My small fridge organized
I’m just popping into my blog to let everyone know I’m alive and well. I’ve been to the foodbank a couple of times because there is no person to person … Continue reading
Word of warning for canning newbies
And long time canning people too. I knew there might be a shortage of canning supplies because of all the newbie gardeners but I never suspected the complete disappearance of everything. … Continue reading
Spider challenged me
Did you ever see a spider poop before? Well I have now and wanted to tell someone about it. I sure wish I had taken my camera with me but … Continue reading
Gofundme refunds sent
I first want to say a sincere THANK YOU to all the generous people who donated money to the gofundme campaign. It warmed my heart to know so many people … Continue reading
Do you need masks?
I’m getting ready to make more masks while on my staycation. Sewing is my favorite pass time. I had been doing some sketches for a possible quilt to make and … Continue reading
An announcement
Over the last month or so I’ve been feeling extremely stressed. I’ve been making mistakes and doing a LOT of apologizing. Some of these feelings are from being in self-isolation … Continue reading
Oops! Another mistake
I completely forgot about this post during my stressful days over the gofundme. I wrote it and then became side tracked so I’m posting it before I sign off for … Continue reading
Dental estimates
I sure hope these scans come through alright. This first one is from the dental school last year. I wanted readers to see that the dental school is not free. … Continue reading
Strange email
I evidently upset some followers when I posted about my gofundme. I lost four from the blog and two from my youtube. Sigh. I can’t please all the people all … Continue reading
Good health requires teeth
Before the beginning of the year I longed for extra time for sewing, organizing, and genealogy. During the lockdown I’ve had ample time to do those things but I have … Continue reading
A couple questions for you
Those of you brave enough to venture out to the stores are you finding empty shelves like there was back last fall? My sister’s husband has been going to the … Continue reading
The scammers are everywhere
Do you get those annoying robot calls asking you to “press one if you wish to be removed”? Beware of pushing that “one button”! It lets the scammers know they’ve … Continue reading
502 black business week
My daughter was part of a group of black owned businesses featured on the local news yesterday. The 502 is our area code. https://www.wlky.com/article/louisville-marks-502-black-business-week/32908357 She is the person about midway … Continue reading
Christmas in June
My internet and phone has been out for a couple of days. A construction crew cut the underground fiber optic lines. Gosh, we never know what will happen around here. … Continue reading
Where to go from here?
WordPress is changing. Tomorrow – Monday – the WordPress post editor is going away to be replaced by a new editor. Anyone who has been reading my blog for awhile … Continue reading
Hate and racism is not born – its taught
I was working on another post when I decided to write this one instead about the violence happening all over our country. First let me say I’m extremely grateful I … Continue reading
Lock down day eighty four
What does the future hold when things settle down again? I wish I knew. What I do know is that not one person in the whole world is safe until … Continue reading
Thought I was prepared but wasn’t
My apology for being absent from my blog for so long. I guess I’ve been mentally shut down for awhile. I’ve also been sleeping a whole lot. I went into … Continue reading
Breadcrumb pound cake
If you are interested I put another video on my youtube channel this morning. I’m using breadcrumbs to make a pound cake for one person. I don’t know what happened … Continue reading
Take a chill pill
Denial is not a river in Egypt. Denial is believing everything will be normal again in a couple of weeks when nothing is normal and won’t be normal again for … Continue reading
Realistic stockpiling
The virus panic has people rushing out to stores to buy stupid amounts of everything. I heard a man complaining loudly there wasn’t any chicken or ground beef. I didn’t … Continue reading
Corona virus and the economy
So far I’m not panicking and rushing out to stockpile food and other items like people are doing in other places. I have my food storage that I’ve kept for … Continue reading
Economy thoughts and organizing
There are those who believe the economy has vastly improved while others believe the economy is getting worse day by day. Wanna know how to tell them apart? The people … Continue reading
Sick again and new a1c
Yeah, it was bound to happen. I had another episode of yuppie flu (fibromyalasia) which lasted pretty much the whole month of January. I get so tired of being sick. … Continue reading
Its sad news
Youtube sensation for several years under the name “Southern Frugal dot Com” Mrs Phyllis Stokes passed away on Saturday after a long illness. She had over 200,000 followers who will … Continue reading
