This post contains referral links. We took a new family picture, using the remote for my camera. After explicit instructions from my husband to not make silly faces, the boys of course did make faces in most of the pictures. The picture I kept ended up being a conglomerate of 3 photos, something I’ve never…
We celebrated Valentine’s Day at home with simple decorations. I printed these arrow valentines and put in red pencils I had bought at back to school time (plus a couple that someone gave us for Christmas, one of which is in the photo above). I sewed together some paper doilies from the dollar store…
I made a dress for my daughter with fabric from my grandmother’s stash, so my only cost was buttons and thread. Total cost: $0.45! I picked tomatoes and peppers at a friend’s house. I said yes to free hot dog and hamburger buns that someone offered me. Her family had just had a reunion, and no…
I cut and dried sage from our garden. I picked tomatoes from our garden, and we ate some all week long. I picked our first (and so far only) cucumber! I hand pollinated the 1 female cucumber and 2 female zucchini in the garden this week. It is too hot for the bees to…
I harvested peaches from my Early Elberta tree and canned 7 quarts. I harvested grapes from my vines and canned 5 quarts of grape juice. I picked basil, tomatoes, zucchini, Swiss chard (silverbeet) and oregano from the garden. We enjoyed peaches and grapes from the garden and a variety of breads for breakfast all week. I cut…
My frugal table setting for the 4th. I did not buy the jar (I was born that year!) nor did I buy the flags; they have all come to me over the years from different people. The jar used to belong to my mother-in-law. My husband was 13 that year; he remembers buying the jars)….
I sewed a button back on those cute pajamas that I made for my daughter for her birthday. I resewed the hem of a dress for another daughter. I accepted free mirabelles. I harvested Green Gage plums, tomatoes, apples, basil, peaches, and chamomile from my garden. I polished everyone’s shoes. I collected water in…