PRACTICAL PARSIMONY: Insufficient Funds

Friday, January 24, 2025

Insufficient Funds

Jan. 24

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OT called and I was not on her schedule, so she did not keep appointment today. She said that is usually a sign I am not getting more therapy. Bummer. I may have started three months ago, but I have gotten only half that. She said my insurance probably cut the program for me.

The nurse needed to see me this week. Since I was busy the day she wanted to come, I mean right that day, I told her to let's make an appointment for tomorrow. No, she cannot because she might get new patients she would have to see. Tonight, I went to bed at 7 pm. She called at 8 pm, trying to convince Tommy to make an appointment at 3 pm even though he told her we had something planned. What's wrong with these people? I called her and got her voice mail, so nothing will be set when tomorrow comes. I hate this.

Today, we came home, and I rushed to the bathroom. I unlocked the door and rushed down the hall. I sat on commode and a few minutes later was rushing to go out again. As I stood up, I heard something rattle and then a thud on the bathroom floor. I had to shake my cell phone and keys out of the leg of my pants. The phone and keys fell out of my jacket pocket, into pants and through my pants leg. I was so confused. I have never had that happen before. Tommy had a good laugh when I told him.

We had chicken fingers I cooked in the oven for dinner. I had chicken fingers and Romaine, and Tommy had chicken fingers and a salad. I have never tasted such salty fingers. I am finishing my third or fourth bottle of water tonight. I just hope I am not up all night.

At 7 pm, I had to go to bed but only slept until 10pm. I do expect to go back to bed about 3 am and sleep the rest of the night.

The temperature was around 42F. It is back to 27F tonight and back up to mid 40s Friday. Yesterday, the humidity was -6. It was so dry it was affecting my sinuses. I have never heard of such low humidity.

My bank is rejecting checks and debits because of insufficient funds, yet the tell me I have plenty of money when I call the bank. This is driving me crazy.

Every night, we watch a Hopalong Cassidy movie since they come on Grit at 1 am. Has anyone found them yet?

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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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