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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

A layoff or a drop of business happened in the past, but a global economic shut down from a deadly virus? This includes Christmas savings, extra mortgage payment, clothing, hobbies, anything frivolous, and sadly, contributions to charities and our retirement will also be paused. Folks did we just enter the twilight zone?!

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

It has just never been economically justifiable. Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. Extra clothes & shoes. In my 67 years, I can never remember a time when I needed to be as self-sufficient as my grandparents or great-grandparents. Sewing kit.

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