I have realized

Well I came to realize that I have been doing right all along around here. I have been reasured from alot of folks at this point. It is hard to believe that when I first started going cheaper in life I was at 16 years old. I have not stoped at all thru the years on alot of things. I got real cheap and tight when I first got up here to NY State also. Between the bargan rack that has moved several times thru the store and a few other things also. I can remember all the screaming and the arguements that have went on over the past almost 16 years also. And I have got alot cheaper since I have moved up here. Clarence racks, bargin racks, garage/yard sale hopping just to make ends meet around here with Child Support going out on top of it all. Yet I still manage to get blamed for supposadly being a "Rich Bitch" in some folks eyes and words. When myself and my Husband have been struggleing thru the years even though folks do not see it that way. I started with the home hair cuts years ago and even did my own thru the years while I was at it all also. I do not take pitty on myself nor my Husband at all. I do take Pitty on my ungreatfull Step Daughter who has for all the years has welcomed the B.S. from her mother and believed every word that she has said thru everything. I have never doubted my Husband all these years after what his Ex put me thru and Lied about with me. And to shove me out of a congragation for church is just plain nuts in my book but, somehow my Step Daughters mother found away to do it to me. I almost lost all faith in the church system totally when that happened to me almost 9 years ago. I do alot of things at home and on my own becuase of what has happened over the years thru no fault of my own. This is why I keep to myself alot of the times anyway so I do not get burnt at all. And with the statement from some folks of you will not catch me useing coupons PERIOD as long as they live. Well the coupons and a few other things have been money savers over the years to me. I always figured to save about 600 dollars a month between sales and coupons or eather one I have made the child support payment while my Husbands daughter was growing up and got the support. And I had the proof in my luggage that I carry for a purse of what was going out a month anyway and I still got called a liar eather way. Now since the support has ended I have no more obligations of to set money back for the ungreatfull child who never shown up for any reason at all nor questioned her mother on things also. Now I am letting things go and knowing what I went thru the girl is on her own after she told me to go F myself in so many words and I will find a place out of the hell hold trailer park that her father insisted that we live in after 16 years waiting on his Stupid daughter who believed all the lies and B.S. to get ahold of him. I have gone cheaper just so I can get out of here faster along with my Hubby. After all of these years I have kept my shut on alot of things and will keep my mouth shut on some things. I have alot of resentment towards some folks and I will not blame myself for it since I did give up my dreams once I got married. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Shakeing my head

Now some of us have a very tight budget around here I will admit to it. Most of the stuff I picked up yesterday was on sale anyway. And watching the news this morning hasen't helped out at all. NY State government is just totally out of controle still. Well there is alot more going on than passing along E-Mails to others from one. I wander how many of the folks in Albany really do run around on thier other half. Pluss all the shady deals that are going down also. Well after all said and done the NY State government does not have a clue as to what the regular working folks are doing around here to cut the costs in the households. Now this month my rent went up another 10 dollars to 355 a month. It does not incude anything at all except pot holes that will not get fixed at all around here. My Niece made the comment yesterday of how cute most of the trailers were in the park. I told her that at least 7 more are coming down and the FEMA trailers are coming in. The state of NY does not care nor the town of Niagara. As most folks say around here Money talks and Bull Shit walks. It is so true. For some of the polititions I would love to see thier face when most of us little folks start cooking on the tight budget that we all have. The Govener that is in now is wanting to put a tax on all Juices and all Sodas. Well I see alot more folks going down to PA for the cheaper stuff and bringing back the nickles. I will say I will start shopping down in PA once a month also if the drink tax goes in. And it is not like I do not have family to where I am headed to also. It will be well worth the trouble of going 4 hrs to do the grocery shopping let me tell you. And I can pack the van full once a month also. If I do a full shopping trip once a month it costs about 400 dollars if not more around here it depends on the seasons also. Now the 400 dollars pluss is without coupons and just partly sales. I have been known where I shop at in PA to pick up 2 cart fulls for about 50 dollars and that was for the month includeing soda and coffee. Most of the folks down where I shop at have 200 dollars for 1 cart. Now it may be abit more since I will be makeing meat runs also. And that is fine by me also. When I can get a bag of flour for about 50 cents I am going down. Pluss the stores down in PA take all of my coupons also. That is another nice thing about it all. Well I know some folks will be happy to see me eather way when I get down there. With NY State going like they are who needs more taxes around here. When I can use a tank of gas to get alot of things cheaper elsewhere. Also I have said it before I would love to see most of the politions live where I do and see how it is. And fallow me around for a month. Most would be shocked in what I can do on very little around here. Just so they can see how it goes being married to a Truck Driver. Then send them over to another place to see how broke they really are and make it. I will not throw huge parties niether around here like Albany does. Stake dinners what is that around here. Anyway at least I know I can do it cheaper than most of the folks in the politics game here in NY. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Ok I must admit

I did have some fun today. I may not now my grandbaby but, I will get to know my great great niece. Little Miss Vi is a little porker. And that is ok by me. Miss Vi is eating well let me tell ya and at least she is eating. I told my niece that guess what she is family eather way and she looks like my Hubbys side. Well I went out to Walmart today and picked up some things for Vi and I know one is gonna be big and tough she will grow into it. Also I was getting dinner going for when my Hubby walked thru the door also. It was funny becuase I started cooking and everyone wanted to stay to eat. Chicken for dinner and ALice started hollering. Never mind what he says at this point. We also found out he hates hats also. Well I am finding out part of what Alice has been thru already. So now just to find out the rest of it and deal with it all. Anyway at this point in time I have checked my card from Kmart and I am adding up points left and right. It will come in handy in December when I am ready for the points. I will be shopping at Kmart when they have the big sales going on. I do not mind what so ever at all about it. Kmart is with in walking distance also. All the complaining that I do about where I am and I won't complain about liveing to close to all the stores at all. I told my nefew that Walmart is right there within 3 min of walking from my place. And I would hand him a rolly cart to help out. Even my Annie suprized me today. This dog hates men when she first meets them and she went right up to both of my boys today. I know big man was hurting anyway and that's who she went to. The baby she sniffed her foot and went from there. So yes I will be spoiling at least 2 girls here shortly. Also I can spoil both of my girls for cheap. Bargan racks for children are a good thing since they grow so fast anyway. Another nice thing is if the items are gently used even better for a yard sale. I will admit I have picked up enough footy jammies for kids for 50 cents apiece if that. My Niece is the same way cheap. All I can do is laugh. Well there are folks out of jobs every place. SO everyone is doing what they can to make it now adays. I was asked in how I did it without leaveing home that much. I told her ya never ever go by the tags on things that I get becuase I always find ways to get discounts and a few other things along the way around here. Also both of us know in what it is to streach out money in our places. For very little I can get alot around here. Well with births and remembering prices for food way back when it is scarry now today. Cooking on the cheap is a good thing around here. So my niece will get a few of my recipies before she goes back to Florda. Not only that I have been on the cheap side to get some of the appliances in the can. I told my Niece that I had alot of appliances for the place. Well I have saved and went from there for everything in the can. There are some things I can not give up becuase, I can make breakfast lunch and dinner out of my KitchenAids and my T-Fal also. I think that all were suprized that I was in sweats today while I was at it. I wanted to be comfy with a baby in the place. I was in my normal mode when I was cooking and family in the kitchen with me. Also some noticed that I do cook for my Hubby and he would not starve in the can/household as long as I am around here. It is one of them things that I can make something out of nothing. Well I had help from some folks like Susanne from the www.hilbillyhousewife.com. The sweet woman has helped me along in my place after I had a block on cooking for a bit. Ideas are always welcome in my place at all times and I will always get a recipie and make it myown. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Sitting here thinking

Well I am always thinking on my feet around here. Of how I can do things better or cheaper eather way. Well since yesterday I did hit the sales up at Kmart I saved over 25 dollars. That does not include what is on my card also for the place. Well I understand why the cashiers ask if I want to use what is on the card also. I told the gal I wanted to save it up becuase of I am always broke at points of the year. She diden't blame me after I told her also. Pluss I ended up with alot of the Green Works products to clean the can with. The product does not adjatate the birds what so ever when I use it. So I have stuck with it. In the long run it is cheaper to use the Green Works products anyway. When it takes me at least a month to go thru a bottle of dish deturgant that is 3 dollars normally unless I catch it on sale compaired to the runny brand that is not thick enough to even bother to foam up. Pluss with what I am useing now the dishes seem to come out cleaner than with the other stuff that I was useing. With children in and out of the can alot of cleaners will bother them. This way they can tell thier parents this is what so and so uses also and tell them how it works. I know one little on that was madder than a wet cat on a tin roof on Saturday. She missed the cookie bake off around here over the Easter weekend. I even had her Granddaddy laughing. Anyway I have been thinking and working on how to get my place cheaper anyway and it is an on going battle around here. I like it when it is quiet around here and there's no computer or T.V. going also. Once a person gets use to it it is not so bad. I get more work done around the can without them on. Pluss you get creative on how things are done and what you do without them going. Now around here in what I do is I wright down stuff to remind me of how I did things thru the day. It makes life easier on me. And of course there is no right or wrong way of doing things anyway. Everyone has thier own of doing housework and that is how life is. I learned over 33 years ago it takes all kinds of folks to make the world go around and everyone is differant. Just like there is no right or wrong way of being cheap/frugal also. Everyones needs are differant anyway and some of us do things in what is better for that sittuation. Like with me I hit the sales stock up and use coupons, turn off things while I am home, and make phone calls to get better deals for the utilities. There are lots of ways to go frugal and cheap and sometimes they both go hand in hand. My Hubby always teases me about makeing the dollars scream more than a dozen times before I let it go. I have had others tell me I squeek when I walk also. I laugh about it and say it took me almost 20 years to get like this. I also did all of it slowly also. With some things I ask myself ok do I really need something and is there a way that I can save up for it in the long run. Also another thing that I have is I do not go shopping for items that I do not need also. Outfits are so over rated anyway. I live in sweats most of the time along with T-shirts. Yes I do have about 3 pairs of jeans that I can go out on occations where I want to get kind of dressy. I have been known to show up to the stores in fuzzy slippers and rollars in my hair also. I have nobody to impress and if folks do not like it they do not have to look at me niether. I have been like this since I was in grade school. As I have got older I have also realized that I will cook over going out to dine someplace. It is cheaper to stay home and cook also in my book. Pluss when some folks come over they realize that yes I do cook the scratch meals for the household. And some are like can I try that out and have the recipie after they try it. With me I have a ton of recipies in the household and add things to it and try to spice it up. I also have to leave some things out of course. Oh well lets see what kind of damage I can do to the place today. Have fun and play hard.

What a day

Well I finally got out to Kmart today. I had to take a break out of the can and everything. I dang near knocked out Alice today and that is when I knew I had to get out. He has been my problem child for 24 hrs now. Well I guess it could be worse around here of course and I do not have a clue as to how much I have on my card at all for what I got today. I had some folks laughing in line today also. The poor cashier asked if I wanted to use the points on my card and I sad nope it can sit and wait for awhile. And the woman behind me asked what I was saveing the points for. I said to restock my place includeing underpants. So the woman asked to get a card herself so she could do the same thing. Free is good in my book anyway and I know it is on the card and ready when I want to use it. So at this point I have most of the Green Works products for the place. Since the laundery deturgant is on sale for half the price I will pick it up. Pluss with doing so much laundery this week I have beed going thru the deturgant even though I do skimp out on it. Anyway at least the place is mainly clean today. I worked from about 8am untill about 1pm on it. Pluss the fight that Alice and I had to boot. Also I am stocked up on cleaners and a few other things also around here. I saved over 26 dollars today. Now to sit here and wait to see if everyone got in ok today.

Another long day today

Well I have another long day ahead of me. I got at least all of the laundery done yesterday now to get to the rest of the can. Pluss I have to call my Mom and tell her that her shipment will be there this week also. I sent goodies to her once again. Well after all said and done I can say that I am happy I said no I can not do it this week to check in on folks. I will eather way at least one day while some are out of town. Well what gets to me is that some wanted me to say screw it for the family that is coming and and just do for them once again. That is why I said no I am not doing it I have family coming in. Sorry meeting my great nefews and great great nice takes top priority now for this week besides cleaning my own can around here. I do not mind cleaning at all around here. Mondays are the worst days of the week anyway. What gets to me about the person who asked me hardly lifts a finger since she works. Well I do not complain about it since I cook, clean, shop for 2 kitchens, and the book keeper around here. And I am a referee also while I am at it all. The boys were really good since I had both of them out of thier cages at the same time yesterday morning. At least I can say that it is never dull around my place at all. Even one of the neighbors that I like real well came over yesterday. Now I know where the babies get thier Blue eyes from. Thier Grandfather has the kindest Blue eyes that I have ever seen up here in NY. The man also realized that I had some of the laundery outside hanging on the lines and liked it. It is easier on me to hang some stuff than to put it in the dryer for 2 hrs untill it is dry also. So eather way it was a fairly good day yesterday I did get alot of my list knocked out also. I just diden't get to all that I wanted to at all. Now for today there is the rest of the list that I have except for a few things that have to wait for Friday in order for me to do around here. I would like to have sausage balls for to eat on Saturday also. Part of the fun is to see what the reaction is gonna be when I slap food on the table around here. Not only that it is the cooking on the cheap 101 this week around here of course. And yes I will be makeing muffins once again around here this week. That also reminds me I need to make at least 2 pies for Saturday. It is not like I don't have the stuff around here to do everything also. It is the matter of pulling everything out and start bakeing around here. Since it is only Tuesday this is a good sign at least around here. Also there are some dietary needs that will pop up of course and met eather way. Anyway now off to the races for today to start cleaning once again. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Knowing why

Now I deffanately know why I went to the cheap side so many years ago. I will go by who raised me never depend on a man to earn enough money for ya. They may leave before the kids are grown also. Since I can still work and go from there I am not worried about myself at all. I have been thru it and worse than some have. Well I figure with what I have at the moment in the place I can always start bakeing and sell it also. Pluss there is alot that I would cut back on eather way around here. That was IF my now husband desided to up and go. Not only that some folks would be stuned if they only knew what I can do to survive around here and then some. IT is partly knowing of what to do in an emergancy situation and the other part is deturmanation also. Well if some would know me peronally I do come up swinging and when I do run and stay out of the way. There are so many things that I would love to do around here in the can that with someone else here I just can't do what I would like to do at all. I would not have the T.V. at all in the place. All I need is the internet and a cell phone that is it. I would be happy with that much at least. Well it would be less to worry about around here. There is always something to do eather way around the place to say so myself. Pluss I can get the news over the internet with live brodcasts over the station that I want since Buffalo got up to speed around here finally. I woulden't mind a slower life let me tell ya. Where there is no power and wood burning stoves to heat the place and cook on also. Now with the no Power part I would have like to have enough solar pannels to work the computer and to charge the cell phone also and the washer to get the laundery done, and maybe the fridge along with the freezer. Other than that my place can survive without lights I would rather sit in the dark anyway and only turn on the one light for the birds. Other than that I can deal without power. Even the lights can go out for the birds also at night. They would get use to it also. I just haven't gone to drastic measures as of yet on alot of things. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Well I got further than expected

I got further than I realized yesterday. Then under stress and a few other problems this morning it was not pretty at all. Well at least I can start the cleaning here shortly so what happened this morning(doesen't like alergy season at all) will be totally cleaned up by noon at the latest. Since the main counter has been cleared off of dirty dishes and cans for the nickles I felt a bit better from last night. My Hubby looked at me yesterday and said well there is room in the shed for the extra bags of cans to get them out of the way. I laughed and said that I am cashing them in this week. Well I need out of the house for a bit anyway and not includeing the some shopping that I want to do with my Niece and for my Great Great Nice also. And I have already started off the bargan racks for her. Well after haveing so many babies in the place I still have bottles around here. Pluss a trip over to Kmart after I get the cans in this week may do me some good anyway since the good laundery deturgant is on sale there. It seems that I have had more laundery as of late and have been going thru the laundery deturgant also. Well with the Kmart card it will not be so hard to start saveing on some things. Some folks do not get in what I do to save money up around here at all. I have been streaching out money very hard lately also. When I can save on every card that I have then I will do it also pluss use coupons out at the stores. Now from this past Saturday it was a real treat for us to go sit out and have dinner that I diden't cook. Pluss I was shocked when I opened some of the bills within the past 2 days also. My power bill went down by alot and the one bill came up as all zeros also. So there are going to be alot more changes around here in the can. I will keep adding things untill I start hearing a mouth going again. Since I do not drive much anyway unless I really have to this should be fun. Ok folks have fun and play harder.

Finally get to sit down for a bit

Ok I finally get to sit down before I have to get the next load in the laundery and a few other things around here. Pluss I am still makeing my list up for this week around here. I have one Hell of a week coming up around here and there is no end in sight for me. Well at least we were all late last night. I wanted chinese food for a change and was craveing it. That was the bad part of it all. For 20 dollars for 2 and all you can eat there I will not complain at all about it. Becuase I get my fish fix and my Husband gets what he wants also. Then I went to do a bleaching of the hair and 15 min after I started the poor girl was done and not looking like a stiped head of hair again. That was my specialty while I was in the Hair Bizz anyway. So I got to laughing after and said see ya early and then sent the poor Hubbs out for the kids. One would have been on the roof if I was around. Well I got out of everything for the most part even though I will start calling to see if some folks need anything anyway while I am out. Anyway at least I know that I am getting to the point of cheapness around here my power bill droped by 100 dollars also in the past month and a half. Pluss I try to find as many coupons that I can that are pet related and everything else for the can. I have noticed most of the people in the park no matter in how broke they are they have pets in thier cans. Yess I have 2 Quaker Parrots a cat and a dog. Now I have budgeted out to where I can afford the pets around here and know what to do for some things except shots. Even when I am totally broke I manage to feed the place eather way. I proved that to the tax guy today. Pluss collecting cans helps also around here. Pluss alot of planing smart also helps to pay bills and put food on the table. Now for alot of things that I do swear by is trying to keep stocked up for some things. I am always stocked for things like T.P., laundery deturgant, food, and several other things. Paper towels are the least of my problems around here since I do have cleaning rags that I can use. So are the paper plates around here I have droped those things several years ago and never looked back. Now why ask about dropping the paper plates and some other things around here it is plain as the nose on your face a waste of money. Or at least in my eyes. Now with that being said a roll of paper towels will last me in the kitchen for at least a month if not longer. The hand towels have been a life saver around my place. Now with some birds I can understand why he hates the hand towels all togeather around here so I moved them. Now I have made many changes slowly in my household or canhold eather way. It has took me at least 20 years to get to where I am at now and then some. Just like today I saved 10 cents on the gas per gallon with one of the cards that I have. I told my Husband that I wasen't sure if they would take the points yet so try. So they went thru and came back home after running for part of the day. Now that the poor man is gone I have got alot more done since I sent him back to work. It has been along day and I need to get thru most of the dishes before I can do anything more. That is includeing laudery. I have at least 4 more loads for this week not includeing the normal that I have to do. Also I have to start cleaning majorly today and tomarrow since family will be in on Tuesday around here. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Well I knew

Well since I get to go out to the super flea here next weekend I will have one happy baby on my hands. Pluss happy boys also. Fresh veggies here in the place we will be good to go around here. Pluss I got to noticeing that Alice my plucked chicken has stringers on his chest also. I am hopeing that the feathers would come back. And what I am seeing at the moment it looks like a very good chance that they will start up. The boys are quiet once again Thanks to Paula Dean being on. Now I can hear the washer and dryer. Anyway at least I will be saveing money over at the flea market and get to show off the baby to acouple of folks that I know real well. That is the fun part about it all. I am getting real excited here and I have to see about my Moms Bday presant while I am at it all. I will start looking here shortly for her. That is why I do not mind shopping on line at all around here. There are deals and I can also have it shipped directly to her. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Way to quiet here

It is so quiet I almost forgot the 2 boys untill Alice sqeeked. Olliver got upset last night becuase he diden't get to see the girls go at it on T.V. Also I told the folks over at the pet shop that Alice was doing ok and was doing the siren sounds and baby crying sounds also. Between both boys being spoiled and the fur balls also it is alot of good laughs around here. Poor Olliver and Alice got smacked with dog toys becuase Annie desided she wanted to play with them both. Thank goodness both were in thier cages at the time. Well I started the laundery while I was at it all and I have to switch out the bulbs once again. I already know what and how so just the matter of getting over to Home Depot to get the bulbs again. As I say the bulbs last for about 4-6 months in the bathroom anyway so it is not to bad with the heat and humitity in the bathroom. Anyway today should be a good day around here. A full day of lots of laundery to get done here. Well it could be worse around here. This up coming week I have to keep up with the laundery I will have folks up. I am excited now and let the cook off begin with this go around. There is still alot to do for the week and that is ok with me. So here I sit and thinking of the other things that I have to do for next week around here and go from there and plot out of course for the week while I am at it all. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Getting cheaper

Well since the boys are talking back and forth who needs the T.V. on around my place. I did save a dollar at the reservation today also when I went out there this morning also. Even though I forgot to check my point total for out that way. Well for there it is so many points off the bill eather way I go when I am there. Pluss I have has so many compliments on my luggage(purse) that I tell folks where I got it at. I do not tell the price that I have paid for it at all (6 dollars). That is what I get for haveing the cards for the stores. Deeper discounts and I get the bonus dollars also for shopping at the stores. All I can do is laugh about it sometimes to see how far I can take something also and really save money around here. Now for Kmart I am saveing up for household items that we need on the card. Every little bit helps in the long run around here in my book. And while I was out I stoped over at the SPCA also to see if they had Alice. THe girls told me to try over at earie county and they might know. The girls started laughing when I said that Alice was my plucked chicken out of the bunch. And if they could give any info out please do so so I know what I am dealing with. They coulden't tell me at all. And after said and done is good luck on the poor baby. So several more cuddle bones for both of them and go from there. I even noticed that Olliver quit pinging the cage after I got him one. Also I noticed that Alice trys to cry like a baby. Some of it is new to me with the quakers talking and trying to sound like the pervious owners. Alice purrs just like a cat and Olliver cooes. Each one has thier own personality and is like a 2 year old. It was funny when I paid the lot rent today while I was out and about today. All they could say to the one trailer across the street from me is that paybacks are Hell. And I got asked if I got another bird also and I said yes. All I told them was my house was well protected now. I have 2 small birds with big bird sydrome and a dog and cat what more do I need around here. Well also I have figured out that the cops were at Alices old place more times that I can count also. Every day he is ratting on them more and more around here. He was just mimicking a siren also while he is at it all. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Hopeing for another quiet day

Now I know I have to give Alice a couple of days to get use to the new place. Yesterday for most of the day he pinged the bars untill about 915 last night. I am hopeing that this will stop by today or tomarrow. Also I haven't started Alice on regular seeds as of yet around here. I will be mixing the regular seeds in with the stuff that he is eating at this point by next week. Anyway I will be working in the can today and likeing it. The list somewhat grew after I started in on it. And that is ok it keeps me in line for what I need to do around here and it is more of a reminder than anything. My husband always makes light of it but, realzes that the can is cleaner when I manage to get thru most of the list by the end of the week around here. Part of my list is the both birds of course. I can not wait for both birds to be in the same cage. That will be months down the road. Well with some in what they have told me to do with the one food bowl I got to wandering. So it got to the best of me yesterday when I was changeing Ollivers food. So I dumped out Alices bowl and had to wash it on top of overything. I am suprized where he was at they let it get that bad. I mixed the one supplement into the water and went from there. Alices food bowl was full of toys on top of it. Well after Alice realized that there was fresh food he started eating like a little pig. Pluss I am looking at his chest on and off thru the day also to see if any new stickers came out. The stickers are down and feathers. Alice plucked out both out of stress and depression. That is why I call him my plucked chicken. Now by 730 am one is already awake around here. So I may as well get the boys up. I think I will put the hot sauce on the bars if Alice starts up today with all the pinging again. It may work and I will let you folks know if it does and if I did use it. It is non abusive to do that anyway. It is like cyane pepper sprinkled out for the dogs outside. Anyway I do know that Alice just HATES hand towles. Who knows about that. I found that out yesterday when I got one out then the 2nd and thank goodness that there were bars between me and him at the time. Talk about wigging out between the spitting, spatting, and trying to bite. So I will move the towels over to another spot and go from there. Well at least I would rather fight with 2 birds than anyone else at this point in time. It will start getting cheaper here in the coming weeks with Alice at least. Ok folks have fun and play hard. I need to get out to Walmart for a few things for the Alice and may as well do it all early.

Quiet so far today

This has been a nice day so far since there has been no music blareing at all. Even the Quakers are loveing it. I do have a somewhat screamer in Alice and trust me everyone knew when he hit the can. Both of the birds have calmed down to the point of ok eat talk mumble eat more and nap time. So I have got alot done here in the can today. There is still alot to do of course I will not deny that one at all. I am already thinking on my feet since I have sat down also. That always happends to me. I am always thinking of how to do things cheaper than what I have been doing. I need to call the cable company anyway to see if I can get the bill any cheaper than what it is. I always say that it never hurts to call in and say hay what kind of deal can ya give me once again. The worst the companies can do is start laughing and say no. And most will not mind what so ever to find the best deal to help the customer out also. I found that out by accident thru the phone company when I still had wires thru the can. Now I have the cable modem for the phone and internet and have not had any problems what so ever except when the power goes out around here. That is partly the reason why I have a cell phone the other part is if I break down I can call to have someone help me or get a tow eather way. And the phone has saved me more than once in the past 4 years that I have had it. Between the one phone company going south on me and being out on the road it has more than paid for itself around here. I can laugh sometimes becuase some knew about what time I would call to say ok what can ya give me if anything around here. Anyway at this point in time I can say that it is worth to make phone calls and save money. Even my mother today said that I am takeing after her now when I talked with her today. When she found out that I was getting more coupons and points for gas she started laughing. She asked why the printer was going and I told her that it was for the Walmart load when I get ready to shop over there. That reminds me I will have to find more before I go over there at the middle of the month once again for the big trip. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

First day home

With Alice it is his first day home. He was being so sweet and funny at the same time last night. He got really excited when I was by his cage. Another couple was over last night to see what was going on except for when Paula Dean was on. Well my Husband and I figured it all out it is not the birds that she has it is her voice. I had to laugh about it becuase both of the boys were quiet while they ran the show. Anyway I am undecited on weather to keep the box going for the T.V. here in the main room so I can flip on thier Paula at noon and at 6. Other than that I will be off of the computer for most of the day today and go from there. I wander what is in store for me today. Since yesterday got a bit better after picking up Alice. When some of us play by the rules around here and most of the people don't even know if and when I am home since I am quiet around here even with the 2 quaker parrots here in the place talking to eachother. When my birds go into stress becuase of the radio across the street then I do have a problem with it and the so called Management does not even care about what is going on. This is why I am saveing up more than normal around here and going cheaper than what is expected of me. Well some said it best yesterday when they told the supposad manager around here that he should beat the boy but, wont becuase, we would be the ones to get the boot out of here. After we got back with Alice the office finally could hear the go kart and the radio 2 blocks away. So I will be getting more coupons, there is also the Kmart card and do some shopping over there, and many many more things also that I will be doing around here. I can also streach out more stuff around here that will hurt others that walk in to my place. There are ways and tricks still that I want to try yet around here as of yet. During the week it is a bit easier on me to start trying more also. Ok folks have fun and play harder.

Well I got the plucked chicken

My Olliver is madder than snot at me and that is ok. Alice is the plucked chicken around here since he plucked the feathers off of his chest and legs. The kids (birds) are getting along in seperate cages and I will go from there. Both are talking back and forth and talking on the phone this afternoon. As soon as I can get pictures I will post them on the blog here. Anyway today was a kind of a bummer day since a thunder storm went thru around here. I could care less about the mall at this point and if it burned down tomarrow I woulden't care at all. The strike of lightning was that close. Well at least some things have calmed down around here and that is how I like it all. Today has been fairly cheap around here even though that my Husband got home at about 11:30 this morning. After listening to the punk across the street all dang day I could care less about him also while I am at it. At 15 he has been expelled from school and both parents take off and could care less about the boy. So my Husband went to the office and told them about it athat the town clowns don't care niether. I have my reasons of going dirt cheap even more now. Just to get out of the can around here. I would rather live in the projects at this moment than deal with the maroons across the street. So tomarrow the T.V. along with everything else will be off tomarrow for a good 8+ hours if not longer. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Thinking once again

Well I went to see the "plucked chicken" yesterday and the Quaker Parrot is doing good. Another abused bird in my place if I have my way. At least that the poor bird is not takeing it out on everyone for being abused from a prior owner. It is no more expencive than to have another bird in the can except for the scratch paper for the bottom of the cage. I do pick up 20lbs of seed at one time anyway. It comes out to 2 big bags of seed and 2 differant types so there is a veriaty in the dish. Pluss Olliver is so dang picky that it's funny. Anyway since it is raining out I will be staying inside for the day. Tomarrow is going to be the good day to start in on the walks. It will take me less time to get up to the pet store that way than driveing to it. At the moment I already have a load in the washer and I will be useing the dryer at least for today. I have no choice in the matter. Pluss I do not have to cook again tonight since there are still leftovers in the fridge. Well things could be alot worse around here to say the least. Now to go on the search for coupons and other things for this afternoon for the can. I replaced the ink cartrage this morning. I saved about 32 dollars by getting the Office Max brand and I will let you know in how that works for me this afternoon. Ok folks have fun and play harder.

Here I sit

The poor Hubby is out cold on the sofa and I had to turn on the modem once again early. To bad some people are missing this one in life. Well I am still waiting on the dish water to cool down so I can get the rest of the dishes done around here today. Yes I am still mad about some things that happened last week and I am supporting another child on welfare becuase his Mom (my step daughter) refuses to get full time employment and is doing what her mother did to her. That is what makes me madder than ever is the folks who work Part Time and collects full welfare Benafates eather way pluss child support. I wander if she even bothered to ask her ex to sign over custoty to the new man like her mother asked my Husband to do. Like that is gonna help matters out any if at all. As I have said the welfare system is so broken here in NY State that it is not even funny at all. And the Budget is late as normal with the Albany Crew running this God forsaken state. While all the bills keep going up includeing the grocery bill I am stuck paying for Idots like my Step Daughter to eat for free includeing my Grandson. What some do not know will not hurt them niether around here. I would rather have full custoty of my grandbaby and know he is well taken care of and not hurting for squat. Where he has no worries of laying his head at night and eating his next meal unlike myself growing up. Or if his Mommy is gonna wig out becuase he grew another 2" that month. Myself and my Husban can save alot of headaches in the long run and No My GrandSon isen't mentally insane at all. What runs in his mom side of the family is a long line of Mental contole and a few other things which I hope that my Step daughter never experianced also growing up like I did. It does run in familys eather way and my grandson has the gift also. Ok folks this one is food for thought and to think on it all.

Well finally

Ok I have leftovers for the next week or month if I really wanted to after yesterday. That is fine by me. Today is one of them days that I will get out of the can for about 35 min for the bank unless the pet store is open today. I seen a battered Quaker Parrot there on Saturday and will take the bird in. I will have to have 2 cages for awhile to keep the kids apart untill they get use to eachother and a few other tricks up my sleeve to make both happy in the same cage when the time comes. Anyway today is an off beat day somewhat and will keep the T.V. on untill about 10 am today since I have some running to do this morning. Normally when I am home most things are off at 7 am except the monster on my desk. Then even that goes off by 830-9 am also. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Never ending battle today

The first leg of the cookies are done around here. The ginger cookies I want really cold so I can roll them out better. What I will not do for a good friend. I haven't started on all of the cookies nor the pies as of yet. I have been haveing a hard time getting motivated around here. Knowing what I have to do as of yet I do not wander why at all. I am also not looking forward to heating up the can with the oven niether. Oh well at least things will be getting done today and it will be a busy day also weather I want it to be or not. At this point it is cheaper to bake and do other things than what I really want to do around here. I was already doing things before some got out of bed this morning also. And that is ok by me I got a jump on some of the house work. With me alot of the times I work better alone and now is no exception to the fact to the week. AnywayI had put the ham in the deep freezer and now for it to dethaw once again. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Well some stress already

There is some stress around here and nothing that I can not handle at all. Most of it is alot of bakeing and pulling stuff out for tomarrow. Pluss I need to get over to Walmart for Real Milk for tomarrow anyway. Pluss my Husband came in early yesterday and coulden't believe that both sinks wer full of dirty dishes. That is what I get for cooking for most of the day. And a quick phone call to my one grandmother to talk with her while I was getting the sauce ready. That was all that I needed for it to turn out right. If I knew that 15 years ago then I would have called her more while I was makeing the sauce. Pluss the dog was totally funny yesterday when I got the sauce done. She wanted a taste of it and wanted more after that. At this point I am trying to plot out most of the day and trying to get my toush into gear to get alot of this done no matter how warm it gets in the can today. I will be hollering for more fans to get them in the windows around here. Once I get started I should be ok around here on the bakeing and dethawing. I am not sure on the ham or the chicken for tomarrow. I haven't made ham for awhile anyway and that was over 2 years ago for the buff babies. Well now lets see what I can do with this one. Some folks that won't be here at my place and refuse to come over will not know what they are missing for dinner eather way. Not my loss on it again becuase my door is always open to most folks for the holliday dinners. As I say ya snooze ya loose and hatered just grows untill you get to the point of madness. That is why I stoped hateing years ago. Instead the next day with myself I come up swinging and work it off untill I figure it all out. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Well one of them days again

After being just totally Pissed Off for the past couple of days my can is almost clean. Also I haven't started prepping for Sunday. Well another Easter will be here and it doesen't bother me like it all should not seeing my grandson once again this year. This is why I will be cheaper than snot so I can get out of the can. Also I do not have to leave a forwarding address while I am at it to some folks. So here I sit and think of what else I can do to slash and cut the bills down. The past couple of days I have had the windows open and the furnace has not kicked in hardly at all and I have been on the computer more as of late. I have been excapeing into the radio pluss cleaning on the cheap while I am at it all. I did do alot yesterday since I came up swinging and will do more today at least just to keep my sanity around here. And never again will I reach out my hand to anyone that is ungreatfull while I am at it on the one side of the family. So I will think of more ways to start going cheaper once again and revamp the can and or house once again. And since the lot rent has went up another 10 dollars this month for what is my question I will be looking pretty heavy here for a house. Ok folks have fun and play hard.

Well I am in one of them days

After yesterday I am in the mood of almost throwing my hands up. Well after getting several opinions on what to do I am still right on some things and things should be and better off said face to face not thru an E-mail. Now I can say that I will be majorly looking for a place after danceing around for about 16 years becuase of another ungreatfull child. At this point after much thought yesterday and out wheighing everything I will be going to the dirt cheap side of life. Then there is no aurguments on squat in what I do. At this point I can hang out laundery from now on. And have everything off on top of it all. Yesterday was a bit wierd anyway and I had someone from the stat asking if the person on the bills lived here and the person was asking if we all had the cheaper companies to help out with the power and gas bills. I looked at him and said you are lucky that the only thing on was the computer at that time and normally that was off during the day also with everything else. The guy gave me a shocked look about what I do to the power all day long. Thru the summer months you would be suprized in how the electronics throw off alot of heat. I can lower the temp by 10 in the can by haveing everything off during the day. Ok folks have fun and play hard.