Thrifty and Frugal
It is another week of thrifty and frugal living here on the old homestead. Taking care of using everything we have to the best of my/our ability. Trying to leave a smaller carbon footprint on the earth and give back to the land by cutting down on waste, fuel, and chemicals where possible.
1. Hanging clothes on the lines downstairs to dry. Washing full loads of clothes to save on water usage.
2. Repaired a hem on my pants, and fixed a seam on one of Harvey's shirts.
3. Using up lotions and potions that have been collected over the years.
4. Put $0.55 in the change jars.
5. Walked for free exercise every day.
6. Made Vegetable stock from the scraps collected.
7. Made all our desserts this week from scratch using and using up things in the pantry and fridge.
8. Harvey planted more grass seed and some clover. The seed was from last year and he bought the clover this year. We just want a green front yard and clover just might allow that to happen.
9. Baked bread.
10. Continuing the decluttering process.
11. Cut out some patterns to sew for the summer. Remnants used and the bits and bobs put away to use in other sewing projects.
12. Used up a ball of black yarn, a ball of grey yarn, and a ball of red yarn making the first scarf.
13. Saved the water while it was warming to water the plants this week.
14. Saved the small plastic containers that the cherry tomatoes came in to use to plant on seedlings.
Life is good.
Everybody have a wonderful evening.
God bless.
sounds like a good week!
ReplyDeleteThe way you saved the warming water for your plants and turned veggie scraps into stock shows such a thoughtful, rhythmic way of living. It is a testament to the fact that "thrifty" isn't just about saving money; it is about respecting the resources we have. Seeing those leftover balls of yarn become a scarf and the tomato containers become seedling starters makes the whole homestead feel like a complete, circular ecosystem.
ReplyDeleteI love the focus on finishing those "lotions and potions" too—it is such a simple way to declutter while being mindful of waste. It sounds like a productive and peaceful week on the homestead.
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ReplyDeleteSounds like a very good week, Jackie. I too use up lotion and other bottles like hair conditioner. I try to use one up before opening a new one.
ReplyDeleteI'm always impressed with your thrifting and frugal ways.
ReplyDeleteIt's a fine calm day here so I'll be hanging the washing outside on the clothesline. Mind you its Autum and the clothesline loses the sunshine earlier these days, but then I just bring everything inside and hang them on the line in the garage to finish off. Works for me.
ReplyDeleteDear Jackie, you mentioned walking for free exercise. Not sure if you meant as opposed to going to a gym. I hate gyms so my exercise is always walking in nature , but I have also seen people doing Tai Chi here in Montreal parks...alone. I would think this would be another free exercise that I would enjoy, but thus far have never tried it.
ReplyDeleteI will check out some YouTube videos on this because this would be great to do both indoors and outdoors.
I really do miss having an outdoor clothesline but the extra rod over our bathtub serves the same purpose, even though the laundry doesn't end up smelling like the outdoors.
ReplyDeleteI've finally succeeded (mostly) in convincing the RC that he should save the 'bits' from veggies and either make stock or blend them together into what we call 'Kitchen Sink Soup'. For us it often comes down to having freezer space available to store the bits until there's enough to re-use.
As always, well done on your frugal week. I saved some water from my shower, as our water butts are empty and we haven't had rain for weeks.
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