tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post5919376151405539050..comments2024-03-29T10:21:59.973-04:00Comments on Frugal Workshop: Third Frugal Week of June 2017Belindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-14019508449542139712017-06-21T07:41:02.636-04:002017-06-21T07:41:02.636-04:00We often go to our library for the quiet time and ...We often go to our library for the quiet time and free Internet too, Donna. We bring our own laptops and make a day of it. I like that it does not cost a thing. <br /><br />What a great find on the white laundry bag. <br /><br />Your dinner salad sounds great, and you are doing a bang up job of gardening. How neat. Sounds like you had a great Frugal Tuesday. Way to go!Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-16675415440675945742017-06-21T00:36:09.567-04:002017-06-21T00:36:09.567-04:00I'm editing a project and could NOT concentrat...I'm editing a project and could NOT concentrate here at home, because I'm watching my niece's dog. Rather than go to a coffee shop and spend money, I put the dog in the kennel and headed for the public library. There's a "quiet please" work area, and it doesn't cost a thing.<br /><br />Stopped to drop off some recyclables on the way and found a white laundry bag (drawstring type) full of plastic in the mixed-paper bin. After I'd put the plastic where it should have gone, I realized the bag looks completely new. It's mine now.<br />We are growing quinoa for the first time and it's doing quite well. I'd read a cooperative extension article about it that said the young leaves of quinoa are edible and have the approximate flavor and nutrition of spinach.<br /><br />We each took a bite of a leaf last night. I'd say it was more akin to those edible peapods, although not as sweet. <br /><br />So today we had a frugal dinner:<br /><br />Salad with quinoa leaves, homegrown spinach and two kinds of Asian greens, chives from our yard, a bit of iceberg lettuce from the store (ours isn't heading up yet), slivered carrots, hard-cooked egg and Tumbling Tom cherry tomatoes from the AeroGarden (grown from seeds saved from last year's tomatoes, and using the hydroponic base but not the lights -- Alaska is FULL of light at this time of year).<br /><br />Then we had soup, made from:<br />Three kinds of broth from the freezer (we boil down vegetable scraps and any bones we have, then freeze it)<br />Two diced potatoes<br />One diced carrot<br />About one-third of an onion<br />A handful each of frozen corn and frozen peas<br />Some chopped turkey from the freezer (tiny bits picked off the carcass of the last turkey we cooked and then boiled for broth -- DF will stand there, patiently picking all the bits of meat off, until we've gotten all the nutrition we can)<br />A scoop of cooked quinoa in each bowl, a squirt of mustard vinegar (made by pouring leftover dill pickle brine into almost-empty mustard bottles), and we were very happy.<br /><br />The nice thing about these "boiling bag" soups is that they're never the same twice. How can they be? It's always a different batch of scraps -- and it's always delicious. More at:<br />http://donnafreedman.com/boiling-bag/<br /><br />So it's been a frugal Tuesday.DonnaFreedman.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424517756389917729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-11881361398875458372017-06-19T17:10:16.603-04:002017-06-19T17:10:16.603-04:00You're welcome, Aiyana. I looked for scrubs to...You're welcome, Aiyana. I looked for scrubs today at the thrift store, but did not find any today. <br /><br />LOL...I told Bailey what you said about Buckbeak. She said, "Buckbeak has been justified!" LOL...I didn'teven know what it was when she pulled it out of the box. LOLBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-15026239106178844552017-06-19T09:18:31.735-04:002017-06-19T09:18:31.735-04:00I always see the cutest scrubs at thrift stores an...I always see the cutest scrubs at thrift stores and never pick them up because I can't think of what to use them for. I am always picking up unusual clothes for fabric. Thank you for the inspiration. Even though I am almost out of my stage of life for pads I want the cute scrub patterns for other things I make. <br /><br />NO WAY YOU SELL BUCKBEAK! :) I am envious in a good way. I didn't even know there was a plush. That was your best yard sale find. AiyanaKalynahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04674224745484466862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-34850240119157549832017-06-19T08:10:26.534-04:002017-06-19T08:10:26.534-04:00Thank you, Patti. We are having a good summer, I h...Thank you, Patti. We are having a good summer, I hope you are too. :)Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-74940751414992074422017-06-18T17:37:40.575-04:002017-06-18T17:37:40.575-04:00Really cute pads. Hope you are having a great summ...Really cute pads. Hope you are having a great summer.<br />Blessings,<br />PattiPrecious People Preschoolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284398084100195331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-80890353715231602832017-06-18T14:42:11.027-04:002017-06-18T14:42:11.027-04:00Thank you so much, Mary Lou :) We love to yard sa...Thank you so much, Mary Lou :) We love to yard sale. <br /><br />Oh, those expenses like Insurance sure do stink. It's one of our biggest expenses around here. Definitely tough when it is all at once like that. Hopefully next month will be less for sure. :)Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-44531484028144171442017-06-18T14:06:22.889-04:002017-06-18T14:06:22.889-04:00Your summer is much more frugal than mine has been...Your summer is much more frugal than mine has been although most of the expenses were planned even though they were large (at least I felt they were). Homeowners Insurance, car insurance, painting of three indoor areas, and unexpected a new cell phone. Of course, all necessities but still all at once is a tough one.<br /><br />I love to read about your yard sale finds. You and Bailey seem to do so well. Kudos to both of you and I hope you both continue to enjoy the summer.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16526458401988440903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-1212827244449431392017-06-16T18:30:47.294-04:002017-06-16T18:30:47.294-04:00Thank you, Cheryl :)
You're the second reade...Thank you, Cheryl :)<br /><br />You're the second reader to tell me that about the pads. LOLBelindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-23189862299728892722017-06-16T17:38:20.351-04:002017-06-16T17:38:20.351-04:00Belinda - I am so glad I don't have to worry a...Belinda - I am so glad I don't have to worry about life with pads any more!!!!! LOL<br /><br />Great grocery finds and yard sale finds. you did great.Cheryl Kimbleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485771676254429681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-51869368640014830412017-06-16T16:05:10.925-04:002017-06-16T16:05:10.925-04:00Thank you, Carol. I'm having fun making them. ...Thank you, Carol. I'm having fun making them. :)Belindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17486895127003368291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-225169024525576477.post-43639232052136794822017-06-16T15:06:57.026-04:002017-06-16T15:06:57.026-04:00Those are some really cute, fun prints!Those are some really cute, fun prints!CTMOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04825780992878036362noreply@blogger.com