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Meet a Reader | Beth from VA

The Frugal Girl

made by my husband While my husband’s income has increased over the years, we’ve ended up with a lot of (mostly) medical debt that would be easier to pay off if I were/had been able to work full-time. We’ve found free or low-cost ways for her to try a career before investing a lot of money in education.

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

The Frugal Girl

For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). We have a lot of free parks and nature reserves for hiking, and a wonderful library system that does free Inter Library Loans as well as lots of e-books.

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Meet a Reader | Biker Liz

The Frugal Girl

Sunrise with my daughter at Lake Michigan Our son is now 15, and about 25 hours into his private pilot’s license, which he’s funding by earning money working for my father-in-law. I fell in love with pursuing a car-free life. The summer after 5th grade, we were living in Grand Forks, ND, population 50,000 at the time.