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My Best Garage Sale Finds

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Years ago, Mom introduced me to the idea of going to garage sales. People sell the darnedest things at their garage sales. Garage sales take time, you have to hit quite a few before you find the item you want or need. I look for the neighborhood sales, which are usually either in spring or fall.

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The Best Place To Hide Valuables In Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sure, once in a while a garage will be broken into and a car or some high-end items will be taken, but for the most part garages are left alone whenever a criminal decides to break into a home. Most everyone, including thieves, have seen or heard of the safes designed to look like beer cans, books, or wall power outlets.

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How To Organize A Project

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After you do the table of contents and organize the list, you may have a clear idea of where the project needs to go and what you need to do on it, but you still may be stuck as to where to start. Once you get started, you may find that the momentum will keep you going. Book Time To Finish It. Start With The Easy Stuff.

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Children’s Music on a Budget

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Your School’s Music Department May Already Have Instruments. Garage sales – I found a guitar for $5.00 once at a garage sale and bought it for my grandson. Relatives – Great Uncle Joe may still have that trumpet he used to play and might like to donate it to a future generation!

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Make Your Own Board Game

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The Toothpaste Millionaire is a juvenile level book that has many lessons to teach. One of the lessons in the book on which I will focus is that starting your own business can be lucrative and that all business ideas start by observing and solving a problem. I struggled awhile with this one. Play test the game.

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What Makes a Saver?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the book, “Young Bucks – How to raise a future millionaire” author Troy Dunn claims that the greatest gift you can ever give your child is the ‘gift of want’ Unless a child wants something badly enough, they won’t spend the time and energy to try to figure out a way to go get it. Time of life.

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

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She blogs about books at [link]. Daniel can work anywhere there is an internet connection and the kids can homeschool anywhere, but we didn’t have the money to buy the plane tickets or book AirBnB apartments. Did you follow a particular debt freedom plan or book, such as Dave Ramsey or Debt-Proof Living?

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