tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post6418801925372013364..comments2024-03-29T10:03:11.345-04:00Comments on Cheryl's Frugal Corner: Just a Low Maintenance Simple GalCheryl Kimbleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-10412683160931473562020-07-23T09:17:08.069-04:002020-07-23T09:17:08.069-04:00Cheryl I wish you were my neighbor! It doesn't...Cheryl I wish you were my neighbor! It doesn't take a lot to make me happy and I am blessed with all I need and most of what I want.<br />I was widowed 16 months ago and still working on my new "normal".<br />Love your energy and knowledge.<br />SusanSusanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03659031764474164864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-65381921830510866722020-07-16T18:43:19.333-04:002020-07-16T18:43:19.333-04:00Oh, my, do I love flip flops. For years, I could ...Oh, my, do I love flip flops. For years, I could not wear them because of something wrong with my foot. BUT, since I broke my foot, I can wear them again. Can't stand to wear shoes...they absolutely wear me out.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08015780995837712115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-71939060801387662282020-07-12T19:18:03.182-04:002020-07-12T19:18:03.182-04:00I like my clothing but mainly becaause im a bright...I like my clothing but mainly becaause im a bright girl. but I'm from the south and I wear maxi dresses instead of shorts or capris all sumer-casual maxi but maxe (so much cooler than shorts, so much) seriously though, I just cut my own covid hair with clippers, so im no maintenance with the exception of pedicure (cant reach my own feet), earrings and perfume. My children have joked that I could be scrubbing the floor and be wearing rags and have on perfume and earrings.Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195838412173806659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-89139792708591006232020-07-11T10:17:29.221-04:002020-07-11T10:17:29.221-04:00You betcha. So laid back, happy, and crazy in a g...You betcha. So laid back, happy, and crazy in a good way!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-34778986369081993502020-07-11T10:07:56.562-04:002020-07-11T10:07:56.562-04:00I sure miss the '50's and '60's al...I sure miss the '50's and '60's also. Completely different world from what we have now!Krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12293012592263272563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-73781676039867911272020-07-10T11:36:00.634-04:002020-07-10T11:36:00.634-04:00Amen - preach it sister! I agree with everyone of...Amen - preach it sister! I agree with everyone of those.<br />Ray Charles is so right - we all basically end up with a 6' pc. of real estate. We aint getting out of here alive for sure. And NO you can't take it with you.<br />Too many prioritize the wrong things.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-65872519925114186412020-07-10T11:32:41.914-04:002020-07-10T11:32:41.914-04:00Another one of my hippy chicks!!!!!! I love it. ...Another one of my hippy chicks!!!!!! I love it. I guess we just grew up at the right time.<br />I am glad we did.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-63598411560358264722020-07-10T10:24:37.113-04:002020-07-10T10:24:37.113-04:00Few folks seem to be content with what they have. ...Few folks seem to be content with what they have. Ecclesiastes 1:4-11 says it very well; "there is nothing new under the sun". I read this during my devotional time this morning: 1 Timothy 6:6-12 "But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that". Some people are always chasing after the newest, latest and what they think is better. Here is a quote from Ray Charles: “I'm not into the money thing. You can only sleep in one bed at a time. You can only eat one meal at a time, or be in one car at a time. So I don't have to have millions of dollars to be happy. All I need are clothes on my back, a decent meal, and a little loving when I feel like it. That's the bottom line.” Most of the new "music" is garbage. Give me a little jazz, classical or southern gospel and I'm happy. Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328333345401673320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-50603076009129501742020-07-10T10:21:55.747-04:002020-07-10T10:21:55.747-04:00I'm pretty much a simple girl at heart too. I...I'm pretty much a simple girl at heart too. I do my own mani/pedis never had it done and my hair hasn't been cut for a year now. It's pretty salt and peppery. I love wearing dresses. And I'm always barefoot! <br />LaurieShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15893334251349844784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-91714678114445409252020-07-10T09:07:45.747-04:002020-07-10T09:07:45.747-04:00Such a good point. We are all going to get old (G...Such a good point. We are all going to get old (God willing) and age. I pretty much save mine for just such occasions any more.<br />Low maintenance is just easy!<br />Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-61998539882197840492020-07-10T08:05:32.753-04:002020-07-10T08:05:32.753-04:00My daughter at heart! Love a low maintenance life....My daughter at heart! Love a low maintenance life. Guess what? The beauty queens with all the clothes and make-up get old to. Save my make-up for dressing up.Grammy Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02381059002814691184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-44045869284107779242020-07-09T21:16:07.195-04:002020-07-09T21:16:07.195-04:00Sorry the gene missed you! I know my hair is real...Sorry the gene missed you! I know my hair is really getting gray, which I am not ready for. I keep coloring. My sister had beautiful hair that was so salt and pepper - like frosted. If I thought mine would be like that I would let it go. I just don't think I have a lot of pepper!! LOL<br />Dad got white hair early on - but Mom did well until she got sick.<br /><br />I like dresses for hanging out - just don't have many. I like simple foods too. I keep thinking I might get a truck whenever I replace mine. I like a hauling machine!<br /><br />I love hearing so many of us are just simple gals.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-68407907123110985742020-07-09T21:06:41.074-04:002020-07-09T21:06:41.074-04:00Sounds like we would get along well! Nothing like...Sounds like we would get along well! Nothing like hot biscuits and jelly!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-2892485005970730082020-07-09T20:31:23.161-04:002020-07-09T20:31:23.161-04:00I'm an 80s music girl, a little of everything....I'm an 80s music girl, a little of everything. The GoGos, Billy Joel, etc. I can just as easily do the 50s or Tchaikovsky! Never a Beatles fan or much from the 70s.<br /><br />I do my own hair dye, toes and nails. I'm a redhead and my grey hair is a horrific Brillo pad color and texture. I can't bear it! I look sickly. My grandma had soft white hair when she went grey and it was so beautiful. I missed that gene entirely!<br /><br />I'm a barefoot girl too. I put on shoes only when I leave the house. How Tightwad of me huh?! I love dresses and I have both summer and winter frocks. I do garden in them unless I'm crawling around.<br /><br />I'm definitely not a fancy foody. I'm the one who used to get taken to fancy places and ordered chicken! Plain. My idea of fancy is Red Robin these days!<br /><br />I love to craft and especially using old things to make yard art.<br /><br />My dream car is a Ford F150 😆. I love nature and my wild friends living in the backyard. For my next vacation, I really want to see MT. Rushmore and the Black Hills. Our vacations have always been cabins in the woods somewhere... We never leave our doggies!Debby in KShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10678580135625880717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-76939968784463226042020-07-09T17:33:17.591-04:002020-07-09T17:33:17.591-04:00I can eat biscuits and jelly and be VERY happy, LO...I can eat biscuits and jelly and be VERY happy, LOL. I am also a low maintenance woman. Just gimme my old time rock'n'roll!<br />--Maxinemikemaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569666073239903588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-48719209923581207162020-07-09T16:54:11.537-04:002020-07-09T16:54:11.537-04:00You make me chuckle!!! I love that you are both s...You make me chuckle!!! I love that you are both so comfortable and cozy in your lifestyle.<br />I forgot to mention - I do have many no bra days when staying home. Luckily 'my girls' aren't flopping yet! They aren't that big though. LOL<br /><br />I have tennis shoes - but rarely wear them - I just hate having my feet stuffed into something. I like the freedom.<br />You can do the haircuts - it isn't that hard for guys.<br /><br />I couldn't do without TV (well I could but don't want to). I like having something to see at night. I go to sleep when I read often - so that doesn't always work. I can only do so much music then I get nervous. So TV it is.<br /><br />Love your attitude and your lifestyle. Be true to you!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-69493090198613428652020-07-09T15:50:36.442-04:002020-07-09T15:50:36.442-04:00I think you must be my older sister! I've nev...I think you must be my older sister! I've never been "fluffy". I don't own a dress, have one pair of low heel pumps I wore for job interviews, and threw out all of my makeup when we decided I was staying home for good after losing my job. Never had a mani or pedi. I wear men's t-shirts and capri leggings in the summer and sweat pants in the winter with a favorite flannel shirt as a house jacket. I also don't wear a bra unless I absolutely have to. That means the neighbors have seen my old lady ti#ies flopping around when I do yard work or walk to the mailbox, and I don't care! When Husband retired, he threw out his ties and watch. He wears t-shirts and nice sweat pants year 'round with an ancient fleece jacket (a freebie from Ducks Unlimited) in the winter. I never go barefooted due to pins, needles and kitty litter in the house and bees outside. If I can't wear my (leather) tennis shoes somewhere, I'm not going! My hair is long (and currently up in a bun), hasn't been cut in over a year and probably won't be cut until next year. Don't color it, either. Husband got his first haircut in 6 months yesterday. Left more on the floor than on his head! I paid careful attention to the stylist so I can do it if we go into lockdown again. We haven't watched TV in 10 years and read and talk to each other. We like silence, especially in the evening. I listen to even older "oldies" than you do: classical music. Found a great free (and no advertising!) station on the computer. Our house is decorated in Early American Garage Sale and put-together furniture. We eat simple food, too. If I can't get it at Aldi or the local grocery, we're not going to eat it. It all works for us! Franceshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05407751263369340933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-66438639413796433742020-07-09T15:00:20.083-04:002020-07-09T15:00:20.083-04:00Oh crap! That hurts. Been there and done that. ...Oh crap! That hurts. Been there and done that. I tend to wear them outside when the clover is blooming - just in case!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-73079875893455592092020-07-09T14:59:23.313-04:002020-07-09T14:59:23.313-04:00Oh kiddo I know I look best with it - but there is...Oh kiddo I know I look best with it - but there is something freeing about not wearing it. Summer I get color.<br />I hope you get there - it really is contentment.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-31865776448865733772020-07-09T14:58:12.198-04:002020-07-09T14:58:12.198-04:00You sure appreciate the quiet when it comes! I ha...You sure appreciate the quiet when it comes! I have noticed now that all the fireworks have stopped, just how peaceful it is. Birds, kitties and nature is what I hear. It is lovely.<br />I kept my hair cut - as I do it myself. But I do understand that so many have waited for ages. What a treat that will be for you!<br />Enjoy your solitude as you get it!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-64109481597971147272020-07-09T14:55:38.910-04:002020-07-09T14:55:38.910-04:00Sweety it sure takes time. I was a caregiver for ...Sweety it sure takes time. I was a caregiver for years as well. I loved it - but I miss it too. Never thought that would be me when I was younger.<br />We just slowly change as life throws new things our direction. I am not anywhere that is familiar yet!!!! I am slowly getting there.<br />We belong to a club no one wants to be in. You will slowly become a DIFFERENT YOU and that is OK - I am finally seeing that!<br />Blessings<br />Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-35401077507282867692020-07-09T14:51:28.813-04:002020-07-09T14:51:28.813-04:00Sounds like a lovely life to me. Heavenly and bli...Sounds like a lovely life to me. Heavenly and blissful.<br />Simple is beautiful!Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-30712499670346431542020-07-09T14:19:30.673-04:002020-07-09T14:19:30.673-04:00I love your simple life and strive to be there som...I love your simple life and strive to be there someday, although I don't think I should go without a little makeup, I am so pale I look like a ghost.Out My windowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456481267171643227noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-37692976960588249282020-07-09T13:53:47.425-04:002020-07-09T13:53:47.425-04:00Like you I love the old music but our neighbours p...Like you I love the old music but our neighbours play loud noise stuff which I don't name as music more like a tribal beat. I wear trousers and tops, don't wear make-up and normally have my hair cut every 6 weeks but it has now been four months when I have it done again on 21 July. I love sitting in the garden preferably in the morning when there is no loud music and no screaming children. It is so lovely and peaceful and watching birds coming to the feeder.pat chesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07907311009341922595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341912661779864632.post-38735974872399535222020-07-09T13:18:07.552-04:002020-07-09T13:18:07.552-04:00Cheryl, I'm with you on the oldies music. Have...Cheryl, I'm with you on the oldies music. Have made my own playlists from them on my phone. Life is simpler as one. I'm starting to get use to not being the caretaker. Funny how we become something by chance and can't shake it, right? I becoming me again, but after reading your post I see I have a ways to go.At Rivercrest Cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068816102263605128noreply@blogger.com