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From Bravo to Books

Family Balance Sheet

The girl who used to leave a 24 hour news channel on all day when working from home is now content with my nightly shot of the news at 6:30 pm on a network channel. And she tends to get more work done during the day! Thanks for reading. become a fan and ''like'' FBS on Facebook. Have you given up cable TV?

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Summer Plans at Family Balance Sheet

Family Balance Sheet

What will my kids do while I''m working from home or if I need to work at our business office? How can we encourage our soon-to-be second grader to keep up with her reading skills that she worked so hard on in first grade, but not feel like she''s in summer school? Thanks for reading. Blogging'

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Growing up in the 1950?s

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Most of us did not have air conditioned homes. People opened their windows and used attic fans or sat in metal lawn chairs outside to cool off. Our home was heated with a coal stove. Thank you notes were hand written and sent via USPS, before we got to use the gift. You had to ask to be excused from the dinner table.

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