Category Archives: Free Is Good

Happy Birthday, America! Plus Fireworks Photo Tips

Free Is Good
Land of the free, home of the brave. God bless our troops for the job they are doing to protect our country.  Our country and the state in which I live are in pretty bad spots financially, I hope we can pull through without having to go into a depression like some are anticipating. But on a lighter topic, I love fireworks. 4th of July is one of my favorite holidays.  I love taking photos of fireworks.  AJ and I… Read the rest

T-Mobile Made Me An Offer I Couldn’t Refuse

Free Is Good, saving money
Well, it was time for my two year contract extension, and time to choose a new phone since the flip part had broken to the point where I was having to carefully cradle both parts in my hand in order to even talk on the thing. I started out by doing some research at T-mobile.com to see what kinds of phones were available to me at a reasonable (hopefully free) price. When I logged in, T-mobile displayed a page with… Read the rest

Upright Gardening: A Use For Hay Twine

Free Is Good, frugal, gardening
I realize that many of my readers don't have 25 miles of hay twine lying around, but I just love finding and sharing about frugal uses for things that normally have no practical use.   We've had goats for going on seven years now [SEVEN YEARS? WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN?] and the bales of hay are tied together with a nylon twine.  Over the years I've viewed the piles and piles of pieces of hay twine and wished I could figure… Read the rest

Free Grapefruit Juice!

Free Is Good
It's that time of year in the desert in Arizona, the citrus trees are full of juicy fruit.  We have a problem with roof rats in the big city, so it's important to get the fruit picked off the tree. That means people everywhere are bringing in bags of citrus. Grapefruit seems to be especially prolific this year as it just keeps showing up: from coworkers at my job, at church, from Mr. A's sister, and even  from Mr. A's… Read the rest