Busy and Frugal and Tired

The crockpot ran for a long time to cook four times.

Cooked hen in crockpot
Cooked ten chicken drumsticks in crockpot
Cooked potatoes in crockpot
Cooked more potatoes in crockpot

It was a long day of cooking, but once each cooking session started, I only had to take cooked food out and put more food in the crockpot. There were hours of wait time so it was not labor intensive. I took the breasts off the hen and froze the rest for him to take home and pick out the meat. Half the potatoes go home with him. The potatoes were cooked in chicken broth.

Washed hair and bathed.

Prepared mail for PO. I managed to take longer than necessary for this tiny chore.

Took clothes from dryer, put wet clothes in dryer or hung them up, loaded up machine, put in dryer  2 times more. Folded and folded and folded!!!

Hung panties on clothesline. Plus, all the clothes in the dryer were not many. Hung more clothes in the house.

I took garbage out twice and went to mailbox. The day is very warm (85F or so) with low humidity and a slight breeze. The walk to trash cans and to mailbox is in the shade, so it was not a warm walk. On high humidity days the walk is suffocating.

Washing dishes is excruciating for my back, so even though I tried, I got few done.

All this involved frugal methods. I love the fact the crockpot makes it possible to avoid the heat and expense of using the oven. Plus, the ac is more successful at keeping the house comfortable with less cost when I use the crockpot.

Not using the dryer and hanging clothes saves money, too.

I can call the trip to mailbox and to garbage exercise.

Nothing exciting here, just frugal wins.

How about at your house? What frugal happenings?