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How our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

How Our Debt Freedom Plan Prepared Us for the Pandemic. Our first storm: 2007. The year 2007 held such promise for us when it started, but by the end of the year, we were brought to our knees. As self-employed small business owners, we have lived through some tough months, but in 2007, it was a tough year.

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Our Family Finances Update: January 2021

Family Balance Sheet

We think we’ll use the money towards summer vacation. We would have used this sectional in our basement, but it’s too big to get through the basement door. I said goodbye to mini-van life in January when we traded in our 2007 Honda Odyssey for a 2018 Toyota Highlander. We…took out a car loan.

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5 Books with Insights that Changed the Way I Think About Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Buy a house, since it’s an investment. Even though we bought a house in 2007, I never once expected it to be a money-maker. I stopped thinking it necessary to buy a house, and instead started thinking about what I could do with the money instead. When I was growing up, my ideas about money were limited. Get a good job.

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Hexbug Review and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Where to Buy: online at Hexbug. Description of Product: “By leveraging our robotics expertise, we entered the toy industry in 2007 with the launch of the HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures product line. Enter using the Rafflecopter form below – you can only do each entry once! Name of Product: Hexbug.

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How to Take a Frugal (or Free) Vacation or Trip

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have not been on an airplane in 6 years; I gave up flying in 2007 and now travel solely by Amtrak train or by car. When I flew a lot for work, I exclusively used American Airlines because I wanted to make sure all my trip miles were consolidated into one rewards account. Use your card and you get points. Sounds easy, right?

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It’s Too Late – But It’s Not For You

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fracking, trans-national pipelines, and deep-sea drilling, the stopping of wind and solar power plants, and the lack of our political leaders to stand up for us means that the Earth is going to continue to be plundered until there just isn’t anything left. It just won’t.

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Wonderworld Spacy Review and Giveaway

Nicoles Nickels

Where to Buy: at Wonderworld Toys online and at retailers nationwide. Description of Product: “With Earth Day right around the corner, Wonderworld Toys is inviting you to help make our dear Mother Earth a cleaner and greener place for all of us! Enter using the Rafflecopter form below – you can only do each entry once!

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