PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: I won a book!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

I won a book!

I won a book from Frugal Down Under. Yes, that's right, I am getting a prize from an Australian blog.

I don't suppose anyone will care if I use this picture to show you what I won. Check out the blog through the link above. I have not had a new book in ages. I just love to win, even if I don't get a prize.

Your turn

What have you won lately? Have you heard of this author? I had not. What do you want to win?

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LindaMDecember 19, 2011 at 8:02 AM
I want to win a kitchen make over like the one on the book cover! That is such a great cover! Congratulations! I will check out the blog where you won. I haven't heard of this author either but I bet its a pretty cool book!
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LindaDecember 19, 2011 at 10:07 AM
LindaM,
A kitchen makeover would be a cool thing to win. I will let you know about the book. The cover alone should sell books.
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AnonymousDecember 20, 2011 at 10:08 PM
I haven't won anything recently... last thing I won was an ipod touch from my dentist back in the Spring, which was pretty cool too!
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LindaDecember 21, 2011 at 12:25 AM
tlc,
That is a great win! From your dentist? Mine gives me a toothbrush.
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MarciDecember 21, 2011 at 11:15 PM
You won my book! *sniffle sniffle* Enjoy!
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Frugal Down UnderDecember 22, 2011 at 9:18 AM
Hopefully I will have more books in the future up for grabs. I just need to contact more publishers with groovy books :-)
I wish I could have won it. I'll have to wait for it to hit my library.
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LindaDecember 22, 2011 at 10:28 AM
Marci,
Oops, I didn't know. We can share. Dry your tears. Maybe Santa will bring you the same book?
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AkannieDecember 25, 2011 at 10:51 PM
I did just win some Christmas books form Mama Pea...winning is GOOD!! lol

Congratulations!
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LindaDecember 25, 2011 at 11:17 PM
Congratulations to you, too! I will have to go see what you won.
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Fancy is my favorite hen. She is one of the three youngest hens I adopted. Because she is so gentle and friendly, she may be the one I rescued when she was being pecked to death after she could no longer stand. She got to live in the house in a box. Sometimes, I let her sit in my lap while she was convalescing. Now, she comes to sit in the swing with me, cuddling up to my body like a cat or dog. She died in February 2012.

Fancy follows me begging, complaining, needing me to do for her. She talks to me in various voices. She allows me to pick her up and carry her. When she became an adult, her head was a darker red and her body was light brown. Around her neck were tips of black feathers. It appeared she had a necklace of jet around her neck. When I showed this characteristic to a friend, he said, "Oh, you have fancy chickens and plain chickens."

Chessie has a broken toe. I broke it! She had a habit of jumping really high and almost sticking. A raccoon ate her in October 2009.

Thelma is the blonde. She is also the largest hen and the alpha hen. I suspect the gigantic eggs are from her. She often squats and presents herself to me. She is top hen, but I suspect she knows she had better be deferent to top feeder of the flock--me.

Louise is the auburn-feathered hen. She looks like the true Rhode Island Reds in pictures. She is almost as large as Thelma. Some days I suspect she is trying to be top chicken. When I got Pepper, I found out Louise is the Alpha hen.

Pepper came here from the same home as the first four. We were discussing putting red pepper on their food, wondering if it really would increase egg production. Pepper is the only name we agreed on. She is terrorized each day by Louise. Even after the worst was over, she was and is still filled with terror and very wary.

Linda is owned by four hens. They allow her to fetch for them. She loves them dearly, so she allows them to boss her around. Linda comes out in the rain to perform chores for them and make sure they have food and water. She begs scraps from all sorts of places to make sure they have fresh fruits and vegetables.

Parsimony is not a vegetable

Parsimony is extreme care in spending money. Stick around and learn about my random thoughts on accomplishing goals economically--dumpster diving aka safari, gleaning, do-it-yourself, sewing tips, recipes, and whatever is happening in my life.

Okay so maybe "parsimony" is not your thing. How about thrift, frugality or just plain saving money? I try not to go the tightwad route as that seems to imply others will suffer from my habits.

Some of my not-spending habits have very much been a part of my lifelong habits. Other habits are newly acquired and are an extension of my lifelong not-spending habits.

I am very imaginative when it comes to substituting or making instead of buying. I will tell you about making a heater for the chickens' water. Not one dime was spent since I had everything I needed right in my basement.

Practicality must rear its head alongside parsimony. For example, I will use the dryer in bad weather or because of allergies in the spring. But, I will not wash clothes in a tub as long as I have a washing machine or can find one.

You may hear more about my four Rhode Island Red hens than you care to hear. They lay delicious brown eggs.

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Sunday, December 18, 2011

I won a book!

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