I have quite a short frugal list for you this week. I had big cleaning jobs this week, the monthly grocery shop to do, the usual housework and on my day off I just wanted to sit, rest and watch YouTube. I'm being honest. Some days I don't want to do anything terribly exciting or thrifty.
So here's my humble list for the week -
* I used up the last of the strawberries, raspberries and blackberries we grew during Summer to make 10 1/2 jars of jam. I'm trying to use up little bits and pieces from the freezer that take up room.
* Every few days Darren emptied our kitchen compost bucket into the compost bin outside.
* I dried all the washing on a clothes horse over the ducted heating vent in our main bathroom. Most of the washing is dry within 4 hours if I rotate the clothes horse after 2 hours to make sure all the washing gets some of the hot air from the floor vent. I also have the exhaust fan on for the first hour to reduce the humidity in the bathroom.
* I made 3 loaves of wholemeal bread with extra goodness. We eat this as toast every morning for our breakfast with my homemade jam.
* The weather has been quite cold and windy all week. To keep our home warm and to help with the ducted heating use, I've had the curtains and blinds closed 90% of the way allowing just enough light in so we can move safely around. We've had drought stoppers on the external doors and made sure the vent deflectors are correctly attached to the ducted heating vent.
* I made muesli bars for Darren's work morning teas.
* I fed dry crusts, clover and grass to our chicken.
* 10 rolls were made for Darren's work lunches using the wholemeal bread recipe.
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Wholemeal Bread With Extra Goodness
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| Homemade mixed berry jam |
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| Grandbaby Naomi discovering the oven |
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| Such a cute and happy girl |
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| Yummy muesli bars |
well done, cute bubby! Id love to know what you enjoy on you tube. regards, Tania in Hawthorn
ReplyDeleteHi Tania. Someone asked me on FB. I put up a little list in one of the comments on My Abundant Life FB page.
DeleteI put a queen size sheet completely encasing the washing & pegging it at the ends. It's amazing how much quicker they dry. Our cat sits under the sheet, he gets so hot, we call it his house!!
ReplyDeleteI've done the sheet trick too. I have an old flannelette sheet I use to wrap around the clothes horse.
DeleteHello Wendy,
ReplyDeleteYour GrandAngel is absolutely beautiful 😍 Your berry jam looks delicious 😋 I will be making mine in a couple of months. We are currently eating down one of our freezers, so we can remove it. I purchased a few items for my garden this week from the Amazon Prime day sales. Have a blessed week💖
I love the name ' GrandAngel '.
DeleteLittle Naomi is gorgeous. I also have a Naomi, she is 11 months old and keeps us all very busy, such a fun age! The muesli bars look really yummy. I just ordered myself two bread tins from Kitchen Warehouse so hoping to have a go at your Wholemeal bread this week. I'm really enjoying reading a few of your blog posts with my morning cuppa, gives me so much to think about as I go through my day so thank you!
ReplyDeleteThankyou for your kind words. Let me know how you go with the bread making.
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