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Financial Success: It’s Not Always About Your Income

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My husband enjoys collecting items. Living there would be a different animal altogether and it would take a much higher income to make do. Our son was growing, and we knew we wanted to provide him with extracurricular activities that made sense for him — music and sports and scouting. Of course, we like to have fun, too.

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Yes Virginia, There is a Money Tree

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We don’t panic because we know we can make do with out the investment money. A tended tree will do better than an ignored one. Our investments have gone up and down over time with the market. We have enough to live on from other sources and an emergency fund. Put the dividends and capital gains to work buying more shares.

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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

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