{"id":3975,"date":"2011-09-05T07:15:19","date_gmt":"2011-09-05T11:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=3975"},"modified":"2011-09-01T11:18:57","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T15:18:57","slug":"thrifty-amish-offer-lessons-to-us-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/09\/thrifty-amish-offer-lessons-to-us-all","title":{"rendered":"Thrifty Amish offer lessons to us all"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"breadcrumbs\"><strong>By ERIN ALBANESE<br \/>\n<\/strong>Religion News Service<\/div>\n<div id=\"entry-2299\">\n<div>\n<p>GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2014 The old Lorilee Craker would have picked up a couple of $16 children\u2019s shirts without a second thought, ordered a $20 pizza without checking what\u2019s in the fridge, and sent out her bills a few days late.<\/p>\n<p>The Amish-makeover Lorilee peruses garage sales and finds a lovely<\/p>\n<p>$5 oil painting of pears to match her home decor; a $5 bird cage she envisions spray-painted a metallic color, and a $2 Pier 1 Imports bowl, originally priced at $24.99. She then barters to pay a total of $10 for all three items.<\/p>\n<p>She makes pizza-chili with ingredients on hand and is sure to send her payments on time to avoid late fees (which she equates to money tossed into a creek).<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/on_the_front_lines_of_the_culture_wars\/2011\/07\/in-these-difficult-times-the-thrifty-amish-offer-lessons-to-us-all.html#ixzz1RY8qXaia\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>CLICK MORE to read entire article:<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By ERIN ALBANESE Religion News Service GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. \u2014 The old Lorilee Craker would have picked up a couple of $16 children\u2019s shirts without a second thought, ordered a $20 pizza without checking what\u2019s in the fridge, and sent out her bills a few days late. 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