The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 9, 2024

Today we’re meeting an Oregonian who does an impressive amount of homesteading. Tell us a little about yourself! My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. I think that I heard about Kristen’s blog through Katy, the Non-Consumer Advocate.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012

According to the Department of Energy, the biggest draw on your home energy use comes from heating your home - Almost 45% of the overall cost! Even better, there is a way to extract that heat from the warm earth and use it to heat your home. They degrade over time and they don’t save you that much money.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you’re trying to find the small business idea that’s right for you, ask yourself the following questions: Where is there a need in the market, and how can your skills satisfy that need? Your less math-friendly entrepreneurs could use your help in keeping their personal and business finances in order.

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Savings Corner

DECEMBER 25, 2023

Use our Social Security calculator to estimate your future Social Security benefits. We are using 95 as our default life expectancy, which is a conservative estimate that assumes a longer life span. Using your income and savings contributions, we calculate how much more you’ll save between now and your projected retirement date.

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Calculators Taxes Money Free 52

The Frugal Girl

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Tell us a little bit about yourself. I’ve been teaching part time for over 25 years. I like to bake and read, and I spend time chauffeuring kids to activities and games. I volunteer at my kids’ school at lunch time and other events. Highly rated, easy to use, and it sits gathering dust.

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Kids and Family Money Home and Garden Frugal 192

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

For so long, we plodded along with next to nothing while our neighbors were running up their charge cards and using home equity loans to take vacations. We shopped at garage sales, turned down the heat, combined errands to use less gas, didn’t buy a lot of prepared food, cooked at home and the like. Peggy: Oh yes!

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