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How We Frugal-ed in June 2023

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When my husband hung a smart TV in the sunroom back in April, we started spending more time in the room–even our teenage daughters started hanging out with us. We are in what I call our “shovel season of life” Our oldest daughter leaves for college in the fall of 2024 and we have a big savings goal to hit before then.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

I’ve been an architect, day-care teacher to toddlers, and library clerk, but am currently a SAHM to a 14yo son and 9yo daughter. We share our home with a 70lb rescued mutt. Visiting family in Florida, we enjoy no-cost activities like visiting their beautiful beaches! Enjoying some outdoor time. What’s your best frugal win?

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We’re Going Back To Disney World!!

Saving Everyday

Our daughter was accepted into the Disney College Program and will be checking in the first week of September. So here is the itinerary: August 27th – My daughter and I head to my sister’s house in Florida and arrive the 28th. September 1st – My hubby comes home yay!!! He is flying right into Florida to meet us.

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Find Out How Ruth and Her Husband Paid off Their Mortgage

Family Balance Sheet

We have two daughters—Maggie, age 8, and Annie, age 5. We live in Florida. My husband was formerly an aerospace engineer but is now a stay-at-home-dad, and I run a blog called LivingWellSpendingLess.com. It’s easy to get visitors when you live in Florida! Staying home was probably the biggest one.

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Don’t Dig a Money Pit in Your Garden

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Don’t take as gospel advice given to someone who lives in Oregon when you live in Florida. While you don’t need every gardening gadget found at your local home and garden center, you should invest in good tools. Most home gardeners do not need to use chemical fertilizers on their vegetable gardens. Compost Yard And Garden Waste.

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Free Kindle Books: Poppy the Proud, The Time Travel Trailer And More

For the Mommas

But after each remodel, sleeping in the trailer lands Lynne and her daughter Dinah in a previous decade—exciting, yet frightening. Glimpses of their home town and ancestors fifty or sixty years earlier is exciting and also offers some clues to the mystery of Ben’s lost love. Download: The Time Travel Trailer by Karen Musser Nortman.

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Thank You Shopping! How I Got $363 For FREE!

Saving Everyday

Written by my daughter, Brittany Madden. And I tried to think carefully about my purchases: I got gas gift cards to pay for my drive down to Florida and then researched nearby stores I knew I would shop at. For ways to make money online, read my momma’s guide Make Extra Money At Home: My Tips & Recommendations.