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Getting ready for the season!
Wednesday, June 03, 2009

I haven't written on here in awhile as I have been busy travelling and I've also been posting on my Wordpress.com blog (so check there for recipes and ideas). http://thefrugalvegan.wordpress.com

Looks like I'll be travelling more this summer, which wasn't my intention. A friend of mine is having a terrible crisis and I have to fly back to where he lives (I was there 3 weeks ago). Luckily I am on my friend's partner list to fly alone on his flight passes so I can get there and back for $150 (as opposed to $400!). I also found out one of my favourite bands of all time is playing in my home town on July 25th! My friend is moving on the 24th and is headed where I am going, so I will get a ride with him, then fly back on my friends flight passes. YAY :o)

Other than that, I must report that the guests I've had from Airbnb.com have been GREAT! I always get my payments from the website the day the guests actually leave which they deposit in my paypal. Two guests actually bought me a fancy bottle of wine on top of paying for accommodations! I only charge $20US for the room so perhaps they felt it was worth more? I always make muffins or leave out bread with homemade preserves. Last night I had a guest come around dinner and I had some leftover Pad Thai and Rhubarb Strawberry crisp. She was pleased :) I've made $100US in a month through Airbnb bookings so I'm pretty happy. I still host couchsurfers for free (www.couchsurfing.com) as well and the season is getting fairly busy. I make sure to put fresh wild flowers from my garden in the room and a small piece of handmade soap. I LOVE to host people and the fun part is that I get to meet folks from all over the world and have a place to stay when I go there. 

Yesterday was my day off and I spent the whole day making Ethiopian Dishes. If you do a search on Thrifty Fun for Ethiopian all the recipes are posted on this website. I froze everything and am in the midst of making a sour dough type mixture to make the special bread which is called Injera. I've never been successful at making it but am giving it another shot. *crossing fingers*

This year I am attempting to make my own teas, so I planted some Coleus Mint, Apple Mint, Pineapple Sage, Chamomile & Lemon Balm. I've purchased empty tea bags as well so let's hope this works! 

My goal is to save water this summer by making a rain barrel. A friend of mine can get a hold of an oil barrell to make one and he says buying a tap won't cost more than $10. They sell rain barrels at the store for about $100 and I really don't want to spend that when we can easily make it ourselves.

Other than that, things are coming along with the renovations. The painters are coming in 2 weeks to paint the trim. Right now the front of our house looks pretty terrible and the painter said the paint job might even be 10 years old and someone did it themselves. I wanted it to look professional and was happy with the price they quoted me. The installer for the kitchen also came in to measure so I'm pretty excited. It probably won't get done till September though.

My sweetie keeps getting job offers left right and centre from the company he works for. They are throwing money at him and all kinds of benefits, one guy even said that he can ask for anything he wants and he'll get it. wow. They do this every month or two, and I am getting tired of having the moving conversations with him. I'm glad he's not a corporate climber type or else we would have moved a long time ago (and I probably would have left him). He's a brilliant man but his personal life is more important than work, which is why I am with him :) We concluded that life where we are is better and that the corporate rate race is only going to make him miserable. My dad dug himself an early grave, he was a workaholic and ran companies and died at 66. My husband doesn't want that fate. Maybe we are not millionaires but we are healthy and happy. I think with all that money, he'd be working too much and there would be no quality life for us. So I'm happy..money isn't everything and I know this from experience.

Hope everyone has a nice frugal week! 

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freya1970
Halifax, NS Canada
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I am a 39 year old woman living with my sweetie of 13 years and two cats. I love photography, yoga, indie film, vegan cooking and baking, making all kinds of things like zines, soap, candles... I love to create using recycled materials as well.

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