Stock up alert!

[Farmfresh]

ETA: WZ fish won't bite in this intense heat :/ Spring and Fall is the best times to bring home a huge catch around here, so I'm waitin Plus that's about the time the price of gas starts to go south too so I'll save even more

It does depend on where you fish.

I caught this 13 pound blue cat while at the Lake of the Ozarks last week on a minnow. The water was so hot it was gross to swim in.

 

[Wannabefree]

Oh they're biting around here too, but just not very well. The water is like bathwater right now, and they tend to be more sluggish.

 

[Wifezilla]

I was at eleven mile near lake george, CO. It was about 79. Sunny. Water was cool. It always is. Mountain water and all. I think the problem was the wind. Plus AFTERWARD my friends who fish said you can't catch anything out there from the shore there. I guess I was supposed to buy a boat too

 

[Farmfresh]

I guess I was supposed to buy a boat too

There is always someone wanting us to spend more money! Thing is either the fish are biting or they are not. I usually have the best luck early in the morning or as the sun is going down.

Keep trying Wifey, with the cost of fish at the grocery store it is a good pursuit.

 

[Bimpnottin]

Sorry sunny. Piggly Wiggly(stupid name I hate even typing it ) is a south eastern regional chain I think.

Nope, got 'em up here in Wisconsin and Illinois, too. Have to go shopping there tonight!

 

[moxies_chickennuggets]

I desire to be "SS"....but seriously....I don't think any one can be totally self sufficient. I still want my internet, and need my microwave. I drive my pick-up truck. I need the ingredients to make soaps, or buy them already made. I will color my hair as long as possible.....
Now, as far as reduce/reuse/recycle....I have done that forever. My dad is very frugal, although my mom was the "spendy" one. I never cared much for that ..spend, charge, debt cycle.
I washed my babies cloth diapers..all 3 of them...90 diapers a week. I nursed them all too...as long as I could. I went to LLL meetings, and learned more. Made my own baby foods. Hung out laundry. Reuse grocery sacks, both paper and plastic.
Nowadays....I conserve my driving, as I am un-employed. I was laid off back in 09, and jobs are non-existent. We have 1 acre and are growing veggies, and I have started to grow herbs. We have just gotten chickens, to raise for eggs and meat. Bought 1/2 cow for beef, and buy in bulk anything we can freeze and 2 of us can eat. We don't have cable tv...or landlines. We have 1 cell phone contract, with the multiple phones. Bought the property with house as a bank forclosure...dang good price.
Both vehicles are paid for, and mine is a 98. Fiances is a 2004, I think. I get the cheapest auto insurance I can, and every discount available.
Fiance and I are pretty frugal...as much as possible..given the fact that he still has to drive to work 35 miles, one way. But at least, he still has a job. The same one, for 13 yrs now.
The most recent "frugal recycle" project.....their shop.....machinist shop...gets copper from France. Some customer order. Not a lot, not weekly, but enough. Fiance gets the pine shipping crates from his boss, brings them home....cleans them up, cuts them down, and he makes all sorts of wooden things, from them. The latest, the chicken tractors. And, a lovely potting bench for my hot house. That itself has brought the price of the chicken tractors down tremendously...as well as keeping them lightweight. I am only 5'2"...so, anything too heavy, I can't move.

 

[Wifezilla]

moxies, great way to take advantage of the situation. Don't worry about still wanting internet. The more self sufficient you are in other ways, the more affordable stuff like that becomes. I could be on a farm off the grid, making everything from scratch and I will still find a way to have internet and netflix

 

[Wifezilla]

If you have an Albertson's near you, check their ad. Ours is offering 8oz packs of butter for $1. Since butter is going for around $3/lb, this is a great deal. Butter freezes well so don't be afraid to stock up.

 

[abifae]

Really? Good til when?

 

[Wifezilla]

It was in the ad that came out today. So you have until next Tuesday.