farmerjan
Super Self-Sufficient
You were right @CrealCritter ... I just really didn't know and just "assumed" it was more gas than ethanol. Nothing I have will run on it either...
Is a frugal lifestyle miserable?
flowerbug
Sustainability Master
and easier to start when in warmer weather!
if you want to have fun thinking about other fuel alternatives you can look into wood distillates...
Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
All this talk about gasolines is a reminder to get oil/filter changed in my generator!! I need a new battery for it too. If I need it this winter, I would prefer to do push button. 
frustratedearthmother
Sustainability Master
Thankfully DH got that done a few months back. He's really good about starting it and letting it run every month or so. I try to do the same with my tiller.
Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
So I broke my self imposed "no grocery buys"....had to get dry cat food and my path to that section took me past the ice cream freezers. Theorized it's been over 5 weeks, so I was due a treat. 
got a box with 4 drumstick ice cream cones, caramel centered too. 
. Hey, ice cream wasn't stocked in my freezer -- hmmm. Sad mistake there. 
. Plenty of choco chips tho.
got a box with 4 drumstick ice cream cones, caramel centered too. . Hey, ice cream wasn't stocked in my freezer -- hmmm. Sad mistake there. . Plenty of choco chips tho.
frustratedearthmother
Sustainability Master
If - after 5 weeks of no grocery shopping all you bought (besides catfood) was a box of ice cream cones - you done good!! Those drumsticks w/caramel are a favorite of mine too. Now I'm craving them - thanks for that, lol!
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tortoise
Wild Hare
I heard you say "I eliminated unnecessary food purchases so I could buy something I'd really enjoy without stressing my budget."So I broke my self imposed "no grocery buys"....had to get dry cat food and my path to that section took me past the ice cream freezers. Theorized it's been over 5 weeks, so I was due a treat.
flowerbug
Sustainability Master
I heard you say "I eliminated unnecessary food purchases so I could buy something I'd really enjoy without stressing my budget."
speaking my language...
Mini Horses
Sustainability Master
These ice cream cones are really good!!!! 
The grocery shopping hiatus is partly to keep budget spending in line -- lot of extra "feed store" buys in winter. BUT it makes you use the stockpiles we have from canning, butchering, etc.
Admit it -- so easy to just walk in and buy what we already have at home!!
. Or can make if we just "do it"....think retraining yourself. If SHTF you'll be proud to already be maintaining. 
. Everyone should try it. Make it a game.
The grocery shopping hiatus is partly to keep budget spending in line -- lot of extra "feed store" buys in winter. BUT it makes you use the stockpiles we have from canning, butchering, etc.
Admit it -- so easy to just walk in and buy what we already have at home!!
. Or can make if we just "do it"....think retraining yourself. If SHTF you'll be proud to already be maintaining. . Everyone should try it. Make it a game.
CLSranch
Almost Self-Reliant
Keep us in line.I heard you say "I eliminated unnecessary food purchases so I could buy something I'd really enjoy without stressing my budget."
