On Monday I received a phone call from a friend. Her nephew is a fashion design student and had a photo shoot lined up the next day, but his photographer had just cancelled. She asked if I wanted to come and take pictures with her. The location was Lake Las Vegas. I’d seen pictures,…
I made a batch of laundry soap. Cyrus was given a bag of spinach when he started his pet sitting job. He found a note that told him to take the spinach in the fridge, which was a huge bag that we enjoyed over several meals. Winter downloaded free Christmas music from the library’s website…
Gifts for stockings can easily add up to be quite a bit, even if you take a trip to the dollar store. Here are some items to give using items you already have in your pantry, cupboards, along with a few items to make using what you already have on hand: From the kitchen…
My husband and I cut his hair. I baked a chicken, and made soup with it the next day. I cut green onions, Swiss chard, and beet greens from the garden. I picked most of the lemons from the garden. I made lemonade, lemon parmesan penne, fettucini alfredo with leftover turkey that I had frozen,…
One of my daughters requested a ballet skirt to play dress up. We have a lot of leotards at our house, but not as many ballet skirts (we’ve found leotards at garage sale over the years for very little). Supplies: Sheer fabric, 45″ wide and length to whatever you chose for size 1″ wide…
Supplies: Fabric for outside. I cut two pieces 10″ by 4″. Fabric for lining, cut the same size as above. 9″ zipper thread Tools: Sewing Machine Iron Sewing pins Scissors I like both this tutorial and this one for making a lined zippered case. I sewed the project with a 1/2″ seam allowance. Time:…
I found some vegetable plants marked down to .48 each at the nursery (2/3 off!) and purchased a few for my garden. The nursery sells Christmas trees, and they had some cuttings left out front. I asked about them and was told that I could have them, so I brought them home to use in…
The white in our white garden in winter is from the flowers, and not from snow. This week I added a few things to the garden; namely, some beautiful Noble fir and Douglas fir branches that I got for free from the nursery, that were cut from the bottom of fresh Christmas trees. I added…
My first Christmas after I was married, I made a wreath with my sisters-in-law as a project where my mother-in-law provided the supplies. I still use that wreath; for years it hung on my front door, and now it hangs in my kitchen over my stove. It was made with an inexpensive wreath from Michael’s…
I enjoyed lemons from the garden. I cut Swiss chard, beet greens, two kinds of chives and thyme from the garden. I collected water from the shower while waiting for it to warm up and used it to water potted plants. I washed windows for next to nothing. I made Christmas gifts with materials I had…
I’m still moving slowly and unable to sit, which makes getting things done fairly difficult. It also means a lot of almost every single one of my goals from last month are still items on my to-do list. Knowing my limited mobility, I’m making this month’s goals more in line with what I can do physically….
Last month I ended up straying from my planned list a little. I know there was a possibility of a .49 cent pasta sale, and I didn’t put it on my list, but when it did end up happening, we bought quite a bit. I also stocked up a fair amount on some items from…