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dget in my home this week i got sunshine in my home this week i thought i d do something a little bit different and just share a few random thoughts okay i am watching as my calendar begins to fill up for the last of the month i am always amused by these times when the calendar fills and how the days all seem to fall together and then i ll go for weeks without any sort of an engagement or appointment at all i read an interesting passage in my bible in leviticus this past week it spoke of the sabbath of rest for farmland i know that we often see fields here in the south uncultivated for a year or so after cotton is grown on it but i don t know any farmer that adheres to the sabbath rest for the farmland i would be interested to see how the sabbath rest would work for a field because the promise is that if you do this the sixth year of harvest will be so large and so abundant you will have enough food until harvest time in the eighth year with foods leftover to toss away now that is abundance wouldn t that be awesome my celery romaine and cabbage are all doing very well in the pot of soil i am sure the warm air and sunshine in the mornings is doing them a world of good i have three more romaine root ends i hope to set in a pot this next week and in georgia it s time to plant green peas peas don t seem to mind frost or cold here parsley would do well this time of year as well and lettuce but it does need to be protected from frosts i have lettuce seed somewhere gracious i need to get busy and start planting so i don t miss out on good homegrown foods continue at january 14 2017 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest frugal friday getting things done i purposely turned one jar over on it s side so you could see how thick the yogurt turned out it s so good not tart which is something i dislike about many store bought yogurts nor does it have gelatin or cornstarch to thicken it it s just yogurt and milk it will keep up to a month unopened and for one week once opened i can use this too to make the next batch of yogurt saturday bitter cold with sharp winds today john went out this afternoon to insure the pump house light bulb was working so we could plug it in tonight it took a few minutes to discover why the light work the outlet ground switch had to be reset so glad he took time to discover that in daylight instead of struggling in the dark to find out what was wrong leftovers today my refrigerator is so full i can barely move anything i m not sure just why it s burgeoning i ve neither done that much cooking nor did i purchase that much fresh produce this last week but there is the fridge filled to capacity made for an easy no cook meal twice interesting reading this morning on blogs and in one of my vintage magazines after the sun appeared this morning i opened the curtains on the sunny side of the house i left them closed on the shady side due to the bitter north wind blowing but later in the afternoon when the sun shone fully on those windows i opened curtains and shades to let in that natural warmth i ve sworn off coffee for a short time there are loads of tea bags in the house and i m finding i enjoy hot tea well enough nice to use some of this particular stash i had not received a shutterfly calendar though i received notice well before christmas that it was being shipped out i contacted customer service and was told they considered it lost at this point so were reprinting and resending at no additional cost to me i surely do appreciate that customer service i received some free samples of cat food misu is definitely liking that stuff but i don t know that i ll buy it it should have come with some coupons lol washed a full load of dishes last night after dark continue at january 13 2017 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest coffee chat all the possibilities i am very much a new year s glass full sort of woman and every thing absolutely every thing is possible my katie whom i love for her quiet wisdom tends to be more realistic she is prone to remind everyone who spouts off their resolutions that they will be the same person on new year s day that they are on new year s eve she s got her point we aren t changing a thing if we re so caught up in talking or writing or daydreaming about changes that we aren t doing them i ve learned to prefer action over day dreams i ve seen my youngest daughter s wisdom in her too too truthful statement it was action that pushed us last year to get so much accomplished to improve our home the decluttering organizing refurbishing sacrificing wants for carpeting and tile and shed putting in the labor to slowly put in a few feet of mulched flower bed each month etc were all positive changes i looked about my home on new year s day this year and said to john i like our house now i didn t hate it before but this past year i learned to move beyond just being grateful for it and appreciating it to really liking it what s more the house itself seems to recognize this fact though you may think i m silly for saying so there is an atmosphere and energy connected with homes and ours most certainly has responded to the care we put into it this past year and has become a peaceful positive upbeat place what helped us along this past year i believe was my adherence to the sound advice on a scrap of paper torn from a magazine at an unknown point which came to earth one morning as i moved a stack of papers start where you are use what you have do what you can it was a motivator for me all year long every time i got discouraged or wanted to quit thought i couldn t do something because i hadn t any money i d say those words over to myself and get busy more got done last year than i believed possible and so this year i ve looked and looked for an inspiration phrase to motivate me as that one did last year i have at this point most assuredly started it s continuing this journey that interests me most continue at january 12 2017 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest january challenge ii organize the kitchen it hits me every single january the desire to clean hard declutter and organize this year it s not nearly as big a task as in the past thanks to the fruit basket turnover of the whole house late last year but there s always room for improvement i stumbled upon this calendar for decluttering on pinterest i am fortunate that i don t need to do a lot of work anyway but i love that this is broken down into daily tasks so the job of organizing is never overwhelming yes i know that i ve started a week late on posting this but some days the task is to read about her recommendations and suggestions on organizing and storage that s not hard duty and you can quickly catch up to date just by following the suggestions and this does tie in with the use it up challenge i definitely found some things to use and some that i need to use up because i am ahead of the game i was able to sort out my spices today as well as the dish cupboard under the sink and one bank of cabinets where we keep things like snacks cooking oils and such and tea pastas honestly i did most of this during commercials while i watched the kitchen on food channel continue at january 09 2017 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest in my home this week a new challenge in my home this week it s cold and rainy as i write but meant to be sunny and bitter cold all the weekend i love winter for just this sort of weather i relish the coziness of my home i have warmth light food good books to read and emergency heat and water should i need it in other words i can be safe at home and assured of not having to go anywhere for any need whatever the weather might send my way it s a lovely feeling to be secure at home the first week of the new year seems to have flown by did it seem so to you as well i did get busy and do some of those put off tasks like planting the bulbs and hemming my jeans i managed to clean and organize a good section of my shed i sorted through a couple of boxes of books and i worked hard at writing posts preparing foods and tending to the shopping i feel prosperous after this past week and i relate that to the mother hubbard challenge i look forward to my next eating on a tight budget challenge next month in the meantime i m ready to face other challenges in this first month of the new year despite my planning ahead the last week of 2016 i have not quite pinned down the phrase that will be my theme for this year nor have i fully formed all my thoughts for the new year i have a fuzzy head from too many pain relievers due to some very real mouth pain i ve been having it does not seem to be a tooth or teeth but nerve pain in the gums it is episodic now rather than the continual pain it was so obviously improving however regular doses of acetaminophen and ibuprofen does not promote clear thinking sigh bear with me and i ll properly introduce a fuller portion of my thoughts about 2017 continue at january 08 2017 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest eating on a tight budget mother hubbard s cupboard final post this will be the final post in the first part of this series i was pleased so many of you interacted and commented about this series i thank you all for participating just as a reminder my challenge this week was to stretch 20 as far as i could to provide meals for two in my scenario i had no pantry and no freezer to pull foods from and i was in the current season with nothing growing nor able to forage for any foods in a perfect world a neighbor or family member might well have helped out heaven knows mama was the food angel for our household many times bringing in a bag of fruit or a grocery sack filled with meat she d bought on sale to help carry us along but in this scenario it was john and i and 20 i took note of several things this week 1 were it necessary i could provide for us on 20 the meals wouldn t be well balanced and nutritionally sound but they would sustain us and feed us three meals a day 2 second i recalled why i like some of the recipes used during this challenge while i didn t go without proper seasonings i do recall days when i didn t have the additions i made to the main dishes and that they filled us up they still do they are good solid meals 3 i want to explore a bit further into this realm of eating cheaply and build up a repertoire of recipes to turn to i am going to be looking for inexpensive ingredients that will add nutritive value fiber and protein to replace meat i noted today as i made a big pot of vegetable soup that the barley i used has a protein value it s low but it does have protein value so this is an area to research 4 funnily enough this scenario and my attempts to get by on such a low amount opened my eyes to the numerous spices and herbs i use only occasionally and made me aware of which i use often and often it also opened my eyes to how much food we have in this house it also made me aware of the many ways i might well stretch out the money i spent this week for instance debbie s comment about re growing the green onions made me remember that i could attempt to regrow the celery as well that reminder prompted me to set romaine stems celery root and cabbage end all in water even if only a mere handful of leaves results from those attempts it would essentially be a handful more that i didn t have to pay for i plan to pot these items in soil but not this evening it s quite cold and rainy outdoors it can wait through the weekend continue at january 06 2017 7 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels budgeting eating on a very tight budget frugal friday use it up saturday john worked last night i wanted to make him a big breakfast due to that rather than our usual light saturday morning fare i had half a steak left from christmas day dinner and made hash browns fried eggs and toast he seemed to really enjoy it and said he d just skip dinner or at least wait until later to eat i took a frozen entrée of turkey and dressing with gravy from the freezer intending to have that for today s dinner then mama called saying she d like to stop by here around noon she then texted to say she was bringing pizza i made a salad using the last of the tomatoes and lettuce and took that half carrot cake from the freezer to thaw it made a pretty good impromptu dinner and yes john did eat lol we just had a very light supper for tonight and did eat it a bit later than usual there were two slices of pizza left that will be part of our supper one night in the early part of this week mama took home the rest of the carrot cake with her i was glad to send it with her sunday we had eggs and toast for breakfast i did this because john planned to go one of the diy stores following church and this meal holds me longer than bagels and cream cheese will john decided after church he d rather run by publix and then go home i took advantage of this decision to purchase bread for the week ahead and buy the few items i know i cannot get at aldi waxed paper tabasco sauce worcestershire sauce john wanted microwaveable soup for his work lunch now that it s cold i walked up the soup aisle with him he has carte blanch for choices like this as it is his work lunch i priced the bouillon pastes which i prefer over bouillon cubes the first item i found was 6 99 a tub about 1 cup total i was a bit put off by the price so i walked further up to price the bouillon cubes they too were 6 99 a bottle and not oversized containers of it either i glanced a little further down the aisle and noticed the hispanic section of soup and bouillon items just before that started i found publix store brand bouillon pastes for 4 99 a jar i bought beef chicken and vegetable those three items went onto my pantry shelf for now john decided he needed to purchase water to take to work we have such good water here but the water at his workplace is city water and just tastes off he was going to buy a couple of 1 liter bottles which are much less expensive than standard soda sized bottles then he spied a real bargain of 3l bottles of water for 1 each he got one for himself i suggested we get four more and put those on the pantry shelf as well i invested 20 in my pantry yesterday with an extra box of waxed paper and was glad to be busy stocking it with things we most certainly can use for real emergencies after we returned home i put some sweet potatoes into the microwave and reheated the turkey dressing we were going to have for yesterday s dinner it was very good i was reminded that i really should return to prepping a crock pot meal to cook while we were gone to church now the weather is cooler continue at january 06 2017 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest eating 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