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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

Today we’re meeting an Oregonian who does an impressive amount of homesteading. Tell us a little about yourself! My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. I use a grain mill to grind grain for our sourdough bread. Hello, everyone!

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Our 2023 Financial Goals

Family Balance Sheet

The rest of the snowball went towards other things, such as a new-to-us vehicle, medical expenses, retirement contributions, and home repairs. We used the snowball method to pay off our non-mortgage debts. However, I will re-focus on my meal planning/grocery shopping routine to try to get this number down.

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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

With the advent of the Great Recession, today’s populations are re-learning frugality and expense reduction. We were so poor that we re-used coffee grounds to make more coffee! We used free TV for most of our married life (we do now splurge on satellite TV!). 40,720 Home Repair.

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Create your debt freedom plan

Family Balance Sheet

At that time, our kids were 8 & 6, and now they’re both teenagers and wrapping up ninth & seventh grades. Currently, we’re working on steps 6, 7, and 8 simultaneously. We also had some building repairs that we needed to cash flow. We used Dave Ramsey’s debt snowball method. | Pay Off Mortgage Debt.

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

To get the best contractor to re-roof your house, you have to negotiate. Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family! Heck, even to make an offer on your dream home, you have to negotiate with your spouse and family! Home Repair – Fix It When It Breaks.

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Reducing Household Odors with Filtrete

Nicoles Nickels

These Odor Reduction Filtrete filters are a great way to keep your home smelling perfect. You might be trying to help by using them but you’re doing just the opposite! Four 1st prize winners will each get $5,000 cash to use for home repairs.

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Meet a Reader | Mbmom11, in the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Home repairs, construction, electrical, auto repair, technology – he’ll try anything after suitable research of YouTube and other resources. I should have known he was special as he asked for a set of “Time-Life” home repair books when he was in college. He is so talented at DIY.