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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

Also, growing our own food. I do want to try growing things in pots, though–like tomatoes and herbs. I’d like to grow our own catnip for Mr. Clark! I was baking some brownies for a friend and remembered that her daughter was vegan, so I wanted to adapt my sugar free recipe to use flax eggs instead. Try things!

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Book Nook: Become the Fire

Motherhood Moments

The daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Yugoslavian immigrant father, Schmitz knows what it means to be an “outsider.” From health and parenting challenges to economic and relationship stressors and more, our ability to juggle everything life throws at us, and bounce back from setbacks and failure, is constantly being tested.

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Totally Money Blog Carnival #18 – 6 Ways to Save Money Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Since IJ is more a believer of Austrian school of economics, he would have to say a resounding yes. Growing you own food is a healthy, money saving trend that is being embraced by many city dwellers – young and old. Actually, she wanted to help her adult daughter buy a home. Investor Junkie presents Stagflation in 2011?