Its Holiday Time Again - Part One

Its Holiday Time Again.

This time of the year, it can be the loneliest and the most expensive. It time to think out of the traditional box to live Thrifty.

Thanksgiving is not your gift-giving holiday but it is laden with food expenses. Holiday expenses can be not as one-time expensive if you spread the cost over a year. Can products can last for over a year and frozen food if sealed properly can last a year or so. Caution always date the product & check “best used by date”.

It is almost too late for thrifty food planning for this Thanksgiving, Chanukah and even Christmas but use these seasons holidays to plan for next year. The world famous Macy’s™ parade team starts working on the next year parade the day after this year’s parade. Simply said, “planning is everything”. Start by writing notes and ideas as these holidays unfold. Write the amount of food used and divide it per person as an estimate. Do not become so rigid as to lose the fun of the holidays. So what if Uncle Fred eats two shares of food. Food planning is just simply a guideline not the law. Remember people are more important than anything else for Yeshua/Jesus died for us and we are to love supremely.

Here in Carolina and elsewhere peach cobbler is a favorite dish. You can have peach cobbler in the middle of winter if you learn to preserve/can peaches when they come into harvest. You can purchase peaches in a tin can but the cost is higher and simply not as enjoyable when together with the family and friends preserved them together.

Our last two to three generations for the most part have lost touch with how to do things themselves and this is sad that if a major crises or terrorism takes over, they will not know how to live without all the fancy gadgets etc.

So take the time to learn the hand-made natural way it can be fun and life enriching as you do.

To be a thrifty living household one must invest time and energy into this important lifestyle. One cannot just live thrifty off the cuff. The ones who are deep credit card debt are the ones that live off the cuff or spur of the moment. It is not easy to life a thrifty life but with time, energy, and a family & community team, it can be very rewarding both financially and emotional comfort.

If you save $20 a week, you saved $1,040 over the course of a year. Pennies saved turned into dollars, dollars saved turns into a boatload of money but it is all up to you.

Next time: Food planning for the year-end holidays.

Till next time,

Mazal Tov,

Rabbi Dale

I hope you all a Thrifty life that Yeshua/Jesus promised in John 10:10 if you have any questions or comments you and email me at wmsblog”AT”yahoo.com

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