My Name is Tracey Freed. This is All About Me. I created the Name of this site Traceys Real Life Bargains to teach you how things can turn out. If you start out from not so great of a life or as some would put it “A Bad Life”. This is about making Lemonade out of Lemons. I want everyone to learn from my experiences.
My Background:
About Me Tracey Freed! I am generally considered an open book! I grew up with a single Mom! We did not have much money! We even moved a lot! I changed schools a lot. Although; out of all that I was able to make friends easily! I learned very quickly how to get “buy” what I wanted or needed cheaply! Most people would call me frugal!
About Me Tracey Freed! I got my first actual job per-say at 9 years old! I went to my aunts house in a tiny little town with 1 stop sign, a small general store with 2 regular gas pumps! Our gym Teacher had a picking farm. You had to be 9 to start. We picked strawberries Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for a nickel a quart. It taught me the value of a penny!
About Me Tracey Freed! I kept doing that every summer! I started baby sitting at 11. I had to babysit when my mom was busy. Someone needed to take care of my baby sister. When I turned 13. I also started mowing lawns for money! Shortly after I was 12. I had started buying my own school supplies, and clothes.
About Me Tracey Freed! I managed to get a real Job at 14. Then I also started to buy my baby sister’s clothes. I loved the layaway system! I could go get everything I wanted all at 1 time. Say it was 100.00 take 10 weeks pay 10.00 a week. then at the end of summer. I got my stuff. Since I was not able to work during the school year I made sure I always had enough for the year. Back then that is just what everyone did.
About Me Tracey Freed! While Being Married! Being able to stretch that almighty dollar. Has big advantages. While needing really good quality items! I say good quality! Meaning not cheaply made. When it comes to cheaply made! You really do not want to waste your money! You are just going to have to get it again in a week or two. You are extremely lucky if it lasts 3 months. I was glad. When I learned that lesson within the first year after moving out.
About Me Tracey Freed! Since we do not have layaway any more! I do a lot of clearance shopping! Like just last night! I found plain colored tee Shirts for my granddaughter and myself for 2 dollars! I got 1 in every color in her size and 1 of every color in my size. Plain colors are awesome! You can mix and match them throughout your entire wardrobe.
Tracey Freed Interests:
I have quite a few different interests.
I Tracey loves all sports: From little kids sports all the way to spectator sports: tee ball, to soft ball to base ball, soccer, gymnastic, volleyball, ice skating, hockey, football, tennis, golf, basket ball, all racing, even NASCAR. As a kid I was able to play baseball, soft ball, volleyball, and basketball. My children played soccer, tee ball, little league, baseball, gymnastics, football. My grand kids play soccer, baseball, football, basketball, golf, tee ball, volleyball.
Tracey also love horseback riding! I grew up around horses. I have been riding. Since I was Around 8 or 9. My aunt had horses. My cousins were in 4H in Horse and Pony. When they went to rodeos. The kids got to ride in the shows. I got to also! My uncle would pay my entrance fee. I actually won a few times. My cousins won more than I did. That is when my competitive streak started!
Tracey loves to travel. Currently being from Indiana. I have been to Alabama, the Bahamas, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, South Dakota almost into Wyoming, Virginia, Texas.
Tracey loves sowing. My Mom Made My Prom Dress. I Drew a 2 inch sketch. She did her best. I made my daughters prom dress. I had to alter her pattern massively. She picked a 5 piece Wedding Dress. Well Let me tell you! The smallest size a pattern comes in is a size 6. She was a size 1 not even 5 foot 2 inches. If she had known what she wanted. That would have helped. Then I could have just laid her on the floor with a newspaper. Draw it out and around her. She wanted a tank top dress with fairy wings and a sash. She Loved it.
I Tracey love all kinds of Art like: sketches, coloring, things made with construction paper, paintings. My favorite Artist in Thomas Kinkade. I like ceramics. Especially ones I can paint.
Tracey Freed Expertise In Life
I Tracey have expertise In my areas of interest. I also have expertise on health issues. Especially ones I have dealt with personally. I am no doctor! I will never pretend to be! Things I say about health or health issues. I 100 percent look up and research. Feel free to also look up and make sure you do your due diligence. I use to be sick a lot. Doctors could not always figure it out. Much of my Illnesses are from allergies. I happen to be allergic to almost everything. I have so many allergies from food to inside all the way to outside allergies!
“Traceys Real Life Bargains” Expertise In Overcoming
Helping My Daughter Overcome Tragedy and Persevere!
- My daughter had a major “TBI” which means Traumatic Brain Injury. At the Lovely age of 6. She literally ran into a tree while playing tag in the park! I did not know at that time she also had something called Juvenal “MS”. Well Juvenal MS is when you do not have enough myelin in Your myelin sheath! When she hit the tree. She only had 25 percent of the myelin.
- She ended up hitting her brain 3 times. Giving her a mild form of baby shaken syndrome! She lost all short term memory! Lost all 3 dimensional vision. Is legally blind without glasses! She lost 20 percent of her hearing! Aside from our immediate family that she sees all the time! She only remembers 2 videos that run in her head at that time. 1 of which was my baby sister, her brother, and her. Were trying to rescue a 2 week old baby bunny. They put it in a shoe box.
- Being told she could not have done damage due to her age! I did not find out till she was 10 that there was damage! By that time her IQ was A 53. It took her doctors, the school, and myself until Graduation to get her IQ up to a normal range at 77. All of us working 9 years to do all that! She still cannot see in 3 dimensions. She still has no short term memory. Otherwise she is very normal.
Helping My Grandson Overcome Tragedy and Persevere!
My newest long term project is her son! My youngest grandson! Who is very special! He has sever non-verbal autism! He also had cancer in his spine at the lovely age of barely 4. He had Surgery. They got all the cancer out. He never had to do chemo or radiation! He has been in a chair since! He is now considered cancer free. 2 weeks ago he finally stood at therapy for the first time in 5 and A 1/2 years! He did have his leg braces on! He was in a completely safe situation. Our fingers are crossed he will be able to walk again!
Overcoming My Own Tragedies And Persevere!
Being Molested by 4 family members from 3 to 12, was one of the hardest things I ever had to process and deal with. Believe me anxiety and depression can be very horrible. If you don’t get professional help. My early teen years were very hard. I thought that is what was supposed to happen to girls my age. I could not remember what I did that was so bad to be punished that way. Of course I never did do anything to deserve that. After my mom found out about it. She lost her mind and became schizophrenia.
I had to start raising my mom also. She made the money in the house but that was basically it. I did all the house work, raise my baby sister, and did what I could with my middle sister. She did not let me do much, since she was only 2 years younger than me. My mom kept telling me. She understood it happened to her also. Due to her illness I was not allowed to get help until I turned 18.
My breaking point came 2 months before I turned 18. Because I was scared all the time. I slept with a knife in my bed under my pillow. Well I had my daughter at barely 17. She was 7 Months old when this happened. The Last person that hurt me. Went to prison for 6 years. I was dreaming that he got out and came after me like he promised he would. In my dream, We were fighting and I was going to stab him. By that time, I was still sleeping and sitting up in my bed. with my arms and the on my daughters crib. The knife was in my hands pointed down.
When I opened my eyes and looked the knife was over the top and pointed down at my daughter. I went to took her to the sitters and went to school. I went straight to my councilors office. Crying and closed the door she asked me what was wrong. I told her I did NOT WANT TO KILL MY BABY! She got a shocked Face. Asking why what had happened. I told her. Just to let you know there are some adults that really can help. We talked for about an hour and a half. then she got me set up with a counselor that day. My new counselor Cleared her schedule for the day.
My counselor from school drove me there. I was there all day until the end of the day. My new counselor took me back to school to catch the bus. While I was there, I scheduled my official first appointment on my 18th birthday. In the meantime, I promised to move my knife under my mattress. Then I still had access to it but not while I slept.
That was one of the scariest moments of my life!
Do to having a single mom back in those days! I basically raised my baby sister by the time I was 11 I became a parent to a 2 year old! I am quite aquatinted with kids! I have quite a few antidotes about kids and silly, weird things they do! Even things I have said to them and Why!
One of the funniest meanest things I ever said to my daughter. She was 2 and playing outside barefooted. It was spring and a little damp outside. She came in and stole a full 44 Oz. of Sweet Tea out of my hand drank it all and put it back in my hand empty. I just then realized where all my Tea was going. So I said, You need to quit steeling Mommys Tea. She said Why! I told her, It would turn her feet black. She said, nahun. I said, yes it will LOOK. She looked and sure enough they were. Needless to say she never stole my Tea again.
My family knows this! I do not want you to feel bad! I am not saying this for that! I am only going to say this because I have been there! Just over 6 years ago! I was Hit by a Semi while walking. He drove off the road into the ditch to hit me. It took a while for me to start to get better. I had to go through months of Physical Therapy to get as far as I have. I have continued my therapy on my own since.
Yes I still have issues and complications. Like if you ever hear me talk! I cannot say the next words correctly sometimes! It is okay! I just have to describe the word! My head just gets locked up! My hands don’t work correctly all the time. My balance is still off. I still physically hurt nonstop. “When Life brings you Lemons make Lemonade.”
I Love Helping Others!
I Tracey love to Help Other People also! I already helped my family. That is a given! Say I ran into you at the store. you were looking for something. I just saw it! I would tell you where I saw it! I would directly point it out. I do not have to even know you! I would still just tell you! Say I just found a major bargain! I will tell the world! If I saved a penny I will tell Everyone! How to save that same penny!
Look At My Bargains:
I just found out about last night! That Walmart carries frosting for decorating cakes already in the bag for 3 dollars and something. All you have to do is put a tip on it and decorate.
I have worked in many different fields! Out of all of them! This is the one I truly love! I can tell You from experience that doing something you love is not work! It is just the passionate heart felt feelings! You end up putting in it!
If you cannot tell I truly love doing this! I truly love to share experiences! That way no one else has that happen to them! Dealing with the hard knocks of life! They are horrible at first! Once you learn how to deal with it! Everything is always better! Again I do not ever want anyone to feel bad for me! I look at it like you all need this kind of family like I have here!
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