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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Besides dealing with my sudden unemployment when my oldest child was a toddler, I was hoping to figure out a way to extend my time at home with him. We ending up buying our current home in 2015, when local prices and interest rates were significantly lower. What’s the “why” behind your money-saving efforts?

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Recent graduates were also hard hit. One of the most recent survey’s available reported: “Average expenditures per consumer unit1 for July 2014 through June 2015 were up 5.9 During the long 7 years since the crisis, many people lost jobs and houses. Even today, many are still unemployed or underemployed.