Greetings, All. Three days to catch up on.
We are continuing to eat from the freezers. I have several quart bags of orange melon. Why, I wonder? So I took out a pint of that and a pint of blueberries. Should be a good dessert, after, the black bean “burgers” that were leftover. Tasty and healthy. The day before it was a bunch of leftovers in the Fridge.
Hubby went to the store for just a few items the other day; only a $36. bill. That consisted mostly of Tea (he does not know how much I have stashed), milk, fresh bananas, suet, and our weekly staples: snacking nuts, fig cookies, Sour Cream and Onion Chips, and Cheetos. (The chips and Cheetos are medicinal. LOL, to keep him from getting up every hour during the night to use the bathroom. The salt, with the high blood pressure meds he is on, is not a problem because the only commercially prepared foods that we purchase are bacon and sausages.)
Have you noticed how dull the flannel shirts for women are? I have had four wear out (sleeves) this past year. New ones? Browns. Bold plaids. Yuck. With temperatures again below zero, I decided to fix up one of my old ones. I had a purple and white plaid one with only one bad sleeve, but the body was a bit thin. I took the good part of a holey t-shirt and backed up the holey sleeve. Then I put the body of the t-shirt over both sleeves to make it double layered, and another old t-shirt lined the back. I made new cuffs, with elastic, plus a new collar from the body of a different flannel shirt – pink/purple. When I wear this retrofitted shirt, it will be over a short-sleeved t-shirt and under a sweatshirt. I will only see the pink/purple, and only worn around the house. This took two afternoons. That is fine; living on Social Security I have more time than money.
I went through part of my closet the other day and pulled out a bunch of clothes that had accumulated in a heap, fallen from the shelves, – to be washed. Most of which will be donated. I found a favorite sweater that just needed a hole sewn up. So I both rescued and will soon eliminate some clothes. Yay!
Little by little changes are made and stuff is eliminated or repurposed.
Stay warm!