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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

How I’m managing our family budget during the Pandemic: We pay ourselves at the beginning of each month, so when this crisis started in mid-March, we were covered for the month. Folks did we just enter the twilight zone?! As soon as life and our business go back to normal, these things will resume, especially the last two items.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. I was without power for a week one cold Midwest March. Then I started counting up the costs (seed, fertilizer, bug repellent, canning goods, freezer costs and time costs). But, what if there is a disaster.

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