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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

We spend most of our time seeing friends and family, participating in our church activities or working on our property. I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time! I think that I heard about Kristen’s blog through Katy, the Non-Consumer Advocate. We also have three cats!

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. Our family lives on a ten-acre homestead property in the Mid-Atlantic region which we bought in early 2022. canned peaches = summer in a jar 2.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

We consider her our “bonus kid” and our family is extremely close. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. I enjoy blogging and biking, and I usually cycle between 15 and 20 miles a day indoors when I’m not getting out to hit a bike trail. Our son is 29 and biological.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. The easiest way to reduce your grocery spending is to plan your meals. Here are a few ideas: Meal Plan. 15 – Find a part-time job.

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How I’m Inherently Frugal

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I am thrilled to be joining the Prairie EcoThrifter family. The Single Saver is a website dedicated to helping singles and small families save money with easy to implement money saving tips. And for fun, I study new ways to save money in my life (yeah, seriously, I find that fun… ), garden, and spend time with my wonderful pets.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

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He writes at Debt Discipline about about how his family of 5 deals with money, budgets and debt. Tell us about you and your family. We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail.

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How We Paid off Six Figures of Debt

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I don’t make a lot of income on this blog, and it has definitely decreased recently as I’ve reduced my hours spent blogging. However, it produces a small part-time income from side-bar ads and affiliate commissions. But at one time, we ate out quite a bit. Also, we both have side hustles.

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