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Repair, Don’t Replace

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Few try to repair or get it repaired. I remember when there was a shoe repair shop on almost every corner. You could take your radio to the radio and TV repair shop down the street, but most things you could probably fix yourself. Dad was a WWII generation kid who grew up on a farm in the Mid-west.

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Meet a Reader | JenRR from the Midwest

The Frugal Girl

Before kids, I spent my free-time volunteering at a stray rescue shelter for dogs. After I had kids, I swapped that time to growing all sorts of interesting heirloom foods in my backyard. I started reading The Frugal Girl back in 2010 when Kristen’s kids were still itty bitty. The more kids I could “adopt”, the better!

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VTech Go! Go! Smart Wheels Auto Repair Center Playset ONLY $12.23

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Smart Wheels Auto Repair Center Playset ONLY $12.23 Your kids will love this VTech Go! Smart Wheels Auto Repair Center Playset available for ONLY $12.23, down from $22 at Amazon with FREE Shipping on orders over $25.00 Features: Automotive repair playset combines learning and pretend play; enhance your […].

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8 Valuable Life Skills to Teach Your Kids During Quarantine

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Learning about math, science, English, social studies, and other school subjects gives kids the foundations they need, but when focusing on academic subjects, some life skills may be overlooked. With kids at home, now is the perfect time to teach them some of these often overlooked skills that can help make their lives so much easier.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

My husband and I live in the Willamette Valley in Oregon with our three kids, ages 4-6. My cute kids when they were little I used to be a Spanish teacher until I stopped working to stay home with my kids. Additionally, it’s really important to us to have money to give to our kids so we save for that reason too.

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For the Mommas

Ozark Trail Kids Camping Airbed w/ Travel Bag ONLY $19.96. A perfect buy for your kids, score this Ozark Trail Kids Camping Airbed w/ Travel Bag for ONLY $19.96 Comes stock with heavy-duty repair patch and travel bag. Continue reading Ozark Trail Kids Camping Airbed w/ Travel Bag ONLY $19.96 at Walmart.

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Q&A | cinnamon, SIM, jeans, and grocery spending

The Frugal Girl

I want to repair a pair of jeans. I believe that you did a recent post about this very thing, and you used jeans to repair Zoe’s jeans, hence my reaching out. -M I’ve worn these jeans lots of times since this repair, and I don’t feel these patches at all! Kristen, I have a sewing question.