Trashin' Finds - Projector Slides - NSFW/K

In this economy it seems everyone is struggling to get by. My husband is a master mind at coming up with ways to make extra money. For about the past six months he has been collecting old electronics that people were throwing away, tearing them apart for their metals like copper, aluminum, bronze, electronic motors, et cetera and taking them to a scrap yard in the city. We made a lot of money on his last haul and it really saved us in a big way.

He is always finding something interesting in someone's trash. Tonight he found an old projector with slides in it from the 1970's. These slides are slightly pornographic in nature but the worst of it was a frontal nude shot. I'm not going to post any of those kind but I wanted to show a couple just because for one I think it's intensely interesting how our standard of beauty has changed so drastically over the last 30 years and two I will always support actual examples of what a real female body looks like. These are not glossed over, air brushed or surgically altered women. They are true blue real honest to goodness humans, god bless 'em. And they were considered SEXY in their time. I wish we could go back to this standard. It seems impossible in this day to feel attractive unless you're plasticy barbie pretty.

 Gotta love the hokey pose here. What's with the back shot? LOL Are they having a conversation?

 "My shoes are killing my feet! Gah! I hate heels!!" Notice the date? May 1977

Introductions

Let me introduce you to my zoo, er um, I mean my family.

This is one of our Uromstyx. We have three.

This is one of our Leopard Geckos. We have three I think. One of them recently laid eggs so we hope some babies will come of that.

We have a male and female Frilled Dragon. These are really cool because they have this frill that they put up when threatened. It makes them look like lizardy flowers and they run on their hind legs!

YouTube Video of Frilled in action!

Four Bearded Dragons who will be of breeding age soon.

Two Clown Fish in our salt water aquarium so far.

A crap-ton of fresh water fish like African Cyclids.

And our puppies, Ghengis the Pitbull and Tesla the Doberman Pincer.

So, yup that's all our pets. We're trying to start breeding programs for the lizards to get some babies going so we can sell them for extra money. Apparently, there's a huge market for exotic pets.

This morning, the kids put Ghengis' leash on the broken part of his harness. He broke it the other day when he saw another dog loose and wanted to go play with her. He is a major spaz. So, he got loose again and we had to chase him all around the block. A nice lady one street over was having a yard sale and she tried to help me catch him. I'm thankful for people like this who realize Ghengis is not a viscous beast but just a hyper lunk head. I wish more people would give him a chance instead of calling the cops on us when he gets loose. He's a sweet dog, he just needs Ridallin or something.

Inflation

So, apparently the government is saying there's not any inflation going on but this morning I went to Wal-Mart to get some odds and ends...

Paper Towels (Brawny)
Laundry Soap (Tide Free & Gentle HE)
2x Comet
Shampoo & Conditioner (Garnier Fructis because they don't sell the generic anymore, or at least I can never find it)
Bananas
3 loaves of bread
a package of sliced american cheese product
frozen sausage patties

Tell me how this came to $63? My jaw dropped when the cashier told me the total. I looked at the total and down to the cart a couple of times. It's sad when you can't afford the basics. I need to be able to clean my laundry and house. I guess I need to improve my non-existent five-finger-discount skills.

The worst part about this is we are trying to save up $800 for the closing costs, etc on the house we hope to buy. Everything seems so impossible. Every last cent of our check went to bills. It's so sad to be working for nothing but paying the bills. Where's the fun in life?

To make matters worse, I got a collection letter in the mail today under my maiden name. I think my ex used my name to turn on the electricity at our old apartment back in 2003. How am I just now being notified of this $818.41 bill? I called the collection agency and disputed it, then called the electric company and they're "investigating" it. I know I'll probably be screwed.

On the bright side of this day, I reconnected with a very good old friend on FB. It was so completely awesome to get to talk to him again. I've missed that friendship very much. It's good to know that he's happy and doing well and still pursuing his dreams.

I was directed to this website from a parenting forum. It looks promising so far!

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/