Week 14 was much better than last week! Meals wise we started off the week with ham and scalloped potatoes and asparagus for Sunday’s meal, Monday, I was by myself so I ate a salad with a side of couscous and sweet potatoes, Tuesday was ham with sweet potatoes and asparagus (can you see aContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 14 of 52”
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What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 13 of 52
Week 13 was a very tough week for us. Multiple evening meetings for both Scott and I, bakery orders, work, and two hour choir practices. Then on Thursday we drove down to Ithaca (two hours from us) for a new car and on the way found out Scott’s mom was taken to the ER withContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 13 of 52”
What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 12 of 52
Week 12 I spent $46.25 on groceries at the store and $31.98 on Amazon for a 24 pk case of white tuna. That’s a total of $78.23 Here is what I bought at the store: No deals here! I bought 9 items and it cost me $46! Eeeks! They were all expensive items pretty muchContinue reading “What We Ate and How Much We Spent on Groceries – Week 12 of 52”
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”
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