Frugal Freedom

I like the idea of having a whole birthday month.  I have to work on my birthday anyway, so might as well spread out the fun throughout the...

The gift buying is over and I managed to pay $1,200 extra towards my mortgage principal which brings the total to $22,931.  One year and 4 ...

The new air conditioner arrived today! After much struggling to get the 60 pound box in to the mobile home and out of the box, I managed to...

It is too hot. Outside it was 100F when I got home this evening. Inside it was 90F. I checked out the Home Depot website again and used t...

I am in upgrade mode or as some people call it, lifestyle inflation. I'm not technically supposed to be buying anything yet but with th...

Propane gas that is. And I'm not out yet but very low. I took my 7 gallon tank to get refilled at the usual spot but they wouldn't f...

I finally made my November extra mortgage payment today. I could have done it last Wednesday but I forgot to look up how much to pay from my...

2 years ago my RV fridge broke. It cost me $800 to fix it. Less than a year later it stopped working again and it cost me $160 to fix it eve...

My refrigerator choices are: my unreliable RV fridge currently running on propane or my mini-fridge with it's non-freezing mini-freeze...

I try not to dwell too much on the news. I can't control much of what is going on. The best thing I can do is to stick to my plan...no...

I have been needing to make a trip to the dump for many months now. I had an old stove, washer, and fridge plus misc. trash and no way to ge...

The RV guy came out yesterday. I had to miss 2 hours of work but it's a chore that needed to be done. He replaced the circuit board and ...

Yesterday I talked to the RV repair guy who fixed my fridge last May for a whopping $800. He told me the circuit board only had a 90 day war...

Armed with my government issued $40 converter box coupons, I drove 35 minutes to a far-away Walmart that had boxes in stock. There were 2 br...

Yesterday I found 2 mini fridges on Craig's List but neither person was home when I called. This morning one person responded and said t...

I found 2 potential mini-fridges on Craigs List for only $50. They would cost $150-$200 if I bought one new at Best Buy or Walmart. The smal...

I was sorting my mail today, that's the kind of exciting thing I do when I get a day off...haha. I had 4 letters from Qwest, my internet...

Today at lunch my coworkers and I were discussing trash. I brought it up because I don't have trash service and it costs $10 to go to th...

I looked up a new RV fridge on the Camping World web site today. Looks like it will cost $1650 for a new one plus tax after I pay $20 to joi...

I can do laundry!!! Ok, I'm a little excited about it. My boss came over this morning and I showed him where I wanted the dryer hooked...