Cheap

So this morning my son & I where talking about the new computer desk.  I was asking him if he liked it better than using the card table that I’ve had the computer on for the past month.  He’s like yes it’s much better!  The computer screen doesn’t shake now when you’re typing.  I’m like your right but what can I say I’m cheap, we had a laugh over this.  See even though the computer desk is new to us it wasn’t actually new.  I got it from a friend that no longer needed it, we just had to get it down some stairs & then I had to clean it up.

See I knew we needed a computer desk but I’m just to cheap to go buy a brand new one.  So I was watching the local yard sale site till I could find one.  But free & a little work is better than a cheap computer desk. Hahahaa   

The thing is I’ve always been mostly content with what I have.  Which for Birthday’s & Christmas time this drives my Family nuts!!  Because they don’t know what to buy me cause I don’t ever ask for anything.  I’m pretty sure I was the same way as a child.  Anyway so I’ve just always made do with what I have, so when I needed to move the computer to the living room & needed a computer desk, I made dew with the card table I already had, because I was to cheap too go buy a new one.

I’ve done the same thing with my garden, I wanted to make raised beds.  But instead of buying supplies to make them I got tracker tires for free & cut part of the top out with a jigsaw.  It works, so why pay for something else?  I’m a do-it-self women, so when I’m needing a small project done I go look thru the scrap pile till I find what I need.  Cheap is just how I role, but free is even better.:)

I’ve spent hours or days taking nails out of boards so that we can reuse them for one project or another.  We had added on to our house & the local grocery store was remodeling.  So we sent & asked if we could have the lumber they were throwing away.  Of course they didn’t mind & with this lumber we built almost the whole hallway we added on.  This was a good twelve feet long.  Of course one of the best parts the boards where really cheap.  Free is so much better that cheap. hehehehee

I’ve never been one afraid of a little hard work & that hard work sometimes pays off with saving a lot of cash on buying things.  So what if you’re wondering how can I save a little money or do things cheap?  Remember think outside the box, do a little hard work & you just might find some ways to save.

Garden, what I've tried

I love to garden!!  I used to garden when I was younger & I just loved it!  Now that I’m older, I still love to garden.  I’m married now with one boy.  So the time I’m able to spend in the garden is limited.

I’m not really a girl that likes flowers, so I grow a vegetable garden.  I suppose the best thing I like to eat out of my garden is peppers.  They can be green, red, black, yellow or orange.  Just as long as there not hot.  I don’t like hot peppers at all!

I’ve had problems with my garden though.  Stuff just doesn’t want to grow for me.  I just don’t understand it.  I’ve tried horse manure, chicken manure & even goat manure.  Nothing seems to help my garden grow.

Well this past year I discovered  a different way to feed my garden.  It called hugelkultur, this is  where you put rotting wood down & then you place your top soil on the wood.   So I dug up all my dirt this last year & put rotting wood under my soil.  Man that was a lot of work.   I’m hoping that this make my garden the best it has ever been over the next couple of years. 

I mean I love to garden but when you work & work & don’t really get anything for it.  I tell you what it makes you not want to garden anymore.  

My son & husband don’t like to eat the vegetables.  So if I can’t at least get a good garden out of my work for me to eat, I’m about ready to give it up all together.

Of course this last year I did get lots of different colored peppers out of my garden.  So that at least made me happy.  I also got some zucchini from the garden.   I suppose about the only other thing I got was brown beans.

So if you’re having problems with your garden maybe you should try huglkultur.  It might be the answer you’ve been looking for.  I know I had never heard of it before.Leave a comment telling me what’s your favorite thing to eat out the garden.

Building Solar Panels

I was very interested in finding ways to cut down on the amount of Electric we have to pay for every month.  So I started drying the cloths outside or hanging them in the house if the weather didn’t permit  for them to be hung outside.  I put all the electronics’ that consume vampire electric on surge protectors to make it easier to turn off the appliance’s when not in use.   I also bought the good kind of energy saving light bulbs.  All things combined only cut the bill down by about $50.

So I talked to my husband about making solar panels.  He’s like soldering is so much harder than you think.  I like I’m sure I can do it.  So I went against his advice & bought everything I needed to make a solar panel.  Which I don’t usually go against his advice, cause he’s usually right.

So I finally received all that I needed to make my solar panel with.  I had to purchase almost everything thru Ebay.  I set about building my solar panel.  I had one problem after another.   Man was my husband right soldering is not that easy. (I know I should of listened) 

I had do many problems with building the solar panel that by the time I’m done with it, it would have been cheaper to buy one.  Yep you read that right I’m still not done with it.  I’m not sure I will ever get the thing done.  I’m a pretty determined person, but this solar panel takes the cake.  I’ve even got in contact with a company that’s about 30 miles from where we lived & asked them what I was doing wrong on the soldering.  I sent them pictures & they really couldn’t figure out why I’m having problems either.  So between all the problems I’ve had building the panel & the time I wasn’t able to build on it cause of family problems.  It’s been almost 1&1/2 but it’s still not done. 

I’m so mad at the thing I don’t even want to try & finish it at this point.  My point is in hindsight I wish I would of never even thought about building a solar panel.  

I’m making some pretty simple money online now.  So I think in a few years time after we buy a new place to live, (with my new online job) that we will buy & pay for in cash enough solar panels to cover our entire eclectic bill!  If you’d like to know how you could earn enough to do this also just click any of my link's & I will show you how!

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