OT- favorite money saving tips
Why won't your cleaning lady use whatever you would like her to use? You pay for her services, right?
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
LOL, yes I pay for her services Kelly. And of course as a service provider she should do as I say, or I should find someone else. But for me it's more complicated than that. She's like a part of my family and has been cleaning our house, serving/cleaning at our parties, and other assorted things for a little over 10 years. Before that, she spent about 10 years cleaning my mother-in-laws house. Not that I wouldn't fire her if warranted, but the glass cleaner isn't important enough.
She's funny. Her take on the Windex thing is that I'm just going through a phase and will one day be kneeling at the Windex alter again like she does. Theoretically, I could force her to follow my instructions, but some battles just aren't worth fighting. She's cheap, reliable, and a good person, and if the price I pay is that I have to clean the glass after she leaves, I'm good with that arrangement. She knows I do it and thinks I'm nuts, and I know she's part of some Windex worshiping cult. :)
HW: 418 SW: 386 CW: 225 GW: 210 
Clothes...here's the scenario:
Nikki is shrinking fast. She buys all her clothes from Goodwill. But as a savvy shopper she goes on half price day and snags great deals. Nikki buys a skirt from Goodwill on half-price day for $2.
Nikki shrinks out of the skirt so she donates it BACK to Goodwill, making sure to take a receipt when she does.
When Nikki files her taxes, Uncle Sam gives Nikki $4 deduction for said skirt, meaning Nikki earned $2 on the skirt.
:) Now...multiply that by your ENTIRE wardrobe.
...I know what you're thinking. Why the HELL would I buy new clothes then???
With my other deductions I ended up getting that extra money back in my refund which was very nice.
RNY Gastric Bypass 1-8-08 350/327/200 (HW/SW/CW). I spend most of my time playing with my food over at Bariatric Foodie - check me out!
I am HOPING to get a couple of dairy goats in the spring so I can do my own milk and cheese.
I run my heater where it is just warm enough that I am comfortable with a sweatshirt (I sleep under a sleeping bag
). I use the gym at my work vs paying for a membership (of course, my work gym is state of the art so it is only smart)
Now that I have lost enough weight to do so, I ride my motorcycle when possible (over 30mpg vs my full sized truck at about 12 mpg). Of course it is too cold right now!
COURAGE TO START, STRENGTH TO ENDURE, RESOLVE TO FINISH
HW 353 SW 317 Original GW 180 Current Wt 170
First 5k 59:18; 5k PR 32:06; 1st 10k 1:20:27; PR 1:08:36
1st Half Marathon 2:48
Pensacola Double Bridge Run 15k- 1:47:34
Three Sprint Triathlons
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I sell chicken eggs from time to time... but I always mark the cartons "For Pet Consumption Only" and then if the person eats them it is on them.
A friend of mine lives in an upscale neighborhood in town. She has a privacy fence around her postage stamp backyard and has 6 hens in a cute pen. LOL
The only way around it is herd shares. Basically you pay a fee to buy in, and then you own a part of a cow. Like, $60 bought me 1/20 of a cow. Then I pay $22 a month for its board and care. It is legal to drink raw milk from a cow that you own, so I get a gallon of milk a week and it's legal that way.
It's so obviously about the money for the dairy industry. The USDA is pretty much working for the factory "farm" owners now.
Kelly
Please note: I AM NOT A DOCTOR. If you want medical advice, talk to your doctor. Whatever I post, there is probably some surgeon or other health care provider somewhere that disagrees with me. If you want to know what your surgeon thinks, then ask him or her. Check out my blog.
I save most leftovers in the refrigerator or freezer - depending on when I will use them - and redo them - or just eat later.
I cook a lot of dried beans.
I grow a garden every year.
I shop at yard sales and thrift stores.
MSROMAGNOLA
