What's Going On at Chez Sluggy This Week? Frugal Friday....the July 22nd Edition

Lots of cleaning and clearing out this past week at Chez Sluggy.  Not much as far as frugality other than not going anywhere and/or spending money.

*  I made no food shopping trips or even a Rite-Aid trip since last Friday.  Hubs bought a watermelon and some rice side dish packets but that was it.  Not leaving the house is frugal, right?

*  I had Hubs take 2 boxes of books and 21 bags of fabric to Salvation Army this past week.  4 more bags of fabric are waiting to go and I'll continue to dig through my fabric stash to fill more bags to donate.

*  We used a gift card to buy Subway subs for dinner on Thursday as Hubs didn't want to deal with cooking.

* I met up with the lady who runs the auction at a local church on Monday to hands off 7 bags of new items for them to sell this coming Fall.

*  Ex-College boy came over last weekend to help me move tubs of items I am keeping into the garage, along with a coffee table Hubs refuses to get rid of(that we have never used).  I also loaded Ex-CB up with toiletries and some food items.  He's coming back next weekend to help power wash the outside of the house and I'll give him more stuff.

*  I got in touch with a local ceramic studio and they are interested in taking all my ceramic molds.  Giving them away is better than having to pay for a construction container and throwing them away.

*  I've filled two large bags for the Food Bank but they won't leave until next Friday.  That will give me more time to fill another bag too! ;-)

*  I got the closet doors by the front door painted.

Hubs just needs to realign them now.  I've got to sand down and repaint the posts on the front porch but that's my last painting assignment to go.

*  I've been using frozen foods for meals and trying my best to eat down the freezer.

*  I found NO money this past week!  Well, if you don't go anywhere you don't get a chance to find money. 8-((

Total Found in last Week.... .00¢
Total Found This Year.....$13.65

That's about all I've got for this past week.  

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

And have a good weekend!  

Sluggy  

WTF!?

 So this is what I woke up to this morning.........

I guess April's Fool Day came late this year.....
Though the dogs are enjoying romping in the snow for now.

Lots on the agenda for today--

I got a Jury Duty notice and called yesterday for reporting today but I got excused. go me.

I need to contact the election bureau about working the primary next month.  I got a letter where they assumed I was working(nobody even ASKED)and telling me to report to a training session.  In the few years I've been working election days the machines/training hasn't changed so why must I go again? argh.  Just a waste of gas and my time since nothing has changed.  Hubs has retired from working elections as he is fed up with the piss poor way the bureau is run and the subsequent crap he's had to endure as Judge of Elections.  I am just a peon so other than unneeded training I just go, deal with it and collect my tax-free pay.

Hubs and I got some decluttered/organizing done on Monday in the garage.  Nephew is picking up some food we aren't going to eat from the stockpile and I am getting rid of some liquor I no longer want to my friends from Rite-Aid.  Today I am going to work in the Guest room to clean out stuff in there.  That's after putting away everything I drug off the buffet in the dining room.  I still had the Xmas Runner on top of the buffet since crap was piled up on it since Christmas.  That all needs pitching out or a new home somewhere and not be in the dining room.

I am working on editing more photos on my old computer from the 2017 trip.  I hope to be done with those in about a week or so and will then start posting more installments of that trip.  It's fun seeing all the photos I took but a bear having to edit and label them all.

No cooking this week until Hubs eats everything already cooked.  I suspect I won't be cooking until Saturday as there are so many leftovers.

That's about it for today.  Have great day digging out of whatever you have at your place.

Sluggy

What Got Done in 2021 in Sluggy's World

Other than the usual paying bills, staying within budget type of stuff, here are the Bigger What Got Done in 2021--

*  Decluttering 

I began the long process of decluttering before we sell the house and move.

Not a lot of progress yet as I didn't begin until the 4th quarter of the year really. 

All this, 26 items, went to Sallie Ann's....

 

I also went through all my clothes as Summer arrived and donated everything that no longer fit.....

This batch was about 35 items if I recall correctly.

I didn't get any photos before they left but there were another 30 items in December to the Salvation Army.

91 items off to new homes hopefully to lead more meaningful lives.

*  FOOD BANK 

In September, after trips and a stockpile sale that Summer, 75 items went to the food bank.....

50 assorted items from food to toiletries in early November......

And 64 more assorted items from food to toiletries in late November...

New Year's Eve, Friday, this all went to the food bank....

I didn't get an exact count before Hubs carted this all off, but it had to be another 40 items.

229-ish food/toiletries off to the food bank in 2021.

And I have another food bank donation started already to jump start 2022. 8-)

* GIVEAWAYS

We did 11 Giveaways in 2021.

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September or Alaska Prizes

October

November

December

Every month but May as I was off having fun with Kim and Sissie then. 8-)))

* HOME PROJECTS

We got 4 items(two of them big'uns)ticked off the home repair/improvement list in 2021.......

2 Major Bathroom Remodels

Main Bathroom....

The Downstairs Powder Room.....

1 Kitchen Tiling Project

New Kitchen Backsplash

New Hallway/Foyer Closet Doors *I have to laugh about this one. Ex-CB fell into and broke one of the old bi-fold doors when he was still in college(he's been out since 2017(you do the math!) and I finally nagged got Hubs to buy new doors and install them.  So here are the doors after he installed them.....

Mr. "Not So Handy" was all proud of himself for doing this until I pointed out that he installed them upside down(notice how high up the knobs are...I've have to be the Jolly Green Giant to reach them!
So he grumbled a bit and a few choice words may have flown out of his mouth but he reversed the doors eventually.  And yes, he got them hung even too. I guess I'll have to paint the trim to match around the doors now. or wait another 5 years to get him to do that.

Now the big project we are down to is 6 new windows in the front of the house and various interior painting/spackling/repair jobs. sigh

* I was able to lose another 20 lbs. in 2021 and keep it off.

Me in June of this past year before going to my cousin's  funeral.  I last wore this dress to my daughter's wedding in Jan. 2019.  I didn't notice in June but with losing more weight around my middle and butt this dress was now 2 inches too long. lol

Me on the right in this photo from Summer of 2013.  Not my highest weight but close to it.  I am now down 120 lbs. from there.......

* And let's not forget all the fun we managed to have even during this difficult year....

Hijinx with the 3 Musketeers in May.......

Saw my 2 remaining cousins and my only Aunt in June after many years(even if the circumstances were dreadful)....

August on an Alaskan cruise with Krazy Kim and her Hubby....

September/October I was off to see my brother and then to see Sissie on the way home.....

Costco with my brother......

Sissie wearing white after Labor Day(shriek!)

Then we were off to NJ in November for a Bridal Shower for Oldest and Fianceé....

And then another cruise with my Brother and Sister in-law to the Caribbean....

And rounding out 20021 was a quiet Christmas at home with family...

So that was the highlight reel here at Chez Sluggy.  We got a few things ticked off our list in 2021 despite the difficulties. 
Here's hoping 2022 brings us all our hearts' desires! 

Sluggy