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Clearing Out the Smoke, Rain and Other Blessings!
I'm currently sitting out on my back screened in porch listening to the rain come down while soft piano jazz music is playing in the background. The rain is so welcomed as it scrubs the heavy smoke...
View ArticleFrugal Friday Wrap Up 9/8/23
Yes, it has been a few weeks since my last post. We had family here and it was delightful! I will be doing a separate post on that once I get some more of the pictures that were taken of the...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up and Thrift Store Finds 9/15/23
Here it is the end of another week! The garden keeps on giving us tomatoes, squash, beans and blackberries. Sometimes it is more than I can handle. The Summer apples are winding down and the...
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Finally Letting It All Go
For the past two weeks, I have been feeling a bit down. At first I thought it was just from being really exhausted after going nonstop when Josh and family, along with my cousin Jeremy were here...
View ArticleFrugal Friday Wrap Up 9/22/2023
This is a week late, but I thought I would post it anyway. This past week has been a busy one for me and I have not been good about documenting things. So here is what I did the previous week to...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 10/6/23
In the spirit of full transparency, this post is a conglomeration of what I can remember for the past 2 weeks. As per usual for me lately, I have not been good about noting things down each...
View ArticleFrugal Friday Wrap Up 10/13/2023
~Jeff got a $2 an hour cost of living raise at work. Yay!~Jeff's bosses brought in a cooler full of various cuts of pork for the employees to take home. Jeff got pork spare ribs and more bacon. His...
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Asking for Prayer
My sweet friends, I am coming to you asking for prayer. The Middle East is mess right now and is just getting worse. The atrocities done to the Jewish people in Israel is horrific. Hamas is pure...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 10/20/23
This week has seemed to both drag on and yet, at the same time whizzed by. How that is possible, I do not know, but it just is. It is Saturday as I am wrapping this post up and I am finally fully...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 10/27/23
Well the killing frost hit and our temperatures plummeted into the high teens here at night according to my outside thermometer. Our outdoor cat Ginny still prefers being outside so are doing...
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Crawling Out of my Cave to Say "HI"
Homemade broccoli, potato and cheese soup, along with a nice glass of wine, sure hits the spot on a cold and wet evening. The potatoes are some that we grew in our garden, the broccoli was marked way...
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A Somewhat Frugal Friday Wrap Up 11/17/23
I'm finally sitting down to a nice cup of apple/cranberry tea served in one of my recently thrifted mug and tiny dish in which to place my tea bag. I love being greeted by the picture of Peyton...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 12/01/23
Yes, I am still here. All I can say is that life happened. I got overwhelmed and needed to draw into myself for a bit and recover once more. I've been keeping myself very busy when not resting....
View ArticleFrugal Friday Wrap Up 12/8/23
Saturday:~I slept in until almost 10 a.m. after having a rough few days with very little sleep. Jeff, on the other hand, got up very early with Midgy cat, who could not understand that it was a...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 12/15/23
Hello again! I cannot believe that I am actually posting this on Friday. Christmas miracles do happen indeed! 😉 It has been a really good week with only one glitch, my mother had her appendix...
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Happy Holidays and New Year's Goals
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and is about to have a very Happy New Year! We had a lovely Christmas Eve day brunch with Rachel's mother and the rest of our family. We did it potluck...
View ArticleIt has Finally Come to Fruition!
Come Celebrate with Us!!!! After years of dreaming and planning, buckling down and paying off debt, we have finally been able to do it. Jeff talked to his boss got the thumbs up...
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Polar Vortex, Frozen Pipes and Incoming Freezing Rain
My poor birdbath has been through the ringer. First we had a Polar Vortex that left the water in it frozen solid and then the snow came, lots of snow. Now we are expecting freezing rain, right in...
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Bike:1 Isaiah:0, Frugal Doings and Some Thoughts
Bradley and Isaiah were supposed to spend Tuesday night with us. A few hours before we were due to pick them up, Heather called to tell me she was on the way to the doctor with Isaiah who had a...
View ArticleValentine's Day
My Valentine's day was filled with a rather painful follow up medical screenings at the hospital, followed by wonderful news, and an emergency visit to see Dr. Ellis, followed by the removal of a...
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Lots Going On...
Well...Um...I know I say this a lot, but wow. We have had so much going on and my head is just swimming at this point. Sometimes I feel like I am just trying to tread water and keep my head...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 3/2/24
Hello all. I am trying to get this post actually up on the day that it should go up. I'll count this as a win thank you. There is so much going on in our lives right now and the stress of it all...
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Frugal Friday Wrap Up 3/8/24 and 3/15/24
Our oldest grandson Bradley, pictured above, is now 12! We are so very proud of our incredibly smart, creative, kind and yes, still sarcastic and quick witted young man. He does not like seeing...
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My Oh My!
I am beyond exhausted and just want to find a warm spot in the sun and take a nap! So much has happened over the past few weeks, and I have felt like I was in either "push it to the max" or...
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A Phone Call, A Family Reunion, and Remmie.
Life has been so busy and we thought it was starting to slow down, when we got the phone call. Jeff's aunt needed us and we dropped everything to go up and be with her. Arrangements were made to...
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