Monday Message

"Our Heavenly Father created this beautiful earth, with all its abundance, for our benefit and use. His purpose is to provide for our needs as we walk in faith and obedience. He has lovingly commanded us to ‘prepare every needful thing’ (see D&C 109:8) so that, should adversity come, we may care for ourselves and our neighbors, and support bishops as they care for others." (All is Safely Gathered In pamphlet)

Though things are continually getting harder and scary, we need to keep finding joy and calm and never not be our kind selves. The world needs more kindness than ever before.

This has been a hard week. It took two days to get the garden in and do I ever hurt from doing so. I feel it important to say that I HATE gardening grrrr! But I did it, showing we can do hard things!

I hope you are finding time to put some seeds in the ground.

I wish I could like it but I am an inside gal.

This is one thing I do to help offset the higher costs.

I feel we need to hang onto our clothing, one thing to help with that is to repair them...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HOCPtcy85I

https://repairwhatyouwear.com/core-mending-skills/

What is nice now-a-days is visible mending https://blog.patra.com/2023/01/13/mending-darning-clothing/

https://www.tiktok.com/channel/visible-mending?lang=en

I think being able to mend our clothes is a really high on the list of skills to learn.

Next would be learning to sew...

https://spindleandspoonhomestead.com/2024/08/28/how-to-make-a-basic-sewing-kit/

https://spindleandspoonhomestead.com/2025/03/06/my-top-21-sewing-tips-for-beginners/

I am reminded of the orange and sewing kit story...

https://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2016/07/monday-message_18.html - this sticks in my mind. I feel we should have the basics such as sewing needles and thread and scissors as well as sewing machine needles for your sewing machine. It never hurts being prepared I say! With uncertain times, we find ourselves in, we can't go wrong.

I think learning to sew is a great skill with that skill you can take used clothes and remake them to fit another...

https://frugalmeasures.blogspot.com/2015/04/monday-message_13.html - in this blog I tell about my grandma doing just that.

https://www.youtube.com/@RoseryApparel - this gal does fantastic things with used sheets, making dresses of them after thrifting the sheets. She helps you learn to sew along the way.

We may never have it as hard as my grandma did but "what if" always hangs about doesn't it?

Again, look around at what you have and ask how can I use it, maybe even in a different way. Look outside the box. Working hard is something we can do. 

Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.

As uncertainty is here for everyone. We all need to look for ways we can manage with what we have. So hang on to things for now... bumpy times ahead.

Use this time to go to yard sales and thrift stores. Trade with friends. School clothes will soon need to be gotten. Then will be Christmas gifting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SniHDzfljs&t=1s - this gal shows how she thrifted outfits for work, very good ideas for you. Check your thrift stores to see if they have bag days.

Keep working on your skills and be kind to others. Be helpful because hard times are here.

Missy says keep moving forward, learn how to make things last.

Tippy Longstockings says keep a prayer in your heart.