I Like Thursday #43

Welcome to week #43 of my I like Thursday posts.  I will admit, when LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color started to encourage me to post on Thursdays I was very reticent.  Then I got into a groove, but lately it isn't that I don't like anything.  I have started to keep very busy, even so much as to not sit down and read many blogs during the week.  Translate to missing my blogging friends, but accomplishing a lot more during the day, and evenings.

So my I likes are short again this week.

I like these rechargeable flashlights.  There is one in the barn and a pair in the house.  They were made by MAC Tools.

 I was told that they were very expensive.  But I have to remember the operative word here is "rechargeable".  Even if I haven't used it in 2-3 months I need to charge them so that they work.  But they are a nice weight, and have great light.  When charged. You really appreciate flashlights when the power goes out which is has been doing on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day while they are working on all of the utility lines in the area.  We won't even talk about how many times a day I have to go back and rest all the clocks.  Some are continuously flashing the wrong time. 

I love these food bins I bought to put the cat and dog food in.  I like to get the big bags, because even though I have small animals, it is a lot cheaper buying big bags of food.  But the food kind of gets stale smelling even with the resealable bags.  Also I don't have to worry about the bags tipping over anymore. These bins will hold 25 lb bags of pet food.

Egg cartons.  Once upon a time we would get egg cartons donated to us by friends, and family.  But that source has dried up, unfortunately my chickens are laying like crazy.  I used up every egg carton I could scrounge up and I had at least 5 dozen eggs sitting in bowls in my refrigerator.  So I found a deal on 2 giant boxes of egg cartons that when it is all said and done I pay about 15 cents per box.  Also they are recycled pulp paper.  I cleaned up my pantry and found a perfect place where they are handy, but not in the way.

I love fresh pressed apple cider and I love this one especially heated.  Jeff would heat it on the stove and it actually has a silky texture to it, and it was just like biting into a crisp apple.

Finally and not a promotion or anything but I love Amazon and what I can buy, and have delivered.  I needed egg cartons, at the local farm supply it is $5.00 for 10 cartons, looking on Craigslist....sometimes it makes me wonder what those people were smoking when they posted their adds  .  Instead of running to multiple stores to locate an item, many times it is cheaper to find it on Amazon.  I still go to my local feed store, grocery store, hardware store, but they can only carry so much.  

Now head over to LeeAnna's for the other people that post their Likes on Thursday too!