Visitors in the Garden

frugal, gardening
When I got home from work today I went out to check on the garden. One of our cats was in the garden, hunting what looked to be a Curve-Billed Thrasher. Between Mr. A and I, we were able to catch him and set him free. This means there is a way into the garden for both birds, and cats. Drat! Thankfully the dogs had not discovered the bird or they would have been trying to find a way in… Read the rest

Gasoline Calculator

saving money
Back in June I posted about my Out of Debt Again Gasoline Calculator v.1 which can be downloaded here. Since that post, 57 people have downloaded the calculator. I'm excited to see that many downloads. Thanks everyone for your interest. Now I'm wondering who is using it, and how it is working out for you? Leave me a comment and let me know what you think about it. This spreadsheet was originally hosted at 4shared.com which did a great job… Read the rest

Gardening and Blazing Speeds!

frugal
I'm heading out to see if I can get my seeds planted. I usually overwhelm myself and try to get EVERYTHING started that I want, but I told myself this morning as I was milking that I would only plant a few things and I can plant again in two weeks. I started out with lettuce, radishes, kale and Swiss Chard. Then I realized I have to plant beets, too. Especially since they take a long time to mature into… Read the rest

High Speed Internet !!

My Shops, saving money
A husband and wife team arrived this morning shortly after 8am to install our new Internet service. By 9:30 they were done and off the property. AJ and I performed upload and download speed tests at toast.net before our service was switched. As I mentioned in an earlier post, upload speeds are typically much slower than the download. Our upload speed is almost three times as fast. Our download speed (wow, pages load sooooo fast now!) is four times faster.… Read the rest