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Avoid These Financial Mistakes with Your Kids

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Agree on the values and expectations you want your children to have in the area of personal finance and consistently teach and enforce those between the two of you (and clue in any significant others in your family such as aunts, uncles, grandparents and etc). Derailing them with sudden windfalls. Money Tips'

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Four Things I Learned When I Became a Grandparent

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My Aunt and Uncle used to take each of their grandchildren on a trip when they reached the ripe old age of 8. Should you cater to a child’s picky eating habits, because the parent’s do at home? That first grandchild is so exciting. Your kid is having a kid! It connects you to the future. Get Healthy'

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Naomi’s Christmas: Restorative Aloneness And A Childhood Spent In Retail

For the Mommas

Having a few days at home completely on my own hasn’t happened in years, in part because Ron was reluctant to leave me — and I was reluctant to be on my own — as my mobility problems grew worse, but I’m doing well enough now that he was able to go with a clear mind. and generally learning the business.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

But, because we leave behind the accumulated stuff in our parent’s household, we really end up with less that we had at home. My Aunt and Uncle (now in their 90’s) held a ‘living estate sale’ about 20 years ago. Books, trendy clothes, dorm stuff, maybe a car, a computer and more are all on the hunt list.

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Bee Stung Butts, Freeze Dried Diapers and Other Hilarious Happenings of Poverty

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We had a coal stove at home, but my brother and my shared bedroom was just a few feet from the stove. Of course, later on I did get some really nice real dolls from my St Louis Aunts. One of their uncles played a joke on them and told them that they could ‘grow’ a pony. In the winter, it was fricken cold in there!

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Best Publix Coupon Deals 12/4/13 – 12/10/13

Saving Everyday

1/2 Green Giant Frozen Bagged Vegetable Steamers (Publix Best Meals at Home Coupon). Uncle Ben’s Converted Rice Product, 5 lb. 1/3 Uncle Ben’s Rice Products Coupon. $1/3 1/3 Uncle Ben’s Products Coupon. Aunt Jemima Cinnamon French Toast, 12.5- Concord Hollandaise Sauce 1.6 BOGO 99¢ (49¢ each).

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Month End Coupon Prints

For the Mommas

off one Ecce Panis Bake at Home Bread. off 2 UNCLE BEN’S ORIGINAL CONVERTED Rice. OFF Aunt Millie’s Deli Buns or Rolls. off any Cascadian Farm product. off 4 LARABAR or JOCALAT bars. off 2 Pillsbury or Grands! Sweet Rolls. off any Frank’s RedHot Sauce. off one ZonePerfect Multipack. off two Pure Protein Bars.

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