PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Sunday

Sunday, November 10, 2024

Sunday

Sunday was a drowsy day, cloudy, bit of sprinkles,

We had leftovers here, so no need to cook. I had salad, chicken and tomato on top. Tommy made a couple of pizzas made from a hamburger bun, cooked chopped ground pork, spaghetti sauce, and mozzarella cheese. He also had a small salad.

Tomorrow is Veteran's Day, known as Armistice Day when I was young. It is also my brother's birthday. He died in 2001 at the age of 52. I am still so sad. My younger brother should not have died before me!

None of my joints in my fingers have ever been swollen. Now, I have a joint in my little finger on my right hand that is swollen and aching. Plus, it feels like I have poison oak on a portion of my right hand, but not on the little finger. I have no idea what is developing, but it is making me miserable.

So many Christmas movies and specials are being advertised for this season. I am going to write them all down so I don't miss any of them. Clark Griswold is now loose in Europe. I never watch the Hallmark movies. The third Vacation one showing tonight just came on....yay.

Do you remember when Nov 11 was Armistice Day?

What are your must-see movies for the holiday season?

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BelindaNovember 11, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Our grade school used to make hamburger bun pizzas and they were a student favorite. They also made peanut butter and butter sandwiches, which were also a favorite. I love having leftovers and no need to cook more food. Some of our go to movies for Christmas include Jack frost Christmas with the Kranks, and Elf along with several others.
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SueNovember 11, 2024 at 2:35 PM
My favorite Christmas movies are "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Merry Christmas Charlie Brown." I also like the Walton's "The Homecoming" --the one before the show becase a series. Any production of "A Christmas Carol" (the older, the better!) is also good viewing.

I adore old movies. My kids like to tease me about black&white films. But those little cretins wouldn't know fine cinema if it kicked them in the ass...LOL!

I have never seen "Home Alone" nor any of the Clark Griswold movies! Chevy Chase is just not my cup of tea. And NO to Hallmark. It's all cheese & saccharine.
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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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