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Meet a Reader | Ginger from Texas

The Frugal Girl

My daughter lives in California and we talk regularly. I had two older siblings, but my sister passed away in a car accident in 2000 and my brother passed away from MS in 2020 so now I’m an only child. They work, at least they did the last time I used them. I’m a 53-year-old mother of 2 (grown) and grandmother of 4.

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Frugal Friday: 11/04/16

Family Balance Sheet

What We Ate this Week: Monday: We went out for dinner to celebrate my oldest daughter’s 11th birthday. They can be pricey, but I will hand down her outgrown LE coat to her younger sister. My older daughter got a new coat, hat, and gloves. Our mission: Live WELL, On LESS Money. I also purchased through EBATES , so.54

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How To Have A Custom Cake Made At Disney World

Saving Everyday

A few years ago it worked out that we would be at Disney during my daughter’s birthday. My daughter is like me and very hard to surprise, so I had to enlist the help of my sister to pull it off. Be sure you’re following my daughter’s Disney blog. Pin This To Pinterest.

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Odd$ and End$ - One Pesky Virus Can Ruin A Snow Day

Family Balance Sheet

daughter's school was still canceled. Cookies needed to be baked, house work needed to be done, bills that needed to be paid, blog posts needed to be written and snow balls needed to be formed. As for my oldest daughter, she had the best day EVER, because she got to watch way too much TV as mommy was attending to her little sister.

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Family Office Manager

Family Balance Sheet

While Susan did not work outside of the home, she treated her role as the family office manager as a job and helped her family achieve financial independence over the course of her marriage. Both spouses should agree on what is expected of the FOM and they should set aside time each week to work on tasks.

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Free Kindle & Nook Downloads 12/29/12

For the Mommas

The Human Body Detectives stories feature Merrin and Pearl, sisters who find they have the magical ability to enter different systems of the body to solve health mysteries. Through the girls’ action-packed adventures as Human Body Detectives, readers learn how the various systems work and which foods best fuel each system.

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Today I am 60!

Nicoles Nickels

When I’m with my daughter, people look at us and ask tentatively “Are you sisters?” Working in technology you tend to work with a lot of young (right out of college) people. They tend to be more comfortable working with someone who looks closer in age to them than not. Do I look sixty?