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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

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This includes Christmas savings, extra mortgage payment, clothing, hobbies, anything frivolous, and sadly, contributions to charities and our retirement will also be paused. Budget items we are temporarily stopping for now: EVERYTHING ELSE! There is nothing that we really need right now that we don’t have, thankfully!

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Frugal Fixes that Work

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After a number of years of ‘making do or doing without’ a person discovers ways of doing things that work – using minimal resources. Christmas tree skirt. Here are a few things I’ve come up with or utilized over my 67 years on the planet. Shower stalls. Spackle substitute. Dining chairs.

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