2025 Frugal Friday File, July 4...

 

Happy 4th of July!  Hope everyone has a fun and safe long weekend.

1.  I've mentioned before that our phone/internet/cable are provided by a co-op which we have belonged to since 1999.  They just had their annual meeting, and released their/our capital credits which they apply to our account.  Last year the capital credits paid for all but $10 of our June 2024 bill.  This year it paid for ALL of our June bill ($236.22), and carries forward a credit of  $28+/- to pay toward next month's bill.  It's not all rainbows and sunshine with this co-op, but it's the only game in town, so I'm always glad to get credits applied to the bill.  Husband insists on keeping cable, and I'm keeping landline, just because who knows what is going to happen these days.

2.  Speaking of phone bills...back in the day, my sister and I would have to try to never let our husbands get the mail for fear they would see our phone bills.  Those were some big phone bills.  In the past week, I have talked to her for about three hours (combined total), and to the other Kathleen for about an hour and a half (combined total).  I am SO very happy we have unlimited talk and text nowadays. 

     I don't care that Carey gets the mail these days.  Because not only are the phone bills lower now than they used to be, the bills come to my email inbox not the post box.  LOL

3.  There wasn't anything on the calendar this week, so mostly hung around the house; read,  laundry, repeat.

4.  I've been using the dregs of a bottle of shower gel (diluted) to clean the toilet.  I don't do that if the toilet gets really dirty, but as per my FlyLady days, if you 'swish and swipe' the toilet daily, it never gets really dirty, and she also said "Soap is soap, so use up what you have."

5.  I've kept the houseplants that I bought in spring 2024 alive for over a year now.  My son thought all this time that the large monsteras (2) in the living room were artificial!  He has not paid attention to how much they've grown!  I saw a really large monstera either on the web or tv recently, and it scared me how big they get!  If mine get much bigger, I may have to adopt them out to new homes before we have to carry machetes to hack our way through the jungle.  :)

What we ate this week:

Saturday:  Family supper at Kasey & Beau's

Sunday:  Tortilla Soup

Monday:  leftovers

Tuesday:  takeout fried chicken

Wednesday:  leftover Tortilla Soup

Thursday:  takeout sandwiches

Friday:  Chicken Curry

**designates meatless meal