Sunday
I had the unexpected pleasure of my oldest daughter coming over to have brunch
with me. I told her I wanted to cut a
few inches off the length of my hair and she got super excited and offered to
do it for me. She did a fantastic job
too! I am so pleased with my new haircut.
My oldest daughter took these 3 peace lilies home with her and re-homed them
After
she left I got outdoors for some fresh air and sunshine and was able to finish
up burning the final remnants of last fall's pruning project. I am very happy to finally have that all done
and over with.
This pile is GONE! |
Monday
I had the day off from work, the end of my four day weekend, so my youngest and
I decided to run some errands. I needed
to drop off a package at the post office and pick up a few things on sale at
Fred Meyer and she needed to go to the bank and drop off books at the
library. It rained almost the entire day
so we got our errands done, came home and ate a good lunch (buffalo chicken
wings on markdown at the deli) and then we watched the first DVD of Lord Of The Rings trilogy from our home
movie collection.
Wednesday
I met one of my girlfriends after work for a beer. That is something I haven't done in quite a
while. Definitely pre-COVID. It felt good to get out and do something
completely "normal" for a change.
I
had a Saturday project which was to go through and purge, re-home and declutter
our games (including video games) and puzzles.
I divided up what we wanted to keep amongst the three of us girls and we
donated the rest. I am keeping very few
items myself - pinochle & playing cards, a cribbage board, Uno, Bananagrams, a small puzzle and a homemade Farkle & Yahtzee game as
well as the Sega Genesis. The girls have an even
split of their favorites and the Wii (up to them to figure out the split on
that 😉). I also started to go through some
DVDs that were mixed in amongst our games and plan to sell a set of Ninja
Turtle movies on eBay.
I
cleaned up some bins and lids I had stored in the garage that were a bit dusty
so I can reorganize the games I am keeping into one small bin. I am feeling pretty good about this little
bit of progress I made.
I wasn't sad to see all of this old paperwork go
Another
bit part of my day was spent pulling out more old paperwork I no longer need and
getting it all shredded. I poured myself
a glass of wine and sat on the floor in front of the shredder and had myself a
little party. I am very happy to have all of that out of the house now. Those do projects have got me energized to
keep on going.
THINGS
WE ATE LAST WEEK: Spanish rice casserole, pork chops & steamed asparagus, blueberry
waffles & sausage, chicken wings, pizza grilledcheese.
THINGS I CLEANED IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS:
Laundry Room & Half Bathroom - Scrubbed sink & toilet, cleaned mirrors vacuumed floors. Daily swish & swipe.
Kitchen & Dining Room - Vacuumed & spot mopped floors, scrubbed & bleached sink. Daily swish & swipe.
Bedrooms & Main Bathroom - Vacuumed & dusted, cleaned bathroom mirror, scrubbed toilet. Daily swish & swipe.
Other
- three large loads of laundry. Vacuumed &
dusted living room, hallway & both entryways, cleaned mirror.
THINGS
I DID TO SAVE A SMALL BUNDLE OF $$: I let
my oldest daughter give me a haircut. I
washed out a gallon sized Ziploc bag so I can reuse it. I made some foaming hand soap solution and refilled two of our dispensers. We ate up all our leftovers and kept our food
waste to a minimum. We gave the chickens
our kitchen scraps.
THINGS
I DID TO EARN EXTRA $$: I listed four
more items for sale on eBay. I sold a vintage reproduction cookbook from
my Etsy shop. Yay! I have loads of vintage cookbooks up for sale
right now. I just love them.
Another simple, yet
productive week is in the books. How was
your thrifty week?
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