PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Tax Free Holiday This Weekend for Severe Weather Preparedness Supplies

Friday, February 22, 2013

Tax Free Holiday This Weekend for Severe Weather Preparedness Supplies

If you live in Alabama or know someone who does, the weekend is tax free weekend for emergency preparedness items. Every thing from batteries to generators will be sold without the benefit of our paying sales tax. There is a list of eligible items on the site.

There may not be anyone living in Alabama who reads my blog. But, you can alert anyone you know who might be able to use the information.

Does your state have a tax-free weekend for emergency preparedness?

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Donna OShaughnessyFebruary 22, 2013 at 11:01 PM
In Illinois? Are you kidding? I'm surprised our gub'nor doesn't raise taxes on those supplies. Good for you Alabama. Just found your blog. glad I did
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RaeFebruary 22, 2013 at 11:34 PM
Oregon is a sales tax free state (which my vendors can't seem to understand when I tell them that there is no such thing as a resale certificate for Oregon), but I digress. Way way cool that Alabama is doing such a cool thing!
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Swamp DogFebruary 23, 2013 at 9:30 AM
I am sure you have readers in N AL even if they don't leave comments. And I am also sure there are many preppers in the area. The best preppers are laying low and maintaining OP-Sec while continuing to prepare, but they are out there for sure. There is a facebook group for West Tennessee where people post ideas for prepping and post links to helpful blogs and articles on the net. More and more people are getting concerned about the world situation everyday, even people who scoffed at the idea previously, so keep getting as self sufficient as possible and hope for the best!
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lotta joyFebruary 23, 2013 at 9:32 PM
I have NEVER heard of a tax free day for particular items. Obviously, someone in D.C. is giving us a huge 'heads up'.
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JanetFebruary 24, 2013 at 2:03 AM
I haven't heard of any similar programs out here but it is a wonderful idea! We don't experience the huge weather events that seem to be happening in the eastern parts of the US. (fingers crossed) Unfortunately earthquakes don't give very much warning. In fact we don't have nearly as many earthquakes as all the jokes would lead you to believe.
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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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Friday, February 22, 2013

Tax Free Holiday This Weekend for Severe Weather Preparedness Supplies

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