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• Stay-at-home mom walks a frugal path

  Posted Oct 17 2007, 10:47 AM by Karen Datko
  Filed under: Housing, Spending, Family, Giving
  Being Frugal quit her job when her first child was born, and the small family lived on her husband's $19,000 income. So began her trip down the thrifty-living highway. She has learned to budget, accept help, and donate time for those less fortunate than her family. You'll find no pity-me tone in this no-nonsense account . She admits that their apartment, with its ugly kitchen cabinets and "rental-cream-colored" walls, "gets on my last nerve from time to time." But, she writes, "I have learned that money isn’t the most important thing in life. Relationships are ...."
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