From My Home to Yours: 10/3/25

 From My Home to Yours

10/3/25

~  Where do I even begin? ~

We've been without internet service all week.  A storm blew through last Friday evening and wiped out the internet in our area.  It was finally restored yesterday afternoon.

You all know me and know that I'm all about having backup plans in place for everything I can including an internet outage.  I must admit that I found some areas in my internet preparedness that need tweaking, and you can bet, I'll be working on those asap.

Do you have an internet preparedness backup plan?  Before you poo poo it off, let me ask you if you pay any bills online?   Do you work from home or have a job online?  Does working from home require internet access? Do you communicate with medical professionals online?  Do you access your bank account online?  You see, having internet access is not just about scrolling and hanging out online.  It has become an important part of how we function in our everyday lives.  This was brought home to me in a sudden and unexpected way this last week and like I said, I've got some tweaking to do!

So, what did my week look like ... let's take a peek ...

I continued working on restocking my pantry for winter; I believe we are ready for day 18 in my #everybitcountschallenge.  

Day 18 ...  I jarred up the cayenne pepper that's been drying for several weeks.  I also jarred up moringa that I also had drying in my house.

Also on day 18, I strained and jarred the different herbal oils I've had in the works for several weeks.  Before too much longer I'll be making salves, etc with these oils.  Until then, I'm storing them in the refrigerator to help them hang onto their potency as long as possible.

fresh picked and washed peanuts ready for boiling

On Day 19, hubby was given permission to dig fresh peanuts from a friend's field, which he did.  He spent a day, digging and picking the peanuts off the vines.  Another day was spent boiling them and after he had shared some and ate his fill, he packaged and froze some for the freezer.  He loves boiled peanuts, me ... not so much!

On Day 20, I stored our potatoes in their fall/winter place until they are all eaten.  I also did the same for our onions.

I've really been focusing on fall cleaning and reorganizing this week as well.  The hurricane that we were watching and preparing for last week did not make landfall but did leave us with a couple of days of solid rain.  That's okay, we really needed the rain.  My little fall garden has greened up and is growing by leaps and bounds.

I got some sewing done; I finished all my santa sacks ... remember those ... and I continued to work on the towel project my sister and I are doing together via technology.  I also have a fall skirt in the making and as part of fall cleaning started working on reorganizing my fabric and sewing pantry.  I'll have a full post next week showing pictures, etc of the finished products.

I also posted the third lesson in our ladies Bible study on Abigail over on From This Heart of Mine. 

That's all for this week!  

I hope you've found something in my ramblings that will help and or encourage you in the upcoming week.

Until the next time ...

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry

~ quietly holding the home front ~

She looketh well to the ways of her household … Proverbs 31:27 

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