During uncertain times, during rising costs, and during upheavals in the world it pays to be frugal. Being frugal does not mean being cheap. It means purposefully minding where your money is spent so that one can spend where one wishes to spend extra. It is enjoying a simple, yet elegant way of living. Frugal living is also taking care of the environment and using things wisely.
I keep reminding myself of that daily and hoping that I never move into the cheap category.
So here are my frugal five (or so for the week past).
1. Using up items from the freezers and making big batches. I now have extra for the times I don't feel like cooking.
2. Cleaning, organizing, decluttering my way to a more simple life. Once it warms up a bit I will have a couple of bags to take to the Salvation Army. Hopefully a few more down the road.
3. Hand lotion use it up is moving right along. My hands get super dry when knitting in the winter.
4. Discovered that warming up a tray of freezer Eggplant Parma once is just great. Warming it up a second time makes it tough and inedible. I need to get smaller tinfoil trays for next year. What a waste of good food.
5. Put in a new kitchen light above the sink on our own. Gives way more light than the old one, and the need for replacement of the fixture according to the box is 45 years. LED's are awesome.
In case anyone is interested we are under a weather advisory for extreme cold (frostbite could occur in minutes, pretty sure you are too Maebeme). The temperature this morning is -28C with the wind making it feel like -41C.
Got a bit worried about our sons and gave them a call (being in Mom mode to men who are in their 40's). Told them to dress warmly, and asked if they had enough food in the house to last through this. Both said this wasn't the first rodeo of cold weather they had been through and kind of metaphorically patted me on the head. Do we ever stop being "Mom".
Everybody have a wonderful day.
God bless.
