Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Good thing you can still have a fun time during a date without spending too much cash. Here are ten suggestions on how to a have fun date without going broke. Fall is also a great time to visit the park when the leaves are all shades of red and gold. Going to a public beach is a fun way to enjoy a warm summer day.

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Family Balance Sheet

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

It’s a crazy goal, but I like a challenge and I’m looking forward to our reward when everything is paid off. We want to crush our debts as quickly as possible, because quite honestly there are better things to do with our money then to send it off to creditors every month. Paying off debt is not fun, in fact, it sucks!

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 4, 2012

It is not easy to be frugal and save money when you have a family that splurges and squanders. Plug those loopholes buy buying only those things that you truly need and use. You can save money too by doing things together. During weekends and family days, you can set-up some fun activities at home to lessen the expenses.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 4, 2013

She was very eager to move her things. This past weekend, I went out garage sailing just for fun. When Mom and Dad passed, my Brother inherited the house and all their stuff – which they in turn had inherited from the prior generation. My Mother-in-law broke up her household of 50+ years in 2009. The wheelbarrow.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 28, 2014

Those books, Kiyosaki’s Rich Dad, Poor Dad , Ecker’s The Millionaire Mind , Orman’s Money Book for the Young, Fabulous, and Broke , among others, became the catalyst for a brand new personal hobby… money. The important thing is to get started; any major goal that inspires you to do that is a good start. Put a System in Place.

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Coupons Do Work

MARCH 28, 2016

There have been protests on the streets, that the police broke up. One thing about Belgium, protests happen often and they are peaceful. I remember quite a few protests that happened when I lived there and they were all peaceful. but when I heard what happened in Belgium, I, like most people cried, was angry, was hurt.

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Saving Everyday

OCTOBER 27, 2023

One of my biggest pet peeves is when you read articles like this, and all of the tips are unrealistic. As someone who truly knows what being broke feels like , I know how stressful it can be, especially during the holidays. You won’t find things like “start a YouTube channel or blog” in this post.

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Family Balance Sheet

MARCH 4, 2016

We were the fun couple who always said yes to trips to the Caribbean, said yes to buying the nicest cars, and said yes to dropping a few hundred dollars on dinner in the blink of an eye. That was the month we finally went broke. When you fail to manage your money eventually your money will go away.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

We both like to read, play Ingress, and do various other geeky things. Quitting my job is one of the things being debt free has enabled us to do. When we first started we couldn’t have even conceived of becoming completely debt free. The funny thing about paying off debt is that the more you do it, the faster it goes.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

After seven years each straight of “higher” education (and all the student loans that go along with it), our husband/wife blogging team goal is to simply get back to broke. Broke Professional) about what we do everyday to save money, which is the subject of this blog swap. Obviously there are certain things that you cannot do yourself.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 27, 2012

I mean, that sort of thing happens to other people, not me. This wasn’t a fun way to live, let me tell you. If you identify that you might be heading for financial disaster like I was, we’ll give you strategies to turn things around. Do you buy things you didn’t know you wanted until you saw them in the store?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

AUGUST 27, 2013

Deep annual cleaning, general maintenance, painting and repairing and re-stocking with lost items are just a few of the kinds of work you won’t miss when you lease it yearly. We bought our condo as a family gathering spot, some place fun to come to visit with each other. Your family won’t gather there anymore.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JULY 29, 2011

I’m not sure I have the greatest answer to that, but here are some things we tried that did NOT work out for us – at all. It was great fun watching the eggs hatch and seeing the baby chicks run around. He did win several things, the largest being a bike (medium priced, nothing fancy) which we gave to our youngest kid.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 16, 2012

While many personal finance sites focus on things such as getting out of debt, saving for retirement, and investing, what really matters to me the most is how we can live healthy prosperous lives. There are times when I have lost my motivation and wanted to just quit. Thank you for helping me and teaching me so many different things.

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Family Balance Sheet

JULY 13, 2016

So I’m thrilled to bring you today’s story, because I actually watched this couple’s debt free scream when it was live on the show. If you look at our budget today vs 5 years ago when we started the journey: we have more than doubled our income, and expenses have slightly increased with the babies and some small luxuries.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 10, 2011

We got to catch up on so many things that have gone on. Broke Professionals shares with us a conversation they had with a friend about finding financial success early in life and how it can be detrimental. When I finished high school I was really fortunate to get on at one of the local hospital’s as a clinical assistant.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MARCH 25, 2011

I believe it’s important to acknowledge greats things when we come across them. The coolest thing they have is their 365 tips. Tom explains things in a way that even if you don’t know the first thing about personal finance, you will be able to understand his message. Broke Professionals.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 11, 2011

With Valentine’s Day making it’s appearance next week, I thought it would be fun to talk about the kissing part of the holiday. You see, it doesn’t matter how you decide to celebrate it, whether you stay at home or go out, but one thing is for sure…kissing. Remover the cube and plant a big kiss on your partner.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JUNE 1, 2015

After living with windows through which we couldn’t see for at least 5 years, we finally broke down and had new ones installed. Shopping for new clothing is no fun when your body isn’t a youthful 25 anymore! I tend to do things myself, even when I could better spend the time elsewhere. Cheap or frugal?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Beating Broke tells us how we can improve our credit score by adding positive information. I have always tried to do the low balances thing. When you spend little of the credit you have, creditors look favourable on your because it tells them you are responsible. Wealth Informatics gives us 23 ways we can have fun on a date.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

Here are some cool things that happen in November. My Journey to Millions: No Research Reasons Why I Like Mature Dividend Paying Stocks – While most people don’t talk about it in this manner anymore, when you buy a share of a company you are buying into the business. Beating Broke: I Quit My Job! National Pepper Month.

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For the Mommas

FEBRUARY 15, 2015

The best things in life are the least expected. Each book in the Clover Park Series can be read as a stand-alone novel, or for more fun read them in order. Reno, nearly broke, figures he’s finally landed in the right place at the right time. Download: The Opposite of Wild by Kylie Gilmore.

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

MAY 10, 2012

They go together like peanut butter and jelly Kyle presents Earn $5 for Taking a Picture of Your Grandparents and 12 other weird things… posted at The Penny Hoarder , saying, “Fotokoi is an online market that allows people to exchange photos. With any journey that entails so much change, things are always changing. .”

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

OCTOBER 21, 2012

I know my eyes were opened up when we traveled to Africa this year where living in excess is a far cry from reality. Drew from Objective Wealth tells us How To Manage A Windfall , and says, “The last thing you’d want is for the money to slip through your fingers – something that happens all too often!”

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

We also seemed to curse a lot when we again had to mix up our line up due to an injury. It is just a fun night with friends and family rooting for their team and munching on whatever potluck treats were brought. We must get better at shutting things down and unplugging them when we are not using them. What about you?

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Work With What You've Got

APRIL 7, 2010

It wasn’t fun, but it appears to be over now. I huff and puff like the big bad wolf for 5 minutes when I am done, but I do it!~ A little pop of red… The order I placed when I got that coral had about 10 pieces in it, only this one was strong enough to actually use. All the other pieces broke when I bent them.

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Family Balance Sheet

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

I got paid the next day, but in that very moment we were broke. We stopped buying things until we absolutely needed to. I initiated the “I swear it’ll be totally fun to pay off our debt” conversation. How did you celebrate when you became debt free? If married, who initiated the debt free goal?

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Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

It's long been my go-to site on those lazy days when I don't feel like getting much accomplished. For several years now I've been motivated to action when reading her classic, tried-and-true frugal tricks and tips as she menu plans, money manages and enjoys the luxuries of a simple life with her family. are low carb!).

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

APRIL 6, 2012

From the days when front-running involved actual running to the “Victorian Internet era” brought on by telegraphy, we can learn a great deal from looking back at a simpler era.” A world without fashion would be a world without fun. Glen Craig presents Withdrawing Money From a Roth IRA: How Does It Work and When Can I Do It?

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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

JANUARY 14, 2012

My Multiple Incomes: Blogging and Freedom of Speech – A look at where your freedom of speech ends when you blog. Discussing how it is easier to eat healthy when you have food stamps but once that is gone or you have “graduated” from the program, you can no longer eat as well. Penge Snak!:

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Family Balance Sheet

JANUARY 31, 2014

Target Cartwheel is FUN! The Cartwheel program helps you save on the things you already buy at Target. Also when you create a Cartwheel account, you are given 10 Cartwheel spots (offers) to use. You can earn more spots when badges are awarded. can opener – I just broke mine. Start shopping.

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Family Balance Sheet

MAY 27, 2015

I was 24 years old when we paid it off. There were two things that inspired us to pay off debt. I knew I was going to be a stay at home mom when we had kids and since we were both teachers, we simply could not afford for me to stay home, unless we got rid of something big in our budget. What kind of debt was it?

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