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ay clean out the refrigerator quick inventory of the pantry prep food for the week including baking then cleaning of counters floors and straightening cupboards and drawers as needed tuesday deep cleaning day weekly rotation of concentrating on zones which include living dining bedrooms bathrooms porches garage car wednesday laundry day we do laundry daily but this is the catch up day i do our sheets rugs any odds and ends in the laundry room i also take this day to clean the laundry room and check inventory of supplies continue at april 26 2017 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels homemaking planning convenience meals an end of april challenge i ve been reading a lot about the food services that now box up produce meat and fruit for a home and sell it at an average of 20 meal for 3 meals not saying it isn t a great idea especially if you happen to be in a big city with limited access to shopping and must walk or transport food without a car i m pretty sure under those circumstances i d be utilizing the same services myself i can t help however recall that in one of my vintage women s magazines a woman made a suggestion for shoe box meals and these services remind me of that and have made my brain wheels turn now this woman happened to be paid once a month in those months in which there was a fifth week she struggled to make her grocery budget stretch so she settled down with the calendar noted when the fifth weeks occurred twice a year usually in may and november and then she made out a menu list of meals that she could make from canned foods and basic pantry items only she purchased a few extra items during the four week months she set up seven shoe boxes with a menu card on the front and into each box she put the components for those meals personally i thought it was a great way to insure a few convenience meals were on hand continue at april 26 2017 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels budgeting salad days angela asked me last week to share salad topping ideas well that made me think of all the wonderful things you can do with a bowl of lettuce i mean it s basically a blank canvas first let s look at the types of lettuce i personally like a hearty leaf lettuce romaine is one such leaf lettuces both red and green boston or bibb frisee i suggest you try any leafy type lettuce at least once romaine is the least expensive and the most easily found often you can find a pack of three hearts of romaine which is the inner parts of romaine for about 3 a proper loose purchased head of romaine has a lot of coarse dark green outer leaves when i mention they are coarse i do not mean they are tough but they have a sturdiness that is not at all like iceberg lettuce which is pretty flavorless compared to the leaf lettuces then there are the bitter lettuces like arugula and endive they can be a bit pricey but to add to a bowl of green leafy lettuces the price is somewhat absorbed personally i m not terribly fond of bitter lettuces so experiment and try different lettuces if you end up going back to iceberg because you like it best then you ve at least tried something new iceberg does have it s merits usually it s quite inexpensive and it s almost always a nice crisp lettuce it has less chlorophyll and more water content and essentially is flavorless it does well as a finely shredded lettuce cut very thin with a sharp knife or torn by hand continue at april 25 2017 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels budgeting freshening the outdoors the porches we ve been hearing rumors of change for months now at john s job and some are easier changes than others it s very easy to get the mindset just now that best spend the money while we ve got it but that is a silly thought truly i am not saying it s best to save it all either i do believe in an old adage granny used often best start as you mean to go on i m not in the least sorry we ve spent money on flooring should opportunity present itself we ll do more work on the house though i don t know if we ll actually do what i d mentioned for april likely that will get done a little further down the road it s finding the balance between spending and saving between making the best of what we have and knowing when it s time to purchase it s all about understanding what is priority for us and what isn t like my new cushions for the porch furnishings no it s not necessary it s nice it s a pleasant extra if i were going to spend 60 75 just now i d much rather put that towards purchasing paper products or stocking up on the vitamins and supplements the doctor has ordered us to take or plants for the pots on the porch and yard or even pushing it to a sub fund for the st augustine vacation we ve booked continue at april 24 2017 17 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest this week in my home feeling inspired this week in my home i have had a lovely first week of my new homemaking routine and it s gone very well indeed i ll say nothing more about it though starting to sound like a record that won t skip to the next line of the song this week promises to be busy enough there are lots of the usual business of living and such and john has extra time off which changes things up a bit this next weekend we have a big family gathering and there s plenty to be done in association with that too i want to do so much and only have so much time and money and that s the way life generally goes doesn t it not pouting or whining there s not nearly enough time to spare for that i just need to gather my thoughts and make my lists and get busy i ve had the most fun of late with my home i changed a few things that i felt were not just what i wanted it cost me little or nothing to change except mostly thought and time if only all change could be so easily wrought i plan my work i am nearly done with the bill box for this pay period i have a few simple tasks to do to finish that up then we mail off bills run errands and shop for groceries it always looks like such a little bit written out like this but it takes a few hours of time i have truly done about all the sprucing up i mean to do on the house and porches what my focus will be this week will be putting in a few more plants on the patio and perhaps gathering some pretty baskets of flowers for the front porch or so i plan i do have john home for the whole week so there may or may not be a visit to a diy store if there is i will try to buy a few bags of mulch for the existing flower beds and some more landscape blocks so i can put a few more aside for the next bedding area i am making up i d like paint for the patio table and chairs but we ll see it will be a big job and require far more paint than the café set continue at april 23 2017 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest frugal friday purpose driven savings saturday off to see the kids john asked me the afternoon before what we d have for breakfast i made muffins friday evening from two bananas that ripened rather quickly john likes to stop several times on the way i ll say this for his new yeti cup the coffee bought in perry was still hot 2 1 2 hours later when we stopped in hazlehurst he told me to take a sip and i was shocked it was as hot as though it had just been brewed john told me he s so convinced over the value of the cup now that he ll gladly spend money on another one for me i reminded him we had another one right here at home and i d just get rid of all the others which don t even come up as a close second to the yeti i brought along a meal to share with the kids lasagna and chocolate cake from the freezer a bag of romaine hearts from the fridge i d taken out the lasagna on friday and put in the fridge it and the cake were frozen solid i didn t think ice was necessary indeed when we arrived at sam s the lasagna was still frozen we had a rather late dinner since it took over an hour to thaw and heat through in the oven continue at april 21 2017 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest coffee chat symphony days gosh but it s warm tomorrow the temperatures are to be in the 90 s time to find some nice cool images of iced tea huh do come in you re just in time for a much needed break and a bit of coffee we can take it on the porch if you d like the breeze and shade make for very pleasant sitting these days i relish these days of mid spring when the temperatures are mild enough as long as you are not working in the sun i do love the sound of the birds and the wind in the leaves of the trees it s a lovely symphony isn t it fresh and lively different than the autumn song of bass wind pounding upon us and rattling cacophony of dry dead leaves skittering across the yard the variety of bird call this time of year is worth noting the mocking bird kindly serenades us year round but one morning this week as i stood on the porch to see john off to work i listened to a whippoorwill call from across the field and this afternoon when i came home a quail called bob bob bob white i ve heard a lovely trilling bird call i m not sure what kind of bird makes it but it s common here from spring through the first cool days of autumn then the bird must migrate from here to somewhere much warmer still it is a beautiful sound there are so many lovely bird songs and calls to hear continue at april 20 2017 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest for april my favorite things i thought i d share a few of my favorite things with you all the first item i feature is on my wish list the others are tried and true items that i currently purchase i was in walmart this past week the store was being completely rearranged and i had absolutely no clue where anything was i pretty much ended walking the whole store i was in kitchen wares at one point and found these canisters by ree drummond the pioneer woman if i hadn t a set of perfectly nice old canisters that i happen to like a lot i d buy these in a split second aren t they just gorgeous naturally i m drawn to the floral ones but the geo set is pretty darned cute i saw them live and up close on thursday i was surprised at how nice and heavy they are too these are quality metal pieces continue at april 18 2017 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels favorite purchases debby s home routine i ve enjoyed my new routine thus far i felt i accomplished more on friday and again on sunday simply because i was interested in what i was doing once more monday morning i accomplished all my work well before time to leave to go to mama s that left me free to work on another project when i came in that afternoon debby share her current routine with us though she is planning to shake it up a bit her old routine though may be just the new one you require to shake up your old routine so i thought i d share a new routine sounds nice i m also a zone cleaner my friend loved flylady and that s where i got the zone idea i started there and fine tuned it to fit me i have daily zones and weekly zones since most are probably familiar i ll be brief continue at april 17 2017 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels homemaking good housekeeping s book on the business of housekeeping i ve thoroughly enjoyed reading good housekeeping s book on the business of housekeeping a manual of method by mildred maddocks bentley published in 1924 there s all kinds of advice in the book if ever you wondered why so much work in the long ago days this book pretty much covers it divided into five sections the fifth is on laundry and is the longest and the most detailed every aspect of doing the washing is covered from making soap solutions and the equipment required to detailed instructions of exactly how full a load of laundry should be while there were many labor saving devices back then such as an automatic washer and a wringer as well as ironers that could do many pieces of ironing in a day s time it was fully expected laundry would take two full days work the first day was solely compromised of washing mending treating stains starching and drying the second day was relegated to ironing the more fortunate woman had a maid who attended to the laundry otherwise the whole of the household work was shoved into a mere four days a week while laundry took up the first two continue at april 17 2017 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels homemaking under the tuscan sun a book review you will rarely hear these words from me but i actually prefer the glamorized and more fictional movie of this book over the book yes it s true i bought this book years ago and then let it go from my bookshelves i had somewhat forgotten the book and was excited to be able to review it once more as much as i want to enjoy the book i don t i find the author s style of writing is very choppy and almost incoherent at times i d like to have known more about the history of the house i d like to have had a better idea of the tuscan countryside through her story of the renovation of the house instead there are bits of this and bits of that and never enough of any one thing to give you a complete picture of the house i soon remembered why i let the initial copy of the book go so easily from my shelves it was not a wrench to part with it i did read the follow up book and found it much easier going and more pleasurable reading than i found this initial book to be at april 16 2017 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest in my home this week let s go outdoors in my home this week i ve been busy outdoors the past few days it finally has warmed up nicely and i ve had my hands in the dirt potting up plants and when i m not outdoors i m looking on pinterest for ideas to use in my yard tis the season and all that i ve just asked john for more yard tools for my anniversary present and i seriously believe he s going to give them to me too i finally have convinced him that i d rather have what i want than another piece of jewelry not that i have a thing against jewelry as soon as i want something special i ll let him know not turning down diamonds or gold or pearls nope we spent our shabat traveling john had a deep desire to see isaac and josh he planned this weekend right after we got back from seeing taylor i carried a big slab of lasagna and half that chocolate cake i made two weeks ago and of course i packed a supper to eat on the way home we arrived just as they finished up the church egg hunt i love bess and sam s church they are a very friendly bunch of people and they love to open their doors to the community at large that s just what they did this weekend allowing community to come in and hunt 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