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We are moving to a more natural, real food diet.  We are also on WIC and food stamps (in Texas, if you qualify for SNAP aka food stamps, you are automatically qualified for WIC if you are pregnant or have children under the age of 5).  I’ll be blogging how we make the change on [...]

I spent $179.93 on food this week (a little over my allotment of $165.50 per week.)
I got… raw cheddar! I am so excited to try this.  I didn’t even know the regular groceries were aloud to sell it, but there this little brick was, tucked underneath the hanging bags of Kraft at H.E.B.
This whole buying [...]

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My husband got a job!  It pays nearly what he was making before, but he is scheduled for 40 hours of overtime.  He’s hourly, so that means time and a half!  Everyone who has been praying for us, thank you so much!  God has answered your prayers with abundance.
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The downside?  We were planning to visit [...]

I received a phone call from the admin assist at the food stamp office today, the local branch who messed everything up.  I was assured that our benefits will be put on our card within 24-48 hours and to make sure to call back if they do not get credited by Friday.  I don’t know [...]

We still are not able to buy food with food stamps.  It has been 71 days since we turned in our application.
On Friday, Dec. 2 I received a letter detailing what our benefits would be.  I received another letter stating that TWO of our eight children are certified for Medicaid and I’ll be getting numbers [...]

Baby A and I are out at the Food Stamp office today.  Two months after applying, our date for an interview has finally come up.
I’ll let you know how it goes.
(Although, technically, it’s not begging.  We’ve paid into the system for years and years under the assumed contract that we would be able to avail [...]

You may have noticed that my weekly Food Stamp Challenge posts have been missing.   That’s because I’m lazy.  Since my husband isn’t working right now, we went into a sort of “super challenge”; also, God always provides and the way He has provided to us isn’t conducive to breaking down costs and numbers.   At the [...]

So, once again receipts are all over the place.  I’ve fallen into the “only coupla things” trap, running to the store for one or two items instead of keeping a list and doing it all at once.  Not the best strategy, especially if I end up going late at night when I’m bored and tired.  [...]

I actually managed to hang on to most of my receipts this week.  Having husband dear home has changed my routine, and I can’t seem to remember if I’m coming or going on most days!  I’m actually grocery shopping during daylight hours, which means when I get home from the store all of the children [...]