This last week I struggled everyday with waking around 3 each morning (and 2:30 one morning), and finding myself unable to go back to sleep. The lack of sleep led to lots of fatigue and headaches, and I didn’t accomplish much at all this last week. (I did, however, reread the first 6 Harry…
I printed a free black and white printable (pictured above) and swapped it out with another printed page I had in a frame. (Note: She says this is 11 x 14, but it printed just fine as an 8 1/2 x 11 when I hit print on my printer; I trimmed off the margins and…
I cut herbs from my garden for part of display for a presentation that my sister-in-law was doing. I picked pears from the garden. I cut flowers from the garden. We enjoyed about 10 minutes of rain on Thursday. I put out buckets to catch the rain from the roof, and was able to…
I cut flowers from my garden. I collected lettuce seeds from my garden. I collected parsley seeds from the garden and then planted them in another section of the garden. I cut basil from the white garden and hung it to dry. I picked a few tomatoes and a few red noodle beans from the…
We spent a quiet week at home this week. The children put on a show in the garden and their grandparents watched. We played a lot of games and did some artwork. Ezrom’s newest scultpure; if you missed the others, see my previous post The children set up an elaborate make-believe world with wooden trains,…
I cut lilies and herbs from the garden for my entry table. My husband and son cut up a mesquite tree for someone, and we got to keep the wood. Monday was cooler as a storm went by. I opened up the house during the day and turned off the air conditioner. A…
Note: I ordered a new camera, Many thanks to those of you who have made purchases at Amazon through my links; I was able to pay for a third of my camera with affiliate credit saved up over time. For those of you who said you were sure I would get a deal–I did….
Note: My camera died last week. All images on this post are from years past. I cut the first of the zinnias from the garden. I recently read that cutting the first zinnias and dahlias helps them to branch out to make more. I do this same thing on bushes and trees but didn’t know…
The most frugal thing I did last week was also the most exciting to me! First, a little background. I don’t spend a lot of time on the phone. I used to, but somewhere in between child 2 and 3 (when my oldest was 3) talking on the phone became rather difficult. I got…
This post contains affiliate links. I picked peaches from our Early Elberta peach tree. Normally I don’t harvest these until July, but they are ripe early. They are huge! We sliced them and ate them every day last week. One morning I made puffed pancakes and topped them with peaches, and another morning I made…
This post contains affiliate links. I picked the last of the blackberries and the alpine strawberries. The rest of both of these are burning on the vine now in our 112º (44º) heat. The alpine strawberries will start flowering again in October when the temperatures cool down again (in a cooler climate, they would produce…
Note: This post contains affiliate links. I picked blackberries, apples, apricots, white strawberries, and figs. This is the most blackberries we have ever harvested in a year; it is about double what we have had in a good year in the past. Already I am topping this year’s new canes at 4 feet, to encourage…