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Seven Cheap Hobbies That You and Your Family Can Enjoy

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Bird Watching Bird watching is an entertaining, educational, and inexpensive hobby that you can enjoy either by yourself or with a group. If you keep your drinks to a minimum (or if you stick to cheap beer), this is also a fairly inexpensive hobby. Add drinks, snacks, and music, and it will soon become one of your favorite activities.

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Meet a Reader | Mid-Atlantic Julia

The Frugal Girl

We bought a cheap old trampoline and enclosed the bottom with chicken wire as their run It has been a learning curve to take care of this much land, as well as the chickens and cows we’ve since added. baking, library storytimes, and being involved in our church’s Bible study, meals for the sick, and other various ministries.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, and parks. Many local towns, libraries, malls, and fire halls host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Summer Reading Program at the Library – Check your local library for their summer reading programs. Visit an orchard.

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Meet a Reader | Jennifer from Arkansas

The Frugal Girl

My Dad was a blue-collar factory worker with an incredible work ethic (3 jobs at a time to pay bills if needed), Mom (& her higher degree) quit teaching & chose to stay home to educate me & eventually my brother; they started a ministry when I was a year old-we all helped with the maintenance & function of said ministry.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Box are some of my favorite authors) and I use the library to borrow both regular books and electronic resources. We, as a country, owe our young people a more comprehensive education. He’s a cheap date – but then, so am I. The banking experience helped, and I educated myself on investing as a young adult.

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Summer Fun Guide 2019

Family Balance Sheet

Check your local community calendar, library, parks & recreation department, church, parks. Local towns, libraries, malls and fire halls also host carnivals and festivals as fundraisers. Summer Reading Program at the Library – Check your local library for their summer reading programs. Visit an orchard.

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How Reading Biographies Can Change Your Life

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

An educational, legal and moral way of doing so is to read the autobiography or biography of others. Women have long been considered second class citizens, not fit to be educated, employed, conduct their own business or vote. In your public library. I like to read biographies of successful women. Where to find biographies.

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