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Your Best Summer Staycation

Shereen Travels Cheap

See a free concert Summertime is the best time to get outside and oftentimes the sunny weather comes with outdoor concerts and other entertainment. My goal right now is to go to our Japanese American Museum, but I also haven't been to the Portland Art Museum in a long time, so I hope to get to both of those at some point.

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My New 30 Travel Things

Shereen Travels Cheap

Interactive museums - I love a normal museum, but I think the creativity of museums that are interactive and more than just looking at art on a wall or things in a case are next level. I've been doing more lately, but some of my favorites have been Hopscotch Portland , Arte Museum and Omega Mart in Las Vegas.

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Start Planning and Budgeting for Summer TODAY!

Family Balance Sheet

Include everything from weekend trips to longer vacations, yard/garden projects, home renovations, kids’ camps, gear and clothing, and any other summer expense you might have. Local fairs & festivals – Look for local fairs and festivals for low-cost games, food, and activities. Summer Food: Our diet changes over the summer.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. My garden. Purple raspberries from my garden. I am lucky enough to live in an area with groups that will redistribute home gardener’s extra produce to soup kitchens and food insecure families. helping out 7.

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Free or Inexpensive Holiday Activities

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Each one typically has a ceremony to light up the tree, complete with entertainment and much holiday spirit. On a bigger scale, The Country Club Plaza in Kansas City Mo lights up 15 city blocks with thousands of lights – which are switched on with due pomp, ceremony and entertainment on Thanksgiving evening. Local garden events.

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Frugal Fun

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The weather is finally getting warmer and from now until October, there will be so many free entertainment options that we’ll have to pass most of them up. Free/discount museum day (If you are a BofA customer, check out their free museum pass program.) We usually buy food though so it’s not that free.

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Summer Staycation Ideas for Harrisburg, PA

Family Balance Sheet

Peter’s Basilica in Rome” Not far from the Capitol is the State Museum of Pennsylvania. The National Civil War Museum , as stated on the website, is “the only museum in The United States that portrays the entire story of the American Civil War. The museum is housed in an 1899 Victoria fire house.