10 Inventive Ways to Cut Expenses from Your Budget

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Grab your beverage of choice! It's time for Coffee Chat! To cut expenses - sometimes you have to think “outside the box” and be inventive. In this monthly episode of Coffee Chat, we discuss 10 tips from our friend, the Wisconsin Fru-Gal. She recently sent us a list of ten ways to save money that are a little bit unconventional.
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@Jeo_Momma 8 ай бұрын

We're downsizing and making every room multipurpose. Our 1 acre micro-homestead is being built for us to age out in and be as independent as possible... Well, generators, irrigation, gardens, chickens, etc. It's a historic village and we're surrounded by friends with land. We spend lots of afternoons sitting under trees and on porticos sipping coffee or ice tea. We all cook from scratch and share meals...

@Gabi-lt4mx 8 ай бұрын

I have lots of native (!) flowers in my garden. This year I have collected plenty of seeds. I offered them as a gift in a group. What can I say, I gave out over 60 bags and sometimes I got a little something in return. I'm pleased that more native flowers will soon be blooming here again for the insects. A win-win situation.

@LovingLifeOnLess 8 ай бұрын

Some great ideas, thank you. 🥰 We currently have a glut of potatoes and left over mashed potatos. We turn the mash into potato pastry, like they did in the UK during World War 2 because of wheat shortages. The potato pastry is lighter than normal pastry and you don't need extra fat as the startch in the potato holds the pastry together. So it's healthier than normal pastry too. Use left over stew or casserole as your pie filling and a potato pastry top to make a tasty warming pie for Winter xx

@joannedibben2352 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us know about this potato pastry sounds great I will have to try this blessings to you🌈

@mariahsmom9457 8 ай бұрын

Oh wow, how does one make potato pastry? If you have a recipe to share, that would be neat.

@happycook6737 7 ай бұрын

We make air fryer french fries and Swiss rosti with fresh potatoes. Lol never any leftovers.

@teresabambury9225 8 ай бұрын

Drinking pumpkin spiced flavored coffee! We did the experience thing for my husband this year. He too is a nature lover and hates going out to eat at restaurants. Instead, we took him to a local lake where everyone including the little granddaughters went fishing. Money spent was on the meat and cheeses for homemade sub sandwiches. Lettuce and tomatoes came from our garden, along with home made pickles. Home made cupcakes were also a hit!

@user-hs6pu7yt2q 8 ай бұрын

It's Christmas! We go drive to neighborhoods with Christmas lights & then home for Cocoa😊 We also have a collection of feel-good Christmas 🎄 stories & read 1 every night 🌙

@LaundryFaerie 8 ай бұрын

Whether they're Coffee Chats or Tea Talks, these discussions are always innovative and interesting. Thanks!

@dabneydee9109 8 ай бұрын

I don't have a "free room", but I do keep a "free list". It's a running list of everything I've found curb-side in my neighbourhood over the years. Lots of really useful things like a solid pine chest, a sturdy step-stool, vacuum attachments, foam floor mats ... hundreds of dollars worth of useful stuff that people have thrown out.

@Gabi-lt4mx 8 ай бұрын

Great idea

@KS-zc4jn 8 ай бұрын

I like this idea better than a free room. I may not want to keep all the free items in the same room. Sometimes free items are passed along to others who could use them.

@jenniferhenderson6154 8 ай бұрын

I love being gift or finding a free item . I use everything that has been gifted and so grateful for everything

@rochellethundercloud346 8 ай бұрын

I've found a huge bookcase, actually two,side tables, lamps, clothes,purses, jewelry,books, makeup, perfume, unopened Starbucks coffees and teas,dishes,pots and pans,cutlery,bath sets,

@dabneydee9109 8 ай бұрын

@@rochellethundercloud346 Oh, definitely! I can't tell you how many times I've come across amazing finds that I've left on the curb because I don't want my home to look like a hoarded nightmare 😄.

@mariahsmom9457 8 ай бұрын

My neighbors and neighbor community are the absolute best. We trade dog sitting, watching each others homes, one of them has helped me so much with my gardening and growing food, another with some discounted small plumbing work, and I provide lots of nursing advice and first aid treatments (I'm an RN). Neighbors and community really do make more difference than any politics going on!

@maryellenyork2819 8 ай бұрын

My library has a free seed bank. My city has a Buy Nothing Facebook group.

@cwomo9147 8 ай бұрын

I just saw the internet a few days ago that the clock on your microwave uses half of the total energy of your microwave. I have unplugged my microwave for years and years. It's a good tip.

@faithrada 6 ай бұрын

Truly? I would question that advice.. doesn't really make sense.

@bellen4329 8 ай бұрын

Great tips! My neighbor & I walk 3 mornings a week - neither of us would do that on our own - and while walking we 'curbside' shop alot. We've picked up walkers, seasonal decorations, kitchen items, baskets, large storage containers, etc. Some items we kept for ourselves but the majority were donated to the local church thrift store. We do not sell anything we pick up and there's nothing wrong with that but we choose not to.

@myaccount9498 8 ай бұрын

How very kind of u both to redonate yr free finds 💜

@glendagrosjean477 8 ай бұрын

I'm so thankful for the notification feature! I get to see more episodes than I would if I had to rely on my bad memory!

@UndertheMedian 8 ай бұрын

Totally, me, too. I rely on that notification for my favorite channels, too.

@Cynthua-yc9zt 8 ай бұрын

I have TONS of free stuff throughout my house, including most of my living room furniture. There are a couple items I bought but the majority were free.

@dawncierelli1510 8 ай бұрын

Sharing and bartering are sure the way to go and it's so good to meet people that have skills and if you have skills or product that can benefit you in trade...... I am for it... Also it builds relationships which are so important

@angieprice7206 8 ай бұрын

My process with jack-o-lanterns is to get the seeds out and start the drying while I am doing the carving. I used to salt them and roast them but they weren’t popular. After hallowe’en, I cut the pumpkin into cubes. I cut off the peel and any yucky bits. Then I steam it until soft. I mash it and then freeze it in ziploc bags. When I had dogs I would give them a bit of pumpkin in their dinners.they love it and it’s good for them. These days I have a friend who makes truly excellent pies. I drop off the packs of pumpkin and when she makes pies, I get to visit. It’s a win/ win. 😊 Bit that don’t get processed end up in the compost.

@VrajaVilasini 8 ай бұрын

I freeze roasted pumpkin and put it in my smoothie with frozen bananas, almond milk, cinnamon and nutmeg. It’s delicious. 🎃

@bria2596 8 ай бұрын

I put things on the curb, and the fastest pick-up time has been under 1 min. I was glad to send that stuff to someone who would actually use it (or sell it, what do I care?).

@kristenvincent3622 8 ай бұрын

😂 love this! I have a “free Camper” project, a truck camper I’m remodelling and that is almost completely free. What wasn’t free was discounted, except for the $200 I have into products for the roof re-seal. This will let us cut at least $160/month from my husbands work commute for 2024. It’s getting completed and mounted on our truck this week. We are on a small island, and he has to ferry to a different island for one of his jobs. A lot of the materials for the re-model were locally salvaged or bartered. Good local connections are absolutely the best money saver, and it builds a sense of community too!

@winterwoodcottage3657 8 ай бұрын

We buy heirloom pumpkins for .25 cents each at Sprouts in the first week of November. We save the seeds and sell them for a dollar a packet in spring. We aren't getting rich but we do fund some of the seeds we need or want to purchase for our garden season.

@katherinerichardson1767 8 ай бұрын

Fru-Gal did a great job of living a frugal life. Thanks for sharing!

@graceerhart5796 27 күн бұрын

KZfaq has some of the best free entertainment; I have almost given up television, except what is on youtube. Cool stuff

@RN-mn3jn 8 ай бұрын

Yes I have Next Door. The local one I have gone on has some people asking for money 😮 So I rarely look at it. We bought a Black Friday item last week that has a $30 rebate. It required us to fill it out on line, print it AND then mail it in🤔 Seems the manufacturer may hope people will not do all the steps. Hahaha the frugal people will challenge that process for the win.

@robindobbs672 7 ай бұрын

Yes! "Nextdoor" is great & used a lot in West Little Rock, Arkansas!

@tiffanyhenderson897 5 ай бұрын

We use next door in my neighborhood too in WV. I love it!

@kathymurphy4721 8 ай бұрын

I save seeds from things I get at the store melon, squash, pumpkins, etc. at the end of the season I gather and dry flower seeds from my yard. I keep the seeds in saved pasta sauce jars. Our outdoor lamp posts didn't work when we bought the house and too expensive to rewire. I found solar lamp post lights on Amazon so they are lit up for free. We built raised beds from the neighbors old fence boards and filled them with leaves and pine needles from the neighbors who were glad to get rid of them. We keep a five gallon bucket in the shower to catch water while you are waiting for it to warm up. Almost always enough for one flush. When you buy green onions, cut off about an inch on the root end and plant them. They will keep on growing. Just trim off what you need and they will grow and grow

@denesecardwell8532 8 ай бұрын

Yay Larry you got your cast off!!

@coffeecupconversations 8 ай бұрын

When the children moved out, my husband got my son's bedroom as a man cave, and I use my daughters' old bedroom as a computer/crafting/exercise room. I have lots of storage for my sweepstakes hobby and bargain shopping/free stuff finds.

@TheLongRunwithJoelandChristy 8 ай бұрын

I love the emphasis on the neighborhood or community aspect. 🤗🥰

@mmcgrath737 8 ай бұрын

I am so thankful for the information you share and all for the concise, organized way you present it.🙏

@rebahughes-orr5523 8 ай бұрын

Very good ideas, thanks to y’all!

@rosemarybrown4681 8 ай бұрын

Great advice as usual, thank you ☘️💚

@danaharris5446 8 ай бұрын

Love your information, look forward to each and every suggestion.❤️

@accidentalgardenerandcheap433 8 ай бұрын

This is one of your best vids! I love your statement about God putting you with those neighbors to be in your life❤

@rg-mi5hh 8 ай бұрын

When you get narcissistic neighbors, you can't enjoy your own home. Used to have top notched neighbors for decades. Still have many who are fine. Some now are a royal pain in the neck. If you are good to them, they take advantage. Very uncomfortable to live around. If you have good ones, thank the good Lord everyday. They are a blessing for sure.

@faithrada 6 ай бұрын

@@rg-mi5hhI already told my sweet neighbors.. They Can't move!!! 😅

@user-id7tq1ge8x 8 ай бұрын

Great tips on frugality! God bless you all and Merry Christmas

@sylviaskinner6849 7 ай бұрын

Thank you I just found your channel and subscribed. I’m 64 and newly divorced. I want to retire next year and have to be very careful with my money I just got on Mint Mobile. I pay $15 a month. I had to pay a year in advance $202 with taxes, so it equals out to about $17 per month. I am saving 460 a year. I was paying 55 a month with T-Mobile with a senior discount! I don’t need to find any more things I do need to go through my garage and list things to sell. I am making some money on Facebook marketplace but I am also going to try next-door. I have never heard of that. thanks for all your tips. Merry Christmas.

@user-ci6il5ev5y 8 ай бұрын

one of our libraries has a library of seeds that we can drop seeds or get seeds no charge

@kendrasmith6637 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Larry and Hope. The apple tea and the pumpkin pie tea sound so good! 😊 God bless

@frugalfull 8 ай бұрын

Wow that pumpkin pie tea sounds so good! 😁 thanks for all the ideas and inspiration 🙏 💡 ❤

@alysoncocking1236 8 ай бұрын

Drinking tea myself. So pleased you're using a teapot.

@eileenalholinna5310 8 ай бұрын

Yes, I love the notification feature!! ❤

@terryhenderson424 8 ай бұрын

In times past, I used spent pumpkins as yard decor. You MUST realize that a bright, orange, blob will grab your eye like a beacon light in the fall and especially winter landscape; spread them out to drag your eye around. I tuck them under the edge of shrubs or gather a few as a focal point. But, i turn the carved faces towards the shrubs towards each other, etc...Then I let rot in place into the ground. Uncarved pumpkins tend to shrink evenly in place. They are super for the soil, worms love them, but be warned that 4 legged critters will use them as a food source and you may not want to feed certain populations of "outdoor pets".

@laurelsnyder1855 8 ай бұрын

I alway loved having coffee and would make a quick coffee cake spend time talking with my neighbors and now they are my very good friend. Love the tips

@terryhenderson424 8 ай бұрын

Yes, we have gathered free, post rummage and yard sale items plenty of times.

@annhysell6064 7 ай бұрын

Hey, Larry & Hope. I do appreciate these ideas. Although I have noticed that you do not address maintenance/repairs for house or vehicles much, which would save much more than groceries. One of you must change the oil/rotate tires, install brake pads, a starter (etc). And home repairs.. Repairs to plumbing, electrical, roofing, simple stuff. Maybe in the future? Thanks. Be well & Happy Holidays.

@Ladybug19391 8 ай бұрын

Drinking carbonated Italian Mineral Water with a splash of lemon juice. And I am on the NextDoor site. Besides posting things for sale or to barter people can warn neighbors of road conditions, neighborhood crime, community events, meetings, weather conditions, good restaurants in the area, new businesses, lost or found pets, etc.

@dawnchristensen2393 2 ай бұрын

Hi there from New Zealand. I love your channel and your sense of humor. I always drink Earl Grey tea like you drink your coffee. I saw a video clip about a man growing vegetables from the seeds grown in his compost bin, from food he's thrown out. It was really good. I don't go out to restaurants or to the movies. I would rather do it at home. I like watching you tube videos and have a collection of DVD's and blue rays I watch over and over. I never get bored.

@olliecooper4232 8 ай бұрын

Great Tips Larry and Hope I enjoy watching your great content each week. I am currently earl grey tea from the seaside town of Torquay in the UK.

@Mrsmadison45 8 ай бұрын

❤ Great to see both of you ❤

@lindajacquot5391 7 ай бұрын

Please thank your FruGal friend, and yourselves, for some great ideas! Merry Christmas! 🎄

@annoravetz5908 8 ай бұрын

I remember our neighbor moms dropping in for flour, eggs, sugar. They would stay for coffee ☕️, (we would sometimes have to fetch the ashtray) sometimes until the afternoon, when they had to get home for their ‘story’ (aka soap opera). Our mother mostly listened.

@virginiadugan7852 8 ай бұрын

Black tea with milk & sugar! Love it ❤

@dregeminin1 8 ай бұрын

Hope, I luv your message at 17:28..it’s so special❤️

@janfoster9583 8 ай бұрын

I get together with friends to drink tea and work jigsaw puzzles. I’ve had good luck buying used puzzles. A good thing to trade, as well.

@margiesoapyhairbillian4754 8 ай бұрын

I used Next-door app. I actually built a business from that application. AND! Yes!!! I have had volunteer pumpkins 🎃 from getting pumpkins. I get them from buy nothing! Or I grab them from people throwing them away.

@krishenderson970 8 ай бұрын

Love Bulk Herb Store!!!

@VrajaVilasini 8 ай бұрын

I’m drinking water with a squeeze of lime, it’s super hot here (summer in Australia) so this is lovely to cool down. Thank you for sharing today. We appreciate you xx.

@happycook6737 7 ай бұрын

Cucumber water, strawberry water are also good. Just add a few slices into water and let it infuse overnight in the refrigerator. Yum

@NOVAFrugalFamily 8 ай бұрын

I get full pumpkins that people haven’t carved every year through buy nothing which I process and have pumpkin purée in the freezer. There are great ways to get things you need without spending lots of money out of pocket.

@emmyjoyful1 8 ай бұрын

So I just ate a can of cod livers, and asked a neighbour if her dog would like the "to be discarded" cod liver oil. She said "Yes!". I've always lived a frugal lifestyle, so these things are very familiar and easy parts of my life. I did some of my Christmas shopping today at the local Mennonite Thrift Store. I would LOVE it if someone could post a knitting or sewing pattern for a skunk. lol. Yes, 8 yo grandson has a collection of skunk stuffies. He wants more, including a small one to hang on the Christmas tree.

@eileenalholinna5310 8 ай бұрын

Drinking throat coat tea with honey as I watch your video! ❤

@UndertheMedian 8 ай бұрын

Oh no! I hope it's pre-emptive and your throat doesn't hurt already.

@annscullamus 8 ай бұрын

As ever, such brilliant tips and ideas, so needed at this time. It is snowy and very very cold in the north of England so using all your heating ideas ! I have a bio ethanol stove which burns clean, needs no chimney and throws out a good amount of heat, so the central heating does not have to be on all day ! I am drinking a mug of hot Yorkshire Tea ! Thank you so much Hope and Larry, they are life saving.

@susandodds8482 8 ай бұрын

Aye it's chilly up here in the North East! Praying the snow dissappears by Monday.

@happycook6737 7 ай бұрын

I find sleeping inside a small tent helps us stay warm.

@user-gk5ch5xj7p 8 ай бұрын

CVS here in Pa. The care pass costs $48:00 a year. It gives $10:00 a mouth back to every month. Also 20 or 30 percent off store brand items at regular price. It saves me money. If I can't use it myself. I use it for gifts.

@janetstonerook4552 8 ай бұрын

So glad you asked! First thing in the morning, I drink a magic bullet black coffee! Fresh brewed with an added splash of extra virgin olive oil, turmeric and lemon juice! As part of my fall health reset and it works great to soothe my insides, back down my junk food cravings and combat dry skin and hair. Enjoying FruGal's list!👍🌷

@monikagausmann897 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tips! And it felt so good to hear that two budgeting-pros also make mistakes and have no fun-money left. Thank you for being honest.

@ashleycesario6089 8 ай бұрын

Nobody has any fun money, hon. Idk about you but I'm really tired of finding inventive ways to save money. I just want to get paid fairly. Great video. But I'm emotionally exhausted from needing the tips.

@monikagausmann897 8 ай бұрын

@@ashleycesario6089 your words touched me and I‘m sorry to hear that. I also don‘t understand why companies don‘t pay their staff properly and why people, who make little money even have to pay taxes. I wish you all the best and don‘t give up 🙏🏻

@ashleycesario6089 8 ай бұрын

I work for a state agency who cares for seniors and the disabled. It isn't even a company. And we got a pay cut after being human shields through The Pandy. Something is seriously wrong. Thank you for the kind words and I hope you stay blessed.

@victorwadsworth821 7 ай бұрын

Cold out this morning, but nearly placed my used grocery sacks the paper ones around the rose bush, I will cover with some cheap mulch I bought, save weeding later.

@lindaripp5902 8 ай бұрын

Thanks

@VickiGraham-cx7iz 8 ай бұрын

Love the teapot!

@UndertheMedian 8 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's probably 1940's. We got it at the very end of an estate sale and they were selling the remaining items super cheap. I think we paid about $3 for it.

@tshidimokone6595 8 ай бұрын

Love the teapot. ❤

@UndertheMedian 8 ай бұрын

Thanks. It's probably 1940's. We got it at the very end of an estate sale and they were selling the remaining items super cheap. I think we paid about $3 for it.

@RebeccaC2024 7 ай бұрын

I just realized my living room is 90% free. The only thing I paid for was a TV stand and that was actually my daughters old dresser I flipped into a TV stand. Everything else was free.

@jumpinjavajane8253 8 ай бұрын

As my name indicates, I am drinking coffee! Yes, we have NextDoor here and you can sell on it too. Every year I toss my pumpkins after Halloween into our wooded area for the deer. I am always hoping a seed will take and I will get a pumpkin, but not after 15 years! Maybe the deer are doing a good job of 'picking the bones'. I did roast the seeds for the first time this year but not sure it was worth the mess!

@user-kz6ms2rr3j 8 ай бұрын

My favorite tea is called "Comfort and Joy". It's cinnamon, cloves and orange peels all bundled up into one glorious cup of tea. I get it from The Republic of Tea.

@dancininthemoonlight6138 8 ай бұрын

I love Christmas decaf or herbal teas. I try to get a new one every year. It makes the cold dark Canadian winter not so bleak.

@user-kz6ms2rr3j 7 ай бұрын

I, too, buy a special coffee for the holidays. I hope you are enjoying what daylight you get. @@dancininthemoonlight6138

@laurilance5986 8 ай бұрын

Curb shopping is the best!!

@mysteryreader1 8 ай бұрын

Drinking Harney and sons Chocolate flavored black tea. It’s great.

@terryhenderson424 8 ай бұрын

We gathered other's leaves for the garden in volumes contained by a 1 ton, flat bed, stake side truck. We found that gathering piles of leaves on a tarp then gathering the edges of the tarp to contain the leaves worked far better than using plastic bags or garbage/ 1 yard lawn waste cans. For weight and for maneuverability however, we found that King sized (and other), thrift storebed sheets to work best. At the time, we could get the King sized sheets for $1 and better, bigger contractor's plastic bags for $.50. The bed sheets were pretty much guaranteed to last at least 2 trips and a second year; the contractor's bags not so much so. Once you get your leaves home, you will need a containment system. You can use wire fencing around them, lay a tarp weighted by a few rocks over them, or lay those bed sheets over them with a few rocks. Fruit tree leaves seem to breas down over the course of a winter far better than many of the others in the area. The big maple leaves dont particularly break down and the big Norway maples have stems which will wrap around rototill tines come spring, or a couple of springs into the future. Some people put these leaves in a garage can or to gallon barrel then use the weed wacker to break them down into crumples before top dressing the garden being put to bed for the winter; you'll still need something to keep them in the garden and not blown all about your yard. If they are broken down enough you can till them into the spring garden soil where they will continue to break down slower than barn cleanings providing some structure for the soil and water retention thin for the drought times. Other people rake them off amd use them as the layered brown component in thier spring time compost pile which is full of green weeds, spring grass clippings, amd more more green.

@katiehorn7138 8 ай бұрын

I would love to find a group of people willing to do these kind of ideas! Everyone I know is either cheap in every bad sense of the word (never tipping, etc), or people wanting to only do things that would cost minimum $100 Lol if I could only find the middle ground of nice frugal people.

@amandawhite982 8 ай бұрын

I buy pumpkins in the fall for a fall display along with straw bales but don't carve them. I cut them after the fall season is over and pressure can them in small cubes for eating, save some of the pumpkin seeds for planting and peel some of the seeds for eating. The straw bales I leave outside and use them in the garden the next year. I also went to $ general when the seeds they sell were at 90% and got a lot of them when they went lower so I am set up for next year and can give away some of the seeds packets away. I also plan on planting a bigger garden next year and hopefully can sell my extra at our local flea market or farmers market!

@kathyharmon2093 8 ай бұрын

Drinking a Fresca 😊haven’t had one for quite awhile

@Gabi-lt4mx 8 ай бұрын

I have a great neighborhood. We help each other and share the treasures from our garden. We like to have a coffee or tea together.

@yellownightjar 8 ай бұрын

Made cranberry juice concentrate. Drinking that mixed with froz sliced ginger & zero calorie sparkling water. Very good

@MarkoPolo8888 8 ай бұрын

Hello, I’m having a cup of coffee ☕️

@fionaworrell4535 8 ай бұрын

I bought an 8kw diesel heater,heats the whole house in minutes,costs about 30euro per month in fuel to run it just a little while morning and night..much cheaper than Central heating,wood stove or anything else I've found,also runs fine from solar powered batteries or a simple car battery.

@jenniferhenderson6154 8 ай бұрын

Next door neighbor app Sounds like olio in the uk , great idea about the pumpkins x

@UnadornedInIndiana 8 ай бұрын

Sitting in my Free Room. Couch, loveseat, chair and tables all given to us. I suggest people skip Next Door. Not worth it and very difficult to get off their email list. Thanks for the good ideas in this video.

@shaunaleessnackidies 6 ай бұрын

Yep I’ve used next door app, good ideas 😊

@terryhenderson424 8 ай бұрын

We go through a fair amount of coffee and save our used coffee grounds in a coffee can with an extra lid on the bottom to prevent rust rings, then top dress our acid loving shrubs with the grounds. Too dress is simply spreading out in the top of the soil. We also hand crumble our egg shells into the spent coffee grounds. In the city, I quit adding the egg shells because both pigeons and rats would eat them for calcium; at least in my spot of the inner city I was living in. Outside of that, i haven't found but a single critter who disturbed the coffee grounds and that was a neighbor's small dog who liked to roll in them. Again, this eliminates a heavy, wet, drippy component from the landfill garbage stream; and reduces the need to have to wash garbage cans.

@rg-mi5hh 8 ай бұрын

If we make extras for a meal, we take some to an elderly widow near us. It cheers them uo and us too. It's what makes a neighborhood good. Helping each other without an underlying motive. Have had too many of the see how much I can take kind of neighbors. Miss having a ton of neighbors who were genuinely kind and thoughtful. Still have some. We try to be that when we can. Won't tolerate the other ones.

@happycook6737 7 ай бұрын

How lovely to remember the widows.

@carolegehlen677 6 ай бұрын

Hi, keeping seeds is a whole science as vegetables tend to cross with other plants of the same kind. The result can be starchy corn, bitter carrots or infertile plants. One important point: If you save pumpkin or zucchini seeds and the next year your pumpkins taste bitter, they are poisonous and must not be eaten. If they don't taste bitter, they are fine.

@MajorMonkeytoes 8 ай бұрын

I've never seen Menards rebates available online--my husband did it last month and had to mail it in.

@coettahannah3403 8 ай бұрын

There is a lot of free activities in my areas many times a year .

@nikedoesthings 8 ай бұрын

I am drinking coffee but I'm filling teabags with hibiscus tea leaves, so a bit of both here. Greetings from the Netherlands ❤

@graceerhart5796 27 күн бұрын

I get used to doing without a hot shower during a weekend, but since our re-enacting is in cold months (Almost none in summer, so I can save some money for events that are coming up"

@v113d94 8 ай бұрын

I love my coffee.

@janeoxley4829 7 ай бұрын

Yes very good we all need some 'deer friends'.

@suzannebinsley5940 8 ай бұрын

I bought a nice vacuum cleaner at the last hour of an estate sale. The next week a local radio station had a person who was moving and was throwing them out!! I don't have a free room but use estate sales to purchase stuff that would ruin my budget at full cost .

@suzannebinsley5940 8 ай бұрын

I forgot to mention , some estate sales sell the groceries and plant fertilizers, cleaning products, machine oils for a fraction of the store price.

@shirleyparker4969 8 ай бұрын

Love Menard ❤️

@elizaC3024 8 ай бұрын

We save up the rebates from menards, for essential items. No us mail is only option. If you buy online, you can print receipt to mail in for your rebate. Our humana Medicare advantage offers gift cards in return for you logging your exercising 16 days of the month, and getting your preventative check ups, and testing done, and even for volunteering or socializing.

@graceerhart5796 27 күн бұрын

Most of my recent free things have been re-enactment clothing- and I will be getting some more, I think, with some help to make it.

@leonawilcox4821 8 ай бұрын

I’ve never seen online filing of rebates either. Only thing I find online is the rebate form and tracking of your rebate

@BeFree-BeFrugal 8 ай бұрын

I’m have my second cup of coffee ☕️

@judydavison3488 8 ай бұрын

I have a lot of good neighbors

@TonyaApplegate 8 ай бұрын

I just sent a Menards rebate in. I looked for an online option but couldn't find any. I wonder if it could be in certain areas especially if it's something new for them.