I all the time really feel like I submit many how-to’s and never many “actual lifes”. Though I do attempt to incorporate that into my newer posts, I’ve typically thought that it could be much more useful for my readership to get a greater glimpse within what our easy/homestead/from scratch/frugal life actually seems like.
Frugal Friday Week 19
So I’ve began a brand new collection referred to as Frugal Friday and wish your assist. My concept for this collection is to share a number of the tasks/recipes/issues we labored on this week and, generally, simply what life seems like.
I would like your assist as a result of I’ve tried one thing related earlier than, and I gave up after some time. I obtained bored, felt like nobody was studying it or cared, and I moved on to different tasks. So what I would like you to do every week is to share what your week regarded like within the feedback part. I feel it may hold us ALL accountable and should function an encouragement to others!
A word earlier than I begin this week….this submit is solely meant to be an outline of our week. It appears recently that I’ve gotten fairly a number of “feedback” on how we SHOULD do issues. That is precisely why I ended doing related posts years in the past. In case you’d love to do issues otherwise in your personal life, that’s completely positive. That is our life and what works for us. Thanks for understanding and maintaining your feedback form and useful as a substitute of degrading.
So let’s dive proper into this week!
Meals We Ate
Breakfasts this week have been: Waffles (a number of instances), Cinnamon Raisin Bread (a brand new experiment), Yogurt and Granola, Cereal, and Eggs.
Lunches this week have been: Packed Sandwiches (with ham), Quesadillas, Leftovers, Picnic Model (summer season sausage, fruit, and so forth).
For Suppers we had: A Broccoli Noodle Hen Soup that I threw a bunch of random leftovers in, a Freezer Meals evening (the place we ate a random assortment of meals from the freezer that wanted eaten up!), Leftovers, Roast, Maple Glazed Hen Thighs (new however actually good!), and a packed supper since we have been out.
Buying I Did
I used to be a giant spender this week, and I purchased a sprinkler! I wanted one for the brand new backyard space.
I additionally positioned an order with Azure. My orders are pretty small, however I actually like their new canned coconut milk. I stocked up on a number of instances of that.
I additionally ordered one thing for the youngsters to present my husband for Father’s day, however I can’t share that till subsequent week in case he reads this!
Exterior Initiatives We Labored On
I labored on ending up planting the backyard and obtained it achieved! There are a number of tiny sections on the ends of rows that I’ll fill in with one thing however in any other case, I’m proud of being achieved.
Weeding was and is a large undertaking proper now. With all of the rain we’ve been getting recently, the weeds simply develop like loopy.
I needed to repair up my hydroponics setup this week. I’ve the small 36 plant arrange from Crop King, and my pump went out (after solely a yr, however we do have quite a lot of minerals in our water). So I needed to get a brand new pump and repair up the system. I’m at the moment rising herbs in all the factor, and I’ve it arrange within the greenhouse.
Inside Initiatives We Labored On
I had a small period of time inside this week to work on minimalizing, which is an ongoing undertaking for me whereas I’ve been cleansing out and prepping for a rummage sale. Like final week although, I largely labored outdoors.
I did clear out the foundation cellar which was an out of doors undertaking however I needed to do one thing with the apples that I had left from this winter. I ended up with 17 jars of applesauce which you’ll see in my canner above. I really like that canner, it holds a lot! You can get one here.
Weblog Posts I Wrote
I’m making an effort to be a bit extra seasonal with my weblog posts; right here’s what’s new and up to date this week!
New on YouTube – Canning Strawberry Lemonade Concentrate
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
I’ve fairly a number of appointments subsequent week, together with having to take animals to the vet so that can restrict what I can get achieved. I’m hoping to have a time out thrifting as properly as a result of it’s been some time!
So inform me….what did life appear like for you this week? What did you do, make, or plan to do?
Merissa has been running a blog about and living the simple life since 2009 and has internationally printed 2 books on the subject. You possibly can examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to the 100-acre farm and ministry on the About Page. You possibly can ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
