Family Balance Sheet

APRIL 24, 2015

This Week’s Dinners: Saturday: We had my parents and grandmother over for dinner and I made Pioneer Women’s Chicken Parmigiana, garden salad, steamed broccoli, and my tasty (but cheap) garlic bread. I am getting better at putting leftovers in the freezer if we don’t eat them before they go bad.

Budgeting 100

Budgeting Budget Leftovers Freezers 100

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 23, 2012

Attention, personal finance readers and gurus! My Grandmother was born in 1898. Your environment defines what is considered a ‘need’ My Grandmother lived in a different environment and had different needs than I. You think you know the difference between a need and a want – right? Really, are you sure ?

Plumbing 227

Plumbing Grandmother Food and Drink Gasoline 227

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 19, 2013

I drop a bundle each year (both money and time) on my week long Grandma Rie’s Money Camp where I try to help the kids learn about and experience personal finance concepts. Do the math and you’re talking about $16,200 to $21,600 over a grandchild’s first 18 years. Among well-to-do grandparents and the 2.7

Grandchildren 220

Grandchildren Grandkids Kids and Family Parenting 220

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

If my great-grandmother’s generation hadn’t labored for suffrage and my Mother’s generation hadn’t become Rosie the Riveters, would she have trained me to believe I could do anything and would I and the hordes of other baby boom women ended up in the workforce?

Finance 165

Finance Economical Real Estate Money 165

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 29, 2012

I guess part of it came naturally as both my mother and grandmother worked in the medical field at the time. Review Your Finances. Check how your finances will be affected. At school during costume parties I would dress up as a doctor and as I got older I started to watch TV series like ER. I was hooked on medicine.

Full Time 213

Full Time Work College Kids and Family 213

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 13, 2011

Author Bio: Sustainable PF writes with his wife, Mrs. SPF out of Ontario, Canada, at Sustainable Personal Finance where they discuss and explore the fine balance between their personal financial goals and their lifestyle and beliefs regarding sustainable living. 1 – Create a Monthly Hearty Meal.

Food and Drink 147

Food and Drink Re-use Home Drinks 147

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 13, 2011

Author Bio: Sustainable PF writes with his wife, Mrs. SPF out of Ontario, Canada, at Sustainable Personal Finance where they discuss and explore the fine balance between their personal financial goals and their lifestyle and beliefs regarding sustainable living. 1 – Create a Monthly Hearty Meal.

Food and Drink 133

Food and Drink Re-use Home Drinks 133