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9 Inexpensive Activities To Keep Your Kids Entertained This Summer

Family Balance Sheet

School's out for the summer and now mom has to entertain two kids who get bored very easily. Here's Nine Ideas To Help Keep Our Monkeys Entertained This Summer: 1. Invite your friends over for an ice cream social or a banana split party. Check out your local library and book stores for their summer reading programs.

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8 Action Steps for a Frugal February!

Family Balance Sheet

I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. Supplement with stuff that’s on sale at the grocery store. Supplement with stuff that’s on sale at the grocery store. How are you doing with the financial goals you made for 2023? So I am declaring a Frugal February. My husband and I set one big financial goal for 2023.

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Frugal February

Family Balance Sheet

I’m a big fan of Zero Based Budgeting. If you need encouragement and guidance with your budget, join my private Facebook group: Family Budgeters Unite! Supplement with stuff that’s on sale at the grocery store. Supplement with stuff that’s on sale at the grocery store. 2 – Track your cashflow.

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Littlest Pet Shop: Paws For Applause

Nicoles Nickels

Blythe and her best friends from Mrs. Twombly’s Littlest Pet Shop are back for more off-the-wall pet adventures! delivers captivating entertainment the whole family can enjoy! Fans can order their copies of the collection now on Amazon ! Nicole’s take: I am such a big Littlest Pet Shop fan! EPISODES: 1.)

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Cooking to Financial Success

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When my family is at home, and we’re all tired, a warm meal on a cold day can revive us all. When my family is at home, and we’re all tired, a warm meal on a cold day can revive us all. My husband and I love cooking for our friends and have even been known to bring food over to other people’s houses.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

People opened their windows and used attic fans or sat in metal lawn chairs outside to cool off. Alone or with a friend. I was born in 1948 so my early childhood was spent in the 1950′s. I remember it as a simpler time, but a less convenient and more labor intensive era. If you are younger, imagine your life back then!

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Central PA Staycation Ideas

Family Balance Sheet

And now my husband, who is also from PA, and I have settled in central PA to raise our family. There are a variety of summer family-friendly activities in Central PA that are exciting, fun, and educational, but not expensive. There is a $40 family pass available for 2 adults and up to 3 students(immediate family members).