tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post8142865017759310214..comments2024-03-26T00:26:19.756-07:00Comments on The Bluebirds are Nesting...: Feather your Nest Friday, 25th May, 2018.Annabelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-11743031580264243722018-05-29T06:41:20.361-07:002018-05-29T06:41:20.361-07:00We saved $90.00 this weekend. My SIL brought his t...We saved $90.00 this weekend. My SIL brought his tractor over so we didn’t need to rent one. We our updating our fireplace and needed a new mantle. A friend brought a big Pine beam left over from a Gazebo he built. I wanted an old rustic beam, so I found an idea on Pinterest. I have everything I need to age it. Yeah! Kudos for your Aunt on riding her bicycle still. Wonderful exercise and free transportation. I love your decanters, wonderful find. I have a friend that uses one on her bathroom counter to dispense mouthwash it is truly beautiful.Lynnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14463546618295548021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-25440316268531286912018-05-29T06:16:52.420-07:002018-05-29T06:16:52.420-07:00Hi Annabel,
Yes, the apples are wonderful and the...Hi Annabel,<br /><br />Yes, the apples are wonderful and they made my whole house smell amazing while they were cooking! I have a crockpot book on hold at the library, so definitely looking forward to seeing what other goodies I can make, besides the old standbys.<br /><br />Hope you have a wonderful week!<br />KathyKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-49581909461017972902018-05-29T06:15:47.764-07:002018-05-29T06:15:47.764-07:00Hi Melissa,
I'll be happy to share photos; i...Hi Melissa, <br /><br />I'll be happy to share photos; it will be a little while as we are finishing the kitchen stuff first, but we are making plans for the lumber to make shelves etc!<br /><br />Hope you have a great day,<br />KathyKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-10395683361798581122018-05-27T16:28:51.810-07:002018-05-27T16:28:51.810-07:00There could be worse things to have named after yo...There could be worse things to have named after you. So I guess you are kind of its godmother. I hope it is the golden one. Your Aunt is amazing. I hope I have half her energy at 80. The fruit looks wonderful. <br /><br />I worked 6 days straight so my paycheck will be wonderful. I used my crock pot to make sure dinner was ready. I got some great sales at the supermarket this week. The rest of my list is here: https://mcoia.blogspot.com/2018/05/my-frugal-list-week-of-may-21-2018.htmlMaking Cents Of It Allhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09121344770577065537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-48287765761534743512018-05-26T23:30:12.131-07:002018-05-26T23:30:12.131-07:00Dear Kathy, Im with Melissa I would love to see th...Dear Kathy, Im with Melissa I would love to see this pantry when you are done! Good idea! A walk in robe is perfect for a pantry. No windows, shelves.... probably more shelves easily added. I think its a great idea. Also I think making it a more useful room to you will a pull out bed for when you actually need a guest bed is a good idea. I would prefer a pantry over a spare bedroom but you can have both!<br />Well done on the socks also! <br />I hope you liked the apples. I need to do some more. My crockpot is the best thing! Being cooler mine is busy. <br />The savings on your counter tops were fabulous! I hope you love the result too. New counter tops would make a huge impact! How exciting!<br />That was a very good week. I hope this new week will be good for you too! With much love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-36795015638521453762018-05-26T20:34:49.560-07:002018-05-26T20:34:49.560-07:00Dear Sewingcreations,
This is very interesting on ...Dear Sewingcreations,<br />This is very interesting on the E Vouchers. I have seen these and Groupon? vouchers that are for a greater dollar value of groceries than what you pay for the voucher. Very clever to save $100! Which of course you will probably double in value again with purchases of good deals and sale items!<br />25kilos of Sweet Potato! Oh wow! That is wonderful. I love Sweet Potato and think they are so useful.<br />The electric kettle actually uses a surprising amount of power and especially when it is used many times a day so the combustion stove is a big savings there alone not even counting the actual room heating!<br />You did well with another very productive week. I hope the new week holds lots of great opportunities for you and will be really good! With love Annabel.xxx<br />Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-2712974559511552862018-05-26T20:29:16.759-07:002018-05-26T20:29:16.759-07:00Dear Barb, What a joy it is to read your weeks sav...Dear Barb, What a joy it is to read your weeks savings and how things are going for you. It was a good week! I agree with you on orchids... Andy bought me one last year and it flowered I think for about four months... it just went on and on and was just glorious. I enjoyed it so much. Whether I can ever get it to flower again is another matter but I have kept it looking ok!<br />You had a nice balance of outings and achieving things at home as well!<br />I hope you have another very good week! Your Vicky challenge savings were huge, what a difference your efforts and blessings make to your life. This is wonderful! With love Annabel.xxx<br />Annabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-26957818653130351372018-05-26T19:19:06.326-07:002018-05-26T19:19:06.326-07:00Dear Melissa,
We keep rugs on the lounge too and o...Dear Melissa,<br />We keep rugs on the lounge too and on the end of the bed. I am known to have a hot pack too on the lounge with me!<br />The soup will be beautiful. I pinch out a big chunk of pumpkin then blend that into my scones and then I have pumpkin scones.... love them!<br />I love the miracle spray and the way it makes the house smell. <br />That bread pudding sounds so beautiful. I know your client will be thrilled with the visit... that is lovely. It will help her adjust I am sure. Bless you for doing that. With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-86473604107189073852018-05-26T19:15:37.399-07:002018-05-26T19:15:37.399-07:00Dear Fairy,
The citrus is wonderful. I love the s...Dear Fairy,<br />The citrus is wonderful. I love the seasons and variation. To me the citrus arrives just when cold and flu season does like perfect timing!<br />Have fun organising your new freezer. I am kind of dreaming of a bigger freezer than I have now. It is so helpful. Organisation and keeping track of things is the key. I keep lists now and have improved but still have a way to go! Have a great new week! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-39994182206805507842018-05-26T19:13:43.447-07:002018-05-26T19:13:43.447-07:00Dear Brenda, Yes it confuses me too with our oppos...Dear Brenda, Yes it confuses me too with our opposite seasons. We are right at the end of Autumn here now. I talk with Vicky daily and she is just planting her veggie garden in Ohio. I love to hear this! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-51851269412491761062018-05-26T19:12:02.912-07:002018-05-26T19:12:02.912-07:00Dear Angel, Thank you so much for commenting and w...Dear Angel, Thank you so much for commenting and welcome! I am glad to have you here! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-3815190265550951322018-05-26T19:11:29.377-07:002018-05-26T19:11:29.377-07:00Dear Chipmunk,
Chicken broth is wonderful to have ...Dear Chipmunk,<br />Chicken broth is wonderful to have on hand! Well done! I would love to have seen that huge stock pot going! I love a good cook up!<br />Fresh sweet peas are a beautiful thing! Andy LOVES them so I give him peas to shell in his lunch box!<br />You are getting your Grandson started in some good ways!<br />I hope the new week will be a good one for you. You were very productive! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-12371285322329302802018-05-26T18:55:52.675-07:002018-05-26T18:55:52.675-07:00Hi Cathy,I would love to see the finished result o...Hi Cathy,I would love to see the finished result of your walk-in closet pantry.Melissa Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796520135908460661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-28956181491050418112018-05-26T14:02:52.229-07:002018-05-26T14:02:52.229-07:00Annabel,
Your aunt is a real inspiration! I lov...Annabel,<br /> Your aunt is a real inspiration! I love that she rides her bicycle to get groceries.<br /> This weeks I canned 16 pints of chicken broth, and gave 3 quarts beyond that to my daughter. I have a HUGE stock pot, which I fill with chicken bones we save in the freezer after we get most of the meat off of whole cooked chickens from Costco. It really is a money saver, as the chickens cost us only $5 apiece, and give us quite a lot of meat.<br /> The garden is starting to produce some nice fat peas. They never make it as far as the dinner table, though; we eat them raw as snacks. They are so sweet! My 20 month old grandson got his first taste of them, and he was so cute picking them out of the shell and popping them in his mouth, going "mmmmm-mmmmm". Just wait until the blueberries ripen; he'll get a taste treat then, too!chipmunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01341260129072773457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-1160473109429717372018-05-26T06:08:33.554-07:002018-05-26T06:08:33.554-07:00Really your aunt's orange garden is beautiful....Really your aunt's orange garden is beautiful. Wow I have to shocked to see these limon and orange. And your writing is very well. Thanks for shearing a good story with us.Angel Soniahttps://www.bestsmallricecookers.com/best-budget-rice-cooker/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-42686373740536412892018-05-25T19:08:34.988-07:002018-05-25T19:08:34.988-07:00Dear Phyllis, My girls grew up on the disney movi...Dear Phyllis, My girls grew up on the disney movies usually with a Princess and we thought the wedding was just like a disney movie! Especially the trumpets! Was better than a movie!<br />Next week I hope to get to some country thrift stores... these are often the best of all. It is treasure hunting ... I have a list but as you never know what you will find I keep my eyes out! Have a lovely weekend! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-81440653039258363972018-05-25T19:06:20.461-07:002018-05-25T19:06:20.461-07:00Dear Lana, What a great trip and how lovely!
Well...Dear Lana, What a great trip and how lovely! <br />Well done on big savings! That was a good week and sounds like a beautiful weekend. The Grandkids will soak this up. Enjoy every moment! With love, Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-84730188402779465152018-05-25T13:19:14.526-07:002018-05-25T13:19:14.526-07:00You had a really great week. All your finds are j...You had a really great week. All your finds are just wonderful. <br /><br />We drove 5 hours today to our oldest son'S family. Our oldest three grandchildren were grinning from ear to ear when we arrived. My husband did great with the trip and even drove some.<br /><br />We bought a big ticket item and saved over a third by buying one in the Amazon warehouse. It arrived with a small plastic bracket broken and the manufacturer is sending a replacement. Saved $254! I had all the money saved up. Got new glasses and had the money saved for those. Our old people glasses are expensive but we need to see. Did not grocery shop at all but made an effort to eat all the perishables before leaving and we did.<br /><br />Have a great weekend! We will be squeezing the grandchildren for 3 days!Lanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380649410508372279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-3065865287979410302018-05-25T08:53:06.150-07:002018-05-25T08:53:06.150-07:00Hello everyone!
I hadn't planned on watching t...Hello everyone!<br />I hadn't planned on watching the wedding, but I got caught up in it. It was so unique and romantic and beautiful.<br /><br />When I go to the second-hand stores, I call it treasure hunting, but you find more "treasures" than I've ever heard of - such lovely things, Annabel. <br /><br />PhyllisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-18528668652564419822018-05-25T06:01:19.461-07:002018-05-25T06:01:19.461-07:00Hi Annabel and everyone,
What great finds! I love...Hi Annabel and everyone,<br /><br />What great finds! I love the cards and the decanter gift is gorgeous. <br /><br />Cooking and food: All work lunches ($150) and snacks ($40) were packed and brought from home. I started using my crockpot again and made a big pot roast and veggies, saved broth to make noodles, and made baked apples a la Annabel! I also roasted some turkey pieces and used up some potatoes by making a big batch of mashed potatoes - those saved us for dinner a time or two this week!<br /><br />Household: I used a gift card to buy canning jars (quilted jelly jars and blue quart jars) and pickling spices at Tractor Supply ($28 saved).<br />It was another very pollen-filled week, so the bed linens got a good washing (as well as regular laundry).<br />The veggie and herb beds are doing well, and I am thrilled to report that my second fig also survived the colder-than-usual winter! The lemon balm and mints are really taking off this year; so excited to make tea with them later on.<br />We scheduled the installation for our new countertops, and it turned out that the store was running an additional promotion that saved us an additional $400! Truly serendipitous. (It helps that I wanted simple, classic edging and colors.) <br />We made plans to turn the walk-in closet in the front bedroom into a pantry - I am so excited! It is such a simple solution, but did not occur to us until now. That room is a guest bedroom, and we only have overnight guests about once a year, so there is no reason the closet could not be made a pantry. (We are considering making the room itself into a home library with a comfortable pull-out couch for guests, instead of having it stand empty and unused most of the year.)<br /><br />Entertainment & Education: New-to-us birds at our feeders included a pair of red finches! <br />I have been enjoying reading through my stack of finds from the library sale, and found a new recipe for pie crust that I am itching to try. (Pie crust is one of my cooking challenges, so I really hope it works!)<br /><br />Crafts & gifts: <br />I finished a pair of worsted-weight socks (plain purple), and stitched on a few pieces as I had time. <br />We used my card stash for mother's day and "thinking of you" cards ($15 saved). <br /><br />I hope everyone has a great weekend!<br />KathyKathynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-71510762268425193132018-05-25T04:41:26.591-07:002018-05-25T04:41:26.591-07:00It's so funny, I originally read this on an em...It's so funny, I originally read this on an email (I subscribe to favorite bloggers through email to not miss anything) and was thinking... pumpkin? Then I realized it was you and had to laugh. Our seasons are pretty much the opposite of each other. That makes it fun, even if it takes awhile for this American to get her thinking straight.Brenda@CoffeeTeaBookshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02719695370857675146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-2483518637540509642018-05-25T04:31:41.893-07:002018-05-25T04:31:41.893-07:00What a lovely week.
We are picking pumpkins as ...What a lovely week. <br /><br />We are picking pumpkins as well as citrus here - limes, lemons, grapefruit and mandarins but the oranges aren't quite ready yet.<br /><br />The new freezer arrived on Thursday so I will be spending time on the weekend sorting and repacking the freezers.<br /><br />Have a lovely weekend.Fairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14747146605520336984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-54586318229339929682018-05-25T04:13:53.479-07:002018-05-25T04:13:53.479-07:00Hi Annabel,and all the bluebirds'bunch Its ver...Hi Annabel,and all the bluebirds'bunch Its very cold here in Melbourne, so i have lots of blankets around the lounge room to keep warm and only using the heating when really need to.i too found a few opp shop finds two jumpers for $5.00 each some brand new pillow slips too,and a black skirt like new!<br />I also bought a whole pumpkin for soup and roasting i will get on to making the soup tomorrow thanks to your idea :) i also made up some more miracle spray and house hold spray using my essensial oils and vinegar and water.<br />We too enjoyed watching the royal wedding on tv i made a bread pudding using an Italian panettone cake its was the best pudding i have done yet,, and it costs nil it was a Christmas gift.iam in for the weekend after a hard week with one of my clients going in to full time care i will miss her greatly,but i know where she is and iam going in to see her during the week.<br />Have a lovely weekend xoMelissa Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07796520135908460661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-62406112458703029702018-05-25T01:47:26.800-07:002018-05-25T01:47:26.800-07:00Dear Jane, Oh I didnt know you were the red chook...Dear Jane, Oh I didnt know you were the red chook! Fluffy butt! haha! I am the blonde chook apparently.<br />Well done on all the work on the caravan and the lovely curtains. <br />I also am woking on pumpkin! I love pumpkin scones so that is one thing but I love soup too. How handy!<br />Well done to Bluey! This is taking off and I hope to see the cheese board.<br />How nice to have a trip to plan and look forward to. Your van is wonderful for these adventures. You have a good set up. Enjoy the weekend and the soup! With love Annabel.xxxAnnabelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09027539528156492413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5879795385972045418.post-9449791878833977172018-05-25T00:54:26.960-07:002018-05-25T00:54:26.960-07:00Hi Annabel and beautiful bluebirds :).
What a won...Hi Annabel and beautiful bluebirds :).<br /><br />What a wonderful week you had Annabel and lovely produce and beautiful crystal decanters :).<br /><br />Our Vicky challenge added up to $491.99 last week in savings.<br /><br />Here is how we saved and got ahead last week -<br /><br />Financial -<br />- Saved more money into our saving for our home bank account bringing us to 25.67% of the way there.<br /><br />Purchases -<br />- Purchased 10 x 10lt food grade storage buckets on special and coupled that with a 20% off eBay voucher saving $67.99 on usual prices.<br />- Purchased 6 x deodorants and 10 tins of lychees on special from Coles saving $24 on usual prices.<br />- Purchased 2 x $350 E-Vouchers for Woolworth supermarkets for $600 giving us a $100 worth of groceries for free when we use them. I will couple this discount with any weekly specials I see to save more again.<br /><br />In the gardens -<br />- Harvested 25kg of organically sweet potatoes from the gardens saving us $300 over purchasing organic ones in Coles.<br /><br />Apart from that did the usual and washed out clip seal freezer bags ready to reuse, used grey water to water lawns and flower gardens, used shower warm up and dish rinsing water to water seeds and seedlings in the gardens,only turned on the electric hot water system when water needed heating and heated water on our slow combustion stove for all of our hot chocolates this week without turning on the electric kettle.<br /><br />Sewingcreations15.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com