I had a pretty thrifty week, although we were gone for some of it.
1. Buttons on dress: several weeks ago I bought a cardigan from Amazon. I bought a navy blue one and a white one. Do you know how sometimes color options are cheaper than others when ordering on Amazon? Well, both of my colors were "on sale" for $2.00 less than most of the other options. However, they both had big, gaudy red buttons going down the front. The blue sweater actually came with a pack of blue buttons, so this week I simply replaced the red buttons with blue. The white sweater, oddly enough, did not come with any extra buttons. I replaced one of the old red buttons with a mother-of-pearl button, but it was too big for my liking. So I am going to fish through some of my old buttons this week and see if I can find five matching white ones to put on the white sweater. 2. I have been trying to use a lot of eggs in our meals lately. The real problem is simply that I have too many chickens. However, the chickens I do have were mostly free. Right now the chickens are laying six eggs per day. We have eight dozen eggs in the fridge, so my goal is to use up 6+ eggs per day. I have been making quite a few devilled eggs and quiches, plus fried eggs and egg-using dessert recipes. I also made mayonnaise this week, but I made a mistake and it all separated. Better luck next time. 3. Microgreens and tester seeds: I started another batch of microgreens last week that are now ready to harvest. I also began viability testing on my garden seeds this year. Unfortunately many of the seeds I tested were just too old. However, I planted the spinach, basil and beet test seeds in dirt and they sprouted. I will transplant the spinach and basil seedlings into larger pots to be grown indoors, and I will use the beets for greens, rather than actual beets, since I don't have a pot large enough for that. 4. Currier and Ives prints. Several weeks ago I bought a Currier and Ives book at a discount store. I loved it so much that I decided to buy a second, used copy to cut prints out of for wall artwork. This week I went through the lengthy process of removing the book cover, separating al of the pages, and throwing away the pages with words. Unfortunately the prints didn't fit my thrift-store frames very well, so I may try some alternative methods of framing. 5. Reorganized a cabinet with school supplies. I will be going through How To Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons with our non-reader this fall, so in the coming months I want to make sure she knows all of her letter sounds. I moved our preschool/kindergarten supplies into a cabinet in the kitchen where they will be more accessible to use every day. That's all for this week! I hope you're all staying warm. Blessings, ~Prudence~
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