Saturday Roundup

 I will start this post with a picture of our sunrise this morning. It heralded a lovely, if cold sunny day.

I love the quiet mornings when I can gaze out our front window and see the sky lighten.

Kris called today and his cough is much worse, no vomiting today (well I guess a bit this morning) but he is drinking plenty of liquids, eating soup and resting as much as he is able. However, it seems his boiler has decided not to produce hot water for his taps. I am just hopeful that the heating portion of the boiler continues to work. He phoned the company he leases it from and the earliest they can come to fix it is Monday between 10 am and 2 pm. So this could mean he won't be able to get here until Tuesday depending on how long it takes to fix the problem. Poor guy, sicker than he has been in a very long time and boiler problems to top it all off. 

So here are a few pictures of the projects I have actually managed to complete in the last little while.

I finished number 7 embroidered block and I started number 8. Getting a bit ahead for those projects next month.

The balls of reclaimed yarn from the various sweaters I took apart. There is more underneath these top balls.

Now what could be in this bag?

Could it be 60 pairs of mitts for Kurt to deliver to his school? Of course.

My scraps of flannelette cut into squares to be used in the bathroom by me. I can now rid the collection of some rather worn cloths. 

I made two smallish toys for Kris's Eiko, but got them wrapped before taking a picture. I used some felt, stuffing I had, and some catnip to make two bright yellow gingerbread men for her to toss around. 

Started a wreath to use some decorations that we will not be using on the tree. I still need to do a bit of work on it so no picture as of yet. 

Here is a picture of the other snowperson in the hallway.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

 

Life Is Actually Getting Much Simpler

 

I have to say that this year Christmas preparation seems to have been so much easier than other years. 

Perhaps it is because there was no rush to complete things this week before Christmas, whereas other years I would be working on one or two gifts done before our sons arrived home. This year all is done and while I could perhaps make them each one more item (a pickle to hang on their trees) I will save that for next year. 

The list of projects is finished as well, and what hasn't been baked by tomorrow is not at all important for our holiday celebration. 

I kept things simple this year, one small, skinny tree decorated. Some decor scattered through the house (with plans for next year). A bit of baking but I did not really go overboard on this. A menu plan that while tweaked, will be easily done with appliances and the stove top. 

The house is fairly clean. I restocked the coffee and the toilet paper. Pulled a few items from the hall pantry and put them in the kitchen pantry to make sure I had the kitchen pantry stocked up. 

Little things that make life so much simpler.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Thrifty and Frugal Thursday

 Thrifty and Frugal

Another thrifty and frugal week has passed by. The only perhaps nonfrugal/thrifty thing I did was my shopping this week. Still I only bought the items on my list and the total cost was not as bad as I had anticipated it becoming. I am also very hopeful that I will not be heading out shopping again before the new year. 

So here are my thrifty and frugal wins for the week.

1.  Using appliances more for cooking this past week and I will hopefully continue to do so in the coming weeks.

2.  Baking bread and trying to get ahead on this before our sons come home for the holiday.

3.  Used up many of the leftovers in the fridge and will continue to do so.

4.  There were small amounts of jam in jars in the fridge so I made Thumbprint cookies to clear those out.

5.  Making yogurt today which should see me through at least another week. After that is gone it will be toast, oatmeal or muffins until I go shopping in the new year. 

6.  Watered plants using saved water.

7.  Found thirty cents on the floor in the basement which was added to the change jars. 

8.  Did some tweaking of the menu for when Kurt and Kris arrive a bit earlier than thought. Most of the tweaked recipes will be cooked via electric roaster, top of stove, microwave, or toaster oven. Hopefully saving on the power bill. 

9.  We had three lovely sunny days and with the drapes open in the living room the furnace did not cut in as much. This saves on natural gas and electric.

10.  Made some more bathroom cloths from leftover bits of flannel. The edges need to be sewn and will do that tomorrow. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Midweek Update

 Another quiet beginning to the week. Not really because I have nothing to do, because I do, but more weather related. 

While we are getting nothing in comparison to places a bit further north, the freezing rain began about 2 hours ago, making me so glad that I did my shopping yesterday. No reason to head out and be on the roads with all those crazy drivers. 

Kris, up in Regina has been getting lots of rain. I hear the roads are sheer ice, like skating rinks. I will be phoning him later when I am sure he is home safe and sound.

Kurt, in Drumheller, is in the midst of a blizzard and so I will be checking in with him later as well.

I just want my family to be safe and sound.

I have been doing a bit of baking (bread) and working on projects. The list for this month is slowly being completed. Pictures to follow on Saturday. I may even be able to get a few other projects that aren't on my list. Super good.

Finished the Minimalism book, and realized that by living a frugal life, decluttering and organizing I have actually been doing many of the recommended things in this book. The book also states that a person only needs to follow this kind of lifestyle in the way that suits them. I do know there is no way I could ever get rid of the pictures I have displayed as is talked about in one chapter. My life while not one of minimalism, it will be a more simple one as I declutter more and more. Learning to enjoy the quiet times and the times with my family.

Here is a shot of this mornings sunrise, which did not stick around for very long.

Don't mind the reflections in the window.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Tuesday Tidbits and Stuff

 

Getting ready for the next winter storm to hit. Hopefully not as hard as has been forecast. So far we have not had the rain that was predicted, so that is a good thing. Yet tomorrow more light rain is predicted. 

Streets were very sloppy earlier today, but from above freezing temperatures we have dropped to below freezing so what was water is now beginning to freeze into ice. 

I went out shopping today and now should be able to stay home during the Christmas week. I did purchase bread, but I think I will need to bake a few loaves and put them in the freezer. Kurt and Kris will be arriving a bit earlier than I thought so more bread will be needed and the menu will need a bit of a tweak on a couple of days. 

Really thought that if I got out early enough the stores would be reasonably easy to get around in. Hmmm, I think everybody had the same idea as all places were relatively crowded. I tried to stay as far away from people as possible mainly because of the flu and colds that are circulating around. I don't want to be ill over the holidays and miss spending time with the sons or extended family. 

This was our sunrise this morning. It did not happen until almost 9 am. Also if you notice over the last few days our snow has started to melt. Don't worry, according to our weather people we are going to get more. Perhaps a great deal more in some areas before Christmas. The ridge of ice in the middle of the road has since been picked up. 

After shopping, since I managed to get most of the daily to do list completed I got to roll up the reclaimed yarn into balls. I hope to get the pieces of the 4th sweater done today and tomorrow take apart the last sweater and begin the process of winding that yarn into balls. 

Off to set the table, wash and soak the rice. We are having a stir fry to use up the leftover pork from Sunday. Gradually using things up from the fridge freezer. 

My challenge is to use up all that I can in the fridge freezer and the chest freezer over the month of January. So much food, and it needs to be used. Perhaps even have couple of weeks to start the month off where I do not have to shop at all (fresh items and dairy exempt). Just need to figure out how to go about one of those, it is something I have never done before.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Menu Monday

 

The next two weeks I am trying to clear a few things out of the fridge freezer and after moving things around yesterday in my meat freezer I think I better plan on eating that down a bit. I would like to have a January where we use very little of the grocery budget. I think I can manage to go with dairy, fruit, and veggies with the occasional stock pile item replacement. 

Most of the meals except for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day will be me using things up in the way of the many leftovers there still are in the freezer and the ready made meals in the larger freezer. 

I plan on shopping tomorrow so that I will not have to enter a store during the busy time leading up to Christmas. I am actually going to try and freeze milk in containers this time around. Should keep me out of the stores a bit longer.

So here are my menus for this week.

Monday

Leftover small sausage casserole.

Tuesday

Leftover pork made into a stir fry served over rice.

Wednesday

Lentil curry, over rice (I will make extra on Tuesday). Cooked frozen broccoli.

Thursday

Hot dogs, baked beans and perhaps the remainder of the mini hashbrowns.

Friday

Perogies, fried onions and sour cream.

Saturday

The last of the lentil curry or perhaps some pea soup and egg salad sandwiches.

Sunday

Chicken stuffed with broccoli and cheese, mashed potatoes, peas.

That will clear a bit out of the fridge freezer and make room for the leftovers from the upcoming week and Christmas. 

I asked Harvey if instead of a tossed salad I could make a coleslaw as the salad for Christmas dinner, mainly because the cabbage would last in the fridge from shopping this week until that meal. He said go for it. The sons should be quite okay with that as well. 

I have enough yogurt making supplies to make another batch of Greek style yogurt and when that runs out I will have toast, muffins, cinnamon buns, or oatmeal for my breakfasts. 

Pretty sure we will not starve if I keep out of the stores for the next while (would like to manage until after the new year). 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Rambling Thoughts

 

As the week ends here on the old homestead, I am reminded of days of yore when the boys were young, home and yours truly was driving for hockey practice or games. Things have certainly changed from those days and I am constantly surprised at the weather I used to drive through in order to get them to games or practices. Then again I think about the friends we made, the joy of watching them both play and how young both we and our sons were.

Today was actually a pretty nice day even with the wind chill and the next two days are supposed to be just gorgeous. That leading up to some rather nasty weather the week before the holiday. In fact we are supposed to get (according to the long range forecast) rain and lots of snow midweek. not at all what we want to see in the week before travel home begins for the holiday.

I worked on various projects today and while nothing was completed I am more than happy what was accomplished. I am not going to rush things, more take a slow and work towards an end goal of using up items or recycling what I already have. 

Over the last little while I have sort of pushed aside using my appliances to do my cooking for me (other than the yogurt maker and bread machine) and so I have decided that it is time to pull out all those appliances and use them to make our meals. Most of my menu plan can be done with an appliance or on the stove top. Time to see if during this winter I can cut our power bill by using those appliances to make our suppers. 

Moving things around in the upright freezer I noticed that I have way more in the way of main dish meats than I thought I had. Heaven only knows what is in the chest freezer. So now it is time to use things up and save on grocery costs. I work so hard in saving on other ways that this way with rising costs sometimes get pushed aside. Clearing out the freezers will be a great way to begin the savings for the new year. 

Life is getting simpler and more frugal, but I need to pay more attention.

The Third Sunday of Advent candle has been lit. 

The third candle of Advent is lit during the third week of Advent  and is often referred to as the Shepherd Candle. This candle  represents the joy that comes with the arrival of Jesus Christ.  The color of this candle is traditionally pink, which signifies joy  and celebration, contrasting with the purple candles that  represent hope, peace, and love during the other weeks of  Advent.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Saturday Roundup

 Today I will share with you what I have managed to get done decorating. Mostly of course the living room and starting the dining room. Next week I plan on working on the hall way (a bit of a tidy needed out there once again) and perhaps I will be lucky and get a few things done in the kitchen as well.

This is most of what I have managed to get accomplished in the living room and dining room. I am going to add some beads to the garland above my curio cabinet and the hutch.

This is about as far as I have gotten in the hall way right now.

I will be making a wreath for above the seat, and I hope to add some decor to the hall window as well. I will say that Mrs. Snowlady does not seem to be appearing in my gallery pictures. If she ever does I will add her to my other decor pictures.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

A Simple Life

 

My moving towards a more simple life, is probably not the same as most people. I am not madly going through closets and cupboards getting rid of items. Instead I am methodically deciding what will help make my life easier and what is cluttering it into chaos. 

In reading the book on minimalism I have started to chose those things that make sense to my standard of living and what makes me happy. 

One of the things the book talks about is the turning of hangers so what one knows what one wears in a month or two in your closet. Hello, I live in four seasons and my closet contains summer sundresses. There is no way I would be wearing those in the feels like -40C weather (or colder) that we go through in the winter. Thus those hangers would never be turned around. Same can be said for winter wear when it is 40C above. So I will just continue the trying on and if it does not fit or bring me joy things will be gone in the various seasons. 

Perhaps my most definite move towards a simpler life is enjoying what I already have. That includes those appliances that make my life easier. My wrists since I broke one twice are no longer able to knead dough for bread or buns like they used to. My bread machine and KitchenAid help immensely in that area. My yogurt maker works wonders when I make Greek yogurt every second week for pennies a batch. 

Using my electric roaster or the toaster oven help me save on using the big oven on my stove. I need to do this rather simple thing a bit more often during the year. 

Over the years I have either inherited or purchased yarn and fabric. It does not make frugal sense to bundle those up and give them away. Simple living means making the most of those items by using them for clothing, gifts or knitting/weaving/sewing for charity. One of my projects for this month is to recycle handknits into balls for new projects in the coming year.

One thing I have learned on this journey is that simplicity and simple living means different things to different people. 

I will of course keep using items up, enjoying what I have and moving towards making and enjoying the quiet times that simple living means. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Thrifty and Frugal Thursday

Thrifty and Frugal

The weeks are passing by so very quickly even though I have been staying in due to road conditions and the cold I seem to have developed. The cold is mostly located in my head so I have been blowing my nose, and taking Tylenol for the sinus headache I seem to have developed over the past couple of days. Still I do seem to be on the mend for the most part. 

First of I would like to apologize that a few replies to my posts were not showing up. Blogger has been moving many to the spam folder, and a couple did not show up until much later in the day or in a couple of cases not until the next day. Strange. Still I think I managed to get all of them up and posted. 

So other than the usual frugal and thrifty past times here on the old homestead, what have I been up to?

1.  I have gone no where so the car was started once this week. I really will need to go and get the mail tomorrow.

2.  Finding new uses for the decor I used on two trees. The house is beginning to look very festive. Each day I find a new use for some of the ornaments and get a bit more joy in seeing the house transformed. I have also been finding ribbon, wreath forms, and other items which uses up some of my stashes and gives those items new life. 

3.  Making the best use of leftovers that I can. I am cutting back on the amount of meat in a casserole and Harvey doesn't even notice that lack. 

4.  Using microfiber cloths to dust and clean much more often.

5.  Saving the water to water the few indoor plants I have, while waiting for the water to warm up for dishwashing.

6.  Lights are being turned off when the room is not in use.

7.  Hand stitched/darned a small hole closed in a sweater that I love.

So there are the things I can remember that are new. I am also back to using my toaster oven and other appliances a bit more.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

 

Midweek Yet Again

 

We had a few power flickers last night, but the power stayed on which was a very good thing as with the wind it was very cold. Today has been dark and gloomy, perfect for staying inside cleaning, baking and working on projects. Though I have been kind of scattered about the project part. 

Some of the peppers I purchased a week or so ago, were starting to get soft and wrinkled so I chopped them up and put them in the fridge freezer. 

Redid my menu plan to use up as much from the fridge freezer as possible before Kurt and Kris come home for Christmas, and I believe I will be hauling some containers out of the chest freezer downstairs to make some room for turkey and a few other items for over the holidays. I just cannot believe how much I have accumulated once again in both of those freezers. Not wasting anything sure adds up.

The book I am reading is titled 

minimalism

The Path to an Organized, Stress-free and Decluttered Life by Gwyneth Snow

Now I am not too sure I will totally embrace the concept, but there are definite areas in my life that I will be using some of the ideas in this book. I am about half way through and she keeps stressing that baby steps are what is necessary so as not to fall back on a life of consumerism. It is definitely baby steps happening here at this time. I am starting with the decluttering and working towards the organized. 

Part of my decluttering is using up what I already have. I spent good, hard earned cash and just will not give it all away. Especially if it can be used by me to make something to help others or give as gifts. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Tuesday Tidbits and Stuff

 

How to describe today? Just plain miserable I guess, at least weather wise. 

I woke up to freezing rain and the news that most of the highways around my city in southeast Saskatchewan were closed. In fact I am not even sure they are open as of yet. Still others a bit further north and west travel is not recommended at all. 

Now the wind has picked up, the temperature has fallen and the city is seeing blowing snow over top of the ice. A few intrepid drivers are out on the city streets, but me, I am glad to be home and not have to worry about others. 

We do have to worry about a power outage though as probably many of the powerlines are covered with ice and the wind could cause them to become broken or downed, and considering the wind and road conditions Sask Power will not be sending crews out to fix them. 

I have gone over the candle situation, and pulled some extra quilts onto one of the beds for easily locating. I will also ask Harvey to bring up the camp stove and a cylinder of fuel, just in case. Though I am hoping to get supper made before anything happens. 

I had ordered some sewing items that I am unable to find here from Amazon which were supposed to come today. I opened my drapes this morning and noticed someone had been in the driveway. Here my parcel was sitting on the steps and had gotten pretty wet. Good thing most items were also in plastic wrap. The only thing that got wet was the box my wax tailor pencils came in.

The box is pretty much dry now so I will be putting the pencils back in. I can never find tracing paper for the markings on my patterns so the sheets will come in handy. The other package is going to be used to help me with keeping seams and curves straight when I sew. 

I took another day off from baking as I am still blowing my nose an awful lot and thought I would concentrate on getting projects completed so I have something to show all of you on Saturday. Still need to figure out a way to put the lights around the windows, and make a wreath. 

A new book was started last night. This one on minimalism. So far it is very interesting. I am hoping to learn a bit more on this pathway of living.

Off to get supper started and once that is done I will stop in and visit all of you.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

 

Menu Monday

There is a storm heading our way. It should be here overnight or early tomorrow. Snow, rain, and wind almost what could be considered our first blizzard of the winter. I am glad it is happening now, rather than the week of Christmas (but who knows what will happen in a couple of weeks). 

Lots of food in the house so no worries there. I have the ability to make some meals without power if the rain freezes onto the wires and the wind whips them around causing power outages. It may mean changing the menu but I will do that if it becomes necessary. 

Monday

Macaroni and leftover meat sauce from the fridge freezer. I have leftover salad to eat with it and will make butterscotch pudding for dessert.

Tuesday

Leftover chicken from the fridge freezer made into a casserole probably with rice and some frozen broccoli.

Wednesday

Small sausage casserole served with a salad.

Thursday

Soup and sandwiches.

Friday

Fish fillets, frozen peas, and mashed potatoes. Probably leftover salad.

Saturday

Leftover small sausage casserole. Lots of veggies in this so if I don't make a salad we will still get our share of veggies in.

Sunday

Pork roast, roast potatoes, and roasted carrots.

Still lots of leftovers that need to be cleared out of the fridge freezer so I will be concentrating on removing more bits and bobs to make meals.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Sunday Ramblings

We got snow today, in fact at one point it was coming down fairly heavy. The next few days are going to be snowy if the weather pundits are correct.

I had trouble sleeping last night, might have managed 3 or so hours so hopefully tonight I will be able to get some rest. I don't dare sleep during the day, as I have learnt from experience that makes sleep at night very difficult if not impossible sometimes.

I managed to get most of the tasks done today, even one that I did not get done yesterday. I might actually get an extra task from tomorrow completed after supper.

I have been lax in using some of my kitchen appliances so today I pulled out the toaster oven to make the Christmas squares, and will use it again to make our supper. After all two Chicken Parma do not take up much room in the oven. I am still considering a hotplate type appliance so that I do not have to use the stove as often either. We shall see, perhaps a Christmas present to myself. 

It was the Second Sunday of Advent today, so the second candle in the wreath was lit.

The waiting for Christmas is half over. This week we concentrate on the peace Christ will bring to each of us and the world. Something desperately needed now.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Saturday Roundup

 

My week has been spent cleaning, trying to get Christmas treats made (this last has fallen by the wayside the last couple of days), decorating, and setting up the budget for the next year. 

With the economically inclined folks saying prices will be rising next year on groceries, I am trying to plan for those increases. Loads of fun.

I have also been working on those projects that I started at the end of last month and hopefully I will get those done by the end of next week. I really want to get some of the new projects started and finished. Mind you one of the goals for this month was to get the house decorated, plan Christmas Eve dinner, plan Christmas Day dinner, and bake those Christmas goodies. All of which are well underway or actually finished (in the case of the dinners). 

I am so looking forward to actually perhaps managing to get all the projects (plus a few I have added, but not written down) done this month. 

The tree we put in the back alley has disappeared. Harvey hopes the family a couple of doors to the west of us managed to snag it. They have three children and I know money is tight for them. Keeping my fingers crossed that is what happened. 

Once again no pictures happening as nothing has really been completed. Most of my baking has been pictured on my blog in previous years. Simplifying has meant that really nothing new has been done in that area. 

Kris sent me a text today asking if I had heard anything about my sewing machine. I told him I planned on phoning either Monday or Tuesday to see if there is an update on the repair. I certainly hope that I will get it back by the time Kris comes home for the holiday.

I am enjoying the time leading up to the holiday this year, life is finally slowing down and allowing me the time to take in all that this season of Advent means. I manage a study in the mornings while having a coffee, and I get to enjoy the lights and the joy of working on those things I really like to do. I have seen people that I have not seen in many years and enjoyed a conversation with them, even if it means my shopping time is a bit extended. 

Life is moving in exactly the way it is supposed to as I age, and that is absolutely wonderful.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Friday Simplicity

 As I move towards a simpler life, or at least what can be achieved in this modern age for a simpler life, I can feel peace descending a bit deeper into my soul. 

By using what we have decluttering is occurring. It might be at a snails pace, but we are definitely downsizing. Today Harvey took the older tree and placed it in the back alley for anyone that wants it. We could have sold it, but there could be someone who really needs a tree that can't afford to purchase one. 

My pencil tree does not hold many decorations so those that are leftover will be used in another area to make the house look festive. We don't decorate the outside of the house so I will be looking at ways to dress up the inside for the holidays, that will really surprise Kurt and Kris when they come home. Simple does not mean bare of decor, it just means everything is loved that is used. 

We have a whole tote of lights (unless Harvey moved them outside as well) which I am thinking of hanging around the windows in the living room. I had lots of ribbon which I cut and plan on making a ribbon garland with to hang between the kitchen and the dining room. The ribbon is all cut and I will be finishing that tomorrow and hanging it up. 

Life is meant to be enjoyed and not a constant rush. We are slowly working our way towards just that. It is not meant to be spendy either, simple decor using what you have, making do, and using things differently can be a wonderful way to extend the life of what you have. 

The beginning of the the decorating other than the tree has begun.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Thrifty and Frugal Thursday

Thrifty and Frugal

I am feeling much better today, but I know that if the weather fluctuates as much tomorrow as it has been, well the back ache will come once again. 

We are also supposed to get some heavier snow through tonight and into tomorrow. Good thing Harvey shoveled the back deck off and did a bit of snow blowing as well.

So what frugal things have I been up to this week.

The usual watching how much water we are using, drying clothes on lines downstairs when possible, using up all food by either eating them for lunches, having another supper from them, or freezing things before they spoil. 

I did the grocery shopping this week (probably another reason the back was angry) and got what I could on sale and managed to pick up a few items to put in the hall pantry. 

Used decorations from other years to decorate my tree. We are going to sell the other one online and see if we can make a bit of cash. 

Fixed the hem on one of Harvey's t-shirts.

Making sure lights are off in rooms not in use.

Plans made to use up various craft supplies in the sewing/craft room so as not to have to purchase more before items are under control in that room.

Old towels have been taken downstairs to Harvey's work room so he can get rid of the old threadbare ones he has been using for years.

Baking bread and treats for Christmas. 

Making candy instead of purchasing for Christmas treats as well.

I hope you all have had a thrifty and frugal week as well.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Midweek

 Not much to say today, moving slowly towards a more simple life and I feel that this is a perfect moment to say this.

I am going to try and visit you all this evening, but right now with the wide temperature swings my back is hurting, and I have developed a major headache. 

I hope to feel much better tomorrow.

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Tuesday Tidbits and Stuff

 It was a beautiful day to get out and shop early, the temperature was just at the freezing mark and there was no wind. Well at least that was what it was like when I first went out.

By the time I was done the wind had picked up, and the temperature was dropping. It still isn't as cold as the previous days, but the giant swing made my back a bit achy, and by the time I finished shopping and put things away I was in a great deal of pain.

I will share the pictures of my shopping with you all. I had to divide things up so as to fit all into the pictures.

First up the shopping from Walmart. Some new towels, some gloves for Harvey and a shirt for myself.

I have started to pick up a few items for Christmas as well. The cat food is for our Grandcat Eiko. I will probably pick up a few more in two weeks along with more kitty litter.

I am slowly replacing our towel sets in the bathroom. Just doing one set at a time. The old ones will be heading to the rag bag after cutting up and finishing the edges. 

I also bought a few more forks as for some odd reasons those seem to be in short supply lately. 

There are some small decorations as well, but I put those on the tree almost immediately.

Then it was off to the Co-op for the main grocery shopping.

A few stock up items, but not as many as I had hoped. Prices once again have risen. My whole wheat bread flour has gone up $6.00 in about 2 months. Pretty soon it will be less expensive to purchase bread than make my own.

The fresh produce like lettuce was put in the fridge immediately so no picture of that. Once again there are a few purchases for the Christmas season when Kurt and Kris are home. 

I ordered some sewing things that I can not get here from Amazon and they should be arriving tomorrow and the next day. 

This should be all the spending for this week, unless something surprising happens.

I did not get all the list done today, so I added them to the list tomorrow. Staying home for the next while waiting for the results of my scan or at least a phone call setting up an appointment to go over them, and also waiting on a call about my sister, and the results of her surgery on the 4th. This will save on fuel for the vehicle, and I won't be spending any cash which is always great.

Off to get the ham casserole put together and the table set.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Menu Monday

 

A new month has arrived and it has brought with it very cold weather. Time to have tummy warming meals a bit more often, even if I am trying to use up the many packages and containers of leftovers in the fridge freezer and the chest freezer. 

Monday

Meatloaf, mashed potatoes, and corn. I might rip up what remains of the salad and have just a salad made of lettuce and sweet peppers.

Tuesday

Leftover Ham made into a casserole along with what is left of the lettuce mixture and carrots.

Wednesday

Leftover meatloaf, fried leftover mashed potatoes with onion, and peas.

Thursday

Leftover ham casserole, and a salad.

Friday

Scrambled eggs on toast. Perhaps some hash brown patties if I can find a good sale.

Saturday

Soup and sandwiches. Probably the Mexican soup that I have a few containers of. Sandwich wise, not too sure as of yet.

Sunday

Chicken Parma, mashed turnip/rutabaga, and a salad.

This should help clear out the freezer just a bit more. Trying to make room for any leftovers once the boys are home for Christmas.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.