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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

Last year, to make a little extra cash, I started boarding dogs through Rover, and I am about to start a very very part time job using my RN license for a home care company. In my free time I enjoy canning and preserving food (well, I enjoy the results of it, ha!), canned peaches = summer in a jar 2.

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

He wants to retire early so he can do more woodworking, electronic fixing, and maybe work at a winery or brewery part-time. I would like to pursue higher education in some way, maybe a History PhD, or a library science degree? My college education. I was ASTONISHED, I thought everyone had access to a library.

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

They offer: Career education. Current job postings for full-time and part-time opportunities. Career eBook Resource Library. Teach your college-aged children to make the most educated financial decision possible.” Just don’t go overboard and forget your main purpose in seeking higher education.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

My Dad was a blue-collar factory worker with an incredible work ethic (3 jobs at a time to pay bills if needed), Mom (& her higher degree) quit teaching & chose to stay home to educate me & eventually my brother; they started a ministry when I was a year old-we all helped with the maintenance & function of said ministry.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. A few years back, I hit my all-time high by borrowing 126 books over the course of one year. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter.