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Emergency Funds: Emergencies Happen When You Least Expect It

Family Balance Sheet

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 owners of a small business, we have lived through some tough months, but in 2007, it was a tough year. Thanks for reading. For a variety of reasons, our business became difficult that year.

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Front Yard Landscaping: Spring Clean Up!

Family Balance Sheet

It has been a problem area ever since we re-did our landscaping in 2007. Thanks for reading. If you would like to receive FREE updates of FBS, there are four ways to do so: have updates sent to your email , through your RSS Feed. I'll fill in with some colorful annuals after Mother's Day. Do It Yourself Landscaping: Take 2.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We used free TV for most of our married life (we do now splurge on satellite TV!). Since cable became widely available in 1990 and we got satellite TV in 2007, we had 17 years of savings of about $51 a month (fees for one step above basic cable) – total savings over 17 years being $10,404.

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Shower Mom With Love Giveaway – Day 1 – Fashion Fun For Mom

Nicoles Nickels

The Vintage Pearl first began in 2007 as a creative outlet while staying home with our 4 young children. Made from latex-free medical grade silicone and does not contain polycarbonate or epoxy. They are lead free and measure 5/8 of an inch tall including a 7 mm princess cut CZ that is suspended. The Vintage Pearl.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

In 2007, when the kids were 8 and 13, we recreated that trip – with a travel trailer and bunks instead of a miniscule tent. That’s followed closely by Thankful Thursdays because they always remind me to count my blessings. Mary, thanks so much for joining in! We don’t have to spend a lot for entertainment.

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Book Nook: Chimera

Motherhood Moments

After participating in a clinical trial at Memorial Sloan Kettering, he was declared cancer-free in early 2017, and is currently still in remission. Thanks for reading! His third academic book, Indict the Author of Affection: Affectation and Catachresis in Hamlet , is forthcoming from McGill-Queen’s University Press.

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7 Tips for a Successful Yard Sale

Family Balance Sheet

If I have a free Saturday morning from April thru September--unfortunately it''s rare--I try to hit a community yard sale. I''ll spend a weekend or two before the sale to go through closets, cupboards and drawers deciphering if this is the year that I don''t need that oval baking dish or that long sleeved blouse I haven''t worn since 2007.