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Book Nook: But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help you Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More

Motherhood Moments

I completely lost myself in being ‘Mommy’ and ‘Wife,’” Oden writes in the introduction to her new book, But Definitely Wear Mascara: Hacks to Help You Love Your Mom Life (and Yourself) a Little More. The title, But Definitely Wear Mascara , is a metaphor. Being a mom is hard. Being a mom is hard.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

We spend most of our time seeing friends and family, participating in our church activities or working on our property. I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time! I ‘ve been reading The Frugal Girl for 4+ years now, definitely pre-pandemic but I’m not sure how much before.

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Increase Your Income | 31 Days to Find $1000

Family Balance Sheet

Find a Part-Time Job. Years ago, a neighbor started delivering newspapers to increase their family’s income. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. Find a Seasonal Part-Time Retail Job. This is a great time to pick up a part-time job. 6 Ways to Increase Income. Can you tutor?

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. It sounds dreadful, but it is possible to reduce your grocery bill without making everyone in your family miserable. 6 – Eat dinner at home.

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Find out how Jessica & Her Husband Paid off $175,000 of Debt

Family Balance Sheet

Tell us about you and your family. Along our part-time business my husband is a senior web designer for Ramsey Solutions aka Dave Ramsey. We live a pretty busy lives and when given free weekends at home we love spending time at home on our little farm. Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt?

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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

The cats In my free time, I (probably obviously, considering my career) love to read, and I’m in a local book club. I also love to visit family (all our family is between 2 and 4 hours away) and friends, bake, and play board games. Our dog I don’t plan to fully retire, either. I haven’t decided yet.

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A mid-year update.

Finally Frugal

The good news is that I am on schedule to make more from my assorted part time jobs than I do at the full time job (now do you understand why I've not had the time or energy to update my blog more frequently?) I'll definitely update at the next milestone, whatever that is (hopefully soon at $29,000 student loan balance).

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