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

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Last week I told you that my hubby and I were headed to BC to visit my grandfather whom I hadn’t seen in 8 years. There are some great ideas in here like swapping babysitting. Some of these ideas we haven’t tried yet so I am going to keep them in my mind for our date nights. It went FABULOUS!! Going Frugal.

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Grandparenthood Can Be Expensive!

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Boomer grandparents definitely have ideas on what they want their grandchildren to learn and how they want them to behave. 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. Who wants to be forgotten?

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Find out how Jessica paid off $56,000 of student loans, credit cards, and a car loan.

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I work in Finance/Accounting for a large corporation but I have also started a company called Every Single Dollar , which focuses on personal finance for single women. That observation brought back the flood of stories she and my grandfather told about coming to the US from Cuba with no money and starting over in their late 30s.