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Book Nook: Story Pirates Book Club

Motherhood Moments

Lemoncello’s Very First Game by Chris Grabenstein Livestreams on January 14 & 21 FEBRUARY: Adventure Book Club Futureland: Battle for the Park by H.

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Meet a Reader | Megan from California

The Frugal Girl

We bought our house in March 2009, during some of the worst of the recession and the housing bubble bursting. This is largely a case of being in the right place at the right time, but my husband and I really lucked out when we were ready to buy a house.

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Stay the Course Financially

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When the Great Recession began in 2008/2009, my boss at the time (a Vice President of the company) and her spouse consulted their financial adviser to see what they should do. They asked him what would likely cause us to come out of recession. billion in March. billion in March – according to that same report.

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Should You Invest In A Rising Market?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Ever since we stumbled past the Fiscal Cliff and the budget crisis, the stock market has been rising like a hot air balloon in an updraft (at least as of the time this post was written at the end of March 2013). We individual investors have all become market skittish since the recent huge recession and economic downturn.

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Frugal decisions.

Finally Frugal

During the Great Recession, many of us have felt overworked and underfunded and as a result we've replaced vacations with 'staycations'. I do know it might take a couple of months for human resources departments to get all the details down so we may not see it until February or March.

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My 2011 Goals Part 1

Saving SAHM Sanity

So after I stopped working in March, I gained over 20lbs! So many places in my community have been hit hard with the recession and depend mainly on volunteers to stay open. A year ago when I had a part-time night job I ran around all day taking care of kids, my home, and work. Now my kids are both in school, and I don't work.

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