Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

From insulating your home, replacing windows, even completely upgrading your heating system to something more efficient, the options are endless… Including A Free Option Heating may take up about 45% of your utility bill, but luckily, there is more than enough heat to supply your home, sitting right beneath your feet.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 15, 2011

Now without further adieu, I present you with the dozens of great reads written by Yakezie members and challengers alike this past week in our efforts to bring you timely insight on personal finance and lifestyle today. Tax Rebate Blog: How Much Can you Earn Before Paying Tax in 2011 Tax allowances and brackets change each year.

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 24, 2012

For our small business, I file large receipts, bills, and statements in a large 4.5 This is a personal blog about my thoughts, experiences and ideas on personal finance and home mangagement. I am not a financial professional, just a wife and mom who happens to enjoy topics on personal finance and home management.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 1, 2015

I started my blog Debt Discipline to help keep us accountable while paying off our debt. After trying to extend credit to finance the vacation and we were denied (best thing to ever happen to us) we realized we made too much money to be living like this and something had to change. The bill was paid for in cash!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 7, 2011

As usual there were a ton of great reads floating around the blogosphere written by my pals in the Yakezie network as well as some other personal finance bloggers. JD Roth over at Get Rich Slowly tells us how we can take control of our finances in 2011. Here is a picture of one of the fascinating structures we will be exploring.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 10, 2011

Things went well for a while; I was paying my bills and traveling. Sustainable Personal Finance tells us to stop smoking. I liked how we can no longer blame our personalities as to why we invest the way we do. Canadian Finance Blog outlines for us what we need to think about when it comes to retirement.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 18, 2011

101 Centavos blogs about practical freedom, an unequal mix of personal finance, gardening, investing, career advice, cooking and yard sales. goes the refrain “What’s the point of buying milk for cereal if it sits in the fridge making curds???!!” “Why don’t we just TEAR those dollar bills up, and save us the trouble!”…

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 14, 2011

Cookies needed to be baked, house work needed to be done, bills that needed to be paid, blog posts needed to be written and snow balls needed to be formed. Personal Finance around the web: Festival of Frugality at Cash Money Life. How to Take Control of Your Finances in 2011 at Get Rich Slowly. Lots of great posts.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 27, 2011

It goes without saying that taking the most direct route to work is most cost-effective, fuel-wise… but planning your commute to enable timely stops to the market or to pay bills on your way to or from work can save money as well. Set goals and agree to criteria which the plan can be measured against to prove success. Share your tips here!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 20, 2011

Guest Post Author Bio: David Bakke enjoys living frugally in Atlanta and frequently shares his best financial tips and experiences on Money Crashers , an online resource ranked as one of the top personal finance blogs online. Eventually, I staged an all-out assault on every area of spending in my budget.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

Justin presents Know the Common Mistakes with Your Personal Finances posted at Budget Snob , saying, “Many people make the same financial mistakes. Corey presents Benefits of an Adjustable Rate Mortgage posted at Steadfast Finances , saying, “Have you ever considered an adjustable rate mortgage?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 30, 2011

Personal Finance. I to have experienced “the vet bill&# in the past but to me my furry friends are still worth it. If you would like to submit your blog article to the next edition of The Link Love Carnival, please use the carnival submission form. Kyle tells us how to avoid payday loan scams.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Guest Post Author Bio: Corey is the author and creator of 20′s Finances. His personal finance blog offers great ways to save money as well as tips to plan for the future. Bill McKibben, one of the foremost environmental activists, suggests that it is too late.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 28, 2011

We personally use Quicken and we find it works great for reviewing our finances. Live Real, Now tells us how we can save money on anything from bills to insurance. Sustainable Personal Finance tells us how they make healthy lunches from home and save. It is amazing the trends you can see if you keep good records.

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Family Balance Sheet

AUGUST 11, 2016

I’m busy raising my daughters with my 50-something husband, managing our small business, and writing my blog. A few of my favorite personal finance books: The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness , by Dave Ramsey. I really am enjoying this decade though. And Read some more. Where We Stand.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 8, 2011

I am talking about spring cleaning your finances and finding more ways you can save money. Today along with the great tips from my fellow personal finance bloggers, I am going to share with you six ways you can clean up your finances this season. Set up automatic bill payment so that you’re never late on payments again.

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Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 19, 2016

She writes at her personal finance website, And Then We Saved. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? How often do you and your spouse discuss your finances/budget/spending? After that I wrote on my blog about how shocked and happy I was that the Spending Fast actually worked.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

They seem to be everywhere on Facebook, blogs, radio shows, and websites. I interviewed several personal finance bloggers that have conquered their past financial goals and continue to challenge themselves going forward. Wonder what sets you apart from the people that seem to crush their financial goals? ” Pay off Debt.

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The Frugal Girl

MARCH 4, 2024

I enjoy blogging and biking, and I usually cycle between 15 and 20 miles a day indoors when I’m not getting out to hit a bike trail. I learned from the best, but I believe that a personal finance course should be a requirement for both high school and college graduation. Yup, I’m a voracious reader. Go figure. Made me proud!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

After that, while you all primed and interested in personal finance, continue and read the awesome articles that were written across the web this week regarding personal finance and enhancing your lifestyle. Some of the most oft repeated tips are how to reduce your energy bill. Take a moment to watch them.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 10, 2011

Personal Finance. If you have good income and considerable assets but cannot pay your bills, a chapter 13 bankruptcy is better than a chapter 7 bankruptcy on your credit rating. If you would like to submit your blog article to the next edition of The Link Love Carnival, please use the carnival submission form.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 14, 2012

No Biggie, As Long as You’ve Got Your Phone posted at Wallet Blog , saying, “Like the idea of using your smartphone for everything, but would rather use cash than make contactless payments and lose track of your budget? Well, not to worry. Thanks to NCR, using your smartphone to make withdrawals at an ATM is on the horizon.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 7, 2013

Simon from Sustainable Personal Finance , my dear friend, will be managing the site while I am gone so nothing will change for my readers. Don’t miss Canadian Budget Binder’s on reducing the grocery bill from $1,100 to $600 for some great tips. Do you ever suffer from debt envy? Still need to file your taxes?

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 4, 2015

Besides writing on my personal finance blog, A Debt Free Stress Free Life, I’m an adjunct professor at a local college and own a residential and commercial cleaning business. During this time I literally worked and paid bills. I worked like a dog and paid bills. Put bills in one place. That was it.

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Family Balance Sheet

JUNE 2, 2016

It was getting to the point that as soon as I got paid, covered my monthly bills and made the required debt repayments my bank account was back to zero again. It really was no way to live; constantly worrying about a surprise bill dropping through the door and how I could handle even the slightest financial emergency.

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