Much to my daughters' delight I made homemade donuts from scratch
for Sunday breakfast.
I saved the rendered fat after cooking some bacon.
We washed the girl's comforters and hung them on the line to dry.
We harvested our first vegetables.
Beautiful radishes from our garden.
We sliced them thin for a salad and gave the tops to our chickens. The girls planted more radish, beet and green
onion seeds.
On "Tightwad Tuesday" I took my girls to the theater for
just $1 a ticket to see the newest Cinderella movie.
I burned my little stack of "shreddables" in our
backyard firepot. The cooled ashes will
be added to our compost bin. I composted
coffee grounds, tea bags, egg shells and the hard core from a head of
cauliflower.
I did not do any grocery shopping this week.
I bartered with an electrician for electrical parts and services in
exchange for two pair of eyeglass frames from the inventory I have in the
garage. He came over after I got home
from work and installed a new outdoor receptacle on the back of the house so I
can plug in a heat lamp and water feeder for our chickens next winter. It will also be handy for plugging in power
tools when we do projects back there. I
am thrilled to have it. Much more
convenient for us than running extension cords from the outlet at the front of
the house.
The girls used their new bus passes to go to the library and
checked out books, a DVD and a Harry Potter game to play on their Wii.
We watched the last episodes of Castle and The Goldbergs
on Hulu for free. I watched a
documentary about Prince John on YouTube for free.
Radishes from the garden |
I finished reading a Dean Koontz paperback novel I had bought last
year at the thrift store for 35¢ . I
took it over to my next door neighbor so she can read it now. I started reading another one of my thrift
store finds written by Mary Higgins Clark.
I started crocheting another scarf and headband set to give as a
gift. I am using up some of my yarns
leftover from other projects for my accent colors.
We went through all of the girls clothing, passed down those that fit
my youngest and filled up a black trash bag with the rest to be donated. Now I am ready to make a list of items needed
for school next fall.
This year I didn't need to print off the school calendar and
supply list for next year. My daughter's
teacher sent it home on the last day of school.
On Saturday we went through all of the supplies the girls had brought
home. After picking out what was
re-usable, which turned out to be most of it, I filled in with what we had in
the "School Supply" box I keep in the linen closet. Fortunately, I was able to cross off most of
what is on the list. We even sharpened
the pencils!
I put the girls backpacks into the wash, hung them to dry. I am so happy that they are still in really
good condition. Once they were dry I put
the supplies we have so far inside and hung them up in their closets. As we acquire the rest of the supplies we
still need we'll add them to the backpacks.
By the time school begins again we'll be ready.
My oldest removed the pages she had used in a spiral notebook and
gave me what was left so I can use it to make my infamous lists. I am very glad to have it.
How thrifty were you last week?
Oh my goodness, those donuts look amazing! Donuts are something I rarely buy as I have zero will power with them. I've never made my own.
ReplyDeleteI purchased a used couch in good shape for $75. Sectional with a recliner on one end and pull out sleeper on the other. I wouldn't normally buy a used couch from someone I didn't know, but my sister-in-law works with the lady and swore it was coming from a clean home and it was an amazing deal.
Fantastic deal on the couch. Good for you! :)
DeleteThose donuts do look yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteApplied for a position at work that has more hours and got it. YAY! I will finally be able to start knocking down debt incurred from my husband being on sick leave for almost 8 months last year. This position is more in line with what I went to school for 20 years ago(insane how fast time flies. I still feel 18 :)).
Congratulations Theresa. Whooo hooooo!
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