Wykeisha Howe said she knows how to be thrifty.
“I try my best to manage and ration out things as best as possible,” she said.
During Atlanta’s sweltering summers, the mom of eight doesn’t turn the AC down too much and runs a fan. She’ll try to cook both lunch and dinner as one big meal so she doesn’t have to turn on her electric stove twice. She gives her kids freeze pops or sends them out for ice cream to help them cool off.
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