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		<title>I&#8217;m Still Alive; also, join the 7th Annual Uber Frugal Month Group Challenge!</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Dec 2023 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still here! I took an unplanned (and therefore unannounced) break from writing the blog, which was intended to be for a week, but expanded to a month and then two months&#8230; WHOOPS. I confess I needed some time off from ye olde Frugalwoods after consistently posting for 9.5 years. That&#8217;s the longest I&#8217;ve ever [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reader Case Study: Yearning For a Debt-Free Future</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brian and Michael, both 34, live with their two cats in central Connecticut. Michael works as a project coordinator for a state behavioral health agency serving young people and has a side job as an advocate and disability leadership coordinator.&#160;Brian is a quality assurance manager for a state-run hospital. The couple&#8217;s been together since 2013 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why I Let My Kids Go Into Debt</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=42050</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2023 15:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Last weekend was ye olde county fair here in Vermont and, of course, we were on the scene to cuddle cows (if you&#8217;re Kidwoods) and look askance at cows (if you&#8217;re Littlewoods). The county fair also provides a panorama of consumerism. So much to buy, so little time! Annoying, but a fantastic opportunity to practice [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welcome to the NEW (looking) Frugalwoods!</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=41951</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2023 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As you may have noticed, things look different around here! Turns out, there&#8217;ve been some advancements in web design in the nine years since I started Frugalwoods. No one will be surprised to hear that the old website was looking a bit, well, old. And so, I hired an incredible designer who created a brand [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reader Case Study: Stationed in Japan with the US Marine Corps, Hoping to FIRE</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36656</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2023 08:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kat and her husband Jay live in the Okinawa Prefecture of Japan where Jay is stationed as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. They are childfree by choice and have an adorable dog named Sadie. Although they&#8217;re just 29, they&#8217;ve been diligently saving, investing and planning for the date when Jay gets out of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Wall Removal And Other June 2023 Expenses</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36562</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A menace wall in our home is gone! Longtime readers may recall that we&#8217;ve embarked on a slow, years-long renovation process, which we kicked off with a wall removal. This erstwhile wall awkwardly divided the kitchen and dining room from the rest of the downstairs and, to make matters worse, had a weird, low archway [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reader Case Study: Ex-Pats in Hanoi, Vietnam</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36542</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 08:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Laura and her husband Ethan are from Philadelphia, PA, but have been living in Hanoi, Vietnam for the past two years. Ethan teaches English literature at an international school and Laura is earning her Master&#8217;s degree in public health. They&#8217;ve loved their time in Vietnam and plan to be there for at least another year, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tail of Gigi The Dog</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36569</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jul 2023 08:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A question I&#8217;ve been getting a lot lately: &#8220;What happened to your dog???&#8221; I get this question via email, through blog comments, on Instagram, Facebook and in person. It&#8217;s taken me awhile to put together my response because it&#8217;s a painful one. But today, I&#8217;m ready to share. The Tail of Genevieve (aka Gigi) the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reader Case Study: Special Education Teacher In Debt</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36473</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Anna is a 35-year-old special eduction teacher of middle school students with severe and profound disabilities. She lives in rural Illinois and is currently working on completing her master&#8217;s degree in education. In the future, she&#8217;d like to move into a different teaching position that&#8217;s hopefully more lucrative since she doesn&#8217;t make enough at her [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Hobbit And Other May 2023 Expenses</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36426</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Yes indeed, we&#8217;ve welcomed a hobbit into our home. Mr. FW is a well-known lover of The Lord of The Rings books and the main reason he wanted to have children was to one day read the series with them. He&#8217;s been working Kidwoods up to The Hobbit by having her first read the Fern [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Reader Case Study: Plasterer and Social Worker in Manitoba Plan for a Baby</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36299</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2023 08:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sam and Riley are a married couple living in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada along with their dog Bisky and two cats, Theodore and Greta. Sam works as a plasterer and Riley is a social worker at a local college. The couple, both age 36, hope to have a child soon and are wondering how to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>We&#8217;ll Grow All Of Our Food! And Other Misconceptions I Had About Rural Life</title>
		<link>https://frugalwoods.com/?p=36348</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Liz Frugalwoods]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 May 2023 08:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the driving forces behind the birth of Frugalwoods was our desire to leave the city and buy a homestead in the woods. That happened in May 2016 and let me tell you, we had A LOT of preconceived notions about what it would be like to live rurally, some of which turned out [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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