A Change In Plans

Hello, friends.  Last week, I took advantage of a warm day, and bathed Guinness in the outdoor shower, with homemade dog soap.  I'd been waiting for the ground to have a little moisture, and was able to transplant some creeping jenny and thrift onto McNibs and Hickory's resting places.  I wanted something green, other than grass, and hope this will be pretty as it grows.  I went through Swagbucks for two purchases, and used discount codes, receiving 24% & 34% off purchases. Prime sales and coupon codes on Amazon were used for more savings, on things I needed.

The sweet peppers just keep on giving.  I cut up a couple of bags and flash froze them, for future meals.  Celery leaves and small inner stalks were dehydrated.  With cooler weather, and a freezer full of veggies for broth, I began defrosting the bags.  The woodstove is going again, so after bringing the pots up to heat, I transferred them to the woodstove, to finish simmering overnight, then canned the broth.  I gathered pears and persimmons, and sweet potato leaves for smoothies.  In the garden, besides the peppers, I harvested tomatoes. Carrots were dug in the pond garden.  All laundry was dried on the line.  I've been consistently doing the belly fat exercises, mentioned some months back.  Though I initially noticed a change, it was a long way from where I want to be, and wasn't progressing any further.  I changed to her standing version, with weights, which J already had, and can see forward progress again.  I'm sure I won't ever see a perfectly flat belly again, but would love to tone up more.

Well, we had plans of heading to the coast in our skoolie on Friday, to park at a classmate of J's.  He invited us when checking out the skoolie, while J was there for the family reunion.  Early in the week, the forecast began mentioning lots of rain, possible strong winds and heavy flooding.  We determined staying home was a better option for us all. It's been a few weeks since we've gotten any eggs.  Our girls are old, and may be done laying.  "Soup fixings" containers, consisting of bits of leftover this and that, were pulled from the freezer, and incorporated into vegetable soup on a cool day.  We enjoyed zaater on bread with it.  More rain was forecast than what we got last week, but we're grateful to have received 1/2".  We were on the verge of having to switch back to well water.  Though the tanks are far from full, we hope this will keep us going until the next rain.  Wishing you a beautiful week.