My frugal week/Bye Bye TV
Friday, June 12, 2009
Hi guys - I have been busy this week & a bit under the weather - so forgive me for not blogging & neglecting you all.
Kept on with my freebies - www.freestufftimes.com is the best! What did I get this week? magazines, shampoo samples, and a nice metal water bottle for Earth Day.
Been crazy with scarf knitting. Everyone is going to get scarves this Xmas, that's for sure! I even put out TWO one night! Nice to experiment with combos of eyelash yarn + color of background yarn.
Seem to have succeeded in healing a flare up of my gingivitis - It was on a front gum, so I was worried. With gums it's heal & shrink - but dentists cut, too. That wasn't necessary, as I used hydrogen peroxide and mouthwash with tea tree oil - and then tea tree oil tooth picks + floss and an herbal gum mixture. And I took a LOT of Vit. C (4,000) and a reiki sp? mushroom mix for immunity (before I found that I used golden seal...) So the gum has calmed down - & I am watching it - it did shrink - but alas, that's what gums do after inflammation...I have had gums cut, so trust me, this is a better way to go if I can manage it...
Saw instructions on instructables.com on the net for a tshirt "necklace" neck thing which I am dying to try - and also found a new site www.dollarstorecrafts.com - all sorts of thrifty craft ideas - even dying with pieces of colored tissue paper. I want to try that, too - (Apparently you put the colored tissue paper on a wet t-shirt & dye it, then set the color by rinsing with vinegar and ironing. ) These are referrals from www.threadbangers.com -
Saving the plastic "string" from my newspapers to see if I can get enuf to incorporate in my knitting....
Hope you all have gotten your coupons for your converter boxes, as TV goes bye-bye tonite - Due to hubby we have cable, so our old TVs are OK. (I won one of them way back when!) No room for flat screens anyway. Wonder how that's going to turn out. I just know that many poor & elderly are going to be left out in the cold TV-wise...Our TVs are just fine. I have seem HD & am not impressed. Big screens make sense for fanatic sports fans to watch games - but otherwise we are OK. Just the way we keep our "old" TV-like computer monitor. Use it until it's busted, I say.
Found a wine place with free jazz on Fri & Sat. from an internet newzletter. Always keep in touch! Sorry we had to miss the FREE Ford Theatre music workshop last Mon., as my brother was in town & we all had dinner. But I have the workshops for the rest of the year on my calendar & am planning to make the one next week.
Actually, our social calendar is filling up! My manager is having a party at a Hollywood nite club hot spot place - so I have been wondering what to WEAR. Luckily I have a silk kimono-type jacket with a tropical theme in bright colors I picked up a while back & never have had a chance to wear. That & some basic bottoms + some of my pearl craft jewelry & there I go.
I wore a pair of red ballet flats to dinner with my brother Mon. w/ a sweater I had gotten a while ago and a top I just got a Good Will for $1.50. Nice outfit.
Wearing the $1 cotton sweater I got a few weeks ago in an "old ladies thrift shop" (plus a 99 Cent Store scarf) - perfect for June gloom here in So.Calif., as they call it - cloudy skies & even drizzle here!
It's the weeked, so off I go. Have a good one everybody!
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