My Tireless Retirement - Week 145

 

My first full week of 2025 was pretty darn good.  I worked all day Friday riding the bus to and from work despite it being a rainy day.  I managed to only get sprinkled on a little bit walking from work to the bus station and then got home just in time for it to start really start raining.  I totally lucked out.

 

Saturday was a quiet day spent working on some paperwork, finalizing some grocery shopping plans and backing up the last of the files I wanted to put on a thumb drive.  Later that day I worked a jigsaw puzzle and did a little paper crafting making it a perfect day.  Sunday was more of the same, although I did manage to scrub the holidays out of my oven so it is now shiny and clean once again.

 

A basic working pantry

Monday I awoke to a gloriously foggy morning.  I truly love a good fog.  I worked a few hours on Monday and then was off work the remainder of the week.  On Tuesday I spent some time in the kitchen going through the refrigerator and freezer compartment as well as my pantry.  I cleaned and organized the refrigerator pulling out two partial bottles of salad dressing no one was eating and tossed them into the trash.  Next I went through the pantry and pulled out everything that was ultra processed and still in there.  Out it went as well.  After wiping and reorganizing the shelves I shopped my LTFS and restocked as needed.  I am really pleased with the final results.

 

A small haul this week

2025 food preservation has officially begun!

Wednesday was the day I had decided to run my errands.  I went to the library and then to Cash & Carry which I hadn’t been to in ages.  After picking up a few items there I topped up the fuel tank on the truck, stopped by the bank and then headed back home.  I had picked up two large bags of frozen vegetables so once I got home I got out my vacuum sealer and divided the vegetables into smaller packages.  I kept out two and then placed the rest of the packets into my deep freezer.

 

I am really happy with how the journal turned out

Thursday I spent the entire day paper crafting!  I made up a complete journal to add to my gift stash and then went through all of the greeting cards I had made in the past couple of years and made up a couple of note card sets to also give as gifts.  I have plans to do this again very soon too.  My gift stash shelf is totally bare, I had given everything away, so my goal now is to replenish it with handmade and useful gifts to hand out throughout the year.

 

My Weekly Challenge – Collect two books from the library, one fiction, one nonfiction, and start reading. 

How Did I Do?  I picked up the books and have now begun reading at night before I go to sleep!

 

I made enchiladas

and zucchini bread

I hope you all enjoyed a lovely week.  Ready for another one?

 

 

FYI - My retirement week runs Friday through Thursday