St. Patrick’s Day With Brother Pat

Since there is no one else in our family named “Patrick”, I’ve always sort of assumed my brother was named for St. Patrick.  Maybe so.  We do have Irish great-grandparents, we were raised Catholic,  and not to mention, he has been to Ireland two times and had a great time.  Oh, and his best friend is Bill O’Malley.  Hmmm.

So in honor of St. Patrick, I am going to tell you about a nifty frugal project Brother Pat recently completed.  If you are a guy or gal who likes things such as tools, fire, appliances everyone else would regard as deader than dead, and taking things apart - this project is for you.

Oh, and I suppose, since it is in “re-use, recycle, and restore” mode, it is also Green, which would put a song in St. Patrick’s heart.  I know it put a song in Brother Pat’s!

This is what he did:  Brother Pat had an old, broken, “useless” washing machine laying around.  So a couple of days ago he had a great idea.  He took that sucker apart to get the metal tub out.  He made sure that all plastic pieces were off the tub.  Then he put that ol’ tub on his back patio, filled it with wood (he also had that laying around), and had himself a relaxing evening bonfire.

It’s fun to have mini-bonfires in your backyard but usually this means buying a firepit of some kind.  But it sure is a lot more fun when you use your creative genius and what you have on hand to get the job done for free.

Thanks for the great Frugal idea, Brother Pat!  Happy St. Patrick’s Day!