Hello to all my friends! This is just a note to say that there won’t be a Frugal Friday post this week. We have a few things going on here this week, but I wanted to let you all know we are safe and sound from the storms, which hit our area pretty hard. I’ll be back soon with an update. ?  Thank you for dropping by my frugal blog, you are always welcome here.  We would love to hear all about your week in the comment section. Belinda Homemaker at Heart Mortgage & Debt Free ~ Living within our Means ~ My Linktree ~ She looketh well to the ways of her household ~ Pro ..read more

                                  My Frugal Week We use parmesan cheese here regularly and I save the lids as they fit very well on a mason jar. I've been making my own spice jars for a while now using a pint size canning jar with parmesan lid and a homemade label. The mason jar will hold two of the Great Value spice jars easily.  Recently I measured the space under my kitchen sink and went to the store to find two containers for each side. It had to be small enough to fit under the drain pipe and ..read more

 Welcome to Frugal Friday!  My Frugal Week It's been a whirlwind of activity this week as I went to the ortho doctor on Tuesday for shots in both knees. My BMI is very close to the range he wants in order to do my double knee replacement, so my next appointment will be with the surgeon in three months to discuss my options.  Afterwards I went to Walmart, Gordon Foods, and Whole Foods. I also went to Trader Joe's after an appointment on Thursday to pick up some orange chicken and tahini.  Twice this past week I cleaned up a bit downstairs and had more rubbish for the ..read more

                                            My Frugal Week On Tuesday I boiled a carton of eighteen eggs to have for the week and also made a gallon of green tea. We continue to use what we have in our pantry and cook from scratch, mostly eating a whole foods diet rather than relying on processed food.  I made a batch of Minestrone soup this week and made individual bowls for the freezer, which will be nice to pull out for lunches in the future. I ended up with seven individual ..read more

  Welcome to Frugal Friday!  My Frugal Week It's springtime in Tennessee and with that brings folklore about the cold weather snaps. This week we experienced Blackberry Winter when the blackberries are in bloom.  There are three main Tennessee springtime winters: Redbud Winter usually arrives in March Dogwood Winter runs from late March through early April Blackberry Winter comes around the first of May  When my birthday arrives in May, we know the cool weather has passed for the season. Same can be said in Autumn, when Bailey's birthday rolls around in late October, we k ..read more

  My Frugal Week Here we are already at the start of another new week. I hope you are doing well and saving money in your frugal kitchen. We definitely saved money in our frugal kitchen this week by cooking from scratch and eating all our meals at home.  Recipe of the Week This week I made my own homemade chicken nuggets and it's really easy to do if you want to make your own. I used what chicken I had on hand, which was two of the five ounce cans. If you have a twelve ounce can you can use that. Or you can use any type chicken you have on hand.  I made these twice, the f ..read more

                                               Welcome to Frugal Friday!  My Frugal Week I sold one item on eBay this week.  I used up three packets of protein powder I bought to try out in the last year, so I'm glad to have used them up this week.  The representative for my trunk pump never came last Friday. I waited for thirty minutes and called and was told someone would call me right back, but no one did. So, rather than clean downstairs, Bailey and I lef ..read more

                                                    Welcome to Frugal Friday!  Quote of the Week Laugh More, Gripe Less, Ignore Critics, Say Yes, Order Dessert, Love Life ~ Gretchen Scott My Frugal Week Last Friday evening Bailey had a book club meeting in the North Shore area of Chattanooga. They were serving drinks, so I drove for her and the meeting was only two miles from Whole Foods, so I went and looked around.  I ended up buying several things, i ..read more

                                    My Frugal Week I inventoried my pantry again this week as I've been using up a lot of what we have on hand, and my previous numbers were off, so now it has been updated.  Recipe of the Week The Blue Zones are seven areas in the world where people live very long and healthy lives and part of that is the diet they've eaten over the years. Here is one such recipe for Sardinia Minestrone, which you can find on their website here.  I made my own version of t ..read more

  Welcome to Frugal Friday!  Quote of the Week & Music  Hey, 'cause I will soar away like the blackbird I will blow in the wind like a seed I will plant my heart in the garden of my dreams And I will grow up where I want, wild and free ~ Sara Evans My Frugal Week & Joy of the Week On Monday morning bright and early our friend Timmy came with help to take down the Bradford Pear tree that was growing and laying on the roof of the house. I had estimates of having the tree removed for both $2,000 and $700, so Timmy 0ffered to do it for $200. A real bargain in my b ..read more