Junior year of high school. I was the new kid in town, grieving friends in other states, eager for a friend in this new town, but not happening upon one immediately. During our first few weeks at the new high school, my brother and I ate lunch together, grateful for someone, even a sibling,...
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Time for my yearly full-pantry picture. I have 7 full shelves and 1 shelf partway full of jars. Each shelf holds 33 quarts. But a couple of the shelves are double-stacked with pint jars. I am guessing I have over 250 jars, plus about 10 gallon-sized ziplocks of dried tomatoes, apples and apricots. It...
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We did it! I still have $6 left from the $200 I stuck in my wallet at the beginning of the month. Keep in mind that I also went a couple hundred over budget stocking up during August (doing–ahem– crazy things like spending $11 on coffee creamer- yikes!) So really we probably spent $400...
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