Sentences with phrase «done on a modest budget»

It made an amazing difference and was all done on a modest budget!

I enjoy seeing all the cadillac kitchens in Blogland but it is good to see what can be done on a modest budget!!

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thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

If, before the stimulus, government finances were in good shape, as was the case in China, then stimulus does indeed stimulate: The modest budget deficit that it causes is easily financed, and the extra spending creates some jobs and maybe some useful infrastructure, depending on how well targeted it is.

Meanwhile, the likes of Sam Allardyce and David Moyes built their respective squads on modest budgets and did their job as efficiently as possible.

Anyone who has worked in the defence engineering industry will know that financial risks start - out as innocuous looking technical risks on the Defence Contractor's premises, where selected ones are deliberately concealed by the Contractor during the design and development phase, then skilfully transferred to MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol where they morph into «show stopping» risks and come to the fore immediately after the main investment decision has been taken (as they have done so spectacularly on the Type 45 destroyers with total power blackouts), ultimately ending up as an additional cost burden on the Front Line Commands, who have recently been given responsibility for the defence equipment budget — resulting in sleepless nights for many other people too!

Director Matthew Saville, who has earned most of his credits via television work, does what he can on what was clearly a modest budget, but it's the script that ultimately lets him down.

Don't Breathe has taken the box office by storm, making an incredible profit on a modest budget.

Shot on a modest (for a superhero movie anyway) budget by first - time director Miller (whose most well - known work prior to this film is likely the opening credit sequence of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Deadpool certainly isn't the flashiest film, but it does its best to look like it cost more than it did.

While we would not feel comfortable claiming, based on the analysis here, that student - based budgeting has been the cause of greater equity in Houston's school funding system, our findings do show that despite an initial increase in the coefficient of variation, Houston schools have over the longer term made modest improvements in equity since the strategy was put into place.

You'll have to work longer for a shorter retirement, so this isn't a good choice if you don't enjoy your job, or if you're perfectly content to live on a more modest budget.

While Citi Cash Back does have higher rebate on groceries and even lets you enjoy dining at a discount, Citibank SMRT could be a better choice for people who care more about saving money on a modest budget and probably wouldn't dine out as much.

SEPP operates on a modest budget; its officers and associated scientists do not receive salaries but contribute their services on a pro bono basis.»

As a budget device, it does not feature pins on the back for the modular Moto Mods.

That room would have been too stifling for your office where you spend a lot of time and often need to spread out (doesn't look much wider than 8 ′, maybe 8» x10 ′) but completely charming as a guest bedroom and totally achievable on a modest budget (if you choose to be inspired by rather than copy exactly).