Hello to all and happy Sunday. Hope this finds all well and safe.
It is a cool morning here. My goodness, what a big old full moon we had glowing in a misty looking sky - it sure looked like fall/winter. This morning the sunrise was just glorious with all the pinks and oranges.
It looks to be a somewhat dreary week ahead - with many chances of rain and much cooler temps by the end of the week - even with talk of flurries!
We had rain and cloudy skies a lot of last week, with the sun finally showing itself yesterday afternoon.
I do not like these darker days and the shorter sunlight hours at all. It really plays with my mood and motivation! Counting down the days to the days getting a minute or two lighter each day!
My frugal week:
- Used my air fryer and crockpot this week
- Worked outside when I could - pulled out the remainder of the garden plants and did some other yard work
- I did find a few more small green tomatoes while pulling out plants - so brought them in (we still haven't had a freeze here) - they will probably be cut in half and fried!
- Still eating lots of tomatoes from the garden
- Had some old eggroll wraps in frig that needed to be used - so made up a fun meal. Used mini sweet peppers and stuffed with Mex. chicken (from freezer), cream cheese and then wrapped. Air fried and they sure were tasty.
- I used more of the Mex/ chicken for a meal and made a quesadilla for the freezer with it.
- Visits to sis - she is slowly moving. Finally walking a bit - but it is tough. She has finally resigned herself of probably not being home for Thanksgiving :( - but she is slowly improving.
- Stopped at Meijer this week when done with a sis visit. Hadn't been in ages. Won't make that mistake again. I couldn't believe how expensive that store has gotten on EVERYTHING (except turkey). I used to shop there a lot. I will stick to my Kroger and Aldi - shoot even WM is better than going there. I was pretty dumbstruck. My Menard's visit the week before was a much better experience.
- I ran to a Holiday Bazaar at my old high school yesterday. It was not huge - but it gave me some ideas and helped put me in the mood a little. Only bought a couple snacks for myself!
- Had my bathroom sink appear to be leaking. I took off the filter and boy was it clogged! I cleaned it really well and put back on. The 'leak' was just water trying to flow out and taking a minute! The stream is better too.
- Have been working on cleaning, recycling and decluttering a lot. Cleaning off /out different areas
- NO groceries this week
- Using what I have and cooking from home
- Used crockpot to make a very small beef roast and veggies
- Changed out the bed comforter to change up the look
Meals this past week:
Home fries, chicken strips and tomatoes
Mex. chicken tostadas
Stuffed pepper 'eggrolls' and salad
Homemade pizza
Cup of chili (freezer) and a small slice of pizza
Fried fish sandwich and tomatoes and cukes
Roast and potatoes and carrots
SNACKS - cut up tomatoes, cheese on crackers, fruit
Really a pretty quiet week. I just didn't have the oomph I needed to get a lot done - the dark days have played on me!!
How was your week? Did you do any holiday shopping/crafting? Are you gals in the US ready for Thanksgiving? Have you started decorating for Christmas? I will wait until after Thanksgiving to do what little I do.
Look forward to hearing from you all. A thank you to all this week for answering questions and helping others out. I love the sharing.
May you all have a super week ahead and please stay safe and healthy.
Blessings to you and yours from me at my humble little home.
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For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving; for then it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
1 Timothy 4:4-5
Dear Lord, again we send up thanks for all the blessings we each received this week. There are many unspoken prayers by those we know, and we ask that You lay healing hands upon bodies and hearts. Let us each be thankful for every wonderful little thing that happens in our lives. Amen
There are so many things to be thankful for in our days, both great and small. I'm grateful that our hot water heater is still working, despite all the crackling and groaning.
ReplyDeletePretty day...will go out and finally clean up the beds by the front porch. The Farmer will mow up the last of the leaves.
Quite a varied menu this past week and all if of it sounds yummy! We have a bit of chili left and will add some all beef sausages to it, ala chili dogs.
A lot of our grocery shopping is done at Costco. I watch for loss leaders at Meijer and Fresh Thyme also.
One of my Florida nephews and his wife are in town, and will visit us on Tuesday. Erin will come by before she has to be at work. This nephew reminds me of my brother, his dad.
Enjoy your day! I'm like you, counting the days until they become longer again.
I've done my big early prep for Thanksgiving: bought a bag of redskin potatoes to make mashed potatoes to take to DS's home for the dinner. Maybe I should check on the condition of my real butter - how did it fare in the long power outage? Surely it didn't go bad on me!? Butter is tough stuff, so I'll hope, but check before using.
ReplyDeleteSure am glad I didn't have hundreds of $$$$$$$$$$ locked up in freezer goods, that would have really spoiled my day/week/month. Learned that the hard way, years ago, when the freezer plug disconnected from the wall and nobody discovered it until everything was slush. :(
Love the Bible quote, love the prayer! Best wishes to your sis, Cheryl.
MaryB
Would you consider a post of your air fryer use? I do taters and that's it. I don't buy prepackaged foods and I haven't become creative with it but it was dang cheap so bought it to prevent deep-fried fries at meals out! Saves us a lot of calories.
ReplyDeleteI grabbed a few essentials at the store this week to fill pantry holes. CSA ended 10d ago and still there are 3 heads of leaf lettuce, a huge green cabbage, a huge bundle of kale in the fridge. So, the week ahead is big salads, a bucket of vinegar based cole-slaw and that kale will get cooked down today and frozen before it goes bad.
A beautiful Sunday morning here at 39F as opposed to yesterday's 29 with crispy white coating on everything.