FRUGAL LIVING IN COLUMBUS,OHIO
Frugal living is a lifestyle
that involves careful
planning and spending
as well as avoiding
waste. It's not about
being cheap; it's
really about being
practical and making
the most of available
resources through
various methods of
saving money, reusing
existing items instead
of buying new ones,
and finding bargains
and good deals.
The premise is that
a person shouldn't
pay more for something
if he or she doesn't
have to.
During the Winter season Tony is required to plow and salt at work so we call him Plow Boy after this song from Cletus T.Judd. This morning me and him went to his work so he could salt with the plow truck. The boys are still at their friend's house til about 1pm.
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This morning we had to stop in Kroger. I needed some nacho chips for some taco salad and I found a small container of sour cream for .69 cents. I browsed the produce section looking for those orange manager special stickers. I got a package of red diced bell peppers for $1.19, a package of whole peeled garlic for .99 cents. They all went into the freezer.
The Oscar Meyer Weiner Mobile will be at the Henderson Kroger Friday Feb. 25th from 1-4 which sucks because you think kids would like something like this. Should of had it on Saturday when kids aren't in school.
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2:05pm
Was tired of just sitting around so decided to go cook supper ahead of time for this evening and I also made tomorrow's supper as well.
I made the sauce for the taco salad. 1 pound maple sausage and 2 cans tomato soup.
Then I made up some salisbury steaks from another package of maple sausage. I put my homemade bread cubes in the food processor and ground into bread crumbs, added a little parmesan cheese. My kids wouldn't eat mushrooms or onions so I threw them also in the food processor with the bread crumbs and ground them up really good. Then put it all in a bowl with an egg and the sausage and mixed with hands and shaped into long patties. I did reserve some sliced mushrooms for the adults. I then fried them up in a skillet til lightly browned on each side and then put in the fridge for tomorrow. Tomorrow I will put a couple cans of mushroom soup with a little water in the crock then add in the salisbury steaks. Serve with some mashed potatoes.
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2:15pm
Have a house full of kids since about 12:30. I guess the kids decided to invite the friends they spent the night with to our home. There are two of them added to our two is four kids running around. So much for the peace and quiet. Time to make a run in the near future to see if the streets need salted or plowed at Tony's work. We have to play weatherman and constantly watch the radar on weather.com.
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I thought of another things to recycle and save money at the same time. Each week we get the Sunday Dispatch and end up throwing it in the trash. I'm thinking about trying to find a paper shredder and using the regular part of the paper (not the ads or colored parts) and shredding them up and using as gerbil bedding. It would save on the cost of having to purchase bedding and reuse what we have anyway.
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4:45pm
Just returned home. Went and checked the streets at Tony's work. They looked fine. Then we went around looking for a box to make what I'll call a gerbil playpen. Something where we can get them out of their cage and play with them without the worries of them getting loose. While on our adventure to find a box we found an oil heater sitting next to a dumpster in a shopping center. Snatched it up and currently have it plugged in to see if it works. Then as I was cruising through another shopping center (Northwest Plaza) and was checking out the store fronts I saw that a Volunteers of America thrift store was moving into one of them in the near future. :0) :0) :0) :0) Another thrift store, I was happy!
Here's the oil heater we found- Tony's been wanting one of these! So let's hope it works! They run about $25 to $40. --------------------------------
Oh, while out driving I remembered something else I thought they should invent. I've had this in the back of my mind for many years but just had a brain fart the other day when being put on the spot for ideas. Maybe Jonathan could do it for his invention convention.
I know I have a hard time driving at night sometimes, especially on back roads where there are fewer lights and during the rain. I know over the years that they have used reflectors in the road to help people but after awhile they have been known to loosen from the asphalt and have actually been flung by car tires into other cars or people injuring them. My idea was to make glow in the dark paint to paint the road lines with. The sun would charge them during the day to illuminate it at night. They have glow in the dark paint that is fade resistant to the sun. They make glow powder which can be mixed with the paint they currently use on the roadways. Depending upon the strength of the product the glow time can last anywhere from 8 hours to 22 hours. They do make white and yellow glow powders which are the normal colors found on our roadways.
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I also had another idea but it's something we can't make. What if they took all these junk tires accumulating in places, sometimes causing mosquito infestation problems along with the risk of tire fires, and ground them up into fine particles and somehow use them in the asphalt in the roadways. The rubber would flex with the different road temperatures maybe causing less cracking.
I have a homemade oatmeal face mask on at the moment.
Tony came in the bathroom to see what I was doing and he jumped when I turned around. I then went into the living room and scared the crap outta the kids, LOL!
If ya wanna scare your kids one morning put on one of these facial masks then go in and wake your kids up by getting right in their face, LOL!
Oh yeah, had to make some goofy faces.
This would be so cool for Halloween!
Ready?
LOL
Here goes....
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.. Too funny huh!
The kids keep wanting me to take it off because they say it's scaring them.
Now where did all their little friends go??? Maybe this will keep them away!
I'm still laughing!
Another 15 minutes to go til I wash off, oh yeah so loving this.
My name is Sherry, 39yrs old, from Columbus, Ohio. I am married, a SAHM, and have 3 children ages 9, 10 and 20.
I have been frugal/thrifty all my life.
I would like to share on this blog how we get by day to day on one income with a family of 5 with a dog and a cat. You will also hear about my everyday gripes about daily life and the cost of living. Hubby says my favorite saying is, "and that is another thing that pisses me off!"
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