Comments on: Cheerful Frugality, Uncomplaining

By: Annie

Annie — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 18:11:54 +0000

We have one bit of cheerful frugality that my children started years ago. For birthdays, they frequently choose one of their own favorite toys to give to the birthday child. As the kids get older, it is very gratifying to watch them graciously accept a cowboy hat, a tattered stuffed animal or a picture that a younger sibling has drawn. I didn’t institgate this practice, but I love it. It teaches the little ones to give from their heart, and it teaches the older kids to accept gifts with an eye on the feelings of the giver.
Annie

By: Pattie

Pattie — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:24:34 +0000

Thanks for this post. After paying to have my car fixed…again…yesterday, and grumbling about it….again….it gave me pause to stop and cheerfully say to myself…well, at least I don’t have to buy a new one right now. Thanks for turning this around for me.

By: JavaMama

JavaMama — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 16:21:06 +0000

I applaud you and thank you for this post!! I so needed to hear this this morning… cheerful frugality… I wonder how often I dishonor God’s provision in my own personal life… often. Thank you for the encouragement today.

JOYfully in Him,
Kelli

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:34:33 +0000

This is such a good and timely post. We are working on the character quality of gratefulness at our house right now, and this goes along with that so perfectly.

Do you have any suggestions of specific ways (other than the obvious one of being a good example ) to encourage cheerful frugality in our children? I’m looking for ways to help get my children excited about being creative good stewards of what we have. Thanks for any thoughts!

By: Joy

Joy — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:19:02 +0000

Great post. One of the rules in my house is that we never and I mean never complain about the price of gas. Also, everytime prices go up I try to respond with this attitude, God is my supply. Not complaining and focusing on God being our source will keep our attitude in check.

By: Tammy

Tammy — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:01:14 +0000

That was probably the best post regarding ANY aspect of frugality that I have EVER read.

By: SarahMay

SarahMay — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:10:39 +0000

I needed this, too. Thanks so much!

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:58:05 +0000

Thanks for this post! Just what I needed to read today!

By: DeputyHeadmistress

DeputyHeadmistress — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 23:20:01 +0000

Thanks, Meredith! I was feeling ever so grumbly just now about nothing important. This helped.

And the link on inviting friends over made me laugh- I didn’t notice it was to my blog until I clicked through.=) Just last night we were reading through our guestbook and found that we have had ten separate groups of houseguests thus far this year. The smallest ‘group’ is one, the largest 12. That does not count duplicates (a couple of friends have visited us twice, one family of three three times so far).

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 21:43:19 +0000

Thank you for the link, Meredith. I love your suggestions for at-home activities. A little creativity goes a long way…