I love it when the mail
brings me packages! Don’t you just love
a surprise! Last week I gratefully received a surprise
package in the mail from Annabel over at the Bluebirds are Nesting. Annabel has such a sweet spirit and giving
heart and every now and then she surprises me with a gift package all the way
from Australia. You can see in the
picture what she sent me this time. I
love the way she discerns from my writings the things that I enjoy doing and
chooses her gifts accordingly. These
items have been added to my pantry and will be used in the near future. Remember, our pantries are more than just
food! (Thank you again Annabel!)
My to-do
list from last time:
Can chicken
and chicken broth … Partially done!
Finish
vacuum sealing the dry pinto beans I have into jars. Done! I
added 8 quarts and 4 pints of dry beans to my pantry. In the future when we
start running low on canned pinto beans, I’ll open these jars and can
them. Until then the dried beans will
stay safe from insects and varmints that would like to enjoy their goodness!
In addition:
Baked a buttermilk pie and a pumpkin pie for an upcoming event.
Made a sourdough starter and then made sourdough bread for the same
upcoming event mentioned above.
Printed, clipped and loaded coupons on reward cards for
my upcoming ‘free’ grocery shopping trip (planned for the end of the month).
And then … I came down with the flu and everything came to a screeching
halt! I haven’t had the flu in 30 years
but it hit me hard this week … chills, aches, headaches, eyes hurting, fever, coughing,
dizziness, nausea, near fainting, weakness … but the most dangerous was
fighting the dehydration that has come as a result of the fever. Over on the A Working Pantry Facebook group we’re discussing how to prepare
your pantry to be ready to combat dehydration.
Dehydration can be very serious.
You’re invited to come and join us or feel free to leave your comments
in the comment section below.
Here’s my
pantry to-do list for the upcoming week:
I’m not going to set any goals for next week as I’m still recovering from
the flu. I plan on doing very little …
and here is yet another reason why having a well-stocked pantry is so helpful
…when you’re sick you don’t have to worry about needing to buy groceries,
etc. You can stay home, take care of
yourself and not infect others!
Now it’s
your turn, what have you done to build up your pantry or live frugally this
week?
patsi
She looketh
well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27
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