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20 Fun & Budget-Friendly Summer Activities

Family Balance Sheet

It was awesome and we plan to take our kids this summer now that our youngest daughter is riding a bike. Do you like to picnic, hike, swim, camp, bike, bird watch, canoe, fish, and spend your free time exploring the great outdoors? My daughters have a lemonade stand every summer during our neighborhood’s yard sale.

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Fashion changes and new or nearly new clothing gets sold at sales or donated to charity. I had purchased a much smaller (less sturdy) one at Walmart for $20 – my daughter-in-law inherited that one. Outdoor bench (I refurbished it) $5. I swore I’d never buy used junk again… but now I’ve changed my mind.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

My daughter-in-law knew the power of negotiation. Most of what he did was to hose down the outdoor filter – and write us a bill for upwards of $100. Sometimes the most financially rewarding scenario is to donate it to a tax deductible charity! To get the best buy on new furniture to fill your house, you have to negotiate.

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Season Of Sharing Holiday Gift Guide and Giveaway – Day 4 – Gifts for Everyone, Including the Dog!

Nicoles Nickels

The WISP’s innovative, electrostatic polymer bristles are amazingly effective at capturing dirt, pet fur, lint and other debris to clean floors, carpets, upholstery and outdoor surfaces like no other tool on the market. MilestonePod is the perfect stocking stuffer for the outdoor lover or fitness junkie in your life! Only at PetSmart.

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