It's
August!! And I've just completed the
first four months of early retirement.
We're talking one third of a year.
That went quick! And! This is the first time in thirty some years
I'm not going to be getting a kid ready for back-to-school. That's should save me a small fortune.
It was still a
hot week weather wise, lots of triple digits, so I concentrated my efforts on
indoor projects around the house. Along
with renovating the second bedroom upstairs I have a lengthy
"honey-do" list of odd little projects to complete so plenty of
things to keep me busy while I waited for the carpet I ordered to arrive. There are just so many things I want to do
around here.
I was a
powerhouse on Sunday though. I finished
painting the bedroom, the door and all the trim with two coats of a fresh crisp
white paint. Wow! What a difference. Nothing quite like rolling on a few strokes
of new paint onto the walls to let you know just how dingy your
"white" walls got. It feels so
good to have that done.
Any guesses as to what this is?
Needless to say
the bedroom renovation consumed the majority of my week and I'll be posting
more details on that coming up very soon.
I finished everything up on Thursday and I am thrilled with how nice it
all turned out. Better than I had
imagined and I absolutely love it! But,
no rest for the weary, I immediately launched right into my next construction
project and I am having a ball.
My mission for
the week was to prepare meals and eat from what I already had in the
refrigerator, freezer and pantry and not do any shopping for groceries. I had plenty so there was really no point to
shopping for more. Plus, as I was going
through things, I realized I had quite a bit in the kitchen freezer so I'm
planning to work my way through what is in there in the next few weeks or so. Therefore, I did not do any grocery shopping
last week.
I made this miniature crochet set
Is it super hot
where you live right now? I hope you are
doing well and staying cool. Take care, be safe and God bless my friends.
I'm making a pot of barley beef stoup out of the freezer: 1 brick beef stock from a pot roast, 2 bricks of chicken stock from a carcass, 4c green beans, 10oz sliced roast beef and 1c barley. Lunch for 2 the rest of the week! (I freeze stock in 2c bricks).
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LOVE eating from the freezer. I'm going to need the space soon as the garden starts producing something besides zucchini ;-)
It all sounds delicious Elle. What time is dinner?
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