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Last week was crazy busy for the final week of October. Much of what I had hoped to accomplish
wasn’t. But that is how it goes
sometimes. Nonetheless it was somewhat
productive and quite enjoyable.
After making Sunday breakfast I saved some rendered bacon fat and
added it to our jar in the refrigerator.
While my oldest daughter attended a workshop at the university on
Tuesday night the youngest and I headed over to the library to turn in some
books that were due and check out new ones.
The library is nearby so it was a great way to combine errands. We read our books while we waited to pick her
up.
At parent teacher night at my oldest daughter's school I found out
that our city bus company offers free bus passes to students who participated
in extra-curricular activities. They are
good for the entire school year. Since
my daughter participates in extra extra-curricular activities she more than
qualifies. I signed her up and she had
it the very next day, just in time to use it for a thing she had on
Friday. Whoo hooo!
Thursday I took the girls to dinner at a favorite restaurant near
our home to celebrate their excellent report cards. I love to do this for them. We happened to go on a night when kids eat
free so my youngest's meal was covered.
The oldest and I ate from their value menu and then we all had
dessert. With tip and everything our dinner
was just a little over $18!
There was no school on Friday so my oldest went to the university
for a tour as well as to participate in some classes they offered to high
school students for money management and how to navigate college preparation as
well as to learn what to expect out of college life. They fed the students lunch and dinner as
well as provided transportation from their school to the campus and back. They also gave her a terrific binder to organize
all of her college prep materials. She
used her new city bus pass to get herself to the school that morning. She had a great time and learned a lot. They held a raffle and she won a pair of
tickets to a musical this week and she invited me to go with her. We have a date!
Friday evening we unwound by pulling some old Disney DVDs from our
hall closet and watching them.
On Saturday I had a very ripe apple to use up before it turned bad
so the oldest and I chopped it up and made a batch of apple fritters. We rolled the fritters in a little cinnamon
and sugar. It made for a delicious
breakfast and we had plenty left over for the next day.
For Halloween we spent the evening munching on snacks and watching
Buffy The Vampire Halloween episodes. We
finished up the night with Dracula Untold.
We did not get one single trick-or-treater, which is pretty typical. I didn't even buy candy this year. If someone had shown up I would have given
them quarters.
Our chickens are slowing down to their winter schedule and only
blessed us with a dozen eggs. We are now
adding two hours of daylight with a bulb in the coop to see if this helps them
with production. Twelve eggs is still
better than nothing.
The youngest and I picked all the green tomatoes and a big bowl of
peppers in anticipation of frost that never came. Our garden is still going. It rained enough this week that we didn't
have to water anything except the pots on our front porch.
With the rain it got cool enough that we used our fireplace a few
times during the week.
I took an online survey to add 50 bonus points to my Fred Meyer
rewards card.
I sold a dozen eggs to our next door neighbor.
I gave our kitchen scraps to the chickens as well as some tomatoes
from the garden. I composted coffee
grounds, tea bags, banana peels and egg shells.
I did not do any grocery shopping.
How thrifty were you last week?
