A Few of My Most Favorite Purchases - January/February

I thought I'd share another of my posts for favorite purchases. I honestly thought I'd bought a great deal more over the last two months but my credit card history and my Amazon orders list tell me differently.  Here are the few items I think are worth mentioning for the past two months:

Marcelle Micellar Water

Coffee Chat: In Between

Hello dears.  Come in and let us have a chat.  Have some coffee.  It's certainly a little brisk outdoors and coffee would be good.  Not cold as my more northern neighbors judge it,  but our weather is cold for us, despite the sunshine.  It's that brisk wind that is the undoing of the sun's warmth.

But just look out the window at how high the weeds have grown and how they are dancing in that wind!   John did say on Monday that it was getting time to mow.  I just hate to even think on it because of his time at home on his two days off, that means that 1/4 of his day off will be spent mowing if it continues to rain regularly through the coming warm months.  Last year he had to cut lawn twice a week.  One neighbor was mowing this morning when I stepped out to feed the dogs and I can hear a mower humming somewhere near even now.  Yes, it's the season for it in our area.

The Week Ahead: Prudence

 

“As we have been continuously counseled for more than 60 years, let us have some food set aside that would sustain us for a time in case of need. But let us not panic nor go to extremes. Let us be prudent in every respect.”
Gordon B. Hinckley

I found the above quote on Frugal Measures blog for last week.  It's the last part of the little blurb that really hit me had "But let us not panic nor go to extremes.  Let us be prudent in every respect."  There are times when I worry about what I'm not doing with my pantry/freezer storage, and there are times when I feel very much that I am okay where I am, that much more would feel like hoarding, something which I very much do not want to do.  I want to be able to reasonably use my food storage to carry us over tight spots and rough patches, or to carry a family member over such spots, but I confess that in watching those extreme couponing shows I shy away hard at the number of items people with small families stockpile.

The Week Behind: Marching On

Saturday:  A very easy day at home.  It was cooler than it was on Friday and we sort of shivered a bit, but we did not turn the heat a bit higher.  It wasn't deeply cold indoors (nor out) and we found a jacket or throw over our legs soon warmed us nicely.  I am too well aware of that extra on the electric bill to want to turn up heat and besides, just yesterday the AC ran off and on from morning to evening and likely will run at some point next week as well.  This is the in-between season for us.

March-ing Orders

Well here we are with a new month nearly upon us and I am determined to make good use of the month ahead.  Naturally in the South we think we can plan ahead and start to plant our gardens or do loads of outdoor work.  Maybe we can do some of the latter but even that is iffy.  April is a  more prime month of weather for planting, and painting too.  There's entirely too great a chance of cold, wet or pollen in the forecast to do much of anything.  So any outdoor plans for this month all begin with IF, rather than I will...

The Week Ahead: The End of February

Last week was a pretty  good work week.   I managed every job on my list except digging out the corner flower bed.  It rained every single day except Friday and on Friday I hit the peak of how bad I felt.

I made every meal on my menu but the Tuna Casserole was pre-made and pushed  for Saturday dinner yesterday.    All in all, it was a great week, despite not feeling good.

The Week Behind: Before and After

This so closely resembles the weather we've had since Sunday that I felt it just had to be the lead image!

 Saturday:   I took breakfast casserole out of the freezer to thaw last night.  I reheated in a moderate oven.  It was as tasty as the first time I served it.

We ate lunch at the other household and had cookies for birthday cake.  It was a late lunch so a light supper here at home.