Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 17, 2017

If you are going on to college in the fall, don’t let summer roll by without doing some preparation work to help you avoid typical college fail points. Time to find out. Talk to any alumni you may know (hint parents, cousins, that kid that went off to college last year) to see what they know about it.

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Saving SAHM Sanity

JANUARY 18, 2013

The biggest changes have to be my decision to become a full time college student. I've never been to college before, and other than becoming a mom, becoming a student was the biggest adjustment I've ever made in my life! Another big change was my family's eating habits.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

I read Millionaire Women Next Door around the same time that I became a mother and left the full-time work force to stay at home with our new baby. Manage long term savings, such as retirement, college savings. If you get a chance, find this book at your library and read it, especially that chapter.

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The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

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). Hello, everyone! Here’s Karen: 1.

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The Frugal Girl

DECEMBER 4, 2023

This mainly comes from ridiculous expectations that I feel like I need to meet because of the way my mom did Christmas. As far as Christmas stuff I do now…well, last Christmas and this Christmas, I’m in single mom and full-time college student mode. Do you bake for a lot of people?

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The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Mise en place for a recipe Even in college, when I was living in a dorm, and had a dining hall meal plan that meant I could get whatever I wanted whenever I wanted it, I still cooked and baked. They had me, and then my mom decided to go back to school full-time and get a PhD. We made a lot of Steak Diane that night.)

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Saving Everyday

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

You can even make it low carb like my mom did in the picture below! Disney College Program + Tops 20 Tips. She completed several Disney internships and eventually accepted a full-time position on the conservation team at Animal Kingdom. Read all about her time there over at her blog Britty Loves Disney.

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