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How We’re Saving Money On Water Even Though We Live in the Desert

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My family and I just recently moved to Tucson, Arizona. In fact, Tucson averages just 11.3 Tucson gets most of its rain during the monsoon season that runs from July to September. I must admit that I find it fascinating that so many people can live in a place where rainfall is decidedly NOT plentiful. inches of rain a year.

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How to Learn About Gardening in a New Locale

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This summer we moved to Tucson, Arizona, and I learned that growing a garden in the desert is nothing like growing a garden in the Midwest. I found a Facebook group for gardening in Tucson. I thought I’d plant squash in my fall garden until the group let me know what grows when in Tucson. Local gardening classes.

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What Features Are Most Important When Buying (and Selling) a House?

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We live in Tucson, a city that is popular with both families and snow birds (retirees who come to live here for the winter months or half the year). Since Tucson is so hot, we contemplated buying a house with a pool. Layout Is Important. We wanted a one story house because my mom will be visiting and has trouble with her knees.

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How to Learn Frugal Tricks in a New Town

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Recently we just relocated to Tucson, Arizona, and we’re finding that in some ways we need to start all over learning to be frugal in a new town. We learned what grocery stores to shop at to get the best deals. We learned how to stretch our money in Chicago, and we were fairly good at it.

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Collectible Financial Paper

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According to her: “Pierre Bonneau, CEO of Tucson, Ariz.-based Laura Bruce, on BankRate, has written an excellent article Cashing in on collectible stock and bond certificates which not only gives you resources to find out if your stock certificate is still valid, but also helps you figure out the collectible value.