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Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 1 of 52

Happy New Year! I am committed to shopping and planning mindfully again in 2024. I kind of lost steam about halfway through 2023 when I thought I was missing out on buying more fun things to cook with. Turns out I can still get those fun things, I just need to plan better for them.Continue reading “Grocery Shopping and Meal Planning 2024 Week 1 of 52”

June-December Cakes

Here are some of the cakes and goodies I have worked on in the last six months! I had a whopping 10 graduations this season! Only a few were cakes. The 3 layered stacked cake was one of those graduations. Fun right? I’ll update again at the end of May. -MM

Not Impressed With Our Debt December 2023

I can’t believe the last time I wrote a post for this series it was January. An entire year has gone by and we are more in credit card debt than we ever have been before. It is frustrating beyond words. You have no idea how many times I wanted to post “Hey, I give up!”Continue reading “Not Impressed With Our Debt December 2023”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #21

I made huge progress the last three weeks and I am very excited to show you what I got accomplished! Here is where I left off last update: And here is where I am now. Most of my stitches were concentrated on the top bud but I also finished the top two leaves and workedContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #21”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #20

Still not a lot stitched in the last three weeks, but here’s my progress Here is where I left off last update: And here is where I am now. Most of my stitches were concentrated on the top two leaves but there is close to 15 different colors in those small leaves which makes progressContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #20”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #19

I have been bad at stitching the last three weeks. There was just so much going on that I left it to the last few days to stitch. I did get 200 stitches in, though, so here is how Joyce’s Rose is looking as of today. Here is where I left off last update: AndContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #19”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #18

Happy Sunday! I feel I made great progress the last 3 weeks despite being so busy with work and baking. Here is where I left off last update: And here is where I am now. There is still another rose bud to start in the upper right corner but that will be the only otherContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #18”

What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Summer Months

It’s been a hot minute since I posted on what we have spent on groceries each week. I got a little burned out keeping track of my weekly purchases and had some health issues this summer that slowed me down. On average, I have been spending around $70 each week on groceries this summer. IContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Summer Months”

SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #17

Happy Sunday! I managed to stitch a few hundred more stitches over the past 3 weeks, so not too shabby. Garden/canning responsibilities have been taking most of my time right now. Here is where I left off last update: And here is where I am now. I know it looks like I am near aContinue reading “SAL-Project Joyce’s Rose #17”

Freezing Stuffed Peppers – From Plant to Freezer

Each year I happily and thankfully harvest an abundance of produce from our victory garden and coming up with ways not to waste any of that goodness is always a fun challenge for me. We love stuffed peppers but let’s face it they are a lot of work and take some time to cook. IContinue reading “Freezing Stuffed Peppers – From Plant to Freezer”