Get certified copies of your birth certificate and any documents that track name changes since that point. This includes ALL marriage and divorce certificates for many women. If you need any federal papers (passports, etc.) or to file changes to services like Social Security, put in your requests now. Another government shutdown is likely in February.
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Many families purge excess belongings between Christmas and New Years, to make room for the new. Every year thrift stores get a surge in donations, particularly of children’s toys, directly after the holidays.
Help struggling families by making that annual purge a pre-holiday tradition. This is particularly helpful for children’s items, from coats to clean toys.
Prices are up across the board, tariffs will hit the holidays hard, and Federal workers are still without pay, even as we contemplate a new shutdown in February. If you have not already tightened your budget, now is the time to do it. Fortify your resources to survive what is likely to be a chaotic economy for the next year or more.
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