Frugal Freedom

Things have slowed down and sped up at the same time. The day to day things like high school stuff, grocery shopping, making dinner, doctor...

Nephew update:  He has a job at Mc Donald's.  I shipped 3 boxes and his golf clubs for arrival on Friday (Note to self, never ship golf...

I took another half day off to take Jimmy-dog to the vet.  He had two appointments today, first at our regular vet for blood pressure and...

My secret project is revealed! Water is a big problem out here in the desert of Tucson.  A well would cost me $30,000 and I don't have...

I've been putting it off for so long but I finally spent some money on new tools.  I found some cordless tools online, specifically, a r...

Today was very relaxing, except for my headache.  The weather was beautiful and I spent a little time in the yard trimming the trees, pullin...

Laundry done, week of meals made, floor swept, everyone clean and fed, now I want to relax.  Too bad I have to go to work tomorrow.  It didn...

The dogs woke me up at 5:30 am on Saturday so I decided to go out and tackle some weeds.  I worked from 6 to 8 and made some progress but th...

Yes, that's right. It's a new dog. One of our foster homes decided to stop fostering and he had around 15 dogs so they were beggin...

22 degrees tonight. I tried to cover my Ironwood tree with a trash bag to protect it but it was like trying to put a porcupine in a bag. I...

I spent the morning with the mortgage agent answering all of his questions and signing forms. I did get approved so now I just need to chec...

By 4:30 everyone else was gone so I decided to leave too. When I got to the door I saw that it was pouring rain and the parking lot had a n...

I was right, it finally rained today. I attached one dog door flap and then decided to take a nap. I woke up to thunder and thought I had ...

I think half of Tucson got some rain last night. My coworker who lives central said she got a down pour. I heard some thunder in the dista...

Sorry this is late but Blogger was down last night. When I opened the door this morning I could smell the rain. It isn't here yet but i...

Well, the new air conditioner had it down to 89 degrees when I got home from work. I wouldn't say that was fantastic but it was an impr...

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...

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...

A coworker got some phone numbers for me for water delivery because her friends get water delivered. They said they get 1,000 gallons for $...

I got my trash cans today! They are very big. It is going to be a bit of a challenge to take all of my trash and the cans to the end of th...