Frugal Fridays: Saving Money Down in the Dumps

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Friday February 09, 2007 · 9:39 AM PST

2007/02/09 · 09:39

I was feeling down in the dumps the other day. My husband was too. But you know what? We went home with a heavy car and $20 less in our pockets and smiles on our faces.

No, no... don’t call mental health services on us. We went to our local –dump- landfill drop-off point and made off like bandits. For a "donation" of a 20-spot, we got a brand new fireplace screen, still shrink-wrapped in the box; a foam head and sturdy card table for doing my summer craft show circuit; a 30-slot electrical panel still in its original box (missing the door latch, big deal); about 15 capstones for cinderblocks (also make good paving stones) and a cool old funky galvanized bucket for my basketry or to put a plant in.

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Monday December 25, 2006 · 8:02 PM PST

2006/12/25 · 20:02

Well, it's a new old house. 8-)

A couple of months ago, a repo guy drove up to our place and was looking for an address close to ours, but that we had never heard of. The more we thought about it, the more we realized it must be next door.

It seems the owner of the modular house on the parcel next to ours was defaulting, with just $8000 left owed. We used to know the owner, she has some issues (including drug use) and we figure she flat out didn't have it to save her own house, especially considerig she had stupidly deeded the land under the house to her then-boyfriend.

Just as sad and aggrivating for us was the fact that we couldn't scrape together the $5000 needed to buy it from the repo company and move it the 1 mile up to our land so we would have a new house.

But then I posted my frustration and despair to Daily Kos. And that changed.

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Monday October 16, 2006 · 1:46 PM PDT

2006/10/16 · 13:46

Hey, just got a look at the new ads for TJ Cox, running against Darth Radanovich in my rural district of CA-19. Pretty nice! What do you think?

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These Songs Made Me Cry Last Night

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Thursday September 28, 2006 · 8:59 AM PDT

2006/09/28 · 08:59

I was replying to a diary last night and typed something that reminded me of something else. I began to hum a tune that was very familiar, but that I hadn't sung in a long time.

I looked up the complete lyrics of this song... then another... then I began to cry.

I'm not just saying it to be dramatic. I really did begin to weep after reading these words, so bright with hope, optimism, pride and beauty.

In writing this diary, I find myself again with tears in my eyes for the land of freedom that used to be.

I love to sing. I do it well. But I cannot sing these songs any more. They're too ironic and sad. They make me cry, and it's too hard to sing when you're crying. Read More

Bush sees himself leading "Third Awakening" of Christianity

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Wednesday September 13, 2006 · 8:12 PM PDT

2006/09/13 · 20:12

I'm sure most of us remember Bush having to apologize for calling the war in the Middle East a "crusade." Well, now it seems that he thinks he's in the middle of a "Third Awakening of religious devotion," and that the War On Terra (tm) is a "confrontation between good and evil."

Am I having deja vu, or what?

The juicy details below the flip: Read More

ACTION: CA Health Care Bill to be Vetoed by Governator

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Wednesday September 06, 2006 · 12:54 PM PDT

2006/09/06 · 12:54

HELP! I just got this bit of news from the head of our local Dem Club:

Well, I saw a scroll on the news tonight:
Schwarzenegger plans to veto SB 840.

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This Is What Small-Town Campaigning Looks Like (CA-19)

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Sunday September 03, 2006 · 12:26 PM PDT

2006/09/03 · 12:26

Yesterday I had the pleasure of being on a parade float in Mariposa, California, for the opening of the annual Mariposa County Fair. The Democratic Club always has a great float, the largest in the parade, but this year was really special. Read More

ATTENTION RURAL FOLKS: YKos 2007 Caucus Forming Now

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Wednesday August 30, 2006 · 7:20 PM PDT

2006/08/30 · 19:20

This is a brief diary, but I wanted to get the ball rolling. I've been wanting to post this for a few days, but Pontificator's YKos 2007 diary jogged my memory and/or lit a fire under my butt.

There was a little bit of movement in the direction of forming a Rural Caucus just after YKos 2006, but it didn't seem to go anywhere.

I am hereby doing a shout out to all Kossacks who are interested in forming a Rural Caucus with me so that we can get this going.

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I'm so pissed off at Boxer

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Tuesday July 25, 2006 · 9:15 AM PDT

2006/07/25 · 09:15

Yeah, I'm coming into this late (been working, sick, etc.), and yeah, it's been diaried before I'm sure, but I just now watched the video of Boxer defending Lieberman.

It makes me physically ill to see this woman, who I have trusted all these years, say these words... to watch her covering for LIEberman and appearing at an event FOR his benefit... it proves that "absolute power corrupts absolutely."

To see her avoiding the press like an Abramoff criminal... wearing her fancy suits that cost more than two months of my electricity bill while my family goes without health insurance and has bread for dinner...

So here's what I just emailed her via her website. I know it'll just be shitcanned (she can't be bothered with the icky little people apparently), but it made me feel better -- Read More

Are YOU a Hillbilly Housewife? Linky Goodness!

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Saturday July 01, 2006 · 8:38 PM PDT

2006/07/01 · 20:38

In recent threads about poverty and rural living, there's been some heart-rending stories, some cries for help, some offers of help, and lots of great ideas. One of my own recent posts had a bunch of links that I've been collecting in my "Survival" bookmark folder. I'll get to those after the flip. Read More

Why Sustainability is Important to You

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Saturday June 17, 2006 · 8:13 PM PDT

2006/06/17 · 20:13

Some say it's an over-used word. Sustainability. It's just for tree hugging eco-freaks, right? It's for people out in the woods with solar hookups tending their gardens in Birkenstocks, right? What does it even mean anyway? Read More

Why I couldn't go to YKos

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Monday June 12, 2006 · 9:25 AM PDT

2006/06/12 · 09:25

I, like many here, did not get to go to Yearly Kos. The main reason was lack of money. I've been seeing this, every now and again, tucked away in various threads related to YKos. Comments like:

Barely broke even this month, paid rent late... Having to ask my friends in the food industries to "hook me up".....
YearlyKos was a distant dream for me:(
Maybe next year.
-- astronautagogo

And sure, I've been banging this drum loudly myself for the past few days. But apparently to a mostly empty room. Read More

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CA-19: TJ Cox's New Ad (and Debate Info!)

These Songs Made Me Cry Last Night

Bush sees himself leading "Third Awakening" of Christianity

ACTION: CA Health Care Bill to be Vetoed by Governator

This Is What Small-Town Campaigning Looks Like (CA-19)

ATTENTION RURAL FOLKS: YKos 2007 Caucus Forming Now

I'm so pissed off at Boxer

Are YOU a Hillbilly Housewife? Linky Goodness!

Why Sustainability is Important to You

Why I couldn't go to YKos