Haiku's

Creating Haiku's are something that is fun, easy and will convey a 'thought of the day' to those around you.

Here are a couple from this past week that were in Frau Frugal's lunchbox:

"Hey Spaz where are you?
Exploring his own brave world.
Welcome Home, again"

Somebody left the gate open or it was opened by neighborhood kids and Spaz got to wander around the neighborhood for a couple of hours.  We found him, all dry and safe.  This one is pretty self explanatory.

"Wake up sleepy head
Drifting dreams and pleasant thoughts
Deep REM so restful"

Try one at home and share!

The Family Fleet

The Frugal household has reduced the fleet.  We are down to basically a single vehicle and have been one for over a month.  Herr Frugal still has the fachhandler, but we as a family rely on a single vehicle.

We are saving on gas, on insurance and to some degree, car maintenance.  We may be taking a toll on the remaining vehicle, but with regular service, we should be just fine.  In fact, (knock on wood), we just passed 185,000 miles!  Pushing for 250K!

In doing some research for this post, I discovered some interesting information:

• about 35% of all households own one vehicle, these households have an income of over $250,000 or between $25,000 and $35,000.
• the average household has 2.28 vehicles
• the most common combination of vehicles are a full size pick-up and a mid-size sedan
• South Dakota has the highest % of households in the U.S. that has 5+ vehicles

So, consider the changes you may be able to make, not withstanding the decrease in CO2 emissions.  (I think I saw automobiles were responsible for 30% of the CO2 emissions)