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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4. I had two older siblings, but my sister passed away in a car accident in 2000 and my brother passed away from MS in 2020 so now I’m an only child. That’s easy, my mom and growing up in the PNW. Here’s Ginger! Tell us a bit about yourself.

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It’s Time to Plan Your Frugal Spring Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Burpee’s, Henry Fields, Stark Brothers, K Van Bourgondien & Sons, Van Enselen inc, John Scheepers Inc, Gurney’s, Henry Field’s, and Jung Seeds & Plants have all arrived in our mailbox (we are on a lot of lists!). How to Grow Your Own Organic Vegetables. Find a frugal source for the plants you want.

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Vanity Report: International Beauty Favorites

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

Growing up in a Mexican family granted me a very unique perspective on beauty – I get confused stares when I pull my spoon out of my makeup bag. I didn’t take a dip in the Blue Lagoon but my brother did – and sent this mask made from silica mud from the lagoon itself. Blue Lagoon Silica Mud Mask – Iceland.

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Sunday Reads: Free Kindle Books

For the Mommas

The last five years of Layla’s life were spent appeasing her lessthan-loving grandmother, followed by being her grandfather’s caretaker. Growing old before her time, Layla lost her identity. Her fiancé vanishes, leaving the battered and bloodied body of his brother in their London apartment.

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Exploring Veteran’s Benefits

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Knowing about and utilizing this pension would have made my Mother-in-law’s life somewhat easier while she was growing up in that deceased Veteran’s household. One of my great-uncles on my Mother’s side of the family bought enough plots years ago for all of my Grandmother’s side of the family.

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Music Minute: JD Shelburne - Away in a Manger

Motherhood Moments

Growing up in my hometown Baptist Church, Christmas music developed a strong passion in me during my early childhood years. Shelburne chose to release this as his first single for the holidays as a symbolic memory of growing up in Taylorsville, Kentucky on his family farm, where the house was filled with love.

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