PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Smiles in the Mail

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Smiles in the Mail

"Rattle your bones
and shake your vines.
May your Pumpkin Day
be a scary good time."
(inside)

Sent to me by a good Internet friend.
Thanks. You made me smile.
Then, I gasped as the card fell apart.
Okay, so it was Halloween confetti.
Cute.

It arrived so soon!

I ordered it on 10/18 and it arrived on 10/29. So many times, things arrive so late that right before Christmas I am in a cold sweat wondering, worrying that the item might not arrive in time for a Christmas gift. Do you ever have that experience before Christmas when you are expecting something delivered so you can give it for a Christmas gift?

Notice that one side of the card is clear. I have never seen a card with a clear portion!

There was a fear in me that there was a catch to the deal. But, it appears to be true! I got it.

There is $5 on the card. I may put another $5 on it before mailing. Have you gone to www.mycokerewards.com to earn a few rewards?

Your turn

Would these two make you smile if you received them in the mail? What smiles have been delivered to your house lately?

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Janie JunebugOctober 29, 2013 at 6:36 PM
I received two nice letters and no bills in the mail. I haven't gone to the coke rewards site, but I will. I often worry that items won't arrive in time for Christmas. I've already done some of my shopping and will try to do the rest early in November (I order all gifts online). I used to shop from home on Thanksgiving weekend, but that leads to too many headaches.

Love,
Janie
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LindaOctober 29, 2013 at 6:58 PM
Janie,
You had a good mail day, too. Of course, I had nothing invested in this gift card, but I depended on it to round out gifts. I agree that ordering as late as Thanksgiving is iffy. I was tying to order from Amazon on Dec. 22nd. The order never went through. Thankfully, I had gotten something else instead far ahead of time since I had been trying to order for a month!

Collect a few codes and try out the Coke site.
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lotta joyOctober 29, 2013 at 11:06 PM
This Christmas there will be NO gifts to worry about. And I don't send out Christmas cards. Just me, Joe, and Beau: no snow and no stress for the holidays. That will be OUR gift to US. New Year's Eve is probably the only holiday that I'm vested in.
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Sue FrelickOctober 30, 2013 at 7:36 AM
Anything arriving in the snail mail would bring a smile, as long as it's not bills and fliers. :-)
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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The Cast

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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Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Smiles in the Mail

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