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Sustainable Living Traits To Pass On To Your Children

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Go hiking and camping and show them the beauty of the outdoors (and teach them to leave trails and campsites better than when you arrived) Plant a garden with your children to give them a tangible example of how much fun growing your own food and eating healthy can be! Stress the importance of saving and staying away from debt.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

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Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet, cell? 4 – Skip the AM drive-thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive-thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The strategies did keep us out of debt however, and instilled in us habits of self-reliance, attitudes of ‘we can do that’ and a measure of life-long thriftiness that we might not otherwise have had. By cutting my hubby’s and kid’s hair we saved $520 a year for 10 years ($5280). 40,720 Home Repair.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

Are you paying too much for home/auto insurance, cable, internet? 4 – Skip the AM drive thru and eat breakfast at home. If you find yourself hitting the drive thru on your way to work, start making your breakfast and brewing your coffee at home. 6 – Eat dinner at home. 5 – Brown bag your lunch.

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Free and Cheap Weekend Activities – 4/10

Saving Cents With Sense

With 3 kids, I know that family activities can really add up! Register at the Guitar Center website here. :: Home Depot Workshop for Adults. Saturday, April 11th from 10 AM to 11:30 AM – Vertical Gardening. Kids make and take a Sunny Days Birdhouse Craft. Kids make and take a Sunny Days Birdhouse Craft.

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FREE & Cheap Family Events (Including Mother’s Day Events)

Saving Cents With Sense

If you are planning an outing with the family – or Dad is planning to take the kids out so you can have some free time, check out the list below for ideas! Free Admission to National Public Gardens. Find Gardens Near You. :: Amtrak Train Days. Register at the Guitar Center website here. :: Home Depot Workshop for Adults.

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P.E.P. for the Week of March 7-11/11- Spending Time With Family Update Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Well this week I wanted to give you an update on how the trip went. This story really hit home for me. Barbara Friedberg gives us a list of 25 cheap ways to have fun. Young & Thrifty asks us if we are living a rock star lifestyle. I don’t have kids yet but I am keeping things in mind for when I do have them.