Oops! Late start to the thread this week; it's been so nice here that we've been outside most of the day. Didn't get much work done with two grandsons and a grand-dog underfoot, but we've been having a lot of fun, so it's all good
Minimal prepping got done last week other than a few stops on the way to and from work in order to pick up more laundry soap, and my usual Saturday Dollar General run for sale items; last weeks runs were tp and laundry detergent based, with a few other things from the 'Need' list on the fridge added in to round out the amount I needed to spend to use my coupons. There was a gentleman ahead of me in the check-out line Saturday evening who bought the last 10 little bottles of hand sanitizer they had; they were completely out of the larger ones. I told him that there was a recipe on line, but that washing your hands also worked. They did still have plenty of tp though
I've not had much of a chance to look at the ads this week; not much I really need, so I just plan to cherry-pick the ads for items to add to stock. Mac and cheese is pretty much a standard when the boys are here; Hubby said he couldn't make any because we were out of cheese - umm, no; I showed him the full shelf and he accused me of moving it.... had to explain that he'd been using from the overflow area for the past few months - oops!
My cousins were down this weekend to take down deer stands and do a few other chores; asked if they could plant sunflowers in part of the two acres where my gardens are and I was happy to say yes! They are going to till my gardens for me as soon as the ground dries up enough, so that will help me out as well. I'm so blessed to have family that will give a hand! True, they do hunt our ground, but they have always been good to help out.
Well, looks like I need to finish up and post this; Hubby has a stack of boxes of home canned stuff that need to be carried down to the store room and is indicating he'd like some help - I'd better hurry so I can grab the boxes of pints and let him do the quarts; not sure I can safely go downstairs with the quarts as heavy as they are.
You folks all take care; have a safe and happy week!
Minimal prepping got done last week other than a few stops on the way to and from work in order to pick up more laundry soap, and my usual Saturday Dollar General run for sale items; last weeks runs were tp and laundry detergent based, with a few other things from the 'Need' list on the fridge added in to round out the amount I needed to spend to use my coupons. There was a gentleman ahead of me in the check-out line Saturday evening who bought the last 10 little bottles of hand sanitizer they had; they were completely out of the larger ones. I told him that there was a recipe on line, but that washing your hands also worked. They did still have plenty of tp though
I've not had much of a chance to look at the ads this week; not much I really need, so I just plan to cherry-pick the ads for items to add to stock. Mac and cheese is pretty much a standard when the boys are here; Hubby said he couldn't make any because we were out of cheese - umm, no; I showed him the full shelf and he accused me of moving it.... had to explain that he'd been using from the overflow area for the past few months - oops!
My cousins were down this weekend to take down deer stands and do a few other chores; asked if they could plant sunflowers in part of the two acres where my gardens are and I was happy to say yes! They are going to till my gardens for me as soon as the ground dries up enough, so that will help me out as well. I'm so blessed to have family that will give a hand! True, they do hunt our ground, but they have always been good to help out.
Well, looks like I need to finish up and post this; Hubby has a stack of boxes of home canned stuff that need to be carried down to the store room and is indicating he'd like some help - I'd better hurry so I can grab the boxes of pints and let him do the quarts; not sure I can safely go downstairs with the quarts as heavy as they are.
You folks all take care; have a safe and happy week!