Give and Get Things for Free When Moving

Many people really hate moving from one place to another. I'm not one of those people. I think that moving gives us a chance to overhaul our material lives. It's a great time to get rid of the junk that we don't want. And we can even get some new things to start fresh in our new homes.

What I really love is the idea of giving things away for free when I move. I make big piles of everything that I don't want to take with me to the new house. Then I invite my friends and family members over to come browse through that stuff. They can take anything that they want.

I also get a lot of stuff for free when I move. I don't think that I've ever paid for moving supplies like boxes or moving dollies. I simply ask around and see if anyone can give or lend these to me for the move. Someone always can.

Sure, there are things that I don't like about moving. There are tedious tasks to take care of like making sure that your address gets changed with the post office and getting the utilities turned on. I don't like those tasks much. But I don't mind the process of moving at all. In fact, I think it's kind of fun.

Throwing Out the Oil

I was shopping for Father’s Day for my husband the other day, and I can’t believe how many fire magic outdoor kitchen accessories there are! I mean, they really run the gamut of what’s available for kitchens themselves, let alone for outdoor grilling!

I was looking at all these accessories for both barbecues and built in gas grills, and I happened to see a turkey fryer. You know, one of those deep fryers that will fit a whole turkey. Well, we tried one out last November, and it was okay. But my husband insisted that the oil could be saved and used again. I sort of agreed in principle….

Now it is June. That grease has been sitting in the fryer since last November! So what I want to know is—without sounding stupid because, yes, I will certainly dump this batch before I use the fryer again—exactly how long can you keep grease in a turkey fryer and under what conditions should you store it? (i.e., under refrigeration?) And then when you want to dispose of it, what is the best way to do that? I’m almost just thinking of taking it out to the forest and pouring it into a hole in the ground. Is that okay?