Monday, Back to the grind and money saving Madness.

     Lil sis tells me that mom sleeps until noon when she stays with her.  Well mom gets up at about 9 or 10 here. As soon as she hears me moving and believe me I try to be quiet.  She had a bad night last night, so I slept with her.  She had a bad stomach and thought she would be sick.  Lots of moaning and groaning and rolling.  It was so fun.  She finally settled down and slept.  I started to blog and she comes in and sits in her chair and orders breakfast.  Cottage cheese and home canned peaches, two muffins warmed with butter, a lass of juice with a straw.  I am now a cafe.  So I got her medicine in a little dish and all her order and now maybe I can get a few moments to myself. Ha!

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I wanted a large basket, this is what I found. The squash in no way fit but I have not given up.

                                                                        Left over squash.

All of the plants I split and finally transplanted.  I have several violets to give away as gifts.

                                                                             Potatoes and my clog

 More spuds!











  I want to pick up the spuds today as it has stopped raining, but I have so many other things to do.  Like finish the closets.  Arghhhh!!!!!

     Monday money saving madness:

1. Shared meals with hubs on vacation to save money.  Restaurant portions are way too large.
2. Stayed at hotels with a breakfast and made sure to take a couple of pieces of fruit for later
3. Only ate out once a day but even that was really too expensive.
4.Did a lot of walking for site seeing it is free.
5. Purchased Christmas gifts at different places we went.
6. Insisted on cooking a home made meal at Sis-in-laws.  Saved $80.00 between us.
7.  Pulled a stuffed shells from freezer for Sunday dinner.
8. pulled a batch of bean soup for another meal this week.
9. Made 6 batches of muffins with milk gone bad and froze them for later.
10. Made a nice apple salad from old apples found in crisper and wilted celery.
11. Pulled all of our squash from garden
12. Helped Lil sis remove very large batting from a bedspread and then make it into a duvet type cover.  Saved the batting and it will make 4 baby quilts.
13. Mended torn pants for one of Lil sis's indigents, blessing others.  Lil sis was tired of seeing his bottom.  Good visual right?
14.Repurposed a hem from a dress.  It was too cute to discard so I added it to the bottom of a shirt I bought and will gift it to youngest daughter.  Can't show picture as she reads the blog.
15. Picked up a shoe rack for .99 at goodwill for summer shoes in storage.
16. downsized many items from wardrobe to make life easier.
17. Cooked meals from scratch once I got home.
18.Pulled a bucket of peppers, tomatoes, and small squash for salads.  We will need to use these soon.


     What did you do this week to save money?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.

Kim