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How To Organize A Project

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This is a mapping tool, and it is really helpful in envisioning where you are going with the project. This is just a tool to help you envision the project. Organizing Your Computer A while ago, in class, us students were sitting there waiting for the instructor to boot up his computer.

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Should You Learn To Sew?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If you can’t save money, need extra tools and have to learn how, why would anyone learn to sew? If you sell sewing machines, you want to be able to demonstrate how they work to your potential customer and probably offer some classes on how to sew to gain added revenue. Why learn to sew? As a hobby. You won’t save money.

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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At garage sales, are you attracted to those still usable but slightly defective items that no one else wants? Those classes taught usable skills. Do you keep things until no one else wants them? Do you enjoy making old things new again? If so, you are in the minority.

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Things I’ve Learned During 30 + Years of Home Ownership

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

As a child and teen, I painted (inside and out), mowed and trimmed, punched holes in concrete to install decorate iron railings, worked with hand and power tools and helped my parents do everything from putting up a garage to putting up storm windows. Yet, over the years, I kept discovering new things about home ownership.

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Yakezie Carnival – Credit Cards Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Read my social class dilemma! Frugal Confessions : A Great Site to Sign up for Email Offers – Learn about this great tool to hone your frugal skills like I do! – I try not to judge a book by i’s cover because usually the cover very seldom reveals what is written inside of the book.