The Frugal Girl

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What day even is it??

The Frugal Girl

old phone booths-turned-charging stations on Maui Maybe some people could handle that but I know myself, and I would start to lose my cheerful attitude pretty quickly under such circumstances. I decided to bite the bullet and just buy a ticket home because I could envision myself spending days at the airport trying to land a standby flight.

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Thankful Thursday | a $0 repair!

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In other cheerful news, by this coming Saturday, the sun won’t go down until 5:45 pm. that the sun came out I was so, so happy to see the sun streaming in my windows when I woke up yesterday. And after a depressing string of cloudy, rainy days, I now see a bunch of sunshine in my upcoming forecast. Ohhhhh yesssss.

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Scared to paint? Here’s a pep talk!

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But if you DO have an itch to try, I’m cheering you on. ? At the bottom of this other post , there’s a list of all the supplies I use when I paint furniture. Just to be clear, it’s totally ok if you don’t want to paint furniture. The post Scared to paint? Here’s a pep talk! appeared first on The Frugal Girl.

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Thankful Thursday | I can walk!

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that my mood is good on prednisone I know it makes some people feel angry, but if anything, prednisone has ended up making me feel extra cheerful. And here’s what it looked like about 8 hours later.

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Thankful Thursday | Last one for 2023

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and I was so happy to see that you all were feeling cheered and less alone after reading what others had to say. This week, I am thankful: for the way you all found encouragement in the comments on Christmas Eve I read all the comments on that post (as always!)

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Thankful Thursday | my badge is back!

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for how encouraging Zoe is My little housemate is doing a good job of cheering me on. I only got a little bit wet And on Saturday, my labs got out early enough for me to squeeze in a late-day walk before the sun went down. Whenever I pass something or get a test grade back, she says, “Mom, you’re doing great.”

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Thankful Thursday | after a bad Friday

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for encouragement from all of you Thank you for cheering me on after I passed my competency tests! To have faculty acknowledge that I am doing a good job in a hard program, and that I am doing it under really challenging circumstances…that felt so so good. I’m tearing up just thinking about it now.

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