Monday Message

"Let us be in a position so we are able to not only feed ourselves through the home production and storage, but others as well." (President Ezra Taft Benson)

Well, this week found me out doing yard work for two days - hard, hard work! My body doesn't like it at all and tells me so in hard ways boo :(

I also took a hard fall to sidewalk just before that so my knee took the worst of it. It is a pretty dark plum/purple color but is starting to look better.

It is still very tender though and I hit my knee twice pulling weeds - owie!

My garden only has two things left - peppers on one end and watermelon on the other end. I pulled and cleared the rest. I haven't had a garden end so early.

I have things planted outside the garden but we will see??

I am still drying tomatoes and freezing some peppers.

I managed to just sew a small bit on the dresses.

With weaving, I keep at a section a day.

Not much else got done I am afraid.

I did ride to town with hubby, he needed some part and it was senior discount day at Salvation Army so I stopped in.

I found two bags of crochet thread. I got them both for less than it would have cost for two balls brand-new. There ended up being 24 unused balls so that was a thrifty find for sure.

Our weather finally cooled down. It has been nice to have windows open.

While going to the garden, I spied this morning glory growing. We have not planted any this year so it was a fun surprise.

That sums up my week of hard work, hard fall, putting up food, and a bit of thrift.

I just saw that the postal service is going to put up prices yet again. You might want to take that into consideration for Christmas gifts, it will cost a lot more.

Groceries they are still talking of prices really going higher. We need to keep working at putting in supplies.

Up here they are talking long winter - does that mean elsewhere long summer? Who knows but we should all be getting stuff ready.

https://moneybliss.org/thrifty-tips-tricks/ - here might be some thrifty ideas.

https://morningchores.com/frugal-living/ - more ideas.

https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/smart-moneysaving-creative-reuse-ideas-122566 - some clever ideas.

https://www.gracefullittlehoneybee.com/homemade-pumpkin-pie-spice/ - great site! I love this gal and I love being able to make my own mixes.

https://theeverydayfarmhouse.com/living-a-frugal-and-thrifty-life/ - interesting.

I like learning how other people manage, it helps us learn things we can use.

I have been watching this video about a gal who buys a house in Sweden. She only has a bike and does lots of hiking but she is redoing this little house. She never used a power tool till then and is some kind of designer? 

Anyway, she can do work from her home. She spent most of her savings buying this house and property. I went back and watched earlier because I watched the later ones and she does great things. She ends up making her furniture but she has a great designer mind. She doesn't just build couches, she puts beds in them for sliding out from the couches. Yes, she did two. It is very inspiring as she makes do. At some point, she orders a waffle iron - it is cute to see her joys. She puts in gardens and a greenhouse.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjQy5VrqdZo - if you want to watch. This one starts as she gets the cabin.

You can start at beginning, there are 111 videos at this time. She sews her clothes, she looks at clothes then designs to fit her body. It is all inspirational.

Missy says keep pushing on - she knows you can do it and so do I!

Tippy Longstockings says finally fall weather is here. She is finding joy in it and reminds us to find joy around us wherever we are.