Excuse me, were you reading that?
Posted 03-26-2007 at 07:32 AM by mycoupons
You know how I diagnose myself with every disease known?
Well, I also get made up diseases too.
In High school, I had 'Senioritis', during my wedding, I had 'Bridezillaism' and now I get afflicted week after week with 'The Monday's.'
It happens every week without fail. I wake up on what should be a clean slate day, feeling tired, lazy and like sleeping all day.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I wake up at 2am on Monday mornings to go pilfering through my neighbors recycle bins?
I like coupons.
The sad truth is, most of my neighbors KNOW I do this. Many have offered to GIVE me their papers on Sunday night. But, the thrill of running down the street at 2am to 'steal' them is part of the excitment.
I used to rummage through looking for the inserts, but late last year, I got smart. I realized that 9 out of 10 people have the Sunday paper on the top of the pile. So now I just grab the top paper, and I'm off.
Of course, this created quite the predicament, as now I had anywhere from 10-20 FULL newspapers in my garage, and a week until next recycling day.
So, I did what I always do. I got resourceful. I figured out all these neat things to do with the extra newspapers! Check it out!
It is almost 11:30 P.M.on Sunday night as I type, and I have to get up in 3 hours to go dumpster diving!
So....
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
Well, I also get made up diseases too.
In High school, I had 'Senioritis', during my wedding, I had 'Bridezillaism' and now I get afflicted week after week with 'The Monday's.'
It happens every week without fail. I wake up on what should be a clean slate day, feeling tired, lazy and like sleeping all day.
I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that I wake up at 2am on Monday mornings to go pilfering through my neighbors recycle bins?
I like coupons.
The sad truth is, most of my neighbors KNOW I do this. Many have offered to GIVE me their papers on Sunday night. But, the thrill of running down the street at 2am to 'steal' them is part of the excitment.
I used to rummage through looking for the inserts, but late last year, I got smart. I realized that 9 out of 10 people have the Sunday paper on the top of the pile. So now I just grab the top paper, and I'm off.
Of course, this created quite the predicament, as now I had anywhere from 10-20 FULL newspapers in my garage, and a week until next recycling day.
So, I did what I always do. I got resourceful. I figured out all these neat things to do with the extra newspapers! Check it out!
- Newspaper is an AWESOME packing material for moving! If you are moving, or putting glass away in storage, wrap WET newspaper around the glass. It will harden, and make a nice hard cocoon to protect your glassware!
- Newspaper dries glass without streaking! We washed the outside of the windows this weekend, and using crumpled up newspaper was better than paper towels for drying!
- Newspaper is perfect for keeping your luggage smelling fresh! Every time I return from a trip, I crumple up tons of newspaper into my suitcase. It keeps it dry, and keeps it smelling clean!
- Newspaper is great for drying shoes! Living in Florida during the summer is like living in the rainforest! It rains EVERY DAY! And there is NOTHING worse than wet shoes. When I come inside, I place newspaper in my shoes, turn them on their sides, and they are dry in hours!
- Newspaper can replace paper towels for many things! I use crumpled newspaper to wipe the ashes out of my self-cleaning oven when it is done!
- Instead of vacuuming up broken glass, use wet newspaper! Run the wet newspaper along the floor and the shards will stick to the paper. Then throw it away! It works for unscrewing broken light bulbs too!
- Put some newspaper at the bottom of your garbage pails! We had a diaper odor problem in our garage. All dirty diapers get thrown out there. After 3 days in the hot Florida outdoors, my garbage pails smelled like a zoo! I started putting layers of newspaper at the bottom of the can before putting the trash bag in. No more smell!
- Newspaper is better than painter's tape! Instead of taking the time to carefully place blue tape all over your window edges and baseboards, use wet newspaper strips! The wet newspaper will stick and keep paint off. It's not as fun to remove as painter's tape, but it IS easier!
- Cats can read too! I line the bottom of my litter box with newspaper before filling it with litter. It really cuts down on the odor, and I think Mr. Fluffy Tail likes reading the classifieds!
- Newspaper is the perfect table cloth for kid's crafts! Anytime my children are painting or using markers, I put newspaper all over my dining room table and let them go crazy!
- Newspaper can be wrapping paper! We use the color comics to wrap birthday gifts for small children. They think it is neat to open, and I love teaching my kids to reduce before recycling!
It is almost 11:30 P.M.on Sunday night as I type, and I have to get up in 3 hours to go dumpster diving!
So....
Until we meet again,
Cici
Cici@MyCoupons.com
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