Pioneer Woman at Heart
One Flourishing, Frugal and Fun Family!
One family learning to live off the land, cut back on expenses, and to live a simpler and a more self-sufficient lifestyle.
Adopted Motto
"Eat it up,
Wear it out,
Make it do,
Or go without."
~A Pioneer Sampler, by Barbara Greenwood~
Saturday, November 7, 2020
2020 Reading Challenge and other tidbits
Friday, November 6, 2020
What a year....
What's been going on here? Well, I realized when I was short of one box, I could go online and order them for free from the USPS. It's been shipped, but my books have not arrived.
Dirtiest election year ever. With so much uncertainty for our country, there could be the possibility of my husband losing his job (as well as many other Americans).
There is voter fraud. It's real. Friends of my best friend (of many many years who I email every single day) went to vote. The wife was told she could not vote, because she had already voted. She said "no I didn't vote." She had to verify that the ballot that was mailed in was not her signature.
Haven't started on the bathroom renovation. My husband has had no time and also no motivation. He's been working 10 hour days and more overtime is possible next week as well.
No word on the car. I think my husband has been too busy to even think about calling about it.
Chainsaw parts are delayed, but a friend is loaning us a chainsaw for now (husband just has to go pick it up).
I made headway on my daughter's cardigan while watching the news, but had to turn it off. I couldn't take anymore of it.
I started to put together a new crochet set to sell. Made a list of items people requested, and the first things that need restocked.
I've been mentally exhausted by dinner time, so I switched up the dinner last night and made a one dish baked casserole with asparagus in it. Forgot to take a photo.
Thursday, November 5, 2020
This and That
I totally forgot about the tomato stakes until I was loading wood to the porch. I hauled the cart out there, filled 'er up and put them away for the winter.
Wednesday, November 4, 2020
Barter and other randomness
I'm putting together my barter for my husband's cousin. She is the one who found me canning lids and had them shipped to my home. I bought a red plastic basket and found this cute "canning" decor. She'll get a jar of home canned tomato soup, home canned ketchup, and some other items I haven't yet decided on.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Teabag Tidbits
Did I ever mention, that years ago I wrote a free newsletter when I was homeschooling? I also belonged to a writer's club. Well, kids moved on, and we moved. Anyway, it was one page, front and back, titled "Teabag Tidbits."
I will have to dig one out, as I will be looking at my stories hopefully today. I had so much fun writing the newsletter. I would copy it and put it in libraries where they had a place to put them.
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Monday, November 2, 2020
Happy Homemaker Monday
I can't believe November is already here. I rolled in with a bang of cold weather.
Sunday, we were up super early due to the dogs on regular time and us on daylight savings. We could have used that extra our of sleep. My husband and I started back up on purging the garage. We got a lot done. There is much to do yet, but it is much better now.Rehomed the king box spring to our good friends, dog bed steps will go to humane society or Goodwill, sent photos of some wall lights to family to see if they could use them (new in boxes), threw stuff out until our bin was full (more to put in it after trash day). Some will be burned. Found tools we thought were lost, found a home for the horse feed bucket left behind by one daughter, found a brand new wheel for my garden cart, will be rehoming a child's rocker to our grand kids, toys my son left behind are going to my nephew...such a good feeling to get that much done in just half the day. We were done by 1pm, as far as we could. We'll resume another day.
We got snow about the time we delivered the box spring. The cold returned for the day, and the sky turned dark. I literally did dinner prep, put on jammies, and picked up the crochet hook. Hubby turned on football.
Today I'm joining Sandra at Diary of a Stay at Home Mom.
The weather outside is . . .
Woke up to 20 degrees, high of 47 today and low of 36 degrees. We are to be up in the 70's by the weekend.
How I am feeling this morning. . .
Actually I feel rested. Although the dogs got me up early yesterday, I went to bed early and got extra sleep.
On my mind. . .
Election day. It's causing a lot of anxiety. I think I will bake some cookies and deliver them to my Dad. I have not seen him since the beginning of the plan-demic. I will have to wait for someone to be off work to do that though.
On the breakfast plate . . .
Right now I am . .
Blanching organic spinach.
On today's to-do list . . .
-bake a breakfast for the next few days
-blanch/freeze spinach and chard
-make homemade garlic breadsticks
-sweep/mop kitchen
-wash bedding and any other laundry
-clean one shelf in my refrigerator
On the reading pile . . .
Stay tuned. Book has been ordered.
Football lately.
On the menu this week . . .
-homemade pizza with home canned sauce and veggies
-crockpot pork chops, mushroom sauce, green beans
-spaghetti with Kamut noodles, peas and homemade cheesy breadsticks
Steel cut oats with apples (breakfast)
Breakfast casserole
From the Camera . . .
New Christmas ornament! It's not small, but cute. I wanted to get at least one made, to see if they would be too big for a tree. I just need a hanger. I will be making more, after I finish some current projects.
Looking around the house . . .
We now have 2 Christmas trees up. On daughter put hers up in a corner in the living room (one she used in her apt.). It's cute, but I think the dogs will get to the ornaments. I guess we'll see. I'm not in a hurry to get ours up just yet.
New recipe I want to try, or one we really enjoyed . . .
I have oodles of new recipes to try. Stay tuned.
Something I want to share . . .
Sunday, November 1, 2020
Supplies are hard to find
Again, we have ideas for what to get done today, but planning anything is impossible these days. We need a trailer, that we already put a call in to borrow, to pick up the fencing for the dog fence. It's pretty heavy stuff, so that's on the "plate." Not sure if it will be delivered today or not.