Hints for Dry Sheets

 Good Morning Thrifties!!

I hope this finds you all well, up and at 'em this morning. Since I have been diagnosed with Covid I have had too much time on my hands so I have been on the iPad looking at first one thing and then the other. 

While snooping around on Pinterest I found this list of the things dry sheets can be used for besides just making you laundry smell good. I was amazed at all the uses somebody found for them. While I haven't used them in a while after reading this list I have decided to get some and try these hints out. When I did use them I simply threw them in the trash after the load of clothes was finished. But now there are multiple uses for even the old ones. This is definitely a "thrifty" idea!!

You may already know a lot of them but maybe there will be a few you haven't heard of on this list. Y'all have a great week and stay "Thrifty."

"Put Back" Bucket

 Good January Monday Morning to you all...

Here we are moving quickly through the first month of the year. Most of the store, blogs and Instagram posts are touting organization for this first month. We know how things have accumulated or been replaced by new gifts or purchases during December. 

So now we have to go through the old things and get ourself set up for the rest of the year. But things have a way of getting scattered and misplaced as the days go by. Things that we brought from the bedroom into the living room never made it back to their place. Things we needed from the garage ended up in the kitchen. We forgot to put them back where we got them. 

Oh dear! This forgetting to put things back where they belong after a while can take on a life of its own. Besides that we have a hard time finding what we need when we need it. Then those misplaced things start to pile up and get in the way of our normal life. 

So here's a suggestion. Most of us have a laundry basket or some sort of large tote we can use to gather up all those things and take them back to their home. Think about it. Quick as a wink you could grab your "take back" basket and make a stroll through your home corralling those misplaced things. What a good idea. 

Now you don't have to do it everyday but once a week you could take back things that have wandered away and recoup spaces that were lost. This is really a thrifty idea... No money spend and only a little time and you take back missing items and space. 

I hope you all have a really good week and practice being "thrifty" too. 

Thank You Power

 Good morning to all!

I hope you all are warm and well this chilly morning. With all the chaos and drama happening around us from first one thing and then another I felt like we needed a word of encouragement. I read this book by Deborah Norville several years ago but when I went to the library the other day they had it on the rack out front for sale. This book is so worth the $.50 I paid for it. 

This woman is an excellent writer and the topic of being grateful is one we surely need during this day and time. She has stories about how being thankful has made so many people's lives better. Not just tolerable but better. This is not just a power of positive thinking kind of book. It's following the word of God when He tells us to give thanks in everything. 

Now we know being thankful when things are yucky is hard but she reveals how being thankful lessens the yuckiness. I don't know if they still sell this online or not but I do have the book and if anyone would like to borrow it you are welcome to it. 

The truth be told even when things are yucky if we look long enough we can always find something to be thankful for. You all have a great Tuesday and a wonderful week. Remember to stay "thrifty" and be thankful too...

Antiprocrastination

Hello Friends,

We are on our way into the new year. So did you make some resolutions? Did you pick up the same ole' ones? Lose weight, spend more time with family and friends, clean out the garage or attic, get organized? If you are like me I have made and broken more new years resolutions than I can count. Although there have been a few I have stuck with.

Let's talk about one of the things that derail our resolutions. Procrastination... it's a thief and a killer of a lot of the good intentions we set out to do. But there is a solution to this monster. It's to change your mindset about the things you want to accomplish. When we think we can git 'er done we most likely will. But when we think we can't .... well it just sits there and stares us in the face every time we turn around. 

If we will attack those things we put off one at a time it will go much better. Instead of getting overwhelmed by too many things we sort them out and decide which one is the most important today. 

Here's another tip. Pick a certain day of the week and call it anti-procrastination day. My day is Wednesday. I have a little ongoing list on my calendar for all those things that I have put off for too long. On Wednesday I pick one of them and just go on ahead and do it. Really I have found out that some of the things I have put off, thinking they will take too long to do them have only taken ten or fifteen minutes and they are done. Wow!  

Think about this: If you regularly do one thing a week at the end of the year you will have done a total of fifty two things... That's fabulous! That's over the top!!! Here's another wonderful thing about this anti-procrastination day. There will be no more things hanging over your head that need to be done. Plus it feels really good when you finally do those things you have been putting off. 

Now this anti- procrastination suggestion is truly a "thrifty" thing. There is no telling all the benefits that will come out of finally getting things done!! Have a great week and remember to stay... "Thrifty."