Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

How to Save a Lot of Money by Making a Few Simple Drink… How to Save Money on Water Costs 7 Simple Ways to Go Green in 2013 How Water Butts Can Help Your Garden Invest in Your Health, Invest in Your Wealth. Tap water is completely safe and acceptable for human consumption. Do you drink tap water? Get Healthy Go Green'

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 24, 2013

Because of this, in April 2013, Maryland lawmakers implemented what is referred to as a Rain Tax. We avoid runoff into the dry runs that feed the rivers, avoiding more erosion as the water courses through the dry runs. Instead, the water soaks into our water table, helping our trees and bushes moisturize.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 6, 2014

In 2013, one of my favourite habits that I fell into was my Saturday morning productivity storm. I, like many humans, am a creature of habit, and tend to settle right in to routine and the daily tick, tick, tick that consistency creates. Saturday mornings were mine alone. My fiancé would sleep in, and I would be up early with the dogs.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 15, 2013

At least now, in 2013, there are still places that do not accept credit, or may not accept the credit card you have. But, there may come a time when we regret having every detail of every transaction in our life available for review. If you pay with bills, no one will know what you are buying. It is a privacy issue.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 12, 2014

In 2013, I used almost $7,900 worth of employment benefits. I wrote a post about this about a year ago, and I am still committed to using my benefits to the maximum. You are short changing yourself if you don’t. I have some great benefits with my work.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 30, 2013

In 2013, I wanted to get things in order so that we could move if we had to (we didn’t, but we’re ready). Figure out what is the one big financial thing that you want to do this year that will get you closer to the lifestyle you want. For 2014, my goal is to work on my dividend/income portfolio.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 19, 2014

Considering all this, when I stumbled across an article about Hattie Garlick, a woman who decided to not spend anything on her children in 2013, I had to read on. How Little Could You Spend on Your Children?

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Friends And Family Sale Clothing and Accessories Kids and Family Clothes 176

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

The US Secretary of State, currently John Kerry today (2013-08-30) in a newscast on the possibility of intervening in Syria due to chemical weapons used there, claimed that there is a high and immediate cost of the US doing nothing in response to that use.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 15, 2013

How Preventive Dental Care Can Save You Time and Money Effective and Inexpensive Beauty Treatments How to Save Money on Water Costs 7 Simple Ways to Go Green in 2013 Your Barbecue is an Investment. What do you use for your tooth care routine? Get Healthy'

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 17, 2014

American’s spend (according to 2013 estimates by the National Retail Federation ), about $145 per celebrating person. Coming at the start of spring as it does, everyone has cause to celebrate – especially when the winter has been cold and long. Celebrations cost money. They said that this was broken out as follows: Meal: $45.26.

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Easter Hunts Kids and Family Activism 167

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 17, 2015

The Atlantic’s article, Meet the New Middle Class: Who They Are, What They Want, and What They Fear , reported on a 2013 Allstate/National JournalHeartland Monitor Poll trying to get an answer to what is middle class?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 8, 2014

In 2013 there were around 35,000 people there! We will only be attending the Saturday meeting and anything else we can squeeze in Friday night or Saturday after the meeting. If you love crowds you will be in your element.

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Omaha Nebraska Friends And Family Sale Money 169

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

” Investor Junkie from Investor Junkie presents Quicken 2013 Review – Now with Mobile Access Support , and says, “Quite a few items were improved in the Quicken 2013 edition. Overall I’m happy they’ve progressed forward with the latest version, and not kept their focus on solely on just Mint.com.” ” J.P.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 22, 2013

As of 2013, there were no bag searches to deal with at the park entrance. Slide a few crackers, cookies or energy bars into your purse or pack and bring a water container that you can fill up at the numerous drinking fountains – to save on food and drink costs. Find or buy re-fillable soda cups for the park.

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Saving Money Money Food and Drink Tickets 199

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 6, 2014

7 Simple Ways to Go Green in 2013 Green Mortgages Can Save You Cash How to Save Money on Water Costs. In fact, some methods require little to no money at all. Minimize Your Impact on the Environment with Your Finances 7 Ways to Go Green for Under $7.00 Money Tips'

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 22, 2015

Although it might be easier for you to let the kid play, in the long run, you may be sorry that you didn’t set the house rules up when your child was a toddler (note that Common Sense Media found, in a 2013 study, that 38% of babies under the age of 2 are using tablets or smartphones.). Set a good example! I love TV.

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Parenting Kids and Family Phones DVD Players 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2015

photos by: & Six Ways to Reuse Your Plastic Grocery Bags How To Re-Use Common Items 10 Ways To Make Your Home A Zero-Waste Facility 7 Simple Ways to Go Green in 2013 How To Pack A Waste-Free Lunch The post Don’t Recycle, Reuse appeared first on Prairie Eco-Thrifter. What do you reuse and how do you do it? Go Green Money Tips'

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 10, 2017

percent compared with the July 2013 through June 2014 midyear average, the U.S. One of the most recent survey’s available reported: “Average expenditures per consumer unit1 for July 2014 through June 2015 were up 5.9 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Average incomes also increased, up 6.6

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 6, 2016

Unfortunately, I was doing this from 2010 through 2013, part of the longest bull run we’ve had in the US recently. It caught me by surprise that the stocks/mutual funds in which I invested while in the 401K could not be transferred in kind to my IRA. Instead, they had to be sold within the 401K and the proceeds reinvested in the IRA.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 26, 2016

Although we think of the Great Recession starting in early 2009, it wasn’t until 2013 that the 5 year CD interest rate fell below 1% – and has stayed there ever since according to Bank Rates interest survey data. The FDIC shows the US national average payout for savings accounts less than $100,000 is.06%.

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Money Saving Money Lowes Grandchildren 124

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 21, 2014

Several of the billionaires on the 2013 Forbes 400 list got there via their business. One hundred twenty-nine people on that Forbes 2013 list made their billions in real estate. She did this when she was already a great-grandma! Real Estate. Real estate is a field with possibilities for the average gal and guy.

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Real Estate Money Kansas City Friends And Family Sale 195

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 10, 2013

According to the 2013 Cost of Data Breach study carried out by Symantec and the Ponemon Institute, US companies that experienced data breaches had had an average of 28,765 compromised records. Keeping your business’s information safe and secure online is not easy. In addition, the cost of data breach per record is a staggering $188.

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Organic Organization Hard Drives Software 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 3, 2013

Happy 2013 everyone!! I hope the first week of the new year has gone ok. I have restarted my link love posts that I used to do in effort to share some of the great reads around the web. I will post one each Friday. Below is what caught my eye this week? What caught yours?

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Fridays New Year's Money Budgeting 160

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2014

While SNAP provides food assistance, relying completely on SNAP for all of your food needs for a month is very difficult, especially considering as of 2013, the average monthly benefit was just $133 (Washington Post). a day, just as someone who is on the SNAP program would need to.

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Plants Gardening Garden Home and Garden 160

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

You dont have to be rich to take a trip or go on a vacation, but they do cost money. Taxes Super Saver presents Taxes are Going Up – Even for the 99% posted at My Wealth Builder , saying, “Warning! ” That concludes this edition.

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Money May 2012 Debt 113

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 27, 2013

So what happens when you spend $36,000 on a 2013 Ford Escape and a faulty piece of carpet makes it difficult to use the brakes while you’re driving down the highway at 75mph? AutoBots These Are Not.

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Money Coffee Birth Control Insurance 202

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2013

Present Day -2012/2013. By using ArchTrashOlogists, Inc. resources and staff to solve this problem, the world governments will save trillions of units in cost, provide positive proof of their endorsement of the resurgence of the capitalistic economic model and be removed from responsibility of solving the issues involved.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

DECEMBER 15, 2014

Yet even in management and professional fields, where you would expect to see equal pay, women in 2013 earned just $973 for a man’s $1349 weekly earnings (according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics ). Some of this is caused by women choosing to work in traditionally lower paying fields.

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