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~Not Proud But Not Ashamed~

Jennifer @LovingMyBabies (85923) • Valdosta, Georgia 4 Feb 17

Have you ever had a job that made you go against everything you believe in? I have. Twice actually in my life. I was partly ashamed every day doing the jobs BUT I am not 100% ashamed of it either. Why? I took care of my family...

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Is there such a thing as being TOO cheap?

mommyboo @mommyboo (13174) • United States 31 Jul 11

I have noticed a number of posts lately that deal with people being extremely cheap and/or frugal. I even posted one concerning groceries lol. HOWEVER... when you turn your nose up at even bare necessities and insist on doing...

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sorry kids there's no money

TLChimes @TLChimes (4822) • United States 20 Mar 09

How would you explain to your kids about a job lay off? I'm talking the under 13 crowd because I think older then that would understand. Have you prepared your family in case? Do you keep it light and easy or serious? I keep...

lay off and kids

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What are some creative ways you have come up with to help your family get by....

High Prices, Food, Starvation, USA

CraftyCorner @CraftyCorner (5600) • United States 29 Apr 08

We are seeing high prices, speculation on food commodities, biofuels supplanting food crops in commercial fields, starvation and riots in foreign lands, and in the USA, rationing of super size bags of rice in warehouse stores like...

day to day issues

what it all means

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How to survive with very little money?

JoeyCa @JoeyCa (1810) • Belgium 24 Nov 06

Hello, I lost my job a couple of weeks ago and now I'm on a very very low budget. Does anyone have any tips for me to survive in a normal way? Because life is so expensive...

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