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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

A layoff or a drop of business happened in the past, but a global economic shut down from a deadly virus? I’ve shared before that April is the most expensive month of the year for us because our homeowners/auto insurance and property taxes are all due, along with any federal or state taxes that we might owe.

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Is Self-Sufficiency Possible in the 21st Century?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Grandma’s fried squirrel was a favorite breakfast food of my Dad. It has just never been economically justifiable. Americans pride themselves on their ‘Yankee ingenuity’ – making do or doing without. People living in cities won’t have much land to use to produce food.

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