You Never Know What You're Going To Find...

What Goes Around Comes Around...

It's true.

I've given (and gotten!) a bunch of fun things via Freecycle over the past few years.

I'm captioning this one:
"Oh what a tangled web we weave...
when we first practice
to trade through Freecycle!"

We already had one garden hose. It was serving us quite well. But now that we're building a log home out in the country, we'll be needing a couple more.

For example, we'll have up to 4 hose bibs -- most likely, one on each corner of the house. And an old hose is certainly better than NO hose!

Plus, before the house even gets built, there will be a need to use water on the property. And you certainly don't want construction guys using a brand new one!

I tried all 5 of the hoses that a Freecycler gave me the other day. Three worked perfectly. Two were a little too kinked up to use. For now, all 4 of the good hoses are being stored together in the backyard bin:

Thanks to Freecycle and its many Freecyclers all over the country for turning trash into treasure and helping thousands of homeowners everywhere.

Sometimes, if you just think outside the box a little bit, you'll even surprise yourself with all the creative things you can do with junk left lying around the house.

Bonus: In all of that tangled mess of hoses, I found 2 different types of small black rough-textured hoses. I used one of them to cut-to-size some "covers" for the 5-inch corner railings in the back of our Jeep Wrangler.

Why did I need to cover the corner railings? Because they have protruding edges -- and they catch on our dog's dangling tags whenever he's riding in the back. I used to take his tags off during Jeep rides, but no longer!