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 appears like.
Frugal Friday Week #27
So I’ve began a brand new sequence known as Frugal Friday and want your assist. My concept for this sequence is to share a number of the initiatives/recipes/issues we labored on this week and, usually, simply what life appears like.
I want your assist as a result of I’ve tried one thing comparable 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 initiatives. So what I want you to do every week is to share what your week regarded like within the feedback part. I believe it might preserve us ALL accountable and should function an encouragement to others!
So let’s dive proper into this week!
Meal Highlights
I discussed final week that I used to be going to make a White Bean Soup. It. Was. SO. Good! Fortunately I made an enormous batch and we ate on it for just a few days. I’ll make it once more in order that I can make certain I can replicate the recipe and get it posted on the weblog someday. So yummy and so frugal!
I additionally made an enormous batch of black beans for tacos and we ate that for just a few days as nicely.
For those who can’t already inform…we’re consuming much less meat (to remain extra frugal) proper now and I’m additionally making larger batches to eat longer. That is working nicely for us proper now with our schedule.
We additionally had one night time the place we picked up pizza as a result of we had been out later than I anticipated so I didn’t pack meals. It was a pleasant little deal with the children loved!
Buying We Did
We lastly made it to city and obtained paint and a few wall-fixing provides for our RV. I’ll in all probability begin portray this subsequent week, and I can’t wait to see the way it seems!
Now we have one wall we’ve got so as to add (took out an pointless indoor door) and a few dry rot in an inside wall. (Did I point out the camper was low cost?) Every part else within the camper has been gutted (lavatory sinks, carpet, kitchen, and so forth). We’re so excited to make this the proper tiny house for us and I can’t wait to indicate it to you!
I made a fast cease at Goal whereas on the town this week as nicely and picked up just a few issues I wished for meals for the approaching week (yogurt, celery, eggs, and so forth). We’re nonetheless attempting to principally eat from the pantry and freezer.
How We Lived Frugal This Week
We stayed principally at house to work on the camper so just by not going many locations we stayed fairly frugal.
We’re additionally having a yard sale this weekend so hopefully, that may deliver us in just a little extra spendable money to proceed to get the issues we want for the camper. We’re going to attempt to preserve observe of the full that it price us to purchase and re-do.
Weblog Posts I Wrote
I’ve been working tremendous arduous on updating weblog posts and placing out new ones so this *ought to* all the time be an enormous record any longer. In case you missed one thing this week, test it out.
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
I’m undecided what the following week will deliver for us. Our home will lastly be in the marketplace, so we’re praying for a fast(er) sale to the appropriate household. We are going to in all probability proceed to remain house and work on small initiatives right here. We’re again to high school now as nicely so we’ve got that to do too!
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 revealed 2 books on the subject. You possibly can examine Merissa’s journey from penniless to now on the About Page. You possibly can ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
