I cut apple branches from the garden to put in vases. I cut flowers from the garden for the table. I cut garlic chives, peppermint, thyme, basil, a few beans, and grape leaves from the garden. I cut a large Armenian cucumber from the garden. This one was growing on the driveway! It took…
I used a free Redbox code to rent The Hundred-Foot Journey for a date night for my husband and I. We both enjoyed the movie very much! Winter downloaded free songs from the library through the Freegal program. I picked up some books from the library for Winter for school. I borrowed The Awakening of…
My husband drove to Phoenix to purchase a wood burning stove from Craig’s list, and while he was there he purchased 200 pounds of powdered milk for us (at $49 for 50 pounds). He was also delighted to find that gas prices were significantly lower in Arizona than here, so the gas was $50 less…
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….
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…