Not Easy

Who said frugal living was easy. Some days I get so discouraged, because I am not doing as well like I thought I would. Sometimes it seems like we have more bills than money. YUCK! BILLS. I know there are things we can cut back on, but it takes the whole family to do it and not just one person. We are still getting greenbeans, squash and cucumbers out of our garden, but I know we need to do more to save money.
I will be cleaning this week since I don't have my little ones to take care of this week. Will be doing decluttering this week too. It seems like I always have a mountain of laundry to do, and the mountain never disappears. Oh well such is life, I sometimes say. Ok sitting here is not getting anything done. Until next time. Have A Blessed Week.

First Squash

WOW! It's been awhile since I've been here. We finally got our first squash out of our garden. It's so nice to have fresh squash from the garden. Our squash plants have gotten really big, because of all the rain we have got lately. I have also seen some animal tracks too, but have not too much damage. Here is a recipe I use with the squash.

Squash Casserole

1lb. fresh or frozen cooked yellow squash
1 can cream of chicken soup
1/2 stick butter
Salt and Pepper to taste
1/2 pkg. Pepperidge Farm Stuffing mix
1/2 Cup grated cheddar cheese

Grease large casserole dish with margarine. Sprinkle half of stuffing mix in bottom of pan. Add squash, salt and pepper. Add chicken soup and margarine. Add remaining stuffing mix. Top with cheddar cheese. Bake in a 350 degree oven for 20 minutes. Serves 8

Sometimes I use zucchini squash instead of the yellow, but both are good.

Update on Our Garden

Our garden is doing good so far, even though we lost 2 tomato plants. We still have plenty more tomato plants that are doing good. Our rosemary on the other hand is about to die. We may have to replant those. We have never planted cabbage before and the cabbage plant is doing great. My husbands brother gave us the cabbage plant, so I hope we have a big one. We need some more rain on our garden so it will not get to dry, but David has been watering the plants in the evening when it is cooler. The bean seeds we planted, I have not noticed them coming up yet. I think sometimes I get too inpatient. I just need to leave it to the Good Lord and the garden will grow. He knows what we need.

Planted Our Garden

Today is the last day of April and got most of our garden planted today. We went to the farmers market to purchase our plants and seeds that we wanted to plant. We already had tomatoes planted, so we planted squash, cucumbers, okra and rosemary to keep the deer out, because they do not like that. We also planted a row of sunflowers. David has to be at work at 1:00, so we will be planting our greenbeans this evening after he gets off at 6:00, we will still have plenty of daylight left to plant them. I am looking forward to some fresh veggies, so hopefully our garden will do well this year. Until next time Happy Gardening.

The Cleaning of The Computer Desk

This is something I have been putting off for some time now, cleaning of the computer desk. Actually you could not see the top of the desk, because all the paper on it. I had about everything on it, like notepads receipts, recipes, a little pocket calendar and some other things on it, and yes I found crumbs on it too. I have a little glass jar on the desk I keep pens or pencils, but when you want to write something down there's not one to be found. Oh yes another thing I found on the desk was dust. My how the dust likes my house.
Now I can see my desk again. The only thing I left on the desk, not counting the top shelf is 2 notepads, little sticky notes and a little pocket calendar and the little jar for my pens and pencils. Now we will wait and see how clean it stays this time. Until next time.
Have A Blessed Week.

Organizing

Organizing is something I need to learn more of, because I am the most unorganized person there is. My Pantry is the first thing that needs to be organized. The pantry is so full right now I need to go thru it and see what there is. I did clean it out not long ago and now it is back where i started from "MESSY". My refrigerator is cleaned out. Another area that needs work is the desk in our kitchen and the computer desk too. There is clutter on both of them. I have read books and magazine articles on organizing, but does not seem to help for to long. There is a lack of motivation on my part. There is one tip I can give though. When you start cleaning clutter from your house only work on it 15 to 20 minutes a day, so you don't get burned out.
It is also Spring cleaning time to get rid of those things that you don't need anymore. Have a yard sale or donate them to a good charity. We usually donate ours, because we do not do to well when we have yard sales. maybe that will be another subject to write about. We have already started a box to get rid of some things we don't use anymore, so we keep adding things as we clean out our cabinets.
I am trying also to start an oranizing book to keep different things in. I have a place for business cards and a place for menus to different restaurants. have a place for grocery list, to do list for that day. Have a place for names and addresses and for emergency numbers. You can make up your on things to put in your organizing book. I will try that and see how it works. A lot of times being unorganized gets me stressed out. Hopefully i will update you and tell how the organizing is going.

Snack Mix

This is our favorite snack mix. I like to make this at Christmas time and give as gifts, but it can be made anytime.

Honey Glazed Snack Mix

4 Cups Rice or Corn chex cereal
1-1/2 Cups miniature pretzels
1 Cup pecan halves
1/3 Cup butter or margarine
1/4 Cup honey
In a large mixing bowl, combine cereal, pretzels and pecans; set aside. Melt butter in a small saucepan; stir in honey and blend well. Pour over cereal mixture and stir to coat evenly. Spread in a jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until mixture is lightly glazed, stirring occasionally. Remove from oven and cool slightly. Spread on waxed paper to cool completely. Yeild: about 6-1/2 Cups

This snack mix does not last long around our house.