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Meet a Reader | Midwest Andrea

The Frugal Girl

He wants to retire early so he can do more woodworking, electronic fixing, and maybe work at a winery or brewery part-time. So, I lost $2k on the sale and ended up with a more expensive car in the long run. Our dog I don’t plan to fully retire, either. I haven’t decided yet. (The What’s one thing you splurge on?

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our daughter is 24 and was adopted from Eastern Europe when she was one week short of a year old. I still remember saving my change as a kid so I could “shop” for books at yard sales.) Our mom stayed home to raise us kids; she went to work part-time in the local school system after both my brother and I were in school.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

Family Balance Sheet

Drew works full time for Department of Defense. Farrah works part time for Department of Defense. FINAL: We travel all the time for fun and work (budgeted of course) but next year we will cut it loose and do something insane like Europe. We are from Cincinnati, OH. We have a family of 4. Contentment.

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