By Milehimama on Jun 3, 2010 in Food Stamp Challenge, Pinching Pennies | 3 Comments
Don’t forget to update your feed so you don’t miss any posts! Elizabeth at Trenches of Mommyhood is challenging herself to spend only $1200 in the month of June, for all expenses. She writes: I’m doing this because there are families out there that have no choice in “how low they can go” but are [...]
By Milehimama on Apr 26, 2010 in Food Stamp Challenge, Menu Plans | 13 Comments
Well, will you look at that? I’m actually planning our meals this week! First, a question for you. Did you like it when I posted my grocery receipts, when I was doing the Food Stamp Challenge? Our current food budget is more than what it was on our food stamp challenge, mainly because of the [...]
By Milehimama on Feb 28, 2010 in Big Family, Food Stamp Challenge | 28 Comments
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By Milehimama on Feb 1, 2010 in Food Stamp Challenge, Real Food | 1 Comment
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 [...]
By Milehimama on Jan 31, 2010 in Food Stamp Challenge, Menu Plans | 4 Comments
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 [...]
By Milehimama on Dec 11, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge, Mama Says Randomness | 15 Comments
1. 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. 2. The downside? We were [...]
By Milehimama on Dec 10, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge | 25 Comments
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 [...]
By Milehimama on Dec 7, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge | 9 Comments
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 [...]
By Milehimama on Nov 24, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge | 23 Comments
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 [...]
By Milehimama on Nov 16, 2009 in Food Stamp Challenge | 3 Comments
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 [...]
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