"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)
I think as we go through this deepening trial we all are in all around the world, this will be more important than ever.
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No time to be laying on our backside, we must be anxiously engaged!
This week found me once again cutting volunteer trees and dragging them to the burn pile. Also, helping husband build a partial fence. The wood was given us by someone who took the fence down. So a frugal project.
We put posts on one day and today added the horizontal and the first vertical slats. Tomorrow, we will put second layer of vertical slats. We will do in the morning as we are going to heat up, after that we have some high nineties coming.
So with that in mind, yesterday I baked bread and made granola and made oatmeal raisin cookies. We will have those on hand when it is almost a hundred degrees - good grief!
I did manage to weave some...
I still haven't had time to finish my dresses or the dishcloth on the knitting machine.
We did go to Winter Quarters Temple near Omaha and did some work there. It is 150 miles away. I am really looking forward to the Des Moines temple, it will be pretty close to us. I did pack our lunches so that was frugal.
I find myself wishing for no outside work. The garden is almost done, I have cleared most of it. I did pick hot peppers. I pop off their little hats (aka stem part) and wash, then freeze them whole. When I need one, I pull one from the bag and chop it frozen. This helps with the hot oils you would normally get on your hands and rub in your eyes - ouchie!
Still working on the burn pile as I just added more to it.
I had gotten some heavy duty page protectors from the thrift store and I have a bunch of church magazines for children from when our church library got cleaned out. So I pulled fun activities like mazes and hidden pictures and coloring pages and the like and put them into these heavy page protectors and made five binders. They're for the kids to use who sit by us. You can use dry erase markers as well as crayons then just erase with a bit of cloth that goes with each binder. They were well received. These are like quiet books.
So that has been what I have been up to for this last week. What are you working on? Write in comments below!
Because I am concerned about our future right now, I am tossing in some more frugal sites.
https://adimesaved.com/thrifty-living
https://thesavvycouple.com/frugal-living/ - I like that they said let go of the idea that money brings happiness.
https://savvyinsomerset.com/frugal-living-tips/
https://frugallifeproject.com/frugal-living-with-kids/ - this has great ideas.
https://www.thejourneyathome.com/how-to-teach-our-kids-to-be-frugal/
And just around the corner is Christmas....
https://www.thefrugalfarmgirl.com/frugal-christmas-ideas/
https://moneysavingmom.com/ways-to-celebrate-christmas-on-a-budget/
I think it's good we start talking to our families now that Christmas will be tight with so many being laid off. Pick a fun night with what ideas I shared and as a family pick the ideas that you all would think would be fun.
Everything can be fun with the right enthusiasm. Don't approach it as if you were down in the dumps.
Remember, the candle in the forest and how the little girl's parents helped her have a fun Christmas? We can do the same. I am always inspired from others so please write ideas in the comment section below.
Missy says keep working on storage - watch those sales and plan frugal things.
Tippy Longstockings says plan now NOT to go into debt for Christmas. Find fun free things to do instead.
Keep doing the best you can!
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