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Always a good distraction, this past week I had 2 orders to work on. One, a lady at church wanted a small rug to use to put her dog's food dishes on. The other was an online order for 4 dish scrubbies.
I didn't get anything done on the quilts past getting some of the materials into the living room to start cutting....as pictured below. Ignore the rugs next to it. The one is what I am using for a chair cushion since it was my first attempt and a mess up. The other is my first one out of t-shirts, which also bowed, but I starched it down and am now using it in front of the entertainment center. Since taking the photo late last night, I did get the material cut to make a Scooby Doo bag, which is also an online order.
Below you will see a toothbrush rug that I completed...the first one that didn't bow. Go me!! I finally got it right! I had thought it was big enough and ended it off. I'm thinking now I should have kept going. I am still going to put it up for sale. I then started another one with material that was laying on my desk. Past the material you see laying beside it, finishing it will have to wait until I get at least one quilt done to see if I have more sheets to work with.
And, I am still working on this prayer shawl....I'm guess it will be 2 more weeks before it's completed. I only work on it just a bit each day.
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Week 13 Accomplishments: April 24-April 30
Read in my current books Hollywood Station and Evan's Castle.
Did a little work on making cross magnets and baby blocks (while my daughter was at her dentist appt)
Updated Hannah Montana, Our Garden 2010, How To Make Plastic Canvas Cross Magnets, Trunk or Treat, Bierocks, and Owl City squidoo lenses.
Worked on sewing quilt squares together.
Made more of the fabric totes.
Put another set of 2 little girls bracelets and 2 sets of bookmarks listed on listia.
Listed 2 sets of little girls bracelets and more books in my blujay store.
Steve's been on vacation this past week, but I still got a lot accomplished. As you see, I'm keeping up with my blog nicely. I've added a new regular post, which is My Frugal Week, and will be posted each Monday.
I used to have a nice following on my frugal week posts in themestream (before they went under owing everyone a lot of money)
I want to start posting them weekly to my blog.
I am in a living situation where it's made hard for me to be frugal like I love to be. I am in hopes that by keeping track and posting weekly, I will be able to get it back.
Week of April 18-24:
I put leftover suppers in the freezer. When there is enough, I will pull them out and we will have leftover night. It will be like a buffet with lots to choose from, and the food doesn't end up rotting in the fridge.
I put leftover veggies in a container together in the deep freeze. When the container is full enough, and I've gotten a good deal on a roast, these will be put in to cook with the roast.
I try to always consider my Walgreen's shopping as frugal. I do what I can to save what I can, spend as little as I can, and get things we need and want. Many of the items I buy at Walgreen's also go in to my gift tote to be used as gifts. If you missed my blog post on my last shopping trip, you can find it here. Walgreen's Shopping 4/18/10
I dried several pieces of bread that were the ends of the loaves and getting old. I keep these in a bag in the freezer and use them when making meatballs and meatloaf. If you know any other good uses for breadcrumbs, let me know.
I will be making totes for the grandchildren for their birthdays. I am making these out of pillowcases and other materials that I get super cheap at yard sales and second hand stores. The pillow cases come with sheet sets that I buy cheap, where I use both the top and the fitted sheets in my quilt making. It worked out that I had an inquiry on if I could make fabric totes. That prompted me to give it a try, and also gave me an order for 12 of them from the inquiry.
I got a good deal on 2- Stouffer's Family Size entrees this week at the grocery store. They were on sale for just $3.99 and I had printed 2-$2.50/1 coupons from the internet. The lasagna is in the oven now for an easy supper after a busy day.
That's it for this week.
