"A cardinal principle of the gospel is to prepare for the day of scarcity. Work, industry, frugality are part of the royal order of life." (Bishop Keith B. McMullin)
I always think of the story of the fat cows and the lean cows in the scriptures and how many years they had a famine but Joseph warned and helped to store up ahead… I sure hope we will not have a famine for seven years in our time but how many of us thought Covid-19 would not last this long? I know I sure didn't. It looks to be going on quite a while yet.
I would point out that we all must try to be as frugal as we can be during these times.
Don't waste anything. Learn to be frugal, use your searching skills to find more ways to be frugal and how to stretch what income you have. Turn to the first depression to see how they managed. What skills did they have to have? What skills do we need to have to get through our times?
They are saying don't spend a lot of time in a grocery store now. I saw something on the news that showed a lot of people NOT wearing masks…if we all don't do better than that it will prolong this and the virus will continue to grow and mutate.
I made four more masks for us last night.
Winter will soon give way to spring and people will want to be getting out again. We just have to do the right things to be safe and to keep others safe.
I am ready for winter to end. This picture is of the big storm we got, the snowfall was over a foot! I am not a fan of that much snow.
From this booklet I made from one batch of bread, rolls, and these hotdog buns. (Get the recipes HERE).
I continue to try and build skills right along with you.
I am trying to better my skill of tatting, to do this I have some shuttles wound and in this basket to learn different patterns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiVwzga-nyY - this will show someone tatting. My mother-in-law first taught me to tat but not till I saw it on the internet did i fully understand how to tat. So I wanted to show this to let you know you can learn how to do things, just look for free classes they are out there.
https://www.prudentpennypincher.com/super-cheap-recipes/ - this has lots of recipes from different sites.
https://www.themoneyprinciple.co.uk/52-practical-frugal-living-tips/ - there are helpful tips here.
Gus and Missy say please stay safe!
That's a lot of snow! One of our sons moved from up in your area back to the south two weeks ago and surprise they have 6 inches of snow this morning. Our three year old grandson was thrilled. Mom and Dad not so much.
ReplyDeletethat is too bad they really are having it hard in the south my heart goes out to them they are not set up for that and veg will take a hit it will kill of plant life pipes will burst etc i one time long before covid i went to the grocery store and standing waiting for his grandma was a small boy he was so excited about the snow and i said you don't shovel do you/ i ran into grandma and told her she said nope he doesn't she was like me we don't like shoveling...
DeleteI would buy a copy of that booklet. Do you know where I could get one?
ReplyDeleteMaria the whole copy is right there on the blog every page every recipe and believe me it is the best ever. Follow the link below the booklet and it takes you to the blog post that has every page. My friend Liza let us put it on the blog..i use a tsp of vital wheat gluten per one cup of flour equals bread flour.
Deletehttp://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2019/08/monday-message.html is link keep scrolling as there are pics and you think that is the end keep going till you really hit the end enjoy
DeleteWOW BECKY,SI QUE TIENES NIEVE,ES IMPRESIONANTE. HE ESCUCHADO LAS NOTICIAS DE TU PAISRESPECTO AL CLIMA, QUE ESTAN TENIENDO TORMENTAS CON FRIO POLAR, DEBE HACER MUCHO FRIO, AQUIAL CONTRARIO, CALOR MAS HUMEDAD, HORRIBLE. BENDICIONES DESDE ARGENTINA.
ReplyDeleteyes it was a lot of snow that was two weeks ago we still have it on the ground yes the polar vortex was bad we got 21 degrees below zero at night very cold but in the south they got it very bad they are not use to it and one day is one thing but many is very hard they are bursting water pipes and are not set up for the cold it is pretty bad. in the summer we get very humid too we have lots of cornfields so lots of humidity. my heart goes out to them not having power is sooo hard as we had first hand at that this last summer with derecho.
DeleteThis weather is so crazy! In Houston we have been 4r days in sub freezing temps. Many without power for days, and some like us have had intermittent power for a few hours at a time after 34 hours of no power. It got down to 49 inside my house. Some lost water as well. I've never seen anything like it. So many with busted pipes. Our infrastructure was not prepared for this. Luckily, I had everything I needed, and have a gas stove as well, so was able to heat water and cook. I had inherited an oil lamp and also found another one in a thrift store a few years ago, and bought lamp oil, figuring I would need them one day. Well, I was so happy to have those as they put out good light, and even a little heat as well. This storm and the mess that followed is a perfect test of preparedness for sure! One more day of freezing temps and a hard freeze tonight and we will be warming up. I have power for now and am grateful for even a couple hours to warm the house up :)
ReplyDeleteOnce it was evident this was going on so long that pipes would burst because no one is set for deep winter weather down there we lived in San antonio while my husband was in tech school. This was a very bad vortex I am still very miserable with it because of the fibromyalgia we got down to -22 actual temp. You did very good having prepared. I sure hope this is not something that will happen every year I hope also to never have a derecho again too.
DeleteI'll try commenting as "anon" as google won't let me comment. Your kitties are precious and I'm so glad they have a warm, cozy home. The breads you made looks delish. Thanks for the recipe...
ReplyDeleteYour snow looks beautiful but that's because it's far away :)
Take good care~
Mary in San Diego
Thank you and yes the bread is wonderful....i would gladly send you some snow I am wanting spring now.
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