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Ripley Victory Garden 2023-Week 2

Week 2 was spent reading, planning, and planting seeds indoors. Garden stuff done this week: I started plum tomatoes, regular tomatoes, purple and green basil, purple and green sprouting broccoli, purple and orange cauliflower, jalapenos, Lunchbox peppers, bell peppers and eggplant. I used the black bottomed/clear lidded takeout containers I had on hand. They wereContinue reading “Ripley Victory Garden 2023-Week 2”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #10

I got quite a bit stitched since last update. Here is where I left off last time And here is where I am now. I have just a few stitches left on the last leaf to do and there is one more rose bud above it to stitch and the whole bottom will be complete!Continue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #10”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 11 of 52

Week 11 was all over the place in the meal department. Sunday we had a chuck roast with squash and veggies, Monday was my birthday! I didn’t want anything for my birthday but my husband did convince me to at least go out for dinner so we did do that Monday after work. Tuesday wasContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 11 of 52”

Ripley Victory Garden 2023-Week 1

As I have gotten older I have found that planning my garden and trying to figure out which varieties to grow is almost as exhausting as doing the actually planting and maintaining. There are just so many choices now, which is fantastic, but it can be very overwhelming. Also gone are the days of seedsContinue reading “Ripley Victory Garden 2023-Week 1”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 10 of 52

Happy week 10! We ate a lot of turkey sandwiches this week for lunch after last week’s 23 lb turkey! Groceries were very minimal and I only spent $72.30. I was only going to pick up a 1 lb package of ground beef to make meatballs but Caledonia was offering 80/20 big packs for $3.99/lbContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 10 of 52”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 9 of 52

Week 9 groceries were pretty significant for us. I always say buy only what’s on your list when you shop, but last week I made an unexpected purchase. A 23 lb Butterball turkey jumped right into my cart! Yes it was the last frozen turkey from the Thanksgiving season and it was only 99 cents/lb.Continue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 9 of 52”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose

Unfortunately I didn’t get one stitch done in the last 3 week on Joyce’s Rose. Vacation in FL and work and life distracted me so there you have it. I will be going now to check the progress of my other stitchy friends in this group who no doubt got more stitched than I did.Continue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 6-8 of 52

In week 6 I tried not to buy much of anything in the category of groceries. I used what we had in the pantry and freezers and came up with some pretty great meals for us. Total spent in week 6- $34.39 I had a lot of ground beef in the freezer so tacos andContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 6-8 of 52”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #9

After finally feeling better, I got a lot more stitched on the last leaf on the bottom half of this project Here is where I left off last time I posted: And here is where I am now: This stitch-a-long is made up of many talented stitchers from all over the globe and we areContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #9”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 5 of 52

I bought a lot of groceries in week five but also got some really great deals! The store had a sale on split chicken breasts and fresh chicken wings for $1.49/lb! Have you seen the price of chicken wings lately in a restaurant?? Each package of wings had 8 full wings in it so that’sContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 5 of 52”