Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Hope you all have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving Dinner So Far and Borrowing books

 

My Thanksgiving has always been a mixture of homemade and store bought.  I'm not ashamed of buying Hawaiin Rolls for the grandson, Cool Whip for the Pumpkin Pie, or even gravy packets because I'm terrible at making gravy but I want to buy it on sale.  So, I wait for a deal.   Some of the deals I'll buy more than just for the Thanksgiving Meal, I'll buy enough to last us awhile.  Fill up my pantry for a great price!  

Now that's not to say -that I'm not proud of those green beans from out in the garden or wow I made a pumpkin pie out of that pumpkin out there but I'm not against buying what I need (or want).  

Thanksgiving dinner so far:

I bought my turkey this week at Meijer for 33 cents a pound- it ended costing me $5.10.  You can buy one with MPerks -No coupon needed.

I also bought McCormick dry turkey gravy packets for $1.49 each.

I made my pumpkin pie with the one pumpkin I got out of the garden and then froze it. From what I've read you can freeze pumpkin pies for up to month.

Green beans are the ones I canned this past summer.

I plan on getting my sweet potatoes, Hawaiin rolls, cool whip etc. when they come on sale next week (they will). 

A couple of dishes are coming from our daughter and the pop has been covered by another guest.

Books for Free from the library:

I finally dowloaded hoopla from my library.  I wanted to download a book that I saw on Facebook.  You know Facebook can make some books sound so wonderful and sometimes they are not a good fit for me. Glad I found the book on hoopla.

I also requested a book from the library and they sent it to the library by my home.  It's a book on propagation,The Plant Propagator's Bible: A Step-by-Step Guide to Propagating Every Plant in Your Garden.  

This is a very informational book that I can read in sections. I'm really interested in propagating blueberries.  Can't wait for Spring!  

It seems like I have a problem reading long novels again.  This has happened to me before, it was during Covid. and I think now my concentration has broken by stress from all those tests.  Everything will be alright again soon as I'm already reading more for longer periods but right now Jean Kuhnke can not write fast enough.   

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Our Time is Limited, Outside to do list, and the Good deals I bought Online this Past Week!

                                           

Our time is limited. ..We can only bask in 60 to 70 degree weather so long until we have this... snow.  Was this click bait...I think so.  ha ha.

There are a few little things we didn't get wrapped up outside so I'm going to get the ball rolling today.   We won't be able to snowplow with all the things in the way.

to do:

take odds and ends to the trash that are in the yard.  I never feel guilty about this because people pick it up before the trashmen come.

empty rain barrels.  I have two -one is done

get the chicken waterer heater going.

take up patio rug and move the patio furniture to the side.

I never did get the garden pots all clean -maybe I can get that done too.=I just through the rest into the green house and called it good.

Good deals I bought online this past week:  (I follow many different deal bloggers)

I bought a Costco membership for $65.00 and will receive a $45.00 gift card soon (so $20).  We have one that will open by us soon and we will decide if we want to keep up the membership after this year.  In the meantime we went to the Auburn Hills Costco to start the membership.  Let me just say I hope and pray that ours is not that busy!  

                            Our election day cake that granddaughter and I made with the frosting I got on sale.

From Amazon I bought a Duncan Hines Carrot Cake for $1.00, Duncan Hines Whipped White Frosting, 8-14 OZ Cans for $6.65, and Fresh Step Clumping Cat Litter with Febreze Gain Scent, 14 lb for $4.65 (subscribe and save).  

Hardcover book I bought this week was  When Bad Things Happen to Good People by Harold S. Kushner.   I guess there is a newer edition but I bought this one.  I've heard good things about this book.

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A Great Sewing Deal and the Before and After of our Porch 10/25/24

 

We went to an estate sale ..not much there but I did buy this sewing box for $3.00.  I didn't want the box (I have too many) but it was filled with sewing goodies.

This is what I kept.  I gave the sewing box and rest of the contents to the local veterans thrift shop.  

I'll need the pattern paper this morning for the outfit that our granddaughter wants to sew for her Barbie(she is 10) .  She drew it out last night.

We had our porch (mud room) redone this past week.  This is the before picture (you can see the donations ready to go on the side).

This is the after picture:  

A much needed redo.   No we didn't do it ourselves ..we are not that talented ha ha.  but we saved for it.  After close to 30 years it was time.  The cat loves it.

Then I hauled off a trash bag full of shoes to the local free clothing site at a church.  

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Fall colors, Menu change, and Seed saving! 10/18/24

We took a ride up north this past weekend and went to Mackinac Island with the family then we all went on to the Sky Bridge in Gladwin, Michigan.  

This is the latest in the year we have been to the island.   That trip on the ferry if you are on top is brutally cold. Believe me,  I know.  I think I love summer better.  For me warm is good.

We did buy tshirts and sweatshirts at a store for half off and they gave us these cups.  Good deal.  

It was the perfect time for us at the Skybridge though.   The trees were so pretty and you could see for miles.  We all wanted to move up there immediately but ...no money.  Ha ha 

You take a ski lift up to the bridge and then walk around to the bridge to go across.  Here we are on our way down.  We had a wonderful time and it wasn't as scary as I thought in my head.

Back home I've been out in the garden colllecting seeds to save for next year.  

It's been so cold here (frosts and freezes) that we have turned on the heat at night.  We have even put Grandma's polyster quilt on the bed to keep us warm.  

Menus have changed with the cold weather -for instance this past week I've made chili, stew, and steak and onion.  This morning I have  a chicken in the crockpot.

I had all these left over buns so I made garlic bread out of them this morning and froze them.  I just spread butter on top and then sprinkle garlic.  They will be great for a spaghetti day.  

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Fall chores -10/4/2024...Getting some of it done!

All week long I've watched in horror the destruction in Western North Carolina after the hurricane.  I just can't imagine.  My prayers go out to everyone and I hope you are all safe. 

I have a to do list- Fall is here and winter seems not far behind so I'm working hard to get it done.  

Here is my outside to do list:

Wash pots from planting -getting ready for next Spring.  1/4 3/4 done.  I washed a lot last night and of course it rained.  Waiting for them to dry this morning to store them.  

Pull up tomato cages-1/4 all done

Harvest the herbs-too wet this morning but soon.

Save my green bean seeds and zinnia seeds.

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Plant garlic.

Clean off Mom and Dad's grave and plant tulips or daffodils.  I'm thinking early tulips or daffodils.  Something that will come up pretty in Spring.

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Fun, Garage Sales, and Flash food Deals 9/21/24!

I won 4 tickets to Disney on Ice on a blog at the Little Caesar's Arena in Detroit.  It was a great show and we all loved it! 

I bought 2 gallons of milk from Flashfood for $2.00 a piece (someone wanted a glass before I took a picture).  We usually don't buy Country Fresh as it's a little higher than average.  Milk is running around $2.78 for Meijer milk a gallon and $3.49 for Country Fresh milk a gallon.  How much is milk in your area?  

 I went for a walk and a ground hog crossed the street in front of me.  I'm very slow so it had plenty of time.   All of sudden it saw me and ran as fast as he could under a neighbor's bush.  Kind of funny, I so hope he stays down at that end of the street...he is big.

It's been so warm here that garage sales are everywhere still.  My best find this week is this little raised bed for $15.00.  I hope to get more raised beds in the future.

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