tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post8201186531194880242..comments2024-03-09T02:21:59.660-08:00Comments on HOPE AND THRIFT: NEW YEAR, NEW GOALSJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-46010036469297579552016-01-16T13:31:52.056-08:002016-01-16T13:31:52.056-08:00Happy New Year to you too, Debby! I hope you are ...Happy New Year to you too, Debby! I hope you are enjoying the first few weeks of the new year! That fire cider certainly sounds healthy. I'm busy canning this weekend. The winter is a nice time to do it, heats the house!<br /><br />Have a happy weekend!<br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-28556405577339761532016-01-16T01:20:57.742-08:002016-01-16T01:20:57.742-08:00Happy New Year Jane. I hope that 2016 brings you a...Happy New Year Jane. I hope that 2016 brings you and your family, happiness and health in your lovely homestead. I've just had a lovely long read, catching up with all your posts that I missed. So much to take in, enjoy and learn from. I've just been making up a batch of fire cider that also contains turmeric. I hadn't realised that turmeric, cardamom and galangal are all related. I've also got a big pot of lentil soup on the stove for lunch today. I'm determined to use up store cupboard ingredients before we go shopping. Thank you for sharing more free knitting pattern links. They'll be useful over the next few weeks.<br />Happy weekend,<br />debxdebby emadianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222092755385566586noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-35480822516021431312016-01-04T09:28:03.158-08:002016-01-04T09:28:03.158-08:00Hello J! AN added benefit of crafting is it reall...Hello J! AN added benefit of crafting is it really makes a home when you are surrounded by things made with your own two hands.<br /><br />My brother-in-law says he lost 20 pounds just by giving up peanuts! Those are the type of people you want to smack up along the side of their heads. Ha! For years my doctor said I'd lose weight if I wasn't so lazy. At the time I had 4 little ones and I was working so hard that some nights I couldn't even lift my legs to climb the stairs at night. It wasn't until twenty years later that a new younger doctor finally checked my thyroid and was shocked at how low it was. He said he had never seen anyone with such a low thyroid function. <br /><br />I make counting calories easy for myself by eating the same breakfast every day. Oatmeal with chia seeds 1 tsp. brown sugar and cinnamon. 220 calories. <br /><br />Best of luck on your new goals!<br />Hugs<br />Jane Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-68139584150175031642016-01-04T08:43:01.227-08:002016-01-04T08:43:01.227-08:00Thank you again for your posts. Just the things I ...Thank you again for your posts. Just the things I wanted/needed to know - We are similar - if I am not creating something for a few hours after work, I get antsy. Cross stitching, crocheting and sewing after dinner is made, dishes are cleaned is my dessert! When I can't do that - after a few days I am fully wound up!<br />Thank you too! I feel not alone knowing you and I can only have the same amount of calories and losing weight isn't easy as I am flooded with commercials and Facebook posts loaded with how easy it is to loose - just don't be lazy! (I am not!) <br />I am not really "connected" but after last nights lack of sleep - I am going to disconnect 90% of what I am have been trying to be a part of in 2015. I see much success that way! <br />Have a blessed week!<br />JBitsofMoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03430780257759398577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-72413962908963318112016-01-04T08:25:14.521-08:002016-01-04T08:25:14.521-08:00Hi Toni! Fortunately for me, no one around here k...Hi Toni! Fortunately for me, no one around here knows what Hermes is, so I always check the scarves. The Gucci one that I found for 50 cents went for $60 too. <br /><br />Aren't denim skirts the hardest things to find? Either they're super short or have a slit up the back that's almost indecent. I've heard of making a godet insert into the slit for privacy. I might have to do that. Looks easy enough.<br /><br />Well, your daughter will thank you later for making her learn to sew. I know I'm glad that I did. Except once it gets out that you know how, people are always coming to you to make repairs!<br /><br />Oh yes! Dress up is part of my creative outlet. I'm mindful though to dress in proper "normal" clothes when I go to the big city. Haven't gone full-on Tasha Tudor yet, but I admire her for being so bold!<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-54869364374997483562016-01-04T06:34:10.997-08:002016-01-04T06:34:10.997-08:00Happy New Year, Jane! I love the colors in your p...Happy New Year, Jane! I love the colors in your penny rug! <br /><br />I'm usually fairly thrifty minded so I love reading all the ways you save money. We do use a credit card for ordering online, but we have a limit on it, and we pay it off monthly so there is no monthly fee. The card company probably wishes we had never applied for it. ;)<br /><br />I am giggling over the stack of money that you got for the scarf. That is just super smart, and you deserve every penny. It's bad but a fact that the good stuff in one of our "chain" thrift stores gets picked over before it ever goes on the shelf. I was told by a very honest lady from our church, who worked there for a few months, that some of the veteran employees had first pick on donations. *sigh* She quit working there for that very reason. Sad. <br /><br />I'm looking forward to seeing your sampler if you share pics of your work on it. I just love handwork and enjoy seeing what other like-minded crafters are doing.<br /><br />I had to smile as I read about your dress-ups as I love the clothes from yesteryear myself. Our youngest and I did Revolutionary era re-enactments as part of her American History and Home Economics classes when she was in high school, and we loved it. She really did not want to learn to sew, but when she realized I wasn't going to make her period clothes for her (except for a woolen cloak and silk gown) she lit a fire with the sewing machine and did a good job at it, too. ;) I hope to start sewing a denim skirt this week as all my hopes of finding a new-to-me one have fizzled, and there are none but short or backside hugging ones in the stores. <br /><br />Have a great thrifty week!<br />Toni<br /><br /><br /><br />magnoliasnteahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08517995125207145961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-10336731772789417912016-01-04T05:37:35.214-08:002016-01-04T05:37:35.214-08:00Jane,
I loved your post. It is so true about keep...Jane,<br />I loved your post. It is so true about keeping track of your eating like that. I have an app on my Kindle that helps with that--MyFitnessPal. When I use it, it helps. I've been thinking it would be a good thing to get going again for the new year.Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15421159459368889379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-36339819963650584802016-01-03T17:32:26.740-08:002016-01-03T17:32:26.740-08:00Hi Rhonda! I use the rugs as table runners too. W...Hi Rhonda! I use the rugs as table runners too. With a corgi i n the house, you don't want to use anything too dear on the floor.<br /><br />I should have included a picture of Toni's scarf but I'm tired of taking pictures for all this Ebay business. But it's a great way to downsize. You surely get more money than you would selling them at garage sales!<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-86959075683184643872016-01-03T17:28:20.551-08:002016-01-03T17:28:20.551-08:00O would say that mold on the top of vinegar is not...O would say that mold on the top of vinegar is not a good thing Matty, considering the purpose of using it in canning it so that mold won't grow. Ha! <br /><br />Yum! homemade bratwurst! It might be worth the drive. Actually, you are worth the drive, sausages or not!<br /><br />Hoping you get your snow!<br />Hugs<br />Jane<br /><br />Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-36247051035156480752016-01-03T17:18:13.418-08:002016-01-03T17:18:13.418-08:00I really like your penny rug, the blue is so peace...I really like your penny rug, the blue is so peaceful. Do you use it as a rug? Our floors get too dirty. My mom has made a few penny rugs that are used on table tops. <br />Your diet tips are very timely, I need to just print off your rules and follow them too! <br />The $138 scarf is just mind - boggling! And what a blessing to you. <br />I read the blogger who made your new scarf, I like the scarf and am fascinated the artsy handmade buttons. <br />Have a great week Jane. Rhondahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07898829593961271218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-65963608337756244092016-01-03T16:51:42.078-08:002016-01-03T16:51:42.078-08:00Happy New Year, Jane! Welcome to a whole bunch of ...Happy New Year, Jane! Welcome to a whole bunch of new opportunities! :) I have tried to make vinegar, but it didn't look right... it molded on top and I don't think it is supposed to do that, right?? We are supposed to have our first flurries tonight! I am so excited... I hold out hope that it will be up to the windowsills regardless of the forecast! <br /><br />Bread is baking and the house smells divine... Wish you were closer; I'd share some of our homemade bratwurst with you. It is wonderful and very lean! <br /><br />Your tips are always so interesting and helpful! I love the rug! The colors are wonderful! It makes me think of the Northern Lights. <br /><br />Have a marvelous week... as ever.. mmattyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06749881104429358524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-9354026236286367562016-01-03T16:44:10.849-08:002016-01-03T16:44:10.849-08:00Hi Andrea! I found a little notebook that I kept...Hi Andrea! I found a little notebook that I kept for weight loss the other day. I was surprised. Although the weight is slow to melt I sure could see progress from four years ago.<br /><br />Amazing what a little notebook can do for your budget. I keep track of all my expenditures on the left hand side of my record keeping book. It's easy for us because there are quite a few days where we don't go anywhere, so we don't spend. But the trip to the big city day is a headache, since you can buy non-groceries at the grocery store. <br /><br />Ran was reading my dieting tips and he got up and said we need to go for a walk! <br /><br />I love this peaceful time of the year too. It's so quiet the only noise we heard was the clanging of the rigging on the flagpoles. Beautiful starry night tonight. It's a joy just to be!<br /><br />Hugs<br />JaneJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851312702044308420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5051110165755611111.post-85165066563889060062016-01-03T15:51:19.393-08:002016-01-03T15:51:19.393-08:00Hi Jane! So true....I love your rules of dieting....Hi Jane! So true....I love your rules of dieting. I am finally beginning to look at a piece of food and see calories in my mind! All your suggestions are great, such as writing down. I can absentmindedly pop something into my mouth and I won't even notice..ha..<br /><br />Same with budgeting. I already do that...for bills, but I don't write down what I actually spend. That would really help me. I'm getting out a notebook right now. <br /><br />When I read your first paragraph, it reminded me of the documentary "Alone in the Wilderness" that is on PBS a lot...from 1960 of a man living in Alaska self-sufficiently. He loved simple pleasures!<br /><br />Beautiful penny rug. Yes, definitely "winter skies"! I love the color of a winter sky. Right now we are going to begin cold weather. Not as cold as yours though. New Year Peace! AndreaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com