PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Sheets and Stuff

Friday, January 9, 2015

Sheets and Stuff

For my bed

Someone sent me enough on a Belk card to go shopping for sheets at Belk's. Everything I bought was half price. In the picture on a display bed are my bed things: blue flannel set of sheets, white set of sheets, 2 blue pillowcases in a deeper blue, a pillow, and a Godiva truffle bar--dark chocolate and raspberry. I still need the mattress pad. I cannot wait to get the flannel sheets on the bed!

Another friend sent me a white twin sheet set, so I have plenty of sheets now. Thanks, two friends!

It must have been 15 years since I have had new sheets. If it had not been for changing from a king to twin bed, I would still be using them.

When the pipes thaw, I can wash them! When the pipes thaw, my washer may be ruined!

Well, I just spilled chocolate milk on my computer.

Wednesday night, I thought I would die from the cold. I have lots of blankets, but where? I wore a hooded jacket and scarf to bed and wore the hood up. Finally, I got up and put a long, lush bathrobe on the bed, a jacket, and other things. Then, I got two old stained paint sheets and put over me those. That was so warm. I got about three hours sleep before exbf arrived this morning. Tonight, I have more blankets because I finally remembered where I stored them. Since I do not have my whole house, things are hard to find because they are not where I stored them for years.

Drinking chocolate milk made me shiver. Maybe I should go to bed?

The soup I was going to make for dinner tonight in the crock pot is still going. So, I have dinner for exbf and I next Tuesday when he comes here to help me.

Oh, I forgot about this afternoon. I was going out of town for two mystery shops. The coolant light flashed and frightened me. So, I had to go see about that. We spent so much time waiting and then going back home to make sure I unplugged the space heater. Finally, I had no more time to do the mystery shops. I had two in one direction and could not make two in the time left. So, we went to the one shop...oh my gosh. I still have to turn in the work online. Gotta go.

Your turn
Have you ever had one thing after another happen? Things that cost big money? Cause stress? Is anyone as cold as I? How long has it been since you bought sheets?

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Elephant's ChildJanuary 9, 2015 at 1:40 AM
I love that people reached out to you and you have some new sheets. Yay.
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AnonymousJanuary 9, 2015 at 9:23 AM
In regards to your questions "Have you ever had one thing after another happen? Things that cost big money? Cause stress?" Yep. 2014 brought me almost $2k in dental bills and $2k in car repairs. I've been more chilly than usual at home. We're renovating the bathroom so there's lots of traffic coming & going and openings in the floor to the basement (letting in cold air). I think the last time I bought new sheets was around 2010 when I bought my king sized bed.
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Anne in the kitchenJanuary 9, 2015 at 2:29 PM
I think if you have lived long enough you have experienced a string of unexpected, and costly bad fortune. We are smart enough to buy every house we ever lived in right BEFORE they needed new roofs, ac units, hot water heaters, or whatever else can go wrong and costs a lot. I figure we have one move left in us, but we will be seriously downsizing and hopefully will either buy AFTER the big expenses have been replaced or remember to negotiate it into the buying price.

I bought a set of sheets a few years ago when we were at the beach. The condo has sheets that are very rough and I have very sensitive skin. (My sister calls me a delusional princess and the pea) So rather than bitch about the sheets all week I bought a set at Target, washed them and put them on the bed. Naturally before we left I took them off and brought them home. Now each time we go to Florida I pack them in the condo bag. (I was secretly excited because I only had one set of sheets for our bed at home and now I have 2)
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LindaJanuary 9, 2015 at 5:36 PM
Anne,
Yes, I have had things happen one after another, but I can honestly says this is the first time and I hope only time I have had such really unexpected and costly problems. From houses I did learn one more thing to look for. Now, I fill every tub and sink and see how long it takes for them to drain.

I am the princess and pea of socks and shoes with sensitive feet. I just hate having only one set of sheets. I do not want to have to wait to put the bed together. Usually, it gets late and I am putting them on at bedtime!

I cannot wait to get these on the bed. The flannel will be so warm. However, I am without water once again.
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Sonya AnnJanuary 9, 2015 at 8:36 PM
Life may just be one problem after another. Chin up. We will get through it.
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Alex MJanuary 9, 2015 at 10:00 PM
Oh no! This must be a very cold time for you. I felt this way over the last month or so after my car needed tires, then the exhaust, then the dryer died and I was always wondering what would be next! I am so relieved I finally found work so we'll have less dread of appliance/car/structural disaster!

Please stay warm! This is the time it helps to have a big dog...
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Mystic MudJanuary 9, 2015 at 10:39 PM
Yay for new sheets! I love new bedding, and what sweet friends you have :)
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Okay, hoping the annoyances have gone away.

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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, January 9, 2015

Sheets and Stuff

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