My big savings this week was an unexpected surprise! I have been wanting to go see my granddaughter, whom I have only seen once when she was 3 weeks old. She is now 6 months old. Someone I know from church was going to the same city (a 637-mile drive one way) for the weekend…
I took over 100 cuttings from the hedges in my front yard, removed the lower leaves, dipped the ends in rooting powder, and stuck them in the garden along the drip lines where I hope they will grow. To buy bushes would cost around $4 to $5 each. I need about 1300 bushes, and I…
I harvested two kinds of lettuce, Swiss chard, and Meyer lemons from the garden. I made a triple batch of laundry soap. Albertson’s offered me $5 off a $5 purchase on the app. They had eggs on sale with a digital coupon (limit 2 dozen) for $0.97 and lettuce for $0.97. I also bought celery…
I moved a rose bush that I never moved in the renovation but have been meaning to move to a new spot in the garden. When I went to take it out, there was still a root attached on one side that I hadn’t seen, so the rose stayed in place while a part of…
I harvested Meyer lemons, Swiss chard, parsley, and green onions from the garden. My mom gave me the silverplate tray in the photo. She bought it at a garage sale on Saturday. When she asked the price, the seller said, “It’s a dollar–unless you’re really interested. Then it’s $20.” She replied, “I’m not really interested,”…
My husband made three more sections for the backside of the pergola from steel. I sowed seeds for lettuce, Bells of Ireland, larkspur, and poppies in the garden. I ran outside with buckets of cold water to pour over everything frozen that was frost-sensitive before the sunrise two days in a row after we had…
I listened to music on Pandora and YouTube. I watched the Call the Midwife Christmas special on Pbs.org. I mended a sweater. I harvested lemons, lettuce, Swiss chard, and garlic chives from the garden. I brought lots of empty canning jars out of the pantry to cover and protect seedlings in the garden from a…
Happy New Year! I’m looking forward to a fulfilling and beautiful new year. While we have no idea what 2022 will bring, we can hope for good things, and we can set goals. Goal setting for the year really helps me to focus on what I want out of life this year. Most of my…
I bought a couple of small presents for the youngest three children on a one-day 30% off sale at Target. These were $1.99 each regular price. I paid $1.39. I then used the Target Circle rewards credit that I have been saving to use at Christmas to pay for them. This is a credit that…
As Christmas draws to a close, I thought I would share some of our decorations from this year. On our front doors, I used the same wreaths that I have been using for years. I took out the red berries, starts, and the rusty bells that I had bought years ago and change them for…
We harvested lemons and basil from the garden. We zested the lemons to make lemon pepper and used the lemons to make lemonade. I hemmed a pair of pants for a daughter and mended a hole in a dress. We made spritz cookies, peppermint bark, chocolate and Pretzel Christmas trees, brownies, and popped popcorn on…
I harvested roselle hibiscus, peppermint, lemon verbena, tarragon, stevia, basil, oregano, and green tomatoes from the garden. I dried the herbs and will ripen the tomatoes inside. I used glass jars to cover several frost-sensitive herbs. New herb plants have almost doubled in price in the last five years, so I prefer to not have…