A Couple of Random Cool Things
Today's post is going to be different from from the "Five Frugal Things" you'd normally find on the blog. Instead I'm using the blog to shine a light on a couple of random cool things that are too good to not share.
I also invite you to share whatever random things you'd like to share with the Non-Consumer Advocate community.
Our backyard neighbors are having their cyclone-with-wooden-slats fence replaced, (at their expense) with a fancy wooden number. They're planning a built in "notch" so we can still chat. We have a "friendly acquaintance" relationship with them, so I find it enormously flattering that they'd amend the design so we can continue our "over the fence" friendship.
Just thinking about it makes me a bit teary, it's so sweet!
My husband and I are now considering hiring their company to continue the fence along the right hand side of the property to create a consistent look. You know, as long as they're already doing the job. It'll take a chunk of change, but it's long overdue.
I learned that if you tap the microphone icon in the Roku app and tell it to "Find remote control" that it prompts the remote to make a dinging sound! It takes ten seconds, but it absolutely works.
I know about the hidden button on the side of the Roku box that serves the same purpose, but this is easier. I love a good hack and this one is too good to keep to myself.
My husband decided that he's ready to donate his grandparents' enormous art easel, so we're giving it to the high school art department. It serves zero purpose in our basement, so it's off on a new adventure with a fresh generation of artists.
Frederick and Josephine Reiniger were lifelong commercial and fine artists, well known for their decades of work with Tastykake.
Our basement is nowhere near developing an echo, but every item that leaves is a relief and a step or two in the right direction. (You see how huge that easel is, right?!) The way I view it, every solid object in our home replaces air that would otherwise circulate. Fewer things in my house = more air to breathe!
Ahh . . . .
Now your turn, what random things do you want to share with the Non-Consumer Advocate community?
Katy Wolk-Stanley
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."
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Decluttering is frugal. Organizing belongings helps calm the mind and keeps us from buying duplicates of items we need, but already have. Three frugal things:
1. Had a big sit down dinner party (10 folks total), and made Chicken Marbella with chicken thighs. Chicken thighs are usually a bit cheaper than other parts, and they have more flavor. An inexpensive, but nice, dinner that didn't cost much.
2. Refinishing a dresser found on the side of the road. Who says frugal people can't have nice things?
3. Put a book, Things in Nature Merely Grow by Yiyun Li, on hold at the library instead of spending $15 on a new one. Patience is frugal. Has anyone else read this book? Thoughts?
Beth Ann
Your neighbors fence is making me think of something from 10 years ago! Our neighbor behind us replaced a fence that we shared (old wood fence) with a fancy iron one and asked if we would split the cost for it. That section was $2500! I said that I was sorry, we couldn’t afford it right now. When we did replace the rest of the fence on our two other sides with iron that matched, I gave her $700. But now you’ve got me thinking if I should have paid for it at all! Curious what the agreed upon fencing protocols are.