I sent my husband off on his annual "Man Trip" a few weekends ago. He's been going on this manly expedition for as long as we've been together. Apparently it's the event of the year for the Shannon men. All the boys, bigs ones included, pack up shop and head out to Nickerson State Park in Brewster, MA to spend the weekend doing... well... I'm not really sure... The mantra seems to be "What happens in Nickerson stays in Nickerson...."
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| Not the actual Shannon man trip but an actual trip including one Shannon man! Again, I still haven't the slightest clue what goes on during that trip! |
I do know that my husband typically comes home dirty, smelly and somewhat hung over... I also know they tend to blow up things, burn things and use way more duct tape than should be allowed in a single weekend.
Nevertheless, all that blowing up and burning of things requires fire. And since my husband comes home dirty, smelly and somewhat hungover, I can only imagine the guys' states while actually camping... Me Shannon man. Me start fire... drunk....
Luckily this year I remembered a trick I learned as a Girl Scout back in the day. In fact, it's a trick my parents still use in their own coal stove, which is what they primarily use to heat their 120+ year old home in the wintertime.
I'm assuming you must do laundry. And with laundry comes dryer lint. Lots and lots of dryer lint. Sorta weird, but my mom always used to save it. But it wasn't until I learned this trick in Girl Scouts that I discovered why. You're supposed to clean out your lint trap, otherwise you risk starting a fire, right? Why not use the lint to purposefully start a fire?!
You can do this several different ways:
Stuff your lint into an empty toilet paper roll. Wrap your TP roll in wax paper and twist at the ends (should look like an old school hard candy).
Don't have TP rolls? Just omit it and use lint and wax paper; twist at the ends.
Happy Couponing!
-Coupon Mama Massachusetts
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