Today we were gifted a fridge/freezer combo and all the food in it, plus all of the food from the family’s pantry. The couple recently became just one (the wife passed away recently; this is the funeral we attended a few months back) and the husband is moving. This was his extra fridge that…
In this season of Thanksgiving, I’ll be posting every day this month on a reason for which I am grateful that day. Today I am thankful that my husband was able to go pick up a beautiful chest of drawers yesterday afternoon for me. I found this piece on Craig’s List weeks ago. I called…
November is a busy month for me, and I have a lot of posts planned! There will be at least one post every day this month, with many days having two posts a day. I’m bringing back my Thankful series again for the month, and I’ll be writing my Gift a Day series as well….
November is the month of Thanksgiving in the U.S., and a lot of food sales revolve around this, starting at the beginning of the month and increasing as we get closer to the fourth Thursday of the month. Sales tend to revolve around holiday items: turkey; stuffing (and all ingredients, including canned creamed soups, chicken…
Super Spiffy Day is a day where the tasks that don’t get done on a regular basis (like cleaning baseboards and walls) get tackled. I call a Super Spiffy Day whenever the house needs a good deep clean, but it’s also great for seasonal cleaning, or to do before guests are expected. I have a list…
About a week and a half ago, I was at my mom’s when I saw her to-do list for the day sitting on the counter. My mom is a person who gets stuff done. I was really curious as to what was on her list. I wondered what I might learn from it to achieve…
Last week I continued working on my organizational goals for the house. I cut flowers from the garden for the house. I cut apple branches from the garden for a vase in the house. I cut euyonomus branches to bring in the house. I spent time organizing my seeds to have them ready to…
I went through almost every children’s clothing box this week (all girls clothes size 2 through 12 and boys sizes 7-18), putting away outgrown clothing, and pulling out larger sizes. It’s 94º here, so I don’t need warmer clothing yet, but I do need larger summer clothing. I found that for sizes 5 through 8…
I have several things to do this month that are going to take a lot of time, so I have decided to write them as monthly goals rather than weekly goals. I’d like to put both the house and garden in order, as well as work on several projects. Garden: 1. Plant fall garden…
An Armenian cucumber from last year I’ve been writing this series on my blog for a just over a year now. Here is last October’s post. As you may have noticed, I shop first to fill gaps in my pantry and secondly for fresh items that the garden cannot provide. In October our temperatures start…
I cut basil from the garden and hung it to dry inside. I cut garlic chives and parsley from the garden. I cut two lemons from the tree that ripened early and split. My tree is so heavily laden with lemons that I think this will be a regular occurance for a while. I cut…
I had hoped the weather would be cool enough for me to plant my fall garden last week, but with temperatures of 103ºF (39ºC), it was too hot to plant. Soil temperatures were still at 90º. I did manage to put in a couple of hours in the garden last week and I’d like…