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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

I can remember quite a few years in college and grad school when my part-time jobs juuuuust barely covered my expenses (and sometimes not even that!) My son with one of our baby goats I remember for many years looking at any recipe that asked for more than one kind of cheese and rejecting it right away.

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What Money Advice Would You Give Yourself If You Could Go Back in Time

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When I’d do things like take out student loans even though I had a full-tuition scholarship and a sweet part-time job in the university cafeteria. These are lessons that I try to impress upon my son because I don’t want him to make the same mistakes I made 15 years ago. Why Aren’t You Doing THIS?

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Expect More from Your Daughters

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

At the same time, we have to establish different expectations on the home front for our sons and grandsons. We must have the same or similar career expectations for our daughters as we do for our sons. Would it be different than if your son came to you with the same goal? Teach your sons to cook and do laundry.

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Free Kindle Books: Immortal Plague, Sherlock Holmes at the Varieties & More

For the Mommas

Immortal Plague (The Judas Chronicles Book 1) by Aiden James: An archivist for the Smithsonian Institute and also a part-time operative for the CIA, no one would ever suspect the handsome ‘thirty-ish’ William is in fact the most reviled human being to ever walk the earth. What is Amber Gamble seeking?

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Lazy Saturday Reads: Murder in Paradise, The Poisoned Rose and More

For the Mommas

To a corrupt chief of police intent on maintaining his power at all costs, part-time PI Declan “Mac” MacManus is a problem that must finally be addressed. His wife, eight-year-old daughter, and fifteen-year-old son remain separate, not cohering into a family. Ray resolves to make things better in whatever time he has left.

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So where have I been the past 2 weeks?

Saving SAHM Sanity

Okay not the whole time, but we've been hit hard here. I started a new part time job on 2/28. My son is recovering and doing well. A job I thought for sure I didn't get, but got a call a few days before I started asking if I was still interested, and I was! I'm so not a morning person.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

Family Balance Sheet

We have a 5 year old son and are in the process of adopting our 2 year old and 4 month old foster sons, making us parents of 3 boys! My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. Include anything that you’d like to add to give the reader an idea about your personality.

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