See you all after the holidays!
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New Recipe Up: Pasta Salad
Just in time for the 4th of July! Chances are pretty good that you already have all of the ingredients on hand already! You can find the recipe here.
A Little Announcement
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Lemonade and Lemon Meringue Pie
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New Recipe Up: Italian Dressing
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Take care, This Boomer doesn’t do Instagram
Definitely will miss you, especially will when I am cutting grocery budget.
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Have a lovely holiday Brandy and family! See you in January!
I totally understand! I am glad you are taking the time you need for family and work! I have missed the posts but so glad you are prioritizing! Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!!
Wishing you and your family all the best. Looking forward to hearing from you in the new year. Really enjoy your Instagram posts.
Completely understandable – please take care.
Have a wonderful holiday season everyone.
Brandy, Enjoy the blogging break-and of course Thanksgiving and Xmas with your family. I hope your husband is able to come for a visit.
My neighbour brought me leeks, tomatoes and zucchini from her garden before the first snowfall. I was also able to purchase 2 lbs brussels sprouts for .99 on Flash Food.
Last week we stayed with our friends 4 boys for 5 days while they were out of town. I turned down the heat and water heater while we were gone-in addition she fed us and paid us very well. I will put that money in my travel fund. I thought of you Brandy when one night she told me to order in pizza for dinner-it came to $62 for one meal and I am sure you could feed your family for the week on that!
Speaking of travel my friend asked if I would like to attend a conference with her in Malta in August-she offered to pay for the hotel as it will be a business expense. Better yet my cousin offered us his home in Malta as he is away working in Manila. This will save $500 per night which is a crazy amount to pay. Her husband has decided to join us and so far we plan one week in London and a week in Malta-they will continue touring Europe while I head home for the beginning of the new school year. I was able to find a 35% off coupon on the hotel website for London which was a great saving.
I also thought of you Brandy when my husband tried out the brand new shower at our friends. He said it had instant hot water with no wait-which I imagine would be a savings on the water and water heating bill. I had no idea such technology existed.
I need a new water heater soon. I know about these; would love to have one, but I think they are only electric? Will have to look. Our water heater is gas and my bill has been miniscule lately
Hi Brandy,
Happy American Thanksgiving. I hope you and your family find joy at Thanksgiving and at Christmas. I have very little to report on savings. I did buy 2 pairs corduroy pants from Land’s End for $8 each on sale reduced from $65 ($5.75 US$), a fleece-lined long sweater from Land’s End for $12.00 (#8.58), a jacket from Old Navy for $12.00. The $8 pants are far too long so I’ll hem them. I also bought a pair of pants from Old Navy. They are marked one size but are actually a different size so are huge on me. They are beautifully made and were so cheap I’m thinking of getting a tailor to refit them for me. It was unexpectedly expensive this month. I had the usual annual furnace servicing done which would have been $300 but
the ignition switches on each furnace had to be replaced for another $400. Better to do it proactively than to be without heat in minus 30 weather and have to have an emergency service call.
Brandy, there is a device for showers where the water does not come out until it’s the right temperature. This is a separate feature from an on demand, tankless water heater.
Ours is propane, a friends instant water heater is natural gas.
our instant ready water heater is propane. They are natural gas also.
In England, gas combi boilers are very very common.
Will miss the posts, but understand and will be looking forward to when you’re back!
I hope nothing is wrong! I’ve missed your posts. Blessings to you and yours.
Maybe we could all post once a week here in the comments to stay in touch with our community here.
I need to do some security updates first.
Hi Brandy, Hope all is well with you, or as well as can be. I read but dont comment much lately. Wishing you and your family a good holiday season, and a fresh new year with lots of good things.
-Ashley
Hope you have Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas. Enjoy the time with your family.
Selfishly, I miss the weekly blog posts, but could tell there has been a bit of a sea change for you this year and fully understand and support your need to prioritize. Thank you for everything! I know we’ll all be happy to hear from you again when you feel able. Best wishes for lovely holidays.
Thank you for understanding.
My world is very, very different, on so many levels, and there is simply only so much time.
Sure will miss your post but I for sure understand. My life has become so hectic that I’ve had to prioritize my time and limit my screen time.
Hopefully all is well and the new year will find us all in a better frame of mind. Merry Christmas and a prosperous Happy New Year to you and your precious family. Cindy from Alabama.
Good for you…
Happy Thanksgiving and Merry Christmas!
And see you soon.
I hope you have a Merry Christmas Brandy!
Hi, maybe you could just open weekly post and set it up so that you do not have to check every comment before it goes up? You do not have to share, just give others opportunity to communicate.
I can’t do it that way; I get a lot of inappropriate spam comments that way.
I follow 71toes.com and they will get comments in immediately, that´s why I thought…
You are missed. Hope all is well!
Happy New Year Brandy!
When you post next can you please tell me what kind of dryer you have? I remember you purchasing one recently and mine is on its way out!
Thank you!
I got a new washer recently (not a dryer) but my dryer is a gas dryer and it’s a Kenmore Connect.
Thank you!
Brandy,
Hope your Holidays were wonderful!
It’s February. You are missed. Hopefully you are doing some self care during these stressful times.
(I don’t do Instagram.)
Are you ever coming back? Miss you!
So many pause, then never come back.
Wishing you a happy, healthy new year and hope your plate is less full. I just wanted to share a note of gratitude for your writing and photography. I always look forward to your posts and have learned so much from you over the years.
I hope you are doing well Brandy. I truly miss your blog. I’ve enjoyed reading your blog and writing to both you and other people for many years. I considered you and many others friends. I started out just wanting to get ideas to save money. It was so nice to write and read from people who are also in a frugal mindset. I loved reading about their lives and always appreciated prayers. I pray that you are doing alright.
In case you are checking these messages. Please ask everyone to pray for my family. My oldest (16 in 14 days) passed away suddenly from complications to an illness. We believe in Jesus. My son believes in Jesus. But this is the first person important to me I have lost. Same for my husband and 3 other kids 14 to 8. We need prayers as we learn to live a new season of life. You all feel like family as I have talked about my kids we homeschool for years. My son who passed loved gardening. We learned everything from here and just Sunday was planning what we are going to plant. Tomatoes, and cucumbers and flowers for his one sister. Thanks everyone.
Hi, Renee,
I pretty much never comment on posts or social media or anything, but I wanted to say I’m so sorry for the loss of your son in February. I just prayed for you and your family and wondered how you’re doing. You may never see this, but just in case, may the Lord bless you and keep you and your family the rest of this year, and may He cause His face to shine upon you and give you His peace which surpasses all understanding. May He be a shelter for you and wrap His arms around you and comfort you.
In Christ,
Lindsey
Thank you so much for this blog through the years. What a joy and comfort it has been to me and others. I miss reading it but will keep checking back and hope time will allow you to post again in the future. You are cared for Brandy!
I hope all is well with you and your family. I miss your blog and the people I have come to know, especially Garden Pat. I look forward to the time you can begin to blog again.
Hope you and your family are still doing well. I miss your blog, but understand that things may be very overwhelming right now.
Hi Brandy! Miss your posts. I hope all is well with you!
I miss your blog!! I’m not on Instagram so I miss the updates and inspiration!
Are you never coming back? I don’t do instagram or fb.
You were always the calming influence for me every week and we need frugal tips and community more than ever.
Thinking of you. I don’t do Instagram. Hope whatever is happening in your world is settling down and brighter days are ahead.
I miss your posts. Will you be posting here again soon?
hope you’re coming back soon ! Missing your beautiful posts
I have checked every month to see if a new post has been added, sadly I have finally accepted that you have ended the blog. Thank-you for your many years of hosting and posting! I truly enjoyed your blog .
I’d love if you could give us a quick update. Did something happen? Was there a death in the family? I hope not! But I worry given it’s been so long. ((Hugs))
I don’t do Instagram – has there been any notice of a return or is this not happening? Just wondered.
I am hoping and praying everything is okay with you and your family. I do miss your post, but family (and life in gerneral) is way more important than a blog. I just wanted you to know that you are missed and thought about and prayed for.
Cindy in Alabama
I hope you are doing well Brandy.
Hi Brandy
I rarely comment but read your blog over and over again.
I miss your updates and hope at sometime soon , you will return to blogging.
In the meantime I’ll keep reading your past posts.
God bless you and your family
Effie
I miss your blog. I hope you come back soon.
Your page is looking much better. Were you able to fix the bugs? I miss your posts here but still visit now and then for your recipes. Thank you for keeping them here on your blog!
Hello Brandy,
We all miss you and hope you are well.
Please pop in to let us know what’s happening 🙏