tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post7023512399993135010..comments2024-03-09T02:21:59.660-08:00Comments on HOPE AND THRIFT: FEBRUARYJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-28241208477894358002016-05-11T03:02:35.554-07:002016-05-11T03:02:35.554-07:00yes u are right now a days the used cloth really g...yes u are right now a days the used cloth really good for collect lots of cloths and look good every day<br /> <a href="http://wholesaleusedclothings.com/" rel="nofollow">supplier used clothing</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12227126920025090793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-62287885744582993582016-02-13T09:34:11.868-08:002016-02-13T09:34:11.868-08:00Great post, the chicken courdon bleu casserole sou...Great post, the chicken courdon bleu casserole sounds delicious, as do the rest of your meals. I spend way too much on groceries, but have really started to get back on budget by making a meal plan and sticking to it, which has cut my budget down quite a bit. Your posts always inspire me to be more conscious of my spending, which is definitely something I really need to tackle this year. April's Homemakinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839044050318217592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-45853993555825309562016-02-12T06:16:23.720-08:002016-02-12T06:16:23.720-08:00Hi Leslie! Apple Praline bread? That does sound...Hi Leslie! Apple Praline bread? That does sound good! I'm grateful for the bountiful apple harvest this year, but to tell the truth, I'll be glad when the apples are finally used up. I'd like to bake something that doesn't include apples for a change!<br /><br />I used to be the same way about buying clothes. My husband had to force me to buy them. I wore whatever he bought me for Christmas and birthday presents. Once you become a parent, personal needs sort of fall by the wayside, which is how it should be, in spite of all the new-age philosophy that tell us that we need to put ourselves first. Time enough for that once the children are gone.<br /><br />Hope you will have a lovely weekend. Very cold here, but inside it's nice and cozy.<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-83257574918679852192016-02-11T19:22:35.664-08:002016-02-11T19:22:35.664-08:00We had purchased apples in bulk at a good price. ...We had purchased apples in bulk at a good price. They were getting shriveled so I sliced them and dried them. There were a few pieces too soft to slice, so I made up a batch of Praline apple bread. I think I got a new marriage proposal out of that one! Wow, so glad I stretched those apples instead of throwing the scraps to the chickens!<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your insights! Can't help but want to shout a healthy Amen. Envious of your thrift store haul. I'm due for a wardrobe update. It's so easy for me to shop for my family and forget myself. No violins please, I just forget to buy clothes for myself as I don't enjoy trying things on. I seem to do better letting friends give me their cast-offs and thrift shopping for my children.<br />Lovely little mittens!<br />Blessings,<br />LeslieLeslie McKinleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082544707682903607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-50165223567574367792016-02-10T09:05:14.645-08:002016-02-10T09:05:14.645-08:00Hi Toni! I think something is up with Blogger bec...Hi Toni! I think something is up with Blogger because I normally have more Russian readers than I have American ones and this week I haven't had a single one. <br /><br />I love Friendly Village because it is one of the few patterns that has winter scenes. <br /><br />Guess one of the advantages of living up here in the sticks is that we can get some great deals at thrift and garage sales. I've never seen anyone wearing such things, so I wonder where they get them? Most of the women up here either wear yoga pants or jeans. Oh well, they're loss is my gain!<br /><br />I'm finishing up the pine bark tincture today. Has a lovely clean piney scent. <br /><br />Hope you're feeling better. Sometimes you just have to get some relief! Almost every tooth in my mouth has been crowned or capped. My teeth are as soft as chalk! I always laugh that my teeth will live long after I'm gone.<br /><br />Well, just sit back and relax. After a visit to the dentist, you've earned it.<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-562442868224441202016-02-10T07:39:40.824-08:002016-02-10T07:39:40.824-08:00Love your blog, Jane. My reader has done me in by...Love your blog, Jane. My reader has done me in by marking your post as read when I had done no such thing. I just happened to remember that you post on Sunday evenings and wondered if you had for this week, and lo, you had. Naughty Feedly. I may have to use another reader. Anyways....<br /><br />Your Maple Chips sound delicious, and they look so inviting in your gorgeous cup and saucer! That is a lovely, come-home-to-peacefulness set of dishes. :)<br /><br />What lovely fabrics, I love, love those neutrals. And how I'd love to run across some nice skirts at a great price. It just doesn't happen where I live.<br /><br />Love the mittens, and I can't wait to hear about your pine bark tincture. I had a crown done this week, and it's a bit of a pain so I caved and took Ibuprofen. Naughty me.<br /><br />Have a wonderful week!<br />Toni<br /><br />magnoliasnteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517995125207145961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-23769165361201189752016-02-08T18:27:40.062-08:002016-02-08T18:27:40.062-08:00Hi Vickie! Did you get your insurance figured out...Hi Vickie! Did you get your insurance figured out? I have car insurance coming up next month. Kching! <br /><br />The mittens are for the Girl Scouts mitten tree. I try to knit a pair a month. I post them so I'll be shamed into knitting them if I start to slack off. So far it's working, one of my friends reminded me that she hadn't seen this month's mitts. Is it snowing your way?<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-75202828422610928832016-02-08T18:23:31.439-08:002016-02-08T18:23:31.439-08:00You're welcome Kathy. I understand about bein...You're welcome Kathy. I understand about being in a rut. Basically this week, I looked in the pantry and tried to use up some of my older canned goods. <br />JJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-39173101267660239482016-02-08T17:41:16.181-08:002016-02-08T17:41:16.181-08:00Thanks for posting your menu...you really do an am...Thanks for posting your menu...you really do an amazing job with your grocery shopping. I have been in such a rut lately, and I can't think of anything that I want to cook so I appreciate your sharing your recipes with us. Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710629007170091862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-5862223606295188762016-02-08T15:50:01.689-08:002016-02-08T15:50:01.689-08:00Jane,
So glad you knitted the gloves -you may nee...Jane, <br />So glad you knitted the gloves -you may need them with all that snow that has been forecasted! $150.00 for a month sounds like a great budget for food for a month. Sometimes we need to spend a little more like that to eat healthy. Stay warm during the snow. Vickie Vickie @Vickie's Kitchen and Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03402367232977896594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-57872111020640673082016-02-08T12:10:17.789-08:002016-02-08T12:10:17.789-08:00Hi Jen! First thanks for the tip about extending ...Hi Jen! First thanks for the tip about extending the life of my printer cartridges! We just got back from the store and ended up buying a new printer because it was $15 less than the cartridges. Just doesn't make sense!<br /><br />Fresh fruits and vegetables are expensive that's for sure. Especially in the winter. I haven't priced it, but is frozen spinach cheaper than fresh? We've been eating a lot of Brussels sprouts recently because they've been having a sales on those. My son taught me to place them in a pan cut side down with water 1/3 the way up their sides. Add just a dab of butter and simmer them until the water evaporates and they begin to caramelize on the bottom. Delicious. The little bit of butter wicks up them and makes them taste rich. Cabbage is great too, it has always been one of the least expensive of vegetables from time began.<br /><br />Everyone in my family has type2 diabetes, so I'm always looking for ways to avoid it. So far so good. Two things I do everyday is to start the day with a nice bowl of oatmeal sprinkled liberally with cinnamon (stabilizes sugar) and the other is to eat 2 Brazil nuts a day. Well, the another thing is to walk three miles every day. That helps with arthritis too.<br /><br />We all have to have our little indulgences such as your strip steak! Mine is that I love to make thrift hauls. I think fashion is so much fun. No crime in having fun, if you can afford it. Like you, the trade off is dining out. <br /><br />Thank you for the kind words and the tip! <br />HUgs<br />Jane Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-30352909148781177282016-02-08T10:48:57.559-08:002016-02-08T10:48:57.559-08:00If you aren't printing that much (like a month...If you aren't printing that much (like a month or more between prints) try taking out the ink cartridges and wiping where the ink comes out with a cotton ball/q-tip with rubbing alcohol on it let dry a moment and place back in the printer. Where it comes out can get a little dry/dried out and that tells your printer you are out of ink. The alcohol removes dried ink to allow new ink to flow through. This has saved a lot of printers with family and friends. BitsofMoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03430780257759398577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-14921556093264487722016-02-08T10:41:37.245-08:002016-02-08T10:41:37.245-08:00I never would have figured one could make their ow...I never would have figured one could make their own chips! I love learning these new things. <br />So true on on saving for wealth. Although, that every other month strip steak my husband makes and we share is sooo worth that money. Although, we rarely eat out now - so maybe that is our thrifty trade off! You managed to put into words what I try to explain to my friends/family. I am going to copy and paste that - so I can read it verbatim and not get such confused/pity looks - ha!<br />I noticed our grocery budget for the Mister & I has gone up - mostly because we were told by our physicians to increase or veggie/fruit intake. We never ate poorly - but due to pre existing diabetes threats and gastric issues - and it has been so helpful. One way I am trying to stretch is to buy cabbage and use that as my main salad green. Cabbage, carrots and apples are pretty cheap here right now in PA. I mix it up with various dressings - sometimes a light topping of chopped walnuts. <br />Thank you for you weekly posts - makes "serenity now" an honest thing.<br />Have a blessed week - JenBitsofMoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03430780257759398577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-57093777953145946752016-02-08T09:37:25.590-08:002016-02-08T09:37:25.590-08:00Thinking of ways to use lemon chips now. Ha! You ...Thinking of ways to use lemon chips now. Ha! You did a great job on refashioning that dress!Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-13859224006769541592016-02-08T09:33:41.574-08:002016-02-08T09:33:41.574-08:00Visiting back from Dewey's Treehouse! Wow, you...Visiting back from Dewey's Treehouse! Wow, you have some great ideas here. The Bulk Barn here sells lemon chips at Easter, but I don't think I've seen maple chips either.Mama Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941211100125966917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-80996110960105212582016-02-08T07:53:06.111-08:002016-02-08T07:53:06.111-08:00Ha...true. No white Christmas, so forget it mother...Ha...true. No white Christmas, so forget it mother nature! AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-27012461702842697882016-02-08T07:46:51.525-08:002016-02-08T07:46:51.525-08:00We hardly use ours too, Andrea. And every time we...We hardly use ours too, Andrea. And every time we do, it's out of ink. Hope that blizzard misses you. We;re supposed to get 8 inches of snow today, but it's a beautiful sunny day, so I'm hoping they are wrong. Since we didn't have a white Christmas, I'm willing to skip winter completely.Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-72766676929895292842016-02-08T07:43:11.489-08:002016-02-08T07:43:11.489-08:00Hi Sharon! It always seems it's either Monda...Hi Sharon! It always seems it's either Monday or Friday here. I don't know where the rest of the week goes.<br /><br />Our printer always messes up when we want to print our taxes. Guess it doesn't like taxes too.<br /><br />I love to sew and in my earlier days used to do a lot of it, but a person simply cannot sew as cheaply as the thrift stores. Just the thread and the zipper costs as much as a thrift store skirt. Our local store sells skirts for $2. I have several nice woolen ones from Orvis that I bought there, but this year it has been too warm to wear them. <br /><br />Hope you will have spring soon!<br />Hugs<br />Jane Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-22911339115967178902016-02-08T06:35:51.969-08:002016-02-08T06:35:51.969-08:00Hi! I hear Massachusetts is getting a blizzard. ...Hi! I hear Massachusetts is getting a blizzard. Now we are getting 3-6 inches instead of 1-3. Might stop me from traveling to church for Ash Wednesday. We are on our 3rd printer. We don't even use it much. This newer one (and i buy the cheapest) sometimes won't print. I don't know why...sometimes if I unplug everything that helps. I feel like putting a hammer to new technology..ha..Hugs back, Andrea Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-15941950369545271652016-02-08T06:21:35.865-08:002016-02-08T06:21:35.865-08:00I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that...I'm glad I'm not the only one to feel that somehow we rushed into February headlong. I was surprised to find I hadn't done a blog post in nearly two weeks.<br />What is it with printers? I've had a number of them and they all seem to have unpredictable spells of balking--usually when I'm in a hurry to print and be done with it. <br />I'm envious of your skirt bonanza! I used to make all of mine--tailored, lined wool for winter--now I rely on charity shop finds.Morning's Minionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01912356455981434029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-16772205544823790462016-02-08T06:01:27.034-08:002016-02-08T06:01:27.034-08:00Hi Kathy! Glad you liked the latkes! Sounds like...Hi Kathy! Glad you liked the latkes! Sounds like with that ginormous vet bill you'll eating lots of them this month. But what are you going to do with a beloved pet? <br /><br />During the summer I spend even less a month, some months nothing at all. The majority of our grocery bill comes from fresh vegetables. That's why I like to stock up in the winter on things like flour and oil and take advantage of meat sales, so come summer I won't have to set foot in the grocery store. <br />The less times you shop the less money you spend.<br /><br />I think there's a place around here that refills cartridges. But in all honesty, I was just looking for an excuse to replace this printer. Ha! I never liked it. Just goes to show you that all this technology that was meant to save us time, sure seems to waste mine. Have a great week too! <br /><br />HUgs <br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-2994756403080046052016-02-08T05:41:32.181-08:002016-02-08T05:41:32.181-08:00Hi Andrea! It's supposed to get colder here ...Hi Andrea! It's supposed to get colder here too. Seems just about the time you start thinking you have winter licked, it really turns cold. <br /><br />Taxes and technology are very frustrating. It's always good to put it behind you. Can't figure out why the printer wouldn't print, it was working just fine last week without the magenta cartridge. Ah! The good old days of mimeograph machines!<br /><br />Have a great week!<br />Hugs<br />Jane Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-46760734017114216422016-02-08T05:37:16.928-08:002016-02-08T05:37:16.928-08:00Sounds like an awesome week! Your meals sound del...Sounds like an awesome week! Your meals sound delicious, and apple cake is one of my favorite desserts. I made an apple crisp last night to use up some wrinkly apples. Oh I made your latkes last week for brinner, and they were so good. Thank you! I had to double check that I was reading it right...$150 for groceries for a month! Wow!! I spend over $100 week for my family of 4, and I thought I was doing pretty good. ;)<br />I love your dishes; they are so pretty!<br />Great deals on the skirts and fabric. Good idea to consider how long you have to work to pay for something. Unfortunately we had a $3000 vet bill for our cat who had a blockage/obstruction requiring surgery. He is doing well, and I'm glad that we have an emergency fund, but still that was a big expense...<br />Sorry about the printer problems. My dh refills our cartridges, messy but cheaper.<br />Hope you have a great week. Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710629007170091862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-76280527385996803022016-02-08T05:35:55.738-08:002016-02-08T05:35:55.738-08:00Hi Becky! I think you'd enjoy canning meat. ...Hi Becky! I think you'd enjoy canning meat. It really is so easy and rewarding. I can pulled together a meal in around half an hour that way. <br /><br />My favorite salad dressing is to melt my homemade pepper jelly with a splash of cider vinegar. It makes a sort of wilted salad. <br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-69287673133724361842016-02-07T15:58:15.871-08:002016-02-07T15:58:15.871-08:00Hi Jane! My that cake looks so good....! I was h...Hi Jane! My that cake looks so good....! I was hoping we'd have an early spring but we have more snow in the forecast and then bitter cold after. Just in case, I bought lettuce and spinach seeds....so I am ready. Sorry about your printer. Very frustrating, I know. I think our modern technology is handy when it works, but stressful when it doesn't. <br />My 90 year old neighbor had that Friendly Village set and boy did she take good care of it and was so proud of it!<br />It is pretty!<br />I agree that thinking of spending money in terms of how long you have to work for it is a good idea! Your meal planning looks delicious and nutritious! <br /><br />We rob our children of joy when we give them too much and nothing is special anymore. Moderation does bring more joy like you noted. And those mittens are pretty...I like the color! Andrea<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com