THE WEATHER HAS BEEN GOOD HERE LATELY AND HAVE BEEN GETTING AROUND MY MOBILE HOME PARK WITH MY BOYFRIEND GOING FOR WALKS AND SEEING WHAT WE CAN FIND FOR FREE. TODAY WE WENT WALKING AND DISCOVERED A NICE WHITE PEACH TREE AT THE END OF OUR MOBILE HOME PARK LOADED WITH RIPE PEACHES WE GATHERED A FEW AND BROUGHT THEM HOME AND MADE PEACH COBBLER WITH JUST WHAT WE HAD IN THE CUPBOARDS..I COULD NOT FIND A PEACH COBBLER RECIPE ON THE INTERNET USING JIFFY PANCAKE MIX SO I HAD TO IMPROVISE AND TRY IT.. I AM SURE GLAD I DID IT TURNED OUT GREAT. I USED ONE CUP OF MILK, ONE CUP OF BUTTERMILK PANCAKE MIX ONE STICK OF BUTTER ABOUT 6 CUT UP PEACHES AND ABOUT 2 TEASPOONS OF CINAMMIN NO SUGAR AS I AM A DIABETIC AND NO SALT I MIXED IT UP AND PUT IT IN A QUART CASSEROLE DISH AND BAKED IT ON 350 FOR 1 HOUR..IT WAS DELICIOUS AND INEXPENSIVE TO MAKE..I MAY TAKE ANOTHER WALK OVER THERE AND GATHER SOME MORE PEACHES IN THE MORNING FOR SUGAR FREE PEACH PIE AND MAYBE TO TRY OUT MY LUCK AT CANNING..I HAVE SOME NICE CANNING JARS THAT I PICKED UP AT A YARD SALE OVER THE SUMMER FOR 10 CENTS A PIECE..I WENT TO A FEW YARDSALES TODAY WITH THE WEATHER STARTING TO GET COOLER THERE ARE LESS YARDSALES THEN THERE HAVE BEEN IN PREVIOUS WEEKS..WE WERE HAPPY TO FIND A FEW TODAY..I ALWAYS LOOK IN THE FREE BOX BEFORE I EVEN LOOK AT WHAT PEOPLE ARE OFFERING FOR SALE TODAY I FOUND VACUUM BAGS FOR AN OLD EUREKA VACUUM I HAVE, I FOUND A FIRST AIDE KIT NEVER OPENED, AND SOME PAINT GLAZE THAT I WILL USE FOR SOME CRAFT PROJECTS IT WAS NEVER OPENED, AND 2 SETS OF CAMPING UTENSILS NEVER OPENED..I BOUGHT A NICE COLEMAN COOLER JUG FOR A DIME..THATS ALL I SPENT AT THAT YARD SALE WAS A DIME..I LOVE YARD SALES WERE ALL THE GOODIES ARE IN THE FREE BOX....IT WAS ALSO TRASH DAY DOWN THAT STREET AND WE FOUND POP BOTTLES IN THE RECYCLE BINS THEY HAVE A TEN CENT DEPOSIT ON THEM THAT YOU CAN RETURN TO ANY LOCAL GROCERY STORE AND GET THE MONEY..SOMETIMES I CAN'T BELIEVE ALL THE MONEY PEOPLE WASTE..IF YOU WERE TO COME TO MY HOME YOU WOULD ASSUME I SPEND ALOT OF MONEY ON THE THINGS THAT I HAVE BUT  MOST OF MY  PRIZE POSSESSIONS HAVE EITHER COME FROM SOMEONE ELSES TRASH BASKET OR FROM A YARD SALE AND I HAVE NICE STUFF..MY CLOTHES ARE ALL DESIGNER NAME BRANDS I CARRY A GUCCI HAND BAG AND A COACH HAND BAG THAT ARE ORIGINAL THAT I PICKED UP AT A YARD SALE FOR $1.00 AND I USE LANCOME AND ESTEE LAUDRE COSMETICS THAT I HAVE PICKED UP FOR MERE PENNIES AT YARD SALES NOT EVEN OPENED..I HAVE GOLD AND SILVER AND DIAMONDS IN JEWLRY THAT I HAVE PICKED UP AT ESTATE SALES FOR HARDLY NOTHING..I FIND THAT AMERICANS ARE VERY WASTEFUL IT SEEMS WHEN PEOPLE HAVE ALOT OF MONEY THEY DONT TEND TO CARE WHAT THEY DO WITH IT..LAST SUMMER I WENT TRASH PICKING WITH MY GIRLFRIEND IN A HIGH END NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE FOUND BAGS WITH NICE PURSES IN THEM THAT STILL HAD MONEY IN THE PURSE MOSTLY CHANGE BUT IT ADDED UP TO QUITE A FEW DOLLARS AFTER WE WERE DONE LOOKING THRU THE BAG..I WONDER WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE JUST TO THROW MONEY AWAY SENSLESSLY..

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The weather has been really warm here in Michigan which has been a benefit for me.  Warm weather brings people out doors to local craft fairs and to their local parks for cook outs.  I love this time of the year, its an easy way for me to earn a living.  On days when the weather soars into the 80's i go to the local fairs, malls, car washes and parks to collect cans., here in Michigan there is a 10 cent deposit on all cans returned to the store it doesn't sound like much but it adds up quickly when you start putting the cans you find laying around in bags..I went this past friday and i was suprised by the number of people that offered me their cans that they had in their car and just didn't want to fool with returning them to the store..One man even offered to start saving them for me.  He was nice and we talked for awhile especially about the economy in Michigan and all over the country.  He said with the economy so bad more and more people are looking for ways to earn money.  There was all kinds of items in the trash can besides bottles.  I found a whole pack of cigarettes and head phones for a walkman radio that had been frayed but are repairable.  I make it a habit to know how to fix items that i find..for my use and to sell at other places.  I can't get over how people will buy something never use it then throw it away in the trash can.  When you throw away and unwanted item that someone else could use you are throwing away money..in these times money is hard to come buy and a foolish to throw away.

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Went to the mail box this morning to discover a 50 percent off for our local thrift store..I live in a large mobile home community..So i took the time to go to all the mail boxes to look  in the garbage cans by the other mail boxes and found 9 more of those coupons and coupons for my favorite fast food place a& ws..was certainly a nice find..I travel to several of the local thrift store out lets in different cities around in my area and now i have a 50 percent coupon for all the different stores..i like to go to the thrift stores in high end neighborhoods..thats where you can get all the designer clothes and shoes and this week i will get them for half off cant wait to go..i told my boyfriend about it and we are going to make a day of it on friday..with our coupons..cant wait to find some nice summer clothes and summer shoes..i just put this post up here to let people know it pays to take a look in those trash cans by the mail boxes if you have them in a community that you live in..

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we had an ice storm here in michigan..but that didn't keep us away from out favorite thrift store today..we just waited til the temperature was warmer and the ice melted so we could head out for the sales..i had a 50 percent off coupon for the local thrift store and i was amazed to find out after i arrived at the store that the coupon was for 50 percent off every thing in the store..i was delighted..so was my friend we shared the coupon at the check out she charged the items and i paid her with a check..it was fun..my boyfriend found a comfy chair and sat down he knew two women loose in a thrift store would be a long wait but he didnt mind..indeed it was a rat race in there..i managed to find some outfits for summer and jeans and dress pants and a new skillet for 1.00..my friend found blankets and clothes for her husband mother and son..two hours later when we arrived at the check out with three buggies full of stuff and my boyfriend wanted the comfy computer chair we waited  eagerly wondering what the total would be and to our surprise it was just under 60 dollars..even the sales clerk was amazed and a few of the items i had bought still had the original store tags still on them..the stock boy had to help us to my boyfriends truck as the side walk was still a bit slippery from the ice storm..after that we were off to michaels to use our 50 percent off coupons..i bought paint brushes there and my friend used her coupon to buy paint brushes and she gave them to me as part of my xmas present so it was liking buying one and getting one free...even tho the weather wasnt the greatest all in all it was fun..we exchanged gifts at her house.. i made her a woodburned clock for her dining room it cost 2.00 for the wood and 4.00 for the clock kit  and she loved it...i buy all my wood at the lumbar yard for woodburning crafts it so much cheaper and you can have the wood cut down to any size you want for free..i wrapped it in recycled gift wrap and but it in one of those xmas bags that i bought last summer at a garage sale 20 bags for a quarter..

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i love garbage the best freebies are found digging thru someones trash..i live in a mobile home park and i find the best items in my neighbors trash..i get up early in the morning on garbage day. i borrow my boyfriends truck and i drive thru the park..on one occassion i found a set of old records i am a record collector and i sold two of the records on ebay that i found and made one hundred dollars..the rest i am keeping for a while..i couldnt believe it this person threw out about 40 records all early 60s and 70s rock and yes some beatles those are worth something so i am keeping them for awhile til i  find  their value .. on another time out i found an old clock that i have hanging on my wall.. i also found crown molding  two nice pieces that i used as as a shelf mantle above my dining room on the wall i have a bottle collection there that i also found in the trash..i have been a picker for quiet sometime..but people throw away good stuff....my home is furnished with items found in the trash..my living room furniture was resecued before it made it to the trash heap..my boyfriends brother who is well off decided he wanted new furniture and my boyfriend brought offer his brothers stuff and its beautiful a couch that makes into a slepper and another smaller couch..nothing wrong with it..and i love it..they are the type of people who buy new furniture every year and just toss what they had to the curb..you have to be thrifty to survive in this world today or your not going to make it

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