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Spring Clean.Your Home Office

Family Balance Sheet

Either pay bills immediately or put them in a To-Be-Paid file. If you are getting too many credit card offers, look inside and you should find a phone number to have your name removed from their data base. I don't get any credit card offers anymore. Deal with mail immediately. Shred any trash with your name or address on it.

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How Long Should You Keep Financial Documents

Family Balance Sheet

Bills - Utility bills can be tossed the following month when you receive your next statement and it shows that the bill was paid, unless you need the bill for tax deduction purposes, then refer to Taxes below. Permanent home improvement bills should also be kept while you still own your home.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

People opened their windows and used attic fans or sat in metal lawn chairs outside to cool off. There were no online saving or bill paying services. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. Food/shopping.

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