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How is Your Vacation Rental Doing?

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Gather the family. If I had done that week without owning the condo and had rented one at the lake, I would have paid out around $2000 each year for the rental for that week. Our family has gathered multiple times across the years to enjoy the condo and the area.

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How to Save Money by Downsizing

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How much room does a family really need? As families are reported to be smaller, why do we need all that extra space? Just say your current home is a total of 2,800 square feet and your mortgage costs you $2000 per month. Many are realizing that all that space is dragging them down financially.

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Be Prepared for Emergencies by Planning in Advance

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Flood evacuation order for 2000 residents is in affect for those in Hay and Maude. Discuss them with your family. Involve the whole family and make sure children are aware of what they need to do and where they need to go. Prepare an emergency kit and keep it where it is easily accessible to all family members.

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How to Make a Two Dollar Seventy Five Cent Centerpiece

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The family honored her with a family and friends celebration in the Missouri History Museum. 2000′s Attack on America (9/11/2001). The third week of March was my Mother-in-laws 90 th birthday. My sister-in-law did most of the planning, but I volunteered to help. 1930′s Amelia Earharts disappearance.

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The Prairie Eco-Thrifter Giveaway Extravaganza: 2nd Anniversary with an iPad 3 and over $200 Cash To Be Won Plus a Bonus Prize

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The iPod Touch is up for grabs if PET reaches: 2000 Readers by RSS or Email 3000 Twitter Followers 1500 Facebook Followers 300 Google Plus on the Site Prizes and How to Enter a Rafflecopter giveaway Contest Entry Rules: Winning entries will be selected using Rafflecopter.

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How to Save Cash and Your Health With a Garden

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The Advantages of Gardening The advantages of growing your own vegetables include eating fresh, nutritious food, knowing exactly what has gone into your food, reducing food miles to almost zero, healthy exercise, education for the kids and the joy of producing something healthy for the family.

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How To Talk To Senior Corporate Executives

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Sure, they are human, CEOs, CFOs, CIOs and other C levels have families, attend sporting or cultural events and the like, but they are focused on much bigger things and have the power to make them happen or crush them in the womb. This happened to be the case during the 2000′s for me. Account For Pet Initiatives.

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