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Come Visit My Town, Louisville KY Awesome Weekend getaway

Published on 05/18/2012, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

I lived the first 30 years of my life in a little town called Dalton, GA. Didn’t really even know anything else ever existed. In 2000 my husband and I moved our family to Louisville Kentucky for him to attend school. We fell in LOVE with our new town. We fell in love with it

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Tags: derby city, family fun, fun in louisville, louisville happening, places to see in louisville

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Dating on a Budget

Published on 04/03/2012, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun, Frugal living.

If you are single and dating or married and having a date night with your spouse, it can get expensive. Dating is very important because it is intentional times of getting to know that special person better but it doesn’t have to be expensive every time. Save the expensive dates for special occasions. Gregg and I

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Tags: budgeting for dates, dating, Dating on a budget, family fun, fun on a budget

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Ways to Celebrate Easter

Published on 03/30/2012, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

If you are looking for ways to celebrate Easter in your home, I have found some great ideas in the Southeast Outlook. This is a local newspaper put out by Southeast Christian Church. A wonderful place to worship. Here is some suggestions from the paper: Fill plastic eggs with ideas of things the family can

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Tags: Easter, Easter breakfast, Easter celebrations, Easter ideas, family fun, Resurrection garden

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GO UGA …… Beat the Gators

Published on 10/29/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

Well…. i have to show my colors sometimes. GO DAWGS!!!. We have a HUGE game on Saturday. Playing a HUGE Rival the Florida Gators. Can’t wait for kick off. Here is a picture of our coach. He is such a strong Christian and great coach but most of all he loves the Lord and loves

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Tags: college football., family fun, Georgia bulldogs

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A&W $3 off coupon for a Big Taste Meal

Published on 10/25/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Coupons, Frugal living.

Do you have an A&W in your town? You can “Like” them on facebook and get a $3 off coupon for a Big Taste Meal. This will make the meal FREE. The only obligation you have is to buy a 32oz drink. . Click Here

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Tags: eat out cheap, family fun, restaurant coupons

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Free Night at the Theater

Published on 09/21/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Coupons, Frugal Family Fun.

I love the theater. Don’t get to go as much as I would like but if it was FREE I would clear my schedule. Free Night of Theater 2010 is back! The sad part is the closest to me is 4 hours away. Check here to see if you have a venue close to

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Date Night on a Budget.

Published on 06/03/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

Gregg and I love to do date nights. Our goal is once a week but that can start to get expensive. I am always looking for great ways to have fun but save money. I wanted to tell you about a fun date night that we had last Sunday evening. The Louisville Bats (baseball) was

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Tags: Cheap date night, date night, family fun

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Just to put a smile on your face.

Published on 01/08/2010, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal living.

Doesn’t this put a smile on your face? Just wanted to share since we all need a little joy in our lives. These are my Nephew’s children. I just love them to death. They are precious! And their personalities are just like the picture looks. Have a great weekend.

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Sharing my town with family

Published on 11/19/2009, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

I got to share my city with family this past weekend. I love it when people come into town that has never seen our city. I enjoy showing them a little bit of the Louisville flare. My cousin and her family came into town on Sunday and spent the afternoon with me. We started our

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Annual Pumpkin Carving Sunday! coming soon to the McMullen home

Published on 10/26/2009, by A Thrifty Geek in Frugal Family Fun.

Our small family has very few holiday traditions but this is one that we started a while back and it has become a fun tradition. We have a pumpkin carving Sunday. We have several to come over and join us for this event. I have a basket of pumpkin carving supplies that I just purchased

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Tags: autographs, cartoons, Disney, family fun

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