Hello here I am again but due to some problems with my computer I had to sign up again so now it is Dutch Treat1. So hope to respond soon...

Thanx everybody for the warm welcome. I would love to share things with you all. Some of the reactions are really fun and it is amazing how many of you have family of friends in this little country. Love the word of Brianschef in Dutch. I think she has family from Holland that moved from here a long...

Hello, For a long time I check the website of Dollar Stretcher every week and now I think it would be fun to join the forum. I am a 35 year old stay at home mum( for the time) We, hubby, son and myself, are living in the country in the north of Holland. We live in a small but very nice house in a small...

Hi Pat, I finally made it over here to The Stretcher Community. Between being busy at work, trying to get my 8th grader's school year finished, and then being slowed down by the heat outside, my energy level has gone kaput! Maybe someone can give me some frugal ideas on how to increase my energy...

Hi there, I just wanted to briefly introduce myself - I was a huge fan of Pat's when she was at About.com, and was dismayed to find she'd "disappeared." Being super smart, it only took me a couple of months of pining for Pat before I clued in that I could google her. (Yeah. Impressed...

Hi, all. I'm Jen. 37, live with my boyfriend part time, no kids, 9 cats. I'm in the Washington, DC area. (Spittin' distance, as we southerners would say--I'm of Southern descent.) I know some of the people here from the "Other forums." Pat was a great mod, so I thought I'd...

Hi, Susan/Dakotawitch here. I'm 32, a recent Ph.D. in anthropology from Texas. I live in the DFW area with my husband of 7 years and our two cats. I started getting interested in frugality out of necessity when I was in graduate school and pennies were always tight. However, I grew up in a household...

Dear All I've been a reader of the newsletter for a couple years and justed joined the "community" today. I'm a married SAHM with two sons, 18 & 13. I'm a scrapbooker, love all types of paper crafts, and enjoy finding ways to save money everyday. I look forward to participating...