PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Wendy Was Right

Friday, February 21, 2014

Wendy Was Right

wick holder is removable

that was easy

When I posted this clever recycled item, I asked, "Does anyone know how to push the wick back in?" Wendy suggested the part that held the wick could be removed. That was correct. Thanks Wendy.

Notice the BP can recycled.

See how long the wick was after

I tried to put it back in last year?

That was such a simple thing.

Your turn

Do you ever shake your head when such an easy solution is at hand and you don't get it? When was the last or most memorable time when you asked for help for a simple problem when the solution was escaping you? Did you feel your cheeks burn like I did?

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Elephant's ChildFebruary 21, 2014 at 2:49 PM
I am embarrassed by myself often. Luckily my memory is shot so I don't remember.
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RitaFebruary 21, 2014 at 4:44 PM
For a YEAR after we remodeled our kitchen! I complained about refilling the in sink dish detergent dispenser because the contractor had placed it on the same side of the sink as the disposal.

When my husband mentioned that it was empty, I said, "yes, I know. I need to refill it. I hate it because I have to sit on the floor and move everything under the sink to unscrew the container and then try to put the container back behind the disposal. "

Bob shook his head and then said, "Or you could just do this" and he simply pulled the little dispenser top from the top of the sink.

I felt really blonde after that.
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lotta joyFebruary 21, 2014 at 6:45 PM
OMG. I'm not the only one!!! Just like Rita, I'd crawl under the sink, look up and unscrew that damn plastic bottle. Then one day, while trying to clean the gunk out of the recessed parts on the plunger, it came OUT of the damn plastic bottle. An AHA moment for sure.
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Meg B.February 21, 2014 at 10:46 PM
Oh goodness, far too many times to recount!
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Sue FrelickFebruary 23, 2014 at 3:59 PM
Oooo, this happens to me a lot. I make things so complicated some times. lol
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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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Friday, February 21, 2014

Wendy Was Right

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