Once again, Thrifty Mommy is excited to host a Carnival of Family Life. This week’s theme is Thanksgiving. A lot of you have submitted your favorite Thanksgiving posts and I hope I didn’t miss anyone. I love this time of year. I just want it to be about the right things. Thanksgiving should be about family and taking the time to say thank you for all the great things you have been blessed with. Most of us have a roof over our heads, a smile on our face (at some point during the day), and food to eat. That makes …read more

Kate at “Babylune” had a great idea for helping us all remember to stay fit and healthy.  Each week someone will be hosting the Healthy & Fit Family blog carnival.  Kate has offered to let me host next week’s carnival.  (Thanks Kate.) 
Healthy and Fit Family is a weekly update from bloggers who are working to improve the health and fitness of their entire families.  This carnival is to share your posts about the experience of leading (or starting to lead) an active life as a family.
Click here to submit something for next week.  Only 10 posts will be accepted each …read more

Anna Farmery at Widows Quest hosted a blog carnival sharing other b5 blog mission statements.  Be sure to click over to see what other blogs b5 has for you.

Welcome back to another Carnival announcement. It’s Thanksgiving time again and Thrifty Mommy is proud and totally excited to host the Carnival of Family Life next week. So kick back, relax, and share your favorite Thanksgiving recipe or decorating tip. Also, let us know what you are thankful for. I love sharing the best recipes in the world with all my friends. So shoot me an email and I’ll make sure we include you in the Thanksgiving roundup for the Carnival of Family Life.
Thanks for the opportunity, Kailani, to host a carnival during a special …read more

Speaking of carnivals, Dawn at Frugal for life has a great one going right now on frugal living.  I hate to say it but I missed the submission deadline so Let me just tell you that the comment on plastic bags by Papabear got me to thinking.  He is right.  Whether it is the plastic bag that you use for fruits and veggies or the Wal-Mart bags that multiply without being asked, we should never have to buy something to help keep the smell of a dirty diaper away.  Just drop it in the bag, twist it, and flip inside …read more

I love sharing frugal ideas that can enrich all of us. But there are more of you out there that have just as many good ideas as I do. Most of the time they are better. Now, Thrifty Mommy is going to host a blogging Carnival sponsored by Joyride through Insanity dealing with all kinds of frugal tips on saving time and money during the parenting years. I am so excited because I get to share all of your great ideas with all of you. The deadline is August 13th so just post on whatever …read more

My little girl is only 15 months but this was the first summer that she has been able to play outside. When she was first born, her grandpa Charlie would take her outside and she would be happy. Still true to form, she loves to go outside. She will stand by the kitchen door and jabber about going outside. I even paid $20 for a pool from Wal-Mart for her to play in. Since I purchased it, though, it has either rained or been too cool to play. Finally this weekend she will get …read more