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Things You Can Do To NOT Make Money

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Good financial planning calls for not only saving money, but also building multiple streams of income for yourself. The grown birds also provided entertainment and exercise the day a neighborhood dog broke into the enclosure and the birds scattered all over the neighborhood. Have you ever done backyard farming to raise money?

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Kindergarten to College – Back to School Money Tips

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Who wants to think about Back to School when we are mired in the dog days of summer? Here are a few money tips to help you plan your back to school activities and maybe reduce that $600 per child amount. I love to shop garage sales. It’s fun for me and it saves my children shopping time and money.

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Teaching Children to Sell Helps Them Excel

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

If your child can see sales techniques he has learned and practiced – being used on himself, he can be more adequately prepared to resist those techniques. Those that have the money invest. Do You Know a Millionaire Garage Sale-er? lot of us frequent garage sales. One of the biggest.

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Don’t be a Buy-It-New Snob

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

After 10 years of not having enough money to buy new things, I found my dream job and started getting high pay. I used an old seat cushion I had and wrapped it with brand new material from another garage sale to pretty it up and make it softer, then stacked new throw pillows I found at yet another sale for $.50

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Adjusting to New Spaces

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I finally got around to unpacking my box and putting my pictures of my boyfriend and the dogs and my certificates and things, and when I did, I felt much more “at home” This made my desk feel much more lived in, and was good for my productivity because I didn’t feel like I was in a strange place anymore.

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Stuff – Full Circle

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

All my life, others have tried to make me feel guilty about stuff – guilty about not having enough stuff, guilty about not having the right stuff, guilty about having too much stuff, guilty about spending too much money on stuff or not spending enough on stuff, and guilty about throwing stuff away. Humans need stuff.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law. C with Finn, my parents’ dog Our daughter is 12, and very into the arts and science. How did you get interested in saving money?