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If you are a regular reader of Just Doing My Best, you will begin seeing changes starting this week. In the next day or so, this blog will be moving to its own domain. Many people cannot read the current site at work (while at lunch, right?) so access will be easier when this change [...]

Congratulations to the winners of Zondervan’s Mother’s Day Book Giveaway! I’m excited because all three winners will receive their first choice.
#9 Sally at Sallyhanan’s blog will receive What Southern Women Know about Faith by Rhonda Rich
#4 Beth at Tea and Thee will receive Spilt Milk by Linda Vujnov
#2 Mindy will receive Eight Little Faces by [...]

Did you catch Part 1 of the Trash to Treasure Party that I attended? Part 2 is posted at Happy to be at Home and it includes tips on how you can host your own. If you host one, I would love to hear back about your experience.
Have a great day!
Heather

For the past couple of weeks, I have talked about a Trash to Treasure party over at Happy to be at Home. The party entailed a group of ladies bringing unneeded items in good condition from their home to the host’s house in which the other ladies could “shop.” We were all able [...]

Zondervan has provided a copy of the following books for me to give away to a few of my readers. I recently won the newest Karen Kingsbury book, Take One, from them so I was more than happy to help them out and offer these to you on their behalf.
How to win a copy [...]

This week, Kristen of We Are THAT Family and host of Works for Me Wednesday asked us to provide our best Frugal Tip. I am providing the link to the original post I wrote about saving on newspapers as well as a couple of others you may find helpful.
How to Pay Less for Your Newspaper
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In celebration of my 100th post, I have found some 100% free goodies to share with you (less possible shipping or tax.) As always, some of these samples require a sign-up, so if you are concerned about your inbox being flooded by companies, consider setting up a free email account at Google, Yahoo, etc., to [...]

In a previous post, I explained how I shop for free. I recently had an opportunity to shop for free again, though it was quite a bit different than the first post. You can read about it at Happy to be at Home.