It's Jack's favorite. I like to think I'm saving money by making it but I don't really think that's the case. But this post is actually about something else: my obsession with saving money and reusing items. It might be a disease or at least a clinically treated neurosis. :) For example, I saw a bag of compost on the side of the road all shredded from falling out of the back of someone's truck. I totally stopped and carefully eased into the back of the Jeep so I could take it home. I've picked up 2 very nice beach towels, a swim noodle, and a kid's play tent as well over the years. I also save things that might come in handy someday. I wash and save sour cream containers to put beans in after I cook them and then freeze them. The size of butter tub I've been using lately is the wrong size but I've still washed and saved them. Yesterday I found a use! I didn't have enough plastic lids to go on my glass jam jars. (I wash and save the lids from mayonnaise and miracle whip jars because the lids screw right onto regular mouth mason jars perfectly!) I started covering the jam jars with aluminum foil but wasn't satisfied. Instead, I took the previously mentioned too-big butter tubs and cut a circle. Then used the plastic circle underneath a regular mason jar screw band. Now they can be stacked in the freezer!
I just like to save money and keep stuff out of the landfills if I can. Hopefully it never takes over my life.
3 comments:
I'm pretty sure you told me about a water jug you found on the side of the road once too, add that to your list!!
Oh yeah we did pick that up on the side of the road.
That's awesome! I'm very impressed by your thrifty-ness and green-ness.:)
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