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A Goal Without a Plan is Just a Wish

Family Balance Sheet

When my own parents were the age that I am now, I was graduating from college. When my parents were my age, they were empty-nesters and converted my bedroom into a sewing room for my mother. My husband and I had children later in life. My children, however, are 9 & 7 and have just finished the third & first grades.

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A Green and Frugal Funeral

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Conrad Richter , in the book, The Trees, describes the burial of Sayward’s pioneer mother. Sayward was just a teen, but she took charge of preparing her mother’s body for burial – instructing her sisters to help her wash her mom’s body, clean the clothing to bury her in and sew a pillow to put under her head.

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The Ultimate Homemaking eBook Bundle Sale

Family Balance Sheet

parenting and mothering. That is a great deal and the bundle would also make a great gift for a new wife or mother. Cash Flow Your College: Knowledge in Your Head Without Being in the Red by Kayla Grey. Sewing School 101 by Nicole Bennett. The topics include: cooking. home-managment. budgeting and frugal living.

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Meet a Reader | AF in Virginia

The Frugal Girl

My mother was loving and worked so hard to provide for us, but it was frequently a struggle to get food, keep heat on, and other necessities. As an adult, I can see it was likely a mixture of not enough income, high cost of living area, mismanagement of money, and kids just being expensive for single mothers particularly.

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