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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

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. He is so talented at DIY. He got his roofing urges out when he build our garage last year though!)

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Interview with a Self-Made Millionaire

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

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. When we bought our first home , we knew we would eventually try to move up to a better neighborhood so we only did DIY inexpensive or absolute necessity projects to the house.

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