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Build Memories and Spend Less on Your Grandchildren this Summer

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Spend less, and pry the kids away from those screens by doing some of these activities to build face time with yours. Build a campfire and tell stories, roast marshmallows and more. Hold a garage sale together. Build a bean bag toss game and award prizes to those who hit the hole. Hold a grandparent camp. Pick a duck.

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Your Worst Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to ShrinkThatFootPrint web site, the average size of a newly built home in Canada in 2009 was one thousand nine hundred and forty eight square feet, and in the US it was two thousand one hundred sixty four square feet. No basement, no garage, no bathroom. We bought some property that had 3 old farm buildings on it.

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