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Happy New Year 2024

Shereen Travels Cheap

Usually, we try to travel during this time, but we've been doing so much local stuff, that it has felt like a mini vacation. Encourage people to go to new places - I hope that through my own travels and tips for saving on things, people plan new adventures. Maybe it'll be an activity, maybe it'll be a hobby, it'll definitely be food.

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Traveling With Kids: Do You Really Need The Gadgets?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

So I make sure to limit his “screen time” (just as I do at home), and provide other ways for him to be engaged enough that he doesn’t need to whine at me every hour. This is a great activity that multiple children can do while you travel. Otherwise, why travel at all? Scavenger Hunt.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. As well as other “from scratch” things like my current main hobby of teaching myself how to spin yarn from our sheeps’ wool. We splurge on travel, celebrations and presents for our kids.

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Chit Chat: 06.17.18

Family Balance Sheet

We sent them off on Monday morning and they came home Saturday afternoon. Our home was very quiet and we missed our girls terribly, but we had a wonderful week too. I love yard sales, but need to be mindful that I don’t bring a bunch of other people’s junk into our home. We want to travel to Disney and Hawaii.

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Find out How Drew & Farrah Paid off $200k of debt, including their HOME

Family Balance Sheet

What are your hobbies? It’s been busy with the babies and so much work/income that hobbies lately have been sleeping (if we can) and traveling. Who handles the day-to-day finances in your home or do you work on it equally? Increase the fun and enjoy these babies (travel, play, not work up the career ladder).

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Meet Amanda & Daniel. They Paid Off $68,000 in Debt in 8 Months.

Family Balance Sheet

What are your hobbies? San Antonio, Texas is our home when we aren’t traveling the world. We have always loved to travel and do missions work for our church. We realized that we wanted to travel as a family and the only thing keeping us from seeing the world was money. What do you and your spouse do for a living?

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How I’m Managing our Family Budget during the Pandemic

Family Balance Sheet

The PA governor has shut down all non-essential businesses indefinitely and we’ve now been ordered to stay at home unless traveling to essential jobs, needed supplies, or outdoor exercise as long as we practice social distancing. Are you working from home? Are you going crazy confined to your home? Cash is King.

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