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Amazon.com Hot Deal: Select Movie Rentals 99¢

Coupons Do Work

Bottle Shock (2008). A History of Violence (2005). Why pay for cable now-a-days when TV is free, Amazon has cheap movie rentals… Here are a few of the 99¢ movie deals that I saw I will watch this weekend…. Inception (2010). Divergent (2014). Nebraska (2013). Transcendence (2014).

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Scared to paint? Here’s a pep talk!

The Frugal Girl

I painted some walls at my townhouse back in the early 200s, and then in 2005 at my next house, I did a lot of spackling, sanding, and painting of walls. Zoe still uses this freecycle nightstand that I painted for her in 2008 And now I have eleventy zillion furniture painting projects under my belt. But no furniture!

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US Presidents and Personal Finance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We toured Monticello in 2005 and learned that Thomas Jefferson, one of my favorite presidents died a pauper. We toured Gettysburg in 2005 as well and watched a re-enactment of the 4 day battle starting July 1 and ending July 4, where more than 51,000 soldiers from both sides died. Grant lived beyond their means touring the world.

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The Power of the Eco Community to Move Mountains

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As news broke about Scotts pleading guilty to charges that it had sold over 70 million units of tainted bird seed between 2005 and 2008, the social media storm was no longer just about a bad partnership. Then the straw showed up to break the camel’s back.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. personal saving rate bottomed out at around 1% in the third quarter of 2005. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession.

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If You Are Able, Adopt-a-Family or Senior This Holiday Season

Family Balance Sheet

That Christmas back in 2005, my husband and I were overwhelmed with gratitude for this beautiful baby girl that we waited 5 years for. Every year since 2005 we have adopted a family. In 2008, when our youngest was born, we started adopting a senior too. She was going to have a full, warm meal for the holidays.

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Christmas Through the Years

Family Balance Sheet

In 2005, we celebrated our first Christmas as parents. 2008…the year that I failed as a mother. No wrinkles, no gray…just big hair and our youth. We waited 5 years for this little bundle and it was a wonderful Christmas. Our sweet boy, Toby was our first baby though. In 2006, our oldest daughter was 1.

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