ELECTRICITY: We have gone up. I am really not surprised since the dryer was used quite a bit this past week. I had a LOT of laundry. Where it comes from, I have no idea.
Meter reading: 68146
Usage: 663kwh
Percentage: 314%
IDC: No planting. No harvesting. No planning. Just functioning at this point. Unless you count the ten boxes of Thin Mints.
GARBAGE: We did a lot of burning this past week. We have more to do. We are doing pre-spring clean-up around the homestead.
GASOLINE: No idea how many gallons of gas got used, but we did put $15 of diesel in the truck yesterday.
MONEY: Last Saturday, I spent $28.00 at the post office. Granted a good portion of that was for the water bill money order. But part of that was also for mailing out a soap order complete with delivery confirmation. They can’t find it and there is no record of it. So I am going to take my receipts and go there and find out what happened.
Other money spent:
$35.00: Thin Mints
$16.00: New Goshen Mini Mart
HOMESTEAD: I recalculated the due date and the absolute latest she could kid is tomorrow. That is going 5 days past the due date.
We’ve been cleaning up around the homestead and laying out the squares for the garden plots. We are putting rabbit poop and other non-edible compost type stuff in the plots to ready them.
I got some heirloom seeds yesterday and am excited. I am looking forward to planting them. Visions of fresh produce are dancing in my head.
We also got a puppy. She is supposed to be temporary, but I think she has wiggled her way into our hearts and home. Bethany has named her Princess Buttercup. (Why, oh why do I allow the children to name the animals?)
HERBAL STUDY: No studying this week.
HOMESCHOOL: We have resumed our homeschooling adventures. Geography has been moved to Thursdays after Literature to accommodate the family whose father is one of our trucker buddies.
Science on Tuesday was baking chocolate chip cookies and learning about the importance of not just following directions, but also understanding what the directions mean. (As a funny, packed brown sugar does not mean taking the brown sugar and putting it in a suitcase.)
For Literature, we read a Greek myth about Andromeda and Perseus.
We’ve been having Charlie do copy work from the Bible and he does not like it. He wrote me a note saying he can’t do his writing because he can’t write.
WEIGHT LOSS: Thin Mints lie. They are called Thin Mints because if you eat these mint cookies, you will become thin. Right? Right? Well, guess what? I am up three pounds. Guess what else? I still have lots of boxes. I think it is time to hide them from myself.
GOALS ACCOMPLISHED: I am going to continue to have this here in hopes that I will actually start working on my goals.
NEW GOALS:
Exercise
More sewing
Get my control journal on this laptop
(I’m keeping them the same. Again.)
HERBAL/ILLNESS STUDY OF THE WEEK: Diabetes. I want to study diabetes and see what herbs (besides fenugreek) help with maintaining a healthy glucose level.
(I’m keeping this the same. Again.)
6 comments:
I like the name Princess Buttercup. :) Course I'm a big softie for the Princess Bride. I don't think I could let my kids name a pet because they name their stuffed animals "Doggy" "Piggy" "Dragonny" etc. Until they start being a little more creative they aren't naming anything more important than a fish, lol.
Is there not some way of disposing of your garbage without burning it. You are contributing to air pollution....composing, recycling, chipping, etc. In our county we can't burn.
And why actually buy the thin mints, donate money to the scouts, and not be tempted eat the wonderful tasting things!
I know that I'm sounding like a mean old grandma.
Hugs
Ms. Burrows: THAT'S why the name sounded familiar! I don't think my children have ever seen the movie, but it's good to know why it sounded familiar to me at least.
Louise: Normally, we do recycle, We also compost and feed scraps to the animals. We don't have a wood chipper and can't afford one now. But if brush is not burned in the spring, in the fall when things are very dry, they become a hazard. So, controlled burning in a barrel is what we do.
As for the Girl Scouts, the order was placed a couple of months back and while a simple donation is fine, the actual selling of the cookies is part of a larger lesson for the girls.
Oh, I am now blind from the color in your template!!! :)
How does it look now? :)
So how DID Bethany learn that name?
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