Motherhood Moments

MARCH 2, 2023

Ensuring our youngest consumers understand how to reuse and recycle paper products or plant a tree will nurture life-long recycling habits and a respect for the planet.” Road Trip: For those taking a family vacation over Spring Break, challenge family members to count how many paper products they recycle throughout the trip.

Flowers and Plants 100

Flowers and Plants Recycle Recycled Recycling 100

Family Balance Sheet

MAY 20, 2014

Tampa, Florida ~ Not Consumed. Richmond, Virginia ~ Vacation Maybe. Seattle, Washington ~ Thrifty NW Mom. Washington, District of Columbia ~ Kidventurous. F – I. Jacksonville, Florida ~ Saving The Family Money. Orlando, Florida ~ The Educators’ Spin On It. Tallahassee, Florida ~ SwagGrabber.

Kansas City 150

Kansas City Budgeting Budget Pennsylvania 150

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you are working at becoming a millionaire, perhaps you dream about the mansion you will buy and the servants you will have, the vacations you will take and the interests you will pursue. Managing your finances gets a lot more complex and time consuming. Being thrifty stays an ingrained habit.

Money 247

Money Grandchildren Thrifty Job Loss 247

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2011

The strategies did keep us out of debt however, and instilled in us habits of self-reliance, attitudes of ‘we can do that’ and a measure of life-long thriftiness that we might not otherwise have had. We took infrequent vacations. When we do go, we spend an average of $3000 for one week of vacationing.

Home and Garden 198

Home and Garden Cars Car Re-use 198

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

The topic was ‘ What did today’s millionaires do to be thrifty before they earned their millions?” Me: What do you think of the mass move towards thriftiness in today’s twenty and thirty-something crowd? Me: What else do you recall doing to be thrifty? Peggy: Well, we did everything ourselves.

Thrifty 213

Thrifty Garage Spendthrift Fair-Trade 213