Having been sitting on the line due to cold, wet weather, I was able to bring in the four loads of laundry today... if you've been reading my blog for awhile, or go back in the archives, you may notice I talk about laundry a lot.

Most people have that one chore that soothes them, or at least lets their mind wander so it makes the chore somewhat enjoyable. For me it's laundry...
I have a very keen sense of smell and there are few things in this world that smell better to me then sheets hung out on the line to dry... climbing into bed at night, pulling the covers up to my nose and taking a deep wiff.... a small piece of heaven... now if the cat hair just wouldn't get sucked into my nostrils at the same time....

I called about the DayCare application that I put in... she already hired someone else, but said that she was very interested in me, but a former employee came back from college and she hired her... so at least I don't feel totally rejected! And she said she would keep me in mind if anything else came up.
I'm going to call about the high school secretarial job on Monday... so keep those fingers crossed!

I also looked into another part-time daycare position, but it's only 4 hours a day in a split shift and it's a bit of a drive, so it wouldn't really pay...

I'm thinking of going to the tech school and taking early childhood 1 and 2, once the bills get into the set flow and the expenses of moving and fixing up the house, die down a bit. With those two courses, I see no reason why a daycare wouldn't hire me, since it seems like they are always looking for good, steady help.

Frugal Thought of the Day: When you want to buy an item that is pricey use your imagination to see if there are other things around the house that would work instead, or think of alternative, cheaper methods that would work just as well.

I wanted to get curtain tie backs, but the only ones that I saw in the store were $20 or more... by curtain tiebacks I mean a piece of metal, wood, etc... that you attach to the window frame or wall next to the window, and then the curtain gets tucked behind the metal, wood, etc...

I needed eight tiebacks, so there was no way I was going to pay $160. We thought some kind of hook might do the trick, so we went to Ace to look around.
DH found some single coat hooks that when turned sideways work just perfectly and the total came to $35.

If you want to be frugal, being creative is a definate plus. Don't worry though if you don't think of yourself as creative... that's why this blog, other sites on the internet and books at the library come in handy!