tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25166278611817840922024-03-05T03:56:56.727-08:00Frugal Luxuries by the SeasonsCelebrate Holidays & Every Day With Elegance and Simplicity~On Any Income. ~~~ Based on the "Frugal Luxuries" book series by Tracey McBride ~ Published by Bantam Books; NY, NY; Copyrights 1997--2000.Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-67036888336284440832017-02-06T11:31:00.001-08:002017-02-06T11:31:42.211-08:00Re-Create Your World: The Power of Focus<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;">The classic saying "energy goes to focus" is never truer than when creating a master list of tasks that will direct your thoughts and (consequently) energy in such a way that you bring about the changes you are trying to create. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Plant a new herb garden in our new planters...buy a potted dwarf lemon tree...start seeds I saved from last years' heirloom tomatoes.</i></span></div>
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Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-28655144970152119252015-11-27T11:38:00.002-08:002015-11-27T12:06:55.421-08:00 Frugal Feasts : Classic Turkey Soup<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-33183732651143100452014-09-03T09:51:00.001-07:002014-09-03T09:51:14.187-07:00BOOKS: "How Frugal is the Chariot that Carries the Human Soul"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"What is this mysterious seemingly elusive art of which I speak? <i>Frugality</i>. A humble word, it is derived from two ancient Latin words,<i>frugalis</i> and <i>frux, </i>both meaning<i>... </i>"success".</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"The quality of being frugal is one so powerful as to change lives and affect history. Each of us possesses the ability to exercise it. Frugality allows you to govern your destiny and produce in your life a lovely, fertile garden of material and intangible wealth. Without it, you may be tossed upon the waves of circumstance, at the mercy of your unorganized whims."</span></div>
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My favorite online bookstore is <a href="http://www.thriftbooks.com/" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Thrift Books</a>. If you're not yet familiar, Thrift Books is a used bookstore ! To quote their site...</div>
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Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-72071852519422264702013-10-02T10:25:00.002-07:002013-10-02T17:16:55.489-07:00SIP GARDENING...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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as gifts]. Flanked by two large mixing bowls, I peeled and cored apples
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beforehand, to prevent the apples from browning). This process
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hours. I then seasoned the apples with cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar and
cloves and set them, covered, in the refrigerator. The following eve<span>n</span>ing, while playing my favorite Christmas music, I prepared a quantity of pie crusts, and proceeded to bake the apple pies.<span> <span>[See <a href="http://frugalluxuriesfood.blogspot.com/2009/09/dreams-of-manderlay-homemade-chunky.html" target="_blank">HERE</a> <span><span> for more<span> on <span>easy <span>food prep.]</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></i></span></li>
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a deep (2 inch) lap-size tray (you may substitute cardboard boxes, or
jelly roll pans if you have no trays available). Doing this keeps your
mess within a confined space (the tray) and makes clean up simple and
easy. If your project requires several days, you may set aside your
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Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-31863762923419152712012-11-21T00:00:00.000-08:002012-11-21T19:08:05.341-08:00Sending Out Thoughts of Gratitude and Appreciation...A Blessed Thanksgiving to all.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: medium;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I was practicing the art of cookery today and wanted to share the results of making use of just one of those <b><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/2012/09/exercising-art-of-frugality.html" target="_blank">super~sized zucchini</a></b> I had mentioned </span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/2012/09/exercising-art-of-frugality.html" target="_blank"><b>HERE</b></a> (bought from the farm stand, 3 for $1). <i> </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium;">"<i>All things on earth point home in old October....</i>" <span style="font-size: x-small;">--Thomas Wolfe</span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"> </span></div>
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<span class=" to_transl_class" id="19" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">As you probably already have guessed, I</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="20" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">am</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="21" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">a</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="22" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">list</span><span style="font-size: medium;">~</span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="23" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">maker</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="24" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">and</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="25" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">leave</span><span 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title="Click to correct">where</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="42" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">I</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="43" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">put</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="47" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">my</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="48" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct"><span class=" to_transl_class" id="51" title="Click to correct">lists</span>!</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="49" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">I</span><span style="font-size: medium;">'</span><span class=" to_transl_class" id="50" style="font-size: medium;" title="Click to correct">ve</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> 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Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-50620316919855333842012-09-13T11:12:00.006-07:002012-09-13T11:26:14.568-07:00Homespun Alchemy™ ... In the Kitchen<div style="text-align: center;"><img style="cursor: -moz-zoom-in" alt="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WB32jY1ORqo/UFCoBvOWa6I/AAAAAAAAEMk/NM7XVCE3JLM/s1600/aaacarrotsIMG_3648.png" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WB32jY1ORqo/UFCoBvOWa6I/AAAAAAAAEMk/NM7XVCE3JLM/s1600/aaacarrotsIMG_3648.png" height="547" width="558" /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Lacto</span><span style="font-style: italic;">-</span><span style="font-style: italic;">fermented</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">carrot</span><span style="font-style: italic;">s</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> and </span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">garlic</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">after</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">about</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span><span><span><span>ei</span>g</span>h</span>t </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><span style="font-style: italic;">days</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">fermentation</span><span style="font-style: italic;">।</span><br style="font-style: italic;"></div><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:100%;">~~~</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <br style="font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"</span><span style="font-style: italic;">You</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">are</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">an</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">alchemist</span><span style="font-style: italic;">; </span><span style="font-style: italic;">make</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">gold</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">of</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">it.</span><span style="font-style: italic;">" </span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">-- <span>William</span> <span>Shakespeare</span></span><br /></span><br /></div> <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4U8emjyhr4/UFCJXmD55BI/AAAAAAAAELQ/SPyqF5n24LA/s1600/A1%2BBLACK%2BAND%2BWHITE%2BHSA%2B%25282%2529traceymcbride%2Bfrugalluxuries.blogspot.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 157px; height: 109px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-i4U8emjyhr4/UFCJXmD55BI/AAAAAAAAELQ/SPyqF5n24LA/s400/A1%2BBLACK%2BAND%2BWHITE%2BHSA%2B%25282%2529traceymcbride%2Bfrugalluxuries.blogspot.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5787276559618008082" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Several</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">years</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">ago </span><span style="font-size:130%;">after</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">reading about...</span><span style="font-size:130%;">and</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">being</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">intrigued by.</span><span style="font-size:130%;">..a somewhat </span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">mysterious</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">food</span>-<span style="font-size:130%;">alchemy</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span><span style="font-size:130%;">called</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> "</span><span style="font-size:130%;">fermentation</span><span style="font-size:130%;">" ....<br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Click</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/"><span>HER</span><span>E</span></a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">to</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">make</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">the</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">jump</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">and</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-style: italic;">read</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> more.</span></span></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></span></div> <span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /></div>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-60195687975267678902012-09-02T10:06:00.002-07:002012-09-02T10:09:40.433-07:00"Discovering... the Forgotten Wealth of Nature"<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"It is the thrifty who prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">~<span style="font-size:85%;"> Aesop (circa 550 BC)</span><br /></div><br style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 406px; height: 367px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsge_Vtnn_LbgHt33venPJIO7SB6gfFLRYpZq0Wa1zDUb9Z2YmHypNo_JiTrKMupAXGs5vsIgqgi226izu2hIYqFNYio_bbzK0FmQLXzBbOWaXoULo_vd-KIu_RFaUjMjkjLxk5Ur9uw/s400/fruit-strawberries-beetons-graphicsfairy004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5783598803189657954" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />"It was the children who spied them first. Our bare ankles and sandal~ed feet scraped scraped against the cactus~like needles as we stepped gingerly over the vines sprawled across the landscape. They had buried themselves inside a mysterious, shadowy tangle of Pepper and Avocado trees like long forgotten treasure. A colossal patch of blackberries lie before us, not unlike an ethereal gift, the type of gift that night~fairies might leave to mere mortals. The dark glistening berries seemed to blink at the sun's brightness as we gently lifted the brand of an ancient Pepper tree to examine our cache'. <a href="http://www.frugalluxuries@gmail.com"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Click HERE to continue reading.</span></a><br /></span></span>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-58091417516677872372012-09-02T07:34:00.002-07:002012-09-02T07:40:35.098-07:00Potential Accomplishments and Creating My Day<div style="text-align: center; font-family: courier new;"><img style="width: 405px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBxSO-U4D1qdzyzzqDwewiwJz6lVxSE5lgbf1WwAS08WMxJqCNux1gKfKHsPdo1ImsbdfnOoQykX0dpxemTo0GUMrPAlZwfS2nuu3MFbLSWZsnvLqUDAc25SOe_Q5WJMV7pVfE0Ezx2veC/s400/OrnateScrolls-Antique-GraphicsFairy2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 334px; height: 752px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0_5xK7F2qqw/UDu4S601VMI/AAAAAAAAEFw/BQcgTgTBx54/s400/blog%2Bpotential%2Baccomplishments.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5781417181828175042" border="0" />Potential Accomplishments<br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;">Since Mike returned to work a few weeks ago I have been trying to de~clutter my closets and office. This morning I came across several of my old newsletters from the 199o's and early 2000's. (<span style="font-style: italic;">Frugal Times: Making~Do With Dignity </span>which evolved into our <span style="font-style: italic;">Frugal Luxuries</span> newsletters and book series). I confess to spending far too much time reading through them. Happily it wasn't a total waste of time as I rediscovered this little insert in one of the newsletters from 1999 titled<span style="font-style: italic;"> "Today's Potential Accomplishments"</span> and decided to put it to use getting my life in order in 2012!</span><br /><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Originally, I had included this sheet</span>... <a href="http://www.frugalluxuries.blogspot.com">CLICK HERE TO FINISH READING</a><br /></div><br /><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 42px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj89lPZOh3FE0aELzV1rD4LF0rENo00bJtgiYC6WLYzx5KVYlspQqX1VpqwGbGRKUHKzaJRGc1KfA2ujFsxD83lL18QGQ2g3Y97LaJNIz-1alfTkf4QCstj8UH-PRc4YHFQGrWEaAyZHkRs/s400/1req-pencil-graphicsfairy007b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5522766724816830610" border="0" /><br /><br /></div>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-86995290436228647772012-01-11T13:33:00.000-08:002012-01-11T13:43:57.864-08:00Homespun Alchemy ™: Creative Re~Use and Garden Magic...Sort of.<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Papyrus;font-size:10.0pt;"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> We're sprouting new ideas all the time...."</span> </span></span></span><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:Papyrus;font-size:10.0pt;">-Richard Cook</span></span><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m-huedPGqts/Tw3wUeKnfPI/AAAAAAAAEDU/yZiwGCB5slw/s1600/00%2Baaa%2Bblog%2BspoutsIMG_2209.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 404px; height: 558px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-m-huedPGqts/Tw3wUeKnfPI/AAAAAAAAEDU/yZiwGCB5slw/s400/00%2Baaa%2Bblog%2BspoutsIMG_2209.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5696473338179190002" border="0" /></a><br /> <br style="font-family: courier new;"> <a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/2012/01/homespun-alchemy-creative-reuse-and.html"><span style="font-family:courier new;">Click HERE for full post!</span><br /> </a><br /><br /></div>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-5759281833292482132012-01-01T11:04:00.000-08:002012-01-01T11:06:17.823-08:00Abundant Wishes for a Happy and Blessed New Year to All! xxx000xxx<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigJzRS6CqEL8srccNHCP22uQgmFK1IfmgMP8u7vovwq04IcC31jExKJfdtbTxb1K9OH21V_PTM26MInioSwbZEK94i1sxy6r1hg3-N1SCR2MyFpN8ia7x5cTo7cVyARWbzvCXyz5Opyp8/s400/2012+NEW+YEAR102668066474793351_Ta1nvELs_c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5692741563009554626" border="0" /></a><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com"><br /></a></div><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com">Click HERE to read post.</a>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-91250195012780362882011-12-29T21:04:00.000-08:002011-12-31T11:25:33.509-08:00Frugal Luxuries for the Freezer and...I'll be on a Radio Show Today (Saturday)...Call Me!<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex2sKmoYJmwY3jqeL54IFBS7Am4YeLWUNz0gcUCnMjWgt9gs5Z0iYcvTzjyBlb3itMH08QEK_ic07yMw67Z7cHPdkUbaY4cOCslnfDVwxBO0cSL8gJszTuww3muk3WEZW1BJmiO7z3hE/s1600/aaaaaaNov+12%252C+2011.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgex2sKmoYJmwY3jqeL54IFBS7Am4YeLWUNz0gcUCnMjWgt9gs5Z0iYcvTzjyBlb3itMH08QEK_ic07yMw67Z7cHPdkUbaY4cOCslnfDVwxBO0cSL8gJszTuww3muk3WEZW1BJmiO7z3hE/s400/aaaaaaNov+12%252C+2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5691783477446706594" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'courier new';">Click HERE to read full post!</span></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-size:17px;" ><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';font-size:22px;" ><b>OH!!! I almost forgot to tell you, tomorrow, Friday (12/30/11) and Saturday (12/31/11) I'll be a guest on Positive Living Radio show(s)!!! I would just love it if you could call in and talk with us! Here's the exact information about the shows that I stole from Patricia's website.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';" ><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:'courier new';" ><span style=" color: rgb(16, 51, 99); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13pt;" >Listen to Tracey McBride on Patricia Raskin Positive Living on Saturday December 31st 3:30-4:00PM ET on 630WPRO AM & 99.7 FM. Listeners can call in to the show at (401) 438-W-P-R-O (401-438-9776) or toll free at 1 (800) 321-W-P-R-O (1-800-321-9776) and listen live on </span><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?llr=m4felrcab&et=1108990972273&s=3230&e=001vd7eOrbzxeWE_ed7-ySRgoYAt2KZln1-9Mli0aP59Du-XbsP9uqOGxCBONCBSrq5HvEGwFtTld41EpbUPKMu_biwR-n4cBLuZdcTa6myWXE37aPwlgQtXQ==" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); "><span style=" color: rgb(31, 80, 169); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13pt;" >www.630wpro.com.</span></a></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'courier new';"><span style=" color: rgb(16, 51, 99); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13pt;" ><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family:'courier new';"><span style=" color: rgb(16, 51, 99); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13pt;" >Join nationally recognized multi-media radio talk show host and award winning producer Patricia Raskin, as she interviews Tracey McBride, author of Frugal Luxuries: Simple Pleasures to Enhance Your Life and Comfort Your Soul and Frugal Luxuries by the Seasons: Celebrate the Holidays with Elegance and Simplicity--on Any Income. Chicago Tribune wrote "Think of Tracey McBride as the Martha Stewart of the cheapskate set". She had delighted thousands by elevating the skill of living frugally to an art form. Tracey will discuss cost-effective ways to bring in the new year with beauty and joy.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><span style=" color: rgb(16, 51, 99); font-family:'Trebuchet MS';font-size:13pt;" ><br /></span></div></span></div>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-1895264368986773972011-12-22T22:21:00.000-08:002011-12-22T22:26:20.209-08:00Kindling a Simple Christmas<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_cBtsqfRWSYPzQIjg6MtNv7qYZXETzG-VaROQ6DZfco_CGd2l-edaIKC7mDnvUcb6L1UKrqz2byjLt1dRxR5Fnh1cbRzNA2DGMhQ-lZ9MAEliBVbg50TJmwFsrHokXjaHy8U5MOXRzM/s1600/IMG_2902_2_2.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8_cBtsqfRWSYPzQIjg6MtNv7qYZXETzG-VaROQ6DZfco_CGd2l-edaIKC7mDnvUcb6L1UKrqz2byjLt1dRxR5Fnh1cbRzNA2DGMhQ-lZ9MAEliBVbg50TJmwFsrHokXjaHy8U5MOXRzM/s400/IMG_2902_2_2.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5689205685232166450" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">I'm feeling very simple this Christmas...<br /><br /><a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com">Click HERE to read the full post.</a><br /></span>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2516627861181784092.post-39080111491127946492011-11-06T10:38:00.000-08:002011-11-06T10:44:59.030-08:00Day Four: Thanksgiving Progressive Dinner~Blog Style~Remains of a Thanksgiving Feast<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pNyqQOuset_RfT6-g1DPExWgBfqnmjL05PlZFMd1EFFi4W8osze7cYfhle6rl15yibI0NGbQHJeLfyRswMAiLaDo6BiMPrfbSCmkdaferbQs_CNBZb07QoW8fi4qiHusJKNRURoxUUE/s1600/ZZZZZZZZZZ+TURKEY+STOCKIMG_2490.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 315px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pNyqQOuset_RfT6-g1DPExWgBfqnmjL05PlZFMd1EFFi4W8osze7cYfhle6rl15yibI0NGbQHJeLfyRswMAiLaDo6BiMPrfbSCmkdaferbQs_CNBZb07QoW8fi4qiHusJKNRURoxUUE/s400/ZZZZZZZZZZ+TURKEY+STOCKIMG_2490.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671954657745970722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family: courier new;">Remains of a Thanksgiving Feast: Classic Turkey~Noodle Soup!</span><br /><span style="font-family: courier new;">Click<a href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-four-thanksgiving-progressive.html"> </a></span><a style="font-family: courier new;" href="http://frugalluxuries.blogspot.com/2011/11/day-four-thanksgiving-progressive.html">HERE</a><span style="font-family: courier new;"> to read the entire post!</span>Tracey McBride ~ Frugal Luxuries®http://www.blogger.com/profile/03043055986653442733noreply@blogger.com