When I was younger, many of my friends called me cheap.
I always said I preferred the term frugal.
I am still frugal. I was cutting firewood this afternoon and was reflecting on an example of this.
The background:
There is some form of blight or fungus killing the Arbutus trees in our yard. We wanted to top many of them while it was still a manageable task. We would have been faced with a $3,500 bill to have a tree service come in and do all the work for us.
The result:
The attached video shows my frugal-ness in action.
Rather than paying to have the work done I decided to rent a 65' manlift, which was delivered to our home over the July long weekend, and tackle the job myself.
Total cost = $1,000 plus three days of grueling, yet thrilling work for myself.
Tree topping video
In the attached video - that is me way up in the bucket.
I had to tie off the top of the tree as we could not have it landing on our septic field below.
I watched a couple Youtube videos to figure out how to do that, then practiced on a few small trees prior to moving to the bigger boys.
All in all, an awesome way to save $2,500.
Why do I mention this?
I will be bringing this kind of frugality to the council table if elected ....
Thanks to all of you who have read the posts on this blog, who are making the effort to get informed, and who will be voting tomorrow.
Thanks for reading, and for your support.
John
