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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

Family Balance Sheet

We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) My son with one of our baby goats I remember for many years looking at any recipe that asked for more than one kind of cheese and rejecting it right away.

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

We’re a family of five, including, me, my wife and 3 children: 15 year old fraternal twins and a 12 year old son. I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. You can find Brian on Twitter @DebtDiscipline. What do you and your spouse do for a living? What are your hobbies? . We live in New York.

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Meet a Reader | Mary from Reflections Around the Campfire

The Frugal Girl

Our son is 29 and biological. 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. My dad was a blue-collar worker – a machine operator on the railroad who sometimes got laid off for periods of time in the winter. That’s not right.

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Sunday Reads 7/6 : Firefly Beach, A Place called Bliss and More

For the Mommas

If you like to see the top 100 free Kindle Books of the day, read our post on How to find free Kindle & Nook Books. Book summaries Note: Please check your price before purchase, as Amazon may change at any time. . Losing her son took more than her heart, it darkened her soul. The Company You Keep by Angela Henry.

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Cutting the Gender Wage Gap

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Every year we find that women are still earning less than men. Many reasons are given for this fact, including things like taking time off for children; picking low paying jobs; only working part time and yes, discrimination. Pick the right field of study. You must figure out how you will make it pay. Methodology.

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Legit Ways to Make Money for Christmas

Saving Everyday

Finding legit ways to make money for Christmas can be frustrating. Back in my day, we didn’t have Facebook Marketplace, so I had to find other ways to sell things like yard sales, pawn shops, and flea markets. She finds most of the products she sells at yard sales and Goodwill outlets, where you pay a set price per pound.

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