Friday night at 10 pm I had a minor crisis when I realized that I needed to pack a picnic lunch for 7 people from a not-too-full fridge. John was planning on taking 6 kids with him to the mountains for a load of firewood. They were planning on leaving early, and being gone...
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….as soon as this month is done. (Here’s where I am very bad influence on anyone intending to continue not spending on a long term basis. So go away quickly, if that is you, so that I lead you not into temptation.) A big metal kitchen garbage can with a lid. If I can...
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I was almost flummoxed at lunch time today. We have almost no pasta. The eggs are gone again. The bread is nearly gone. Peanut butter is gone. Potatoes are gone. Forget about fish sticks or burritos or any other quick food. Actually if it weren’t for the apples off our tree, and a few...
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Today I got a bunch more jelly made. I think I am almost done with the jelly, finally, so that is good. But before I even got the grape juice stains bleached out of the counter, I was silly and asked the kids to check the garden for tomatoes. They came in with 3/4...
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At lunch time today I told one of the kids to put cookies on a plate. She came back to me saying were were almost out of cookies. There were only 8, and there were 9 of us for that meal. “That’s okay,” I said, with only the tiniest hesitation. “I don’t really need...
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This afternoon I had the fun of going out to our garden ‘annex’ and picking all sorts of vegetables. Since we only planted that little patch at the start of July, and I wasn’t certain we’d get much, anything we get there feels like a bonus. But I today I got enough corn for...
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Monday evening my husband and I used our $25 Winger’s gift card for a meal out. (I told that story at the end of this post) Winger’s happened to be having a deal where you can get 2 entrees and a dessert for $20, so that made for an affordable date for us– very...
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We spent the weekend camping in the mountains with family and friends. I say ‘kind of’ camping, because actually we were using Grandma’s two bedroom cabin with bathroom and kitchen. Granted, with my family of 12 plus 2 friends in a cabin of 800 sq feet or so, it was cozy. John and I...
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I have totally come to peace with my once a week coffee-shop coffee. It is my chance to write undisturbed and something I totally look forward to. This morning, however, my location was less than idyllic. A couple of moms were using the shop for a chat, and their three little kids were racing...
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Today, I shopped. I shopped so much that I now have only $32 to last the rest of the month. May I take a moment here to reassure my sisters folks who are worried we’ve fallen on desperate times? We actually have more than $200 for groceries this month if we need it. We...
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