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How To Recover From A Home Fire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We were preparing to go out of town to the grandkids house the next morning. Andi has a blog about her house burning to the ground in the Boulder wildfires of 2010 and it brings tears to my eyes. It was a Thursday night, the 20 th of December 2012. After hanging up the phone, I went outside to put the trash bag on the patio table.

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Seven Retirement Lessons Learned

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I have been since April 7, 2010. In 2010, my company was just preparing to do their first round of recession related layoffs. I’m retired! Hubby retired in July 2007. We found that we could afford it (Happy, happy days!). Make sure you have the financial backing to quit your job! Remember to include taxes as an expense.