because lots of things running through my head. We need to finish getting the stuff from the old place and then find a place to put it away or get rid of it here.I need to restock pantry, winterize this house, get winter clothes and blankets ready, prepare gardens,prune bushes, trim and mow the entire property. NOT touching there is still painting etc to do. NOT have a Crohn's attack.
SO I will start with this picture that I found a long time ago on the internet somewhere.The woman reminds me of my Nonna who was from Northern Italy. It's my favorite style of apron. The kitchen is real close to what I grew up with except Daddy enclosed under the sink so Mother could have more storage. It keeps me focused on what I need to do because as a child I learned the necessities of making it through the winter since we didn't go to the store for food at all and there was no such thing as assistance if we couldn't pay the fuel oil bill or electric. Nonna, my grandparents and my parents all went through the Great Depression. I've been taught well on what I am using to get us through this next year, that we planned on being on the rough side. Don't know how much fuel it will take to heat this house, run the water heater and the cook stove. Don't know how well the insulation is or how well the windows will keep the wind out. Lots of unknowns to deal with.
It will be officially Autumn this week, we watched geese flying north west this morning.I bounce from windows open, AC on to furnace running in 24 hrs.It's fall in OH.
The pantry is lower on the veggies than I like going in to winter but doable but I do have more jam than usual and more dehydrated potatoes than usual. We just won't have the variety that we are used to having. I don't have extra money to pay for it out of season as we still need to finish getting the stuff for Hubby to start welding and his truck is limping big time.
I have the material for the winter curtains but until we are out of the old house (NO later than the 28th because I refuse to pay another month of rent and electric and we stopped due to me getting an eye infection and not being able to open my eyes at all..and not being able to see..(better, not completely over it but better) I am not focused on the sewing.
As our Amish neighbors told an Englisher at the Auction the other day when they were asked, they eat from the gardens during the season and from their pantry when out of season. If they don't can or dry it (as they don't have electric so no freezers) they don't have it when it's not in season. We intend to be the same.
I hope everyone is doing well, adjusting to new schedules with school/work or just every day life changes.
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Just a thought, but take your time making your winter curtains until you are well. You can just throw the fabric over the rods in the meantime to help keep out drafts. Won't look "Martha Stewart" fashionable, but who cares as it will cut down on the cold until you can get to it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry your eye is injured. Hopefully, it will get better soon.
ReplyDeleteWe plan to use a lot of pantry and storage items this winter as well. We will still buy things like milk and eggs and salad stuff, as we want to remain healthy. We have a plan in place in regards to our budget, but it seems as if the food money is one of the few places that is negotiable. So, I'm just canning and freezing everything I can get my hands on, and getting a few bulk storage items if I'm low on something, and we should be ready for even a month with a little less money. We ate from the garden so much the past few weeks that I had no problem affording quite a few groceries this last week. Now, I'll crack down again, and eat the food I've stocked up on, and the remaining veggies that are still out there. We will save any extra grocery money for the day that WILL come when I suddenly realize I'm out of something important like oil or ....
It must be very interesting to live near the Amish.
It is interesting, and very much like how I was raised and my parents were raised. Definitely are frugal and recycle
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