Right here on the weblog I submit I lot of how-tos and recipes however I’ve usually thought that it is perhaps much more useful for my readership to get a greater glimpse inside what our easy/homestead/from scratch/frugal life actually appears to be like like. This collection was began in 2023 to supply extra of a peek into our common day-after-day life and the way we put issues collectively.
Frugal Friday Week #39
This collection is known as Frugal Friday! Every week I share what we’ve been as much as and the way we reside frugally.
However this weekly submit wouldn’t be practically as attention-grabbing if it weren’t for you. The feedback sections is all so that you can go away your story from this week. How YOU lived frugally in order that we are able to all maintain one another accountable.
Aspect Observe: For those who missed the previous couple of months, I shared that we’re at present dwelling in a tiny dwelling (camper) to journey and do ministry work in rural locations for a part of the winter as we take a short lived break from our homestead.
Meal Highlights
It appeared like we didn’t at all times have tons of time for meals this week although we stayed in the identical place all week. We made
- My now “previous” standbys of floor beef lo mein and white bean soup. Each give us a lot of leftovers and are tremendous low-cost to make.
- The final of our pork chops from our pigs butchered this previous fall.
- Ham and Cheese sandwiches a few occasions as a result of the children stored asking for them again and again!
- Eggs in Toast and Bagels
- Yogurt and Granola
Purchasing We Did
I did a good quantity of purchasing this week since we stayed in the identical place. Possibly that’s my downfall! Truly we had been utterly out of meat and wanted to inventory again up. I spent round $300 this week on grocery purchasing which was greater than my funds of $200. Nonetheless, I didn’t spend something final week and this week that additionally included issues like pet food, a Christmas tree new balls for the canine’s toys, and different not-food gadgets.
I additionally purchased 2/3 of my Christmas presents this week. We often spend round $50 per little one. I simply want 1 thing more for every of them and some stocking presents, and we ought to be good to go! My husband and I often change presents however most likely gained’t this yr for the sake of easiness.
How We Lived Frugal This Week
This week, we took a while to see some native websites whereas my husband was engaged on a church mission within the city the place we stayed.
We had been in a position to go to a museum, go to an aquarium, go to a nature training heart, and take a homeschool class at an area library…all without spending a dime! The truth is, we’ve but to spend something on “points of interest.” It’s actually a problem I get pleasure from attempting to determine…how can we discover cool locations to go to and good locations to remain with out spending something in any respect? All it’s important to do is ask the locals or search “free issues to do close to ____” into Google to seek out every kind of concepts.
I actually wished to bake some issues this week however wasn’t certain I wished to make use of the oven since I burnt all the things final time. The thrill of a camper oven! Possibly I’ll work on that after we are settled in a single spot once more. I did make some hard-boiled eggs as a result of these are a lot simpler for us to have for breakfasts on the highway versus different kinds of eggs.
Weblog Posts I Wrote
I used to be BUSY writing all this week! Right here’s what I wrote:
The massive information this week is that I lastly received the Little Home Residing group discussion board put up! Please check it out, join, and add some conversation here. I’m very excited for this new addition to the positioning and assume it will likely be a good way for us all to attach (and keep off social media!).
Wanting Forward to Subsequent Week
We’re at present headed south to hotter climate! We’re excited to spend some stable household time collectively for a bit till we discover our subsequent mission.
Aspect notice: In case you are positioned in southern Texas, New Mexico, or Arizona and know of a service mission {that a} church or group wants assist with, please contact me at [email protected].
Merissa Alink
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 freedom on the About Page. You possibly can ship her a message any time from the Contact Page.
