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My One Goal for 2022

Family Balance Sheet

But I’m about to be swallowed up by my family’s stuff–21+ years of marriage worth of stuff. These stones were leftover from a fireplace project in our living room and have been sitting in our garage for YEARS. The post My One Goal for 2022 appeared first on Family Balance Sheet. Everyone is decluttering!

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Cost Effective and Efficient Ways to Reduce Health Risks Around Your Home

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Another way to ensure this could be to get used to leaving shoes in the garage or taking them off before entering the home so that they don’t track in any pesticides. Most paints are high in volatile organic compounds (VOC’s) which are emitted as gases and present some risk of respiratory problems like asthma.

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How Little Could You Spend on Your Child in a Year?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I had three baby showers when I was pregnant for my son–one from each side of the family and one from my co-workers. Many of the other items I needed like cloth diapers and clothes for the baby in bigger sizes I bought from garage sales. Why do so many people have such strong feelings about how one family raises their children?

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Explore Harrisburg PA This Summer

Family Balance Sheet

The State Museum offers "four floors of exhibits that represent Pennsylvania''s story, from Earth''s beginning to the present", a Planetarium and the ''hands on'' play area, Curiosity Connection, for children 5 and under. Equally balanced presentations are humanistic in nature without bias to Union or Confederate Causes." 75 - $2.25.

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Super Saver Holiday Ideas

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Plan ahead and hit garage sales, but especially estate sales. For family dinners, have everyone bring a dish, or better yet, do a traveling dinner. Our extended family get togethers always involve folks bringing their own favorite alcohol as well as a specific dish for the meal. These make nice gifts too. It was a great show.

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Life Tips from Dad

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

He reached out and grabbed the life he wanted, instead of accepting a generations long family farming tradition. Even when I was a young adult with a family of my own, my Dad continued to share knowledge with me. He taught himself how to build and built his own garage. Keep learning. Share what you know.

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

riding lawn mowers, garage door openers and many, many more things we take for granted today. Ours was smaller (about 700 square feet) – 2 bedrooms (my brother and I shared one and my parents the other), a kitchen and a living room, No basement or garage. Hair cuts were done at home by a family member.

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