12 Cheap Things That Make Living Alone Easier This Winter (Mexican Mothers Swear By Them)

#LivingAlone #WinterTips #FrugalLiving Living alone in winter does not get hard because of the storm. It gets hard because it is dark at four thirty and you are the only one in the house who can go and find the flashlight. After my father passed, my mother lived eleven winters alone in the house where she raised nine of us. These are the twelve cheap things she used so the house did the second person's work. None over $20 at Walmart this week, and four of them are free. 📖 My mother's whole way of running a house is written down in one book, The Old Mexican Way: https://oldmexicanway.com None of this is your fault. Nobody taught you to run a family house as a crew of one. The 12: 12. The lamp on a timer, about $10 11. A chair by the door and a boot tray, about $7 10. Ice grips for your boots, $5 to $8 9. Night lights along the path, about $10 for 4 8. La víbora, the draft snake from old jeans, free 7. A thermometer you can read, under $10, and move the chair off the outside wall 6. The power failure light, about $11 5. The hot water bottle and wool socks, about $10 plus $3 a pair 4. A 10-foot cord so the phone sleeps where you sleep, about $7 3. One sheet on the fridge, free 2. The nine o'clock comadre, free 1. The four o'clock round, free Said plainly: lamps only on a timer, never a heater. Never heat a house with the oven, a burner, a grill or a camp stove. A carbon monoxide alarm on every level. If your balance is a question, that is for your doctor. If the house goes cold and stays cold, call 211. CHAPTERS 0:00 Dark at four thirty 2:16 12 · the lamp on a timer 3:36 11 · the chair by the door 4:30 One book for the whole house 4:47 10 · ice grips 5:47 9 · night lights 6:38 8 · la víbora (free) 8:00 7 · the thermometer, and move the chair 8:56 Halfway: the second person's work 9:31 6 · the power failure light 10:47 5 · hot water bottle and socks 12:11 4 · the phone sleeps where you sleep 13:04 3 · one sheet on the fridge (free) 14:16 2 · the nine o'clock comadre (free) 16:07 1 · the four o'clock round (free) 17:22 The twelve, about $80 17:50 The second person in the house 18:31 Who profits 19:10 Pick two, not twelve Tell me which two you are setting up first, and the one thing in your house that has gotten harder to do alone. Tell me your county too. I read every one. 📖 The Old Mexican Way: https://oldmexicanway.com #WinterSafety #LivingAloneTips #MexicanMom