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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. We spend most of our time seeing friends and family, participating in our church activities or working on our property. I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time!

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10 Ideas to Find Cash for Christmas

Family Balance Sheet

The season of family, faith, food and…shopping… collective sigh… The spending part of Christmas can get crazy, so I’ve come up with a list of last minute ideas to find some extra cash for your Christmas spending. I was just working on it yesterday as I was making some notes of gift ideas for my kids.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Now that we’ve paid off six figures of non-mortgage debt , we are working on saving 6 months’ expenses and maybe even more.

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How to Become a Vegetarian

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I know there are many others who are interested in becoming a vegetarian or even a part-time vegetarian (for the record, I despise this expression. It’s not possible) but they think it’s too hard or too much work. Here are the ones that worked for me: Eliminate one meat at a time. Figure out what works for you.

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50 Best Small-Business Ideas – NerdWallet

Savings Corner

What is your ideal work environment? Whatever your field of expertise, starting a consulting business is a great way to make a sizable income while working on your own terms. As an independent marketing professional, you can work with small businesses who don’t have the in-house bandwidth to execute their marketing plans.

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25 Ways to Find Money for Your Emergency Fund

Family Balance Sheet

If you are self-employed, work for a company or in an industry that is unstable, or maybe you or someone in your family has medical issues, you might want to save 6-12 months of expenses. Collect your bills and start shopping around for new vendors. Not enough time in the morning to make breakfast AND pack a lunch, one word: leftovers!

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Find out How Brian & His Wife Paid off $109,000 in Credit Card Debt

Family Balance Sheet

I work full time in IT and my wife works part time in retail. We tried to avoid these things by packing our lunch, cooking meals at home, and shopping with a list to avoid overspending and wasting money. Were there arguments during the time you were working on your debt? We live in New York.

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