Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 30, 2013
Does the cost of a four year college or university degree scare you? We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? But, at least I graduated without debt. My newly won degree brought no lucrative job.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JUNE 29, 2014
Don’t despair if you (or perhaps your children) aren’t planning on earning a four year college degree. There are interesting entry level jobs to which someone without a college degree can aspire. A college degree does pay more and gives you a much better ‘foot in the door’ with most employers.
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The Frugal Girl
NOVEMBER 27, 2023
Tell us a little about yourself I’m 40 years old, married with two sons who are 11 and 7 years old. I made some foolish choices shortly after graduating college, burning through my savings and running up credit card bills. So, here’s Megan! Me in one of my money mistakes! What’s your best frugal win?
Motherhood Moments
MARCH 9, 2023
At a time when some writers tend to grouse about raising children, Rau revels in her good fortune and the day-to-day: teaching her younger son how to read using “Garfield” comic books; encouraging her older son to design his grandmother’s gravestone; observing the motley crew of boys who patronize “the yellow house” (Rau’s) for years.
The Frugal Girl
FEBRUARY 18, 2024
I’m 47, married, and living amongst the cornfields in a college town in the Midwest U.S. I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. My son is allergic to dairy, wheat, nuts, eggs and peas. We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt.
Motherhood Moments
MARCH 14, 2023
A recent study by the Mary Christie Institute , in partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and the National Association of Colleges and Employers, asked young graduates (between 22 and 28) about their mental and emotional wellbeing. For example: Sleep.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
MARCH 23, 2017
When I was a young adult, out of college and into my first years of marriage, I cringed at the thought of getting money from my parents. Daughters and sons of very wealthy families sometimes want to disown the family wealth in order to prove themselves. I wanted to prove myself.
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