Last week was the wedding of my oldest daughter. They were married February 29th. They just had to have the odd date.
We did very little school work, and I just didn't let that get to me! We were busy with final preparations, making decorations, mints, etc. Buying new clothes was also part of the deal.
We did get math in a couple of days as well as some reading about England. We also attended Bible study as well as playing bingo for family fun night at church.
Here is a photo of Jasmine serving the punch after the wedding:
Here is a photo of the wedding party---which includes all 5 of my daughter's children. Elizabeth chose a burgundy dress and then they went with a blue for their second color.
I'm late getting this posted this week due to getting schoolwork complete this morning! No Bible study today due to a funeral of a church member....of which we are now running out the door for.
Good Friday Morning to all!
It's been one busy week and doesn't look like my days are going to change any time soon. :(
My daughter was married this past Wednesday on February 29. It was a pretty frugal wedding as far as weddings go...although in my book they spent a fortune. It's ok though, my daughter wanted what would be her dream wedding.
Today I am sharing 9 uses for salt from the 99 Cent Solutions book:
1. Salvage a pan-- Salt will bring your pan back into service from the baked-on or burned food. Sprinkle salt heavily on the stuck-on food and dampen it with a little water. Let it sit until the food lifts right off the pan, then wash.
2. Clean up a bubble-over-- Sprinkle salt thickly on the spill inside your oven while it's still liquid. This also works for messy boil-overs on the stove top. When the salted area cools, wipe it right away with a sponge.
3. Get dishwasher stains off glassware-- Spots on your glasses, Pyrex, mixing bowls, etc can be very stubborn, but they are no match for salt. Mix one cup salt and 1 quart of vinegar and soak the glassware overnight. Rub it off and wash as usual.
4. Clean fish easily-- Sprinkle salt on that freshly caught fish before you descale it. The scales will flick off faster.
5. Polish your griddle-- Pour a few tablespoons of salt on the cold clean griddle and polish firmly with a paper towel. Discard and wipe before heating. The freshly polished surface will prevent your pancakes from sticking. (Does anyone know if this will work on a non-stick griddle Hubby used Pam on our griddle and now the surface is sticky.)
6. Chase cabbage worms away-- Mix 1 part salt and 2 parts flour and dust it around the cabbages every few days as harvest approaches. This will stop the cabbage worms in their tracks.
7. Whip cream higher-- Add just a tiny pinch of salt to a bowl of whipping cream to make it whip higher and fluffier. Do the same with egg whits and with eggs you are whisking for scrambled eggs. They will be fluffier.
8. Stop a sudsy disaster-- If your child likes to help you with the dishes or laundry and puts in too much soap (or if you accidentally do this yourself) just sprinkle salt on the emerging bubbles and and they will subside quickly and clean up fast.
9. Kill poison ivy-- Dissolve 3 pounds of sidewalk salt in a gallon of water and add a squirt of dish liquid. Saturate the plant and it's roots. It will soon be gone.
I hope to see lots of link-ups this week. Motivate me and others!
My daughter, Jasmine, told me last week to do a post that I was taking this week off my blog and I didn't take her advice.
I thought despite getting married, taking a getaway, and Steve being off on vacation this week that I would still at least keep up with my blog posts. Nope, didn't happen.....like you didn't already figure that out.
I apologize to those of you who do follow and read my blogs, and to those of you that come in to post to the weekly Squidoo and Frugal Friday posts!!
I will be resuming regularly scheduled programing on Monday. Again, I apologize for not letting everyone know sooner.
If you follow me on gather I've been posting wedding photos and videos and pretty much regularly posting on how our week is going.
Marsha
I decided to change the title...maybe more will realize this is a linky post each week and come and share with us?
I told last week about my wedding, so this week I will add more on that. There have been some developments....mostly my oldest daughter bought me a beautiful wedding gown at a yard sale for just $30. It's a dream dress so the wedding got stepped up a bit.
We are now going to be using the candleabras at church as well as buying 2 dozen roses for the altar. The roses are on sale for $10 for 2 dozen so you sure can't beat that!
I also went and bought myself just a basic veil for $6. We still have to buy Steve's wedding band good batteries for my camera, and hopefully a guestbook.
We fancied up the reception area a bit more too. That didn't cost anymore money, but may cost if I have to have the tableclothes we are borrowing from church pressed.
I am planning on doing a whole Wedding on the Cheap post at some point. However, no matter how you stack it, a wedding is not cheap. At least not if you are struggling to even buy groceries like we are.
Moving on, here are a few more items from the 99 Cent Solutions book. I'm still sharing about baking soda.
1. Make a stovetop sparkle. Cooked on food stains are hard to remove. Dampen the stains and then sprinkle on some baking soda. Scrub with a sponge and the stains will lift right off. Far faster, more effective and more environmentally friendly. This also works well on the greasy dirty black build up on the edges of other kitchen appliances.
2. Salvage a burned pot. Scrape out as much food as you can and then fill the pan a quarter full with water. Pour in 1/2 cup of baking soda and bring the pot to a boil. Turn it off and let it sit overnight. In the morning you can clean off the black stuff with ease.
3. Keep garbage cans fresh. Sprinkle a dollop of baking soda in the can before putting in the new liner. When you take the trash out, dump any dry soda still left in there and add more before the new bag. You've got a natural deodorizer right where you need it most.
