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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

High school grads today have seen parents using credit cards (or maybe even their cell phones) to charge everything from gas to groceries to online purchases. But that doesn’t mean you know how to stay out of credit trouble using it! With some drugs, even a one time use can cause permanent damage. Pay it off each month.

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5 Tricks for Work Life Balance

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Make and Use a Schedule. We personally use Remember The Milk to do this. Plus it is mobile so no matter where we are we can use our time effectively. Having a team mate is huge when it comes to being motivated to get things done and in saving energy. I used to do this. Share Responsibilities and Be a Team.

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The Spending Plan Mentality

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Even some of my groceries are automatically billed, since I have milk delivery from a local dairy, and organic produced delivered to my door weekly. Over the years, my husband and I have pretty much narrowed down our spending priorities so that we only use our money on the things that are most important to us.

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10 Ways to Add Extra Produce Into Your Family’s Diet

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

All you have to do is throw some fruit, milk, and ice in a blender , and viola, breakfast is served. Once you get your garden going I promise you, you will be motivated to use it because the stuff will taste amazing. Make breakfast smoothies. Not only do we get sick less but we also have lost weight.

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How to Lose 50 Pounds in 6 Months

Saving Cents With Sense

I use to dread going to doctor appointments when I would be forced to acknowledge my weight. I use to hate the BMI scale, saying that it just must be unfair for those of us “blessed” with curves. I already used Ningxia Red every morning to energize and keep up my immunity so I was looking forward to this cleanse.

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CVS Scenarios: 97% Savings

For the Mommas

If you need to get motivated for CVS this week, check out some readers scenarios from this week! Use: (1) $10.00/$50.00 5) $1/2 Hershey’s Milk Chocolate, with Almonds or Special Dark Chocolate Bars, exp. used (3) FREE Pantene Conditioner or Styler wyb Shampoo (SS 09/16/12). $2/2 1)Tresemme Hair Spray $3.50. (1)

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Eat to Lose Weight

Saving Cents With Sense

So the idea of starting to work out to lose weight did not motivate me, but after the initial cleanse helped me lose some weight, I was motivated to change the way I eat to lose weight. So here is my food plan: Breakfast : Protein shake (I use Orgain or Balance Complete ) mixed with unsweetened almond milk.