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Friday Links – Back In The Country Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

KK at Student Debt Survivor wrote about how her grandfather is truly the “grandfather” of frugal and shares her Financial Lessons Learned From My 80-Year-Old Grandfather. If you are new to PET or haven’t gotten a chance to read all the articles in the past, here are few archives you might enjoy. PET Archives.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In Huffington Post article Boomers Give New Meaning To Spoiling The Grandkids author Linda Stern reported: “Roughly 36 percent of the grandparents surveyed by AARP said “spoiling (grand)children by buying them too much” was a part of a grandparent’s financial role.”. Boomers are becoming grandparents by the second.

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Taking Care of Your Parents and In-Laws

Nicoles Nickels

His father’s parents have lived with my in laws for over 20 years (his grandfather died a few years ago and so now just Grandma lives there). It’s hard to think about getting old and the future but the reality is that, as I read in this New York Times article , most long term care claims are being filed by women.

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Giveaway: Sportline Speed & Distance Heart Rate Monitor

Saving Cents With Sense

Whether your husband is training for a marathon, your father has begun a light exercise regiment, or your grandfather is concerned about his health, Sportline has a heart rate monitor for all ages and stages of health. If you are not reading this article in your feed reader, then the site is guilty of copyright infringement.

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Meet Myrical – Take the Dove Self Esteem Quiz & Save $3 at Giant

For the Mommas

She recently lost her Grandfather, the man who raised her, to cancer. She did survive and earned her name of Myrical; However, the surgery caused her nose to be uneven—one side bigger than the other. That was not the only thing that Myrical endured. She was suddenly thrust into a new home situation just before school started.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

This would also go under “what single action has saved the most money over your life” During my “study” of The Tightwad Gazette I saw a short article about giving home haircuts. I mentioned it to my fiance and he asked me to please cut his hair for him, using the article as a guide! Not at all.

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P.E.P. for the Week of March 7-11/11- Spending Time With Family Update Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last week I told you that my hubby and I were headed to BC to visit my grandfather whom I hadn’t seen in 8 years. This article stood in my mind because I recently got in my car to drive it and realized how dirty it is. Well this week I wanted to give you an update on how the trip went. It went FABULOUS!! We had such a good time.