Freaky Frugalite

Oh yeah baby. I have a confession to make. I LOVE disco! I was one of those really crazy girls in high school who loved Donna Summer and the Bee Gees. (Donna Summer became a Christian, too!). I hated the punk of the 80s and the grunge of the 90s. I love the disco of the 70s. It was the only good thing to come out of the 70s, I tell ya. I love the beat, I can’t keep still. The Newsboys did the Love, Liberty, Disco song in the spirit of 70s disco, and I love that.

And I love Israeli disco! I have been searching for YEARS for the Queen of Tel Aviv, which is an Israeli techno-disco club mix with Ofra Haza’s Im Nin-alu. I found the mix at iTunes today! I am flipping!!! You can listen to a quick clip at the link. Beware, it’s very eclectic.

Who needs coffee when you have Israeli disco? lol

Ofra Haza has one of the most beautiful voices I’ve ever heard. She was a Yememite Jew who sang songs from the psalms in Hebrew. She also made a few songs in English, in the 80s. It’s cool that they put her music to disco beat. Here she is singing the famous Jerusalem of Gold.

I have HAD IT with those battery-powered watches. I hate them. The kids all need watches, as do we adults, and I spend a fortune on watch batteries! They seem to run out almost every other month, and it’s usually *right before* the kids have to wear them to school. Crazy! The batteries are $5 a pop; multiply that times 6 about four times a year… that’s $120 clams for watch batteries. WHAT a hassle!

I’ve been on the prowl for affordable hand-wound, manual watches. I remember them when I was a kid. That’s all that was available, those hand-wound watches. Ohhh, but then the battery-powered came out and everyone wanted the convenience of batteries! How young and foolish we were back then! Little did we know that the end of an era was closing around us– the age when we did things for ourselves! Now, we are slaves to batteries, and dead batteries at that!

OK OK so I’m exaggerating. A LITTLE. I really want to get the kids (at least, the boys) watches without batteries. Can you believe I found one at Buy.com?! It’s called (*Ahem*), the Nixon Manual Watch Antique. It’s definitely antique- it looks like something my dad used to wear in the 70s. It’s masculine for the boys, though, so that’s nice. Very affordable, as well, under $20! So I’m on the hunt to look for something for the girls, too.

I always check out Buy.com now when I need something. And always look for promo codes when you shop online, too! You can save a bundle. Buy.com has a weekly sale chock full of deals, plus their everyday prices are very low. And Buy.com offers free shipping on a lot of the stuff, too.

I think it’s time to take back our watches, take back our LIVES! Banish battery enslavement! For the amount of money I cough up every year on batteries, I could buy watches for everyone and never have a watch die on me again. Yay!

Because, if she did, who would FEED her?!

Well, I took this quiz anyway. I know a lot of you amazing bloggers are cat people. :D Thought you’d like it, especially since everyone else is watching the Super Bowl.

It’s been an aggravating week. Did any of you feel that way? It’s not like anything bad happened.. but there has been this gloominess. I don’t know why I feel that twinge of grouchiness… I only went to Walmart once this week!

Can’t believe it’s already a week past in February! It’s extremely cold in Upstate NY, but no new snow. I’m somewhat glad: my son is on shovel detail, and this week he has a big school project. He needs all the time he can get, so I’m glad there’s no snow. But on the other hand, the best thing about winter is the snow! I like snowstorms– we stay huddled in our home, baking a turkey or an apple pie, and enjoying each other’s company. It’s just no fun paying these atrociously high heating bills without the pleasure of having snow!

Well anyway, I’m rambling. It’s been a long day. I write articles for a company and I really love the work (and the pay). But the research involved for every article is laborious. I wrote up three articles in a blitz today. I feel so satisfied after a job well done. I wish my turkey was thawed, I’d make a turkey dinner!

How is your February turning out?

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