Prairie Eco-Thrifter
JULY 29, 2011
That job ended the day the old ’63 Buick Special broke down in mid-delivery, the baby was crying the whole time, it was freezing out and it was my birthday! What less than satisfactory part time jobs have you done to try to make a buck? Most garage sales don’t have many antiques – or even collectibles.
Savings Corner
DECEMBER 27, 2023
If you love every little detail of coordinating your kid’s birthday or your dad’s retirement party, start offering your Type-A services to partiers in your community or within your personal network. You’ll need access to a commercial kitchen, a part-time staff of servers and a couple of assistant cooks to start.
Prairie Eco-Thrifter
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012
We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. When our first baby came we used cloth diapers (so we didn’t have to pay for the disposable ones) and had to freeze dry them in the garage in the winter. That took forever!
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