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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

I’m Mary, and it’s a pleasure to participate in Kristen’s Meet a Reader series. Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. It happens all the time.)

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting a reader who is an artist, a homeschooler, a boy-mom, and a renter by choice. For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). an illustration I did for one of my son’s books.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

Stanley’s book, Millionaire Women Next Door: The Many Journeys of Successful American Businesswomen, and I had an aha moment. Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” I read this book around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time workforce to stay at home with our new baby.

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Designate a Family Office Manager | Marriage & Money

Family Balance Sheet

Chapter 17 in this book is titled, “Why not run the family office?” After reading the book, it became my mission to emulate Susan’s success (and sparked the theme for this blog). After reading the book, it became my mission to emulate Susan’s success (and sparked the theme for this blog).

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Ways To Ensure A Stress Free Holiday Season

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Before this August, every long weekend, holiday and minute of spare time, I spent bent over homework, in group meetings, and writing exams, midterms, and term papers. It took me six years to finish my degree, because I worked full-time throughout the whole thing. Such is the life of a student. Travel Prepared.

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How Krystal and Josh paid off $80k in 4 years!

Family Balance Sheet

Meet Krystal. working full time at a low-paying job and going to grad school full time, while my husband was working multiple jobs just to help us make ends meet. get better once I had my masters degree and could teach full-time. full-time so we started bringing in a decent amount of money.

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2012 My Year in Review

Saving SAHM Sanity

Even though I didn't meet most the goals I set out to accomplish, I'm not disappointed. But anyway, this is how I did: Save $1,500 by using coupons and $3,500 by shopping sales: I spent 9 out of the last 12 months being a full time Honors college student, I didn't have much time to coupon. I actually got to read 13!

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