERY popular sale is back! From now through November 3, 2013, you can get a beautiful Chevron Infinity Scarf for $7.95, including shipping when you use the coupon code NOVEMBER1. These scarves are regularly priced at $26. Cents of Style has an all new color line-up for fall with twelve available colors. 
Use the coupon code NOVEMBER1 to get one of these Chevron Infinity Scarves for just $7.95 shipped. This offer is valid through October 21, 2013. (Note: The link in this post is my referral link. Read my disclosure policy here.) Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories  Right now, you can get a subscription to Country Living Magazine for only $5.99 per year (12 issues) when you use coupon code MONEYSAVING at checkout. You can order up to three years at this price!
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This offer expires tonight 11/01/13 11:59 PM EST. Are you looking for other magazine titles? You can use coupon code MONEYSAVING to save 20% off of most titles at DiscountMags! (Note: The link in this post is my referral link. Read my disclosure policy here.) Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
Today only, you can download a coupon for a FREE Betty Crocker Small Size Pouch of Cookies or Muffins good at any Kroger store. Note: It looks like the site may be experiencing some technical issues. If you can’t get it to work, try again in a little while. Thanks, Freebie Finding Mom! Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
Here's a round-up of current Natural & Organic Deals and Coupons, with thanks to Andrea from The Greenbacks Gal: Natural and Organic Coupons: $1.00/2 Earthbound Farms Organic Celery $1.00/2 POM Products, $1.00/1 Silk Non-Dairy Milk, $0.75/1 Way Better Snacks, $1.00/2 Choice Teas, For a full list of Natural and Organic coupons, please click here. Burt’s Bees Fall Grab Bag: Get a Burt’s Bees Fall Grab Bag for only $25. The bag contains over $50 in products, including 6 full size products. 
Ekobrew Reuseable K-Cup Filter: Pay only $6.40 for an Ekobrew Reuseable K-Cup Filter plus get 4 free samples. Jules Gluten-Free Baking Kit: Get $99 worth of Jules Gluten-free baking mixes plus 5 eBooks for only $24 with promo code. Free Healthy Advice eBooks: Download the following titles free today Going Green for New Moms, Kids Lunch Box, Lose Your Wheat Belly, Healing Foods, and Coconut Oil. Andrea Green of The Greenbacks Gal is an organic coupon expert. What if you could find affordable organic and eco-friendly products on a budget? Eco-friendly moms need affordable solutions. Andrea finds the best green deals, helping hundreds of families save on the frugal, green lifestyle. Nothing makes her happier than to help people realize being organic doesn’t have to cost more.
Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
Download this set of free Thanksgiving Calendar Cards. Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories 
During the month of October, I'm following along with Edie & Ruth on their 31 Days of Less & More journey. I'd love for you to join in by reading the posts and completing the projects, or just sit back and read along each day.
Less Coming In, More Contentment Jesse was going through old financial statements not too long ago and we were aghast to read the numbers. During the first year he was in law school, there were six months when we made less than $900 — and some months it was as low as $650. I recall that season of our lives fairly vividly, but seeing those numbers on paper again after a number of years have past was a shock to our systems. Our rent alone during those months was over $500. I'm still not sure how we made it on so little! No wonder we rarely ate meat and did so many other pretty "extreme" things. (Yes, we had money in the bank to cover most of law school, but that money was locked up in CDs and we'd both decided that it would be untouchable to us except in the case of a dire, life-threatening emergency.) Our commitment to live within our means and stay out of debt was hard. There's no doubt about that. I remember we'd pay our tithe money, our rent check and our basic utility bills and then we prayed that somehow the rest of the money would stretch until the next check would come in. How we were going to afford basic necessities was constantly looming over our heads. And yet, those months were some of the most precious and memorable in our lives. We saw God provide for us in amazing and unexpected ways. We learned to be wildly creative. We were forced to be incredibly entrepreneurial. Most of all, we discovered that contentment is a state of the heart, unaffected by outward circumstances. We didn’t have money to buy anything that wasn’t absolutely necessary. And often, we didn’t have money to buy even what seemed like a necessity. It was so good to learn that stuff doesn’t buy happiness. It’s easy to say that, but living it really solidified it for us. I tested and tried out the theory — out of necessity — and I learned that it’s really true. You can be wildly fulfilled and content even in the leanest times. To this day, even though our financial state has changed a great deal, I just don’t spend much money. Because stuff is just stuff. Time with people and making memories matter so much more than the things we own. Contentment is a choice. So choose today to bloom where you're planted. Choose to make the most of whatever situation you find yourself in. Choose to stop focusing on what you don't have and start being thankful for the many blessings you do have. And remember, no matter what difficulties you might be dealing with today, somebody else would love to be in your shoes. For more on this topic, check out Ruth's post on Less Coming In and Edie's post on More Contentment. I promise you'll be inspired and blessed!
Crystal is looking forward to speaking at all four Teach Them Diligently Conventions in 2014. These Christian homeschool, discipleship, and parenting events offer encouragement and fun for the entire family. We hope you'll join her there! Click here to learn more.  Related Stories | 
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