Starting another chapter in my life so I am once again coming back to this spot. If people find it, wonderful... if not that's okay too, since I can look back on this for inspiration.

We bought a house... not exactly frugal since we had bought (and sold) our one in Windsor is a span of about two years...

But this house is definately a keeper. Lots of raspberry bushes, garlic and onions; plus a garden spot already made just waiting for more veggies. There's mature trees, flowers and bushes all around the house.
Most of the flooring is hardwood (hiding under carpet and/or pasted on carpet padding). It will take a lot of work to get them finished, but in the long run probably cheaper then wall to wall carpet. And we personally like hardwood the best for floor coverings.

Since moving here Spyros will have only one job, and will be taking a major pay cut. I'm going to continue to look for a job, but they are pretty scarce in this area, so.... I must put frugality into over-drive.

I had ordered some new checks through one of the mail-order places. I didn't think we had order from them before so we would get a new client deal. Well, I got the checks today along with an invoice for $26.30 remainder balance.
I was just going to let it go since I must have ordered from them before... but me being me I couldn't, so I called and inquired. I talked with a nice customer service person and she was able to take that amount and cut in in half. Better then having to pay the whole bill, and now I'll remember that I have already ordered from them twice.

I picked about a 1/3 of a pot of raspberries today, which I'll freeze. I already have 3 bags in the freezer, we've had two bowls ourselves and gave one to Mom and Joe. I'm liking the garden already.
Now we just need to get the mulch pile that is already set up, going again.

I subscribed to a site that has lots of sites that you can sign up to, to give your opinion and you can receive cash or prizes. I had to pay a fee to join, but I'm hoping this works out well for extra money.
If anyone has ever done this, I would love to hear about your success, or lack of, with these companies.