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Financial Success: It’s Not Always About Your Income

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It’s not about a higher income; it’s about what you do with your money. We knew we wanted to save for retirement, and that we wanted to keep giving to charity. Living there would be a different animal altogether and it would take a much higher income to make do. Should You Buy a House Now? Money Tips'

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6 Upcycling Projects Kids Can Help With

Couponing 101

Right now, making do with what we have seems more important than ever. However, you don’t have to give up your crafting or run to the store to get brand new materials. It’s also important to supervise your children to make sure they have the help they need and don’t sustain any crafting-related injuries.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

You have to plant it, feed it, water it and care for it to make it grow big enough to notice. You have to give it space and time (lots of time) to grow into a huge money producer. You can do this. He never earned more than $46,000 per year, but he turned that into several million dollars, most of which he’s giving away.

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

We didn’t have enough cash saved to buy a car without a loan and that wasn’t sitting well with me. In early March before the crazy began, we decided to order the tires and stick with the van for another year or two and save up more funds to buy our next vehicle. year old Honda Odyssey with a new to us vehicle.

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Save Money – Make Shoes Last

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Sometimes this can be done with shoe polish, but you may need to buy some leather dye. Women’s high heel shoes tend to lose the heel pretty quickly, there are kits you can buy to replace them yourself. Give it time to breathe and loose the odors our feet naturally exude. Try a dab of Vaseline on patent leather shoes.

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"Potential Accomplishments" and The Natural Magic of List-Making: Creating a Master~List

Frugal Luxuries

need to descale the glass shower doors in master bath using a citric acid solution Continue going through and organizing all my old F rugal Times: Making-Do With Dignity and Frugal Luxuries newsletters along with my collection of vintage ephemera. well as a thorough vacuuming via the wet-dry vac.then spot clean ing.of the carpet.

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Our 2018 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

I want to challenge myself to rethink our purchases by taking advantage of more cost effective solutions, like borrowing, buying second hand, or just making do with what we already have. What We Won’t Give Up: My motto has always been “living well on less” and now it will be “living well on (even) less”.