Sunday I was in full
on project mode working on those stairs.
I made a lot of progress, although I had hoped to be further along than
I was. I put in a full day and then
cleaned up, showered and got busy with my daily chores and fixing supper. We were blessed with a much cooler day too,
which made it even more wonderful. I was
able to have the doors and windows open all day.
Wednesday I came
home from work, changed into my grubbies and spent a couple hours working on
our stairway project. The girls helped
too and I was able to finish the trim, sand the drywall repairs and get a
couple of the treads permanently attached. Once again I had hoped to make more progress
than what I did, but that's me.
Last week's bounty from the garden |
During the week I
did some meal planning and came up with ten weeks of meals using pretty much
items I already have on hand in the pantry and freezer. I also planned for some meal prepping
sessions to help give me a little boost as our weeks ahead get busier. Then I checked out the new grocery ads and
made myself a list of what I wanted to buy for the week.
Thursday evening the
youngest and I went to the feed store to pick up supplies for our new family
member (post coming about that this Thursday) and I grabbed a 50# bag of
scratch grains for the hens that was on sale for $10.99 since our bin is
getting a bit low. I plan to buy two
more bags of layer pellets this fall to get us through the winter and we'll be
good on feed until spring.
Fred Meyer haul |
Saturday morning the
oldest and I headed out early to pick up groceries at Fred Meyer and pick up a
few items at Home Depot. I took an
entrance I usually never take to cut through the Ross parking lot and as I was
heading through I saw what looked like a folded dollar bill in the middle of
the lot. I stopped and had my daughter
jump out and get it. Turns out it wasn't
a dollar, but rather four twenties folded up.
Holy cow! I just found $80! It was too early for the businesses around
there to be open and who knows how long it had sat there, likely overnight I
suppose. What a nice windfall for us,
especially with as much money spent last week with school registration. I was feeling very, very blessed. I've never found money like that before.
We did our grocery
shopping and picked up the things I needed from Home Depot then headed
home. I put the groceries away and then
it was time to work on the stairs again.
They are almost done! Yay!
Homemade pepperoni pizza |
I cleaned out the
refrigerator and we fed lots of extra produce and stale bread to the chickens
along with our regular every day kitchen scraps. I have a tendency to overbuy produce,
especially when it is on markdown, which really benefits our hens and adds
variety to their diet.
I cleaned up around
the house and put a lot of cardboard into our recycle bin and glass into our
collection container. I rounded up a
bunch of empty paint and spray paint cans to take to the mobile hazmat
collection center next time they are in the neighborhood. I also have an old TV to take to them as
well. Once all of the home improvement
projects are completed for the year I'll be loading up the truck and taking all
that stuff over to there.
Working on the stairs again |
I consolidated a
handful of deck screws that were rattling around in a box to our can of
miscellaneous screws. Then I threw the
box in the recycle bin making more space in the fastener tote without that box
in there.
We set out the final
load of demolition trash at the curb.
This week we were able to fit it all in our own trash bin without using
our neighbor's. We are still incredibly
grateful to her for allowing us to stick our stuff in her bins. As a thank you the girls and I plan to clean
up her front yard and get some weeds pulled this weekend.
That pretty much
sums up our week. How was your thrifty
week?
Wow, eighty bucks is a great find! I'd be super excited about that, too!!!
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of a mobile hazmat center! Our area usually has a collection of things like paint and batteries to be recycled around Earth Day. I follow a number of local organizations that announce these things, and I always look forward to them.
Glad you had a great week! :)
I couldn't believe it when I found that money. Such a blessing. Have a fabulous week ahead Stephanie.
DeleteDid you get a pig?!? (sorry, couldn't resist.)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the money find! Good for you! I know you won't just blow it on things...
Daughter #2 bought a group of geology and rock i.d. books via Ebay, because one of the books was the one she wanted, at a better price than if she'd bought it separately. She opened it, started to leaf through it...and found SIX twenties layered throughout the book! Apparently the Ebay seller had purchased the group to resell -- and never checked. (No, she didn't tell them. She'd bought the books fair and square.)
Needless to say, she more than paid for the group with that discovery.
How did you know?! Did you peek over the fence? LOL
DeleteWowza! That would be an awesome find. I bet she was so excited. I wouldn't have told them either.