You all are doing great - I'd love free wood chips! Used lots of them at our old place but haven't had any for years... But I have a couple frugals that aren't just the same old stuff! Found some more aged venison in the freezer and have been using it up in burgers, burritos and lasagna - good stuff! And when it was so cold earlier in the winter, the underground pipe for the cellar drain froze, as usual - but for some reason the pit filled up enough for the pump to kick on and it overheated and stopped working. After things thawed, it still didn't work, it just sat there and hummed. Thought we'd have to replace it but DH had a good day, and got it working again, pushing that purchase into the future. (We have floor pumps if needed, lol) Then he's been wanting some sort of device to have upstairs on his bad days to check tv listings, etc. He knows that DD uses our wifi with her old, non-activated phone to do swag bucks so he wanted a phone for internet use. (Our phones are pre-paid and we don't have data) Not really a great idea as he can't use the phone he has (big fingers/tiny keys) but whatever. So I asked a co-worker, who is a serial upgrader, if she had anything for sale and she GAVE me a Gateway netbook. Charged it up, works great. DD downloaded free virus protection and he should be good to go...woohoo!!