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Frugality and Prepping

Frugality and Prepping

In the last few weeks I have gotten emails and comments about my lack of prepping posts. Trust me, prepping is never far from my mind. In fact, I have been thinking about it a lot. I have been thinking about how prepping covers almost every area of my life in some way. Prepping showed up in my gardening goals and in my bucket list. The need to be self-sufficient as possible and learning those skills were part of both…

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Ways I Plan To Be More Frugal

Ways I Plan To Be More Frugal

I have thought long and hard about way I plan to be more frugal. But in this household, we are a family so the kids will be fully included into my plans to be more frugal. They just don’t quite know it yet! Shush… Ways I Plan To Be More Frugal 1. To be more focused on how much electricity is being used in our house:   a. Much more intentional about shutting off lights when not in use and not…

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The Need To Be Frugal

The Need To Be Frugal

The one New Year’s resolution I did not talk about was the need to be more frugal. I need to be. I need to start looking at what I spend and figuring out how to do spend more wisely and save more. I need to look at what we have and what we can do without. I need to look at items and ask myself if they have more uses to them. I need to recycle and reuse a lot…

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23 Day Frugal Living Challenge!

23 Day Frugal Living Challenge!

I wanted to share and challenge you all to the 23 Day Frugal Living Challenge that is being hosted by the blog Frugally Sustainable. This is a great chance for you and me to learn and reinforce our frugal lifestyles. I am hoping to possibly become even more frugal. (My children will be groaning at this!) Please hop on over to the Frugally Sustainable blog to join the 23 Day Frugal Living Challenge! Thanks for reading! Have a great day!

Erica’s Official 2012 Bucket List

Erica’s Official 2012 Bucket List

A bucket list, you say? You bet! I like life a little better if I have a list of things I would like to do and learn and see. I live pretty much day-to-day so this gives me ideas on what I want to accomplish. To me, a bucket list is just not a wishlist, but a list of things I want to accomplish that seem a little out of reach at the moment. I need to put in the…

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Are you a goals person?

Are you a goals person?

Are you a goals person? You know the type. They are able to set short-term and long-term goals. They are able to focus on those goals and actually accomplish them. I am not this type of person. I never have been. I used to view goals as a way to let myself down because I would be upset if I did not accomplish them. And really, who needs that kind of stress anyway? Well, I need to become that kind…

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