I made myself a pair of earrings and a bracelet using a $1 garage sale necklace of blue beads that I had bought previously, a chain and findings that I had previously bought in bulk. I cut apart the simple string of beads that was on thread and remade it into a longer necklace with…
I read The Weaver’s Daughter as an e-book through the library (using the Libby app on my phone). I mended a pair of pants for my son. I harvested lots of basil from the garden and dried it to use in recipes later. Garage sale season here starts now so I updated my list. I…
I made a pair of shorts for my son from the bottom of a pair of worn-out trousers that used to belong to my husband. The fabric in the legs was fine, but the fabric at the top had worn through in a couple of places and was past mending. I used elastic that I…
I harvested lettuce, Swiss chard, a lemon, parsley, chives, and a couple of cherry tomatoes from the garden. I made pancakes twice–once with blackberries from our garden (from the freezer) and chocolate chips, and once with bananas (which I blended and used in place of part of the milk in the recipe). I used some…
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…
Each year, right around the last day of October, a great wind comes in and the temperatures drop. This year, the wind showed up much earlier than normal. It included a bit of rain (something we don’t usually get in October) and even snow on the mountains, something I have never seen in October! The…
The world feels like it has been on pause since March 2020 in so many ways. With a few months left in the year, though, there is a lot that I still want to accomplish. We’re starting to cool below 100, and it’s time to get back to work in the garden. The garden has…
Note: All photos in this week’s post are from the garden at my children’s university, which we visited a couple of weeks ago. Last week we were invited to stay on a houseboat on Lake Powell. All we needed to bring for food was enough for us and the houseboat owners for three dinners. They…
I picked peaches and figs from trees in the garden. I cut basil, oregano, sage, and Swiss chard from the garden. I divided an aloe plant and the babies surrounding it and planted it in pots that I got from my mom last year when she was getting rid of several small pots. I may…
My husband and I both got a coupon on our Albertson’s app for $5 off a $5 purchase. We used the coupon on the app to buy 2 pounds of strawberries each for the unbelievably low price of $0.67 a pound (usually they have been $2.50 a pound on sale; the regular price at Albertson’s…
We had a simple at-home birthday celebration for my son this week. He turned five, and he wanted a pinata. He likes the show The Number Blocks, which he watches on the YouTube Kids app. My older son made him a pinata of the Number 5 character, using a cardboard box. He covered it with…
I’ve noticed a lot fewer sales on items that I normally buy, in addition to higher prices since the start of the pandemic last year. In the most recent article I read about rising food costs, I noticed it said that citrus had risen 11.8% in price. Planting more fruit trees in our garden is…