Her mother has passed, and I know she is comforted by your prayers.

 If you can afford a pet, get one.  The costs of pet care are generally lower than shrinks and/or blood pressure medications, and having a pet decreases the chance of a need for either.   (That one comes out of personal experience.) 

 A woman I work with occasionally; her mother is dying.  It's a horrible disease and both mother and daughter are in extreme distress.  The daughter's name is Jody, and she is trying to care for her mom with no real help from the family.  Her mother is due to go into hospice care soon.   If y'all could pray ...

Awesome, thank you.  That is just what I needed to know. 

My mom said "the more expensive the wedding, the shorter the marriage".  

I was wondering if you can freeze potatoes; specifially, I want to cut them into chunks, cook them, then freeze them to put into stew. 

 The food mistake I learned was "try it first"...don't make up a huge batch of something it turns out you don't like eating!   You'd think that would be obvious, but it took me a few times. 

 We were really broke and young when we got married, and we had a potluck reception.   In fact, it was a point of honor that I managed to underspend my mom on HER wedding, and my folks were married in 1963!   Things we did:    --wedding in my mom's yard --a friend did the ceremony for free; he just wanted pictures ...

 DeborahMichelle, we're kind of in the same boat.  I am frugal in part because as a worshipper of God and Goddess and the natural world, a lot of my decisions about what to use, how to clean, and how to be frugal are determined by impact on poisoning the natural world.  The frugal option is often the one that keeps things out of ...

 I'm a little concerned about that article.  I make perfumes and soaps with essential oils, and you really have to know your oils; for instance, pennyroyal can cause miscarriages, so it's very dangerous for pregnant women.  And eucalyptus can be very poisonous to pets.  So I would be very very careful, and research each ...