Lori, when my children were small and I worked 2pm to 10pm, I would make dinner when I was preparing their breakfast. As you say, dinner comes along every day and I was just too tired as my day went on to stop and make dinner. It was such a blessing to have dinner prepared early in the day that I kept that habit even after I left that job! I'm retired now and guess what! I still make dinner in the morning so my afternoons are free to do what I like without concern of stopping to make dinner. It really cuts down on the desire for eating out too.
Hi Lori/Laurie (spelling isn’t my jam). I love watching your videos. You are comforting in a sea of doom and gloom on RU-vid. Thanks for being a light. 💖. I’m doing a pantry challenge but I allow a low spend. This week I spent $7.50 on groceries. Next week, hopefully $10 or less.
You were right the first spelling and there are a million and two ways to spell it anyway so no worries ☺️ Thank you so much for the encouragement. It made me smile ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you for your sincerity and honesty! I think almost everyone wastes food. I now have a compost container in my kitchen and will use the compost in my garden. My meal planning is usually great... if I'd just stick to the plan!😂 We all have areas in need of improvement! Thank you for making us feel that we are not alone in our struggles!😊
I love that you say to, basically, SHOP YOUR KITCHEN. It took me years to learn that one, given the fact I cooked and shopped for my Dad & I from the age of 14....I love your channel Lori and wish you and your family the best blessed 2014....I learned most of your Tips the hard way but now that I'm old I appreciate the lessons
Thx Lori. I’ve always been a frugal shopper. I shop for the 2 grocery stores that have online flyers. No Walmart closer than 20 miles. I meal plan around only what is on sale. I don’t eat processed food or unhealthy snacks. I don’t waste food. All my veggie scraps go into a zip bag and into the freezer. I make my own stocks with them. Can use a crock pot for this. I could go on and on! I’d love to learn some of the DIY techniques. Good luck to you dear. ❤
A like shopper! I, too, never, ever meal plan before I shop every food storage place in the house, then what's on sale, and what I find in store, unadvertised, discounted items. We keep a running list in a small spiral notebook. I look at grocery ads every week for things that are on the list, and (if a really good sale) things to stock up a bit. Yours is the first post I have ever read that does that, too. I will never understand why anyone would meal plan before looking at all ads finding discounted items in-store. I don't remember the last time I paid full price for anything. If I did that, our grocery costs would be much higher. Of course, we never, ever, waste food. The rare occasion that salad greens get limp, go in veg or bean soup. I make a "cream" soup base from any kind of white beans. Scraps go in zip bags for future stock. I'm not picky about making stock ... beef bones go in with chicken because in this house, stock is stock. I freeze things that "can't" be frozen, like the 12 boxes of cream cheese I found for .50/box.
@@tamaraliscia3408 Thanks for your kind words. My family immigrated from Germany just prior to WWII and that’s how we learned to use food and not be wasteful. Now it’s comparable to living on rations back then. Clean diet with a large garden. Best lifestyle.
Southern frugal mama uses the envelope system and she has an envelope specifically for snacks and treats for the kids which I think is a brilliant idea. It all allows you to have that envelope and that money when you need it and it doesn’t take out of your specific grocery budget I also would like to learn how to make cheese and things from my powdered milk that I have in my pantry one thing that I’m gonna add to my plan this year is to buy 20 or $30 gift cards to Aldi and just put them in my binder to have as a back up for when things are ridiculously tight or kind of as a piece of mind grocery emergency situation
We meal plan 6 meals a week, but we don’t say what day it will be done. Gives us options and each night we decide which meal the next day. It’s only two of us so it works. Last day is a leftover night.
My goal this year is simply to eat down almost all of the stock that we have onhand, without waste I hope. For at least the first 3 months of 2024, I don't want to spend anything at the grocery for anything other than dairy products, household supplies such as medications, cleaning stuff, and whatever else it takes to keep the house up and going, and of course, pet feed. We don't have a lot of food waste here because what we don't eat, there is plenty of wildlife that grateful and I also split veggie and fruit scraps between my neighbors and my in laws chickens, goats and so on. I get eggs out of the sharing of scraps, so I'm very happy with that. After 3 months, I will re-evaluate and see if we still need to keep eating out of our fridge, freezers, and pantries or if I need to add meat to my grocery list. Any sweets or snacks will be homemade.
Lori, I just adore you and your channel. All of your content is so in line with homemakers in America need right now. I know that I personally, works like to know about cheese-making, and gardening. Or even better, preserving foods. I definitely think preserving in this day and time is so needed. Thanks so much Lori, and I look forward to more of your content!❤
Some of the things I do to be frugal (if someone already posted this in the comments-im sorry!) 1. I have a grocery budget that works for my family. There are 8 of us (my husband, myself, and 6 kids) with baby #7 on the way. I usually spend it all at one time at one store and save $5 from the budget just in case we need more bread, produce, etc that week. 2. We don't qualify for food stamps, but my three kids under 5 have wic. It helps A LOT especially when it comes to formula and fresh produce. I also get it up to 6 months after baby #7 is born. Whenever things change for us financially, we will stop using wic, but until then this has been a BIG blessing to us. 3. Eat simple meals. We eat the same things for breakfast and lunch every day. Produce is what is in season. 4. We buy products to make meals, not ready made meals. If we have frozen pizza or entrees it was a gift. 5. Snacks are an extra. 😮 My kids do get one snack a day-usually right before bed. But sometimes our dinners/suppers are so filling they don't need anything. Snacktime will pass, and they still will be playing so i know they're not hungry. 😅 Lol. 6. Junk food makes you want more, but real food is more satisfying. So buy junk food as a treat for maybe once a week.
Yes to Walmart pickup! Like you, in 2024 I really want to tighten up my grocery budget. I no longer have a houseful of little kids (just a 23 year old left now), but I detest going grocery shopping since 2020. I'd rather order online, go there and have them load up my trunk and go home. I have decided to spend less money at the grocery, use what I have, my husband does the garden, hunts and fishes. On a sad note this morning I discovered that the son did not close the upright freezer all the way Wednesday morning.....we lost hundreds of dollars of meat. I don't have the money to fill it back up, so I will be looking for good quality meat on markdowns and on sale to accomplish this. It has been a sad day.
As a mom of grown children, one of the best decisions I made to handle food requests was to take only one child with me ( with the exception of babies or non verbal toddlers) to the grocery store. Then I chose one or two types of food that my child could choose by themselves for the family that week. I just rotated through the children. This was a game changer because they knew at one point they could choose exactly what they wanted. It could be the type of bread, chips, desserts, cheese, deli meat, condiments, cereal, oatmeal, etc. And they learned how much food cost because they were involved individually every few weeks. I gave them a dollar limit for their choices so I knew it was within our budget. I had to work around my husband’s schedule but it was worth it because I got time alone with each child and still accomplished our task. And They learned invaluable skills.
I had no choice but to take them all to the store. However, at home, I did employ the same principle and took a child per day to plan the evening meal, from choosing the meal (I delegated the protein) and pantry shopping the sides, to preclean and cleaning the kitchen after the meal.
@@clairekuchel-klassen7103 Oh that’s a terrific idea!!! Yeah, there were definitely years that I was in that position with back to back babies and toddlers. I wish I had thought of your plan!
They do and I was picking it up thay way (but i think it had to be thru instacart and choose pick up option) and I finally realized when I saw the price on the salmon that I was paying more for each item. After that I stopped doing the curbside pick up.
New subscriber to your channel and amazed how well you stretch the dollar for such a large family. With food costs constantly rising its nice to have some ideas of where some things really could be made homemade as opposed to buying the prepared version. I enjoy your content and looking forward to your coming videos. Health and blessing to you and your family in the new year! 💕
I try to alway shop at our local store. It always help support our community. The local stores will donate to help school stuff and community projects, WalMart doesn’t and neither does Dollar General. In our town we only have the local grocery store and a Dollar General. I live 50 miles from a Walmart.
You have many good tips in keeping on top of your budget..I plan meals 3 to four day a head pull any meat out that will need for those 3 or 4 days, also I make one meat less meal every week this can keep cost down a little.
We have WalMart plus and love it. I can add things to my cart as I find that I need them, and then go back over the list before I place my final order....and this way, I don't get distracted by impulse items or get out of our budget. AND, it get delivered right to my door as well.
I used the envelope system a couple of times very successfully in the past. Now that you've inspired me, I think I'll start doing it again. Thank you & I hope it works as well for you as it did for me.
Hi Lori! One of my 2024 goals is to be healthier in addition to only buying essential groceries and not wasting. So instead of buying powdered collagen, I'm making a huge pot of bone broth every week and trying to drink 1-2 quarts hot each day. The huge "sweater weather" mug you set me in the thrift haul giveaway is a perfect mug, I only need to fill it a couple times with hot broth and sip after chores like tea
I never have any food waste. I meal plan around what I have and any odd bits (like veg coming to an end goes in the freezer for soups or curries, odd slices of bread go in the freezer and come out for odd sandwiches, part portions of meals go in the freezer too). I will have a day of the week using up bits and pieces this year so I’m using things up. So Thursday will be my creative day for meals and snacks !
I never grocery shop from a store. I always shop my well stocked pantry. I never have only one item. I have multiples depending on what the item is. When I get below a certain number of an item it goes on my list. I shop to keep my pantry stocked but not for regular daily meals. If that makes sense. By shopping this way I can wait for a good deal or sale and rarely do I ever run out of an item. It also has gotten to a point where my monthly food costs are quite low. I also garden and put up as much as I am able throughout the year. Another massive savings for our food costs.
Lori, I just wanted to say I am inspired by your encouragement and optimism for the new year! There’s so much doom-and-gloom clickbait out there, so your videos are wonderfully refreshing and informative. Can’t wait to watch your videos and follow along as we all work to be better homemakers, moms, and wives. ❤
😂 when my kids were little and we would go to the store and they would ask for something, if it wasn't on sale the answer was no, with no problem, no guilt. My son thought that "it's not on sale" meant you couldn't buy it, at all! 😂 He is an adult now and told me he thought that for the longest time.
We are doing the same thing! We are using things from pantry and freezers and focusing on using what we have on hand! We have made it a priority for January and February.
I L❤VE your videos! This one really resonated with me as my goals for the new year are similar. I’m trying to adapt to cooking for two, our ‘old teenager’ boys are away at school so it’s been quite an adjustment. One of the things that really motivates me is to figure out the cost of each meal, I make a game of it. Also have found that it’s more fun to clean out the basement freezers if we do that as a game - my husband will pull out a few items at random, and I’ve got to find the best ways to use them. It’s my home edition of that show ‘Chopped’! A skill I’d really like to build on is making various kinds of yeast breads. I’ve done it, but am always nervous! Best of everything to you and your family, and many blessings!
There's 2 in our household, too. ... me (a widow) and my single adult son who has a small attached apartment. We share the food budget and cooking because it saves money. We both eat 2 meals a day, the first about noon, but not together because of his schedule. One thing he suggested quite some time ago that works very well. ... "A" days which are days we cook, and "B" days are days we do not cook. We eat leftovers on "B" days. I make soup, stew or chili once a week on an "A" day ... we eat as leftovers and I freeze some and always keep 1 or 2 quarts in the refrig for a snack meal, or "B" day. So, we cook on M, W, F. Saturday is whatever. Sunday is always a brunch and for evening, soup, or whatever for dinner, if hungry. You do your own "Chopped" TV show... how fun!
I am with you Lori on all these things. I am pulling out meat the night before to defrost.2 days ago I wanted to have a pot roast in the crockpot for last nights dinner but I didn't want to wake up at 6 am to put it in the crockpot so I put it in the night before on low and it was ready yesterday morning I unplugged the crockpot it was warm still when we ate last night and I only had to bake the biscuits and make box mac and cheese for my special needs son. I am meal planning and sifting through the freezers for those weird meats that arecin the freezer and I don't know what to do with I am going to force myself to take and figure these things out. I am also going to be making more from scratch. And I am going to use Aldi more to save some money I shop walmart for convenience but i need to be looking for lowest prices. I also need to shop my grocery outlet first, Aldi second walmart last. We really need to get these grocery budgets in check this year. Take care Lori!
Lori, I'm about a third of the way into the video, this is great! I heard a couple years ago about the idea "dinner by 10," meaning that by 10 AM we have decided "what's for dinner," that gives us several hours to handle the logistics (cook, purchase, prep, etc.) to make dinner happen at dinner time. Fyi, I'm 66, and I'm learning this in my golden years. I'm a late in life mom, with young adults at home. I'm teaching them these life/money skills.
HeyLori. You’ve inspired me. I’m taking notes on your video. And it motivated me to clean out\organize my freezer and pantry. As someone who wasn’t taught how to cook, I am now learning to feed my family of six. And you are my favorite person to listen to . It truly helps. Thank you 🙏
Lori. I am a 1st time viewer. I have subscribed. The money envelopes is what Dave Ramsey teaches. It does help. I will stick to it this year. I do write checks on medical visits, pharmacy, and hired drivers. Thank you for being on.
We are a Ramsey house. We aren’t perfect but his lessons have definitely helped us live as a one income family from the very start. We are very thankful for that!
Lori great video. Using cash for groceries has been a game changer for our Family. What has helped me with time management with dinner prep is setting alarms for each day with the time when I need to start meal prep I set the alarms for the week when I do my menu planning.
Please show us how to begin raising chickens. Pretend we know nothing & educate us from there. I think with the use of table scraps like you mentioned we could see how it's possible to add this to our repertoire & provide a steady protein source. I love everything you shared that you want accountability for because my list is the same, even down to time management. That would be a great video too.
Oh I love talking about my animals and husbandry!!! I will add it to the list. Most regular viewers don’t care for that kind of content I don’t think but I like to talk about it and can justify it since you’ve requested 😂😂🎉🎉
Your goals are wonderful, and attainable - good luck to you. The envelope system has worked great for me for many years. It is a great tool to teach your children about living within their means
These are all great ideas. Thank you! I love grocery pick-up. I open both the Walmart and Kroger aps and go through my list and compare prices at both stores. Sometimes I will order everything from one store, but a lot of time I make an order from each store, according to which store has the best price on the items on my list. And what a time saver! I timed my pickups one week and to pick up both orders took only 7 minutes from the time I got to the first store until I was leaving the second store to go home. That's a miracle.
I have hope this year will be a better year. Last year was difficult at times. I find if I make a menu even just basic I cook more. Also, I find if I cut up like onion, what I need for a few days or the night ahead what helps. I been using crock pot a lot and pressure cooker for beans. Helps a lot. I am being more mindful. I did buy green peas and lentils, Aldi had them on sale for .99 cents a bag. I brought 7 bags of each. I spent 300 plus we ate out pizza 15.00, and Burgerking, 15.00 for the month of January. That included ingredients to make dog food and one large bag of dry for morning. Also, included, a large bag of rice, whole wheat flour, spices I was out of I buy in bulk.
For one week, shop from your pantry. Go in there to see what you have. Take paper & pencil with you, if you think that will help. For each item, come up with a meal idea, or some way you can make the best use of each item. Once that is done, make yourself a coffee or tea, take a big cleansing breath, then sit down and make a meal plan for one week, making use of as many pantry items as you can, using the oldest items first. Doing this weekly will help you use up the surplus “stuff” you have in your pantry. Once you get down to a more manageable stockpile, you can organize everything according to either purchase date, or expiration date. This is when you also need to get in the habit of putting the newest purchases at the back. All of these steps will combine to give you a neater, more organized pantry with a lot less waste. Your money will also go a lot further. 😉
Lori, you have a great channel here and I love your determination to get your "house in order" as my Mom would say. I've been watching for a while now and you're sharing great information!
Try to start tomato plants and pepper plants in milkjugs. We do this in our well lighted breezeway, but it is supposed to be done outdoors. We start in about April and it gives a good start to plants. Wintersewing is talked about on youtube. So easy. Takes up little space. Water ocassionally. Light is needed. They need to drain and lid kept off them. Tomatoes do the best for us. Cucumbers and watermelon do ok too. Zone 6.
Six seeds I meant. You don't have to water them much, because the soil stays moist. Put slits in bottom of the milkjugs do they can drain and something under them to catch the water.
Spending less doesn’t necessarily equal saving money. Producing a gap between what is budgeted and what is spent will add up in time. And then money saved can be measured.😀
Just found you and so glad I did. All the things you are incorporating into the new year are things I am trying to be more aware of myself. Very interested in making more of my own sour cream, seasoning and lots of other things. Can’t wait to see your next video 😊
I hate hate hate Walmart. Ours is soooo bad you can't drag me into it but for SOME reason delivery service from them and having product goes very well while I'd bet if I went into the store it would be he opposite. I know not everywhere has delivery but if you do, THAT is the way to go. Instead of pickup even. Yes, I tip but free delivery with the annual membership and I don't even pay, I use a relative's, and it does the same thing, I don't pick up items that I see or buy because I am in the store, I don't even have to waste gas, get in the car and go get pickup, etc. I am on the tightest budget most could imagine but delivery is worth it and saves me. If your order is $35 (and how hard is that with grocery prices today) and you don't need your order in the next hour or two, delivery is free. I don't load the trunk, have to unload it,, etc. it comes right to my door. The other tip that I probably most identify with is I tend to stock and buy what I might want to make one day so get such ingredients but have learned that I am just too busy and I fall back on the same things time and time again. When I wasn't working, it worked to do otherwise and I would experiment with recipes, do something different, use the things I'd buy but I am back in the workforce now and wish I had time as I LOVE to cook when time but even though I vary a lot, I fall back to the same proteins, same needed pantry goods, etc. And buying others because one day I am going to use those sun dried tomatoes or try that rissoto meal I saw just never happens. Etc. And those things just sit in the cupboard with the intent to use them one day every time I come across them but I never do. I'm not saying I never vary meals, I do a LOT but I make a fair variety of things from just a few proteins and pantry goods that can vary it from Italian to Mexican to Asian, etc. and I more rely on the various spices and sauces, etc. It's similar with veg. I can buy a variety but mostly fall back to he same faves. So I'm learning to just order more of what I use constantly and forget the things I think I may use or am going to try one day and throwing out far less food. Great show. To the best for all in 2024!
I laughed to myself when you started talking about making pudding! I’m old enough that we had home ec. In school. We spent for ever learning how to make biscuits from scratch and then spent a long time learning to make pudding from scratch! I still have the recipes we used! I love homemade warm pudding!
I can understand about the amazon. I made the same mistake in the past when I put items I like (not need) in the cart and my husband bought them all (because it’s his account I use) and he’s ready to buy his stuff. It happened twice so I told my husband to ask me first before buying my stuff. Now when I like or think I need something from amazon, I put them in the cart then click save for later. That way I have enough time to think if I need them or not. Most of the time it’s wants not needs and just adding clutter in the house. So now I’m declutterring and donating stuff to Goodwill to have more space in the house. Anyway, can you share your homemade pudding recipe or any recipe’s you can make at home instead of buying store bought box food? That would be interesting. It’s good to learn things from scratch so we don’t have to keep on going to the store. It saves us money for sure. I’m also using cash since December and it helped with impulse buy a lot. I can tell my kids that wants and likes are not part of the budget unless we saved enough for treats. I’m also doing the Three Rivers challenge of no spend January which I like to do as needed. These challenges will surely help save us more money and less junk. So thank you so much! ❤🙏
Hi I have made a shelf in my freezer for leftovers. Go through that shelf and plan my meals from there. Then the pantry, refrigerator and then what I don't have add to my grocery list. Working well for me and a lot less waste and smaller groceries. I have simplified my meals stuff with expensive or complicated is off the list. One last thing I do is it's a cookbook that is out of print but if you can find it's a game changer. It's called Make a Mix by Karine Eliason, Nevada Harward and Madeline Westover. I use this book all the time making my own spice packets, dry mixes plus there is recipes in there for meat mixes you can mix divide and freeze. Makes my life so much easier.
Your ideas are great, and I have used many of them over the years. It was nice to hear your point of view and brush up on these skills. I'm looking forward to how you implement these ideas and grow in the skill of frugality! 👍🏼😊
I do that too.. I have made Chili, Vegetable Soup and today Navy Beans with Ham soup. I bought these cool trays from Sams Club 30 pack I believe and I portion them in to those containers each holds 2 cups label them with freezer tape and put in the deep freezer. I will have about 30 single servings ( I am a widow so this works well for me). All my beans I Canned myself also Canned most of the vegetable from my garden. I cooked a ham I had in the deep freezer last week sliced some for sandwiches, chunked some for soup I figured out it came to 76 cents a tray. Each tray of sliced got me about 3 sandwiches. I find it motivates me if I do the math breakdown of what things cost per serving. I am writing it all down too in a journal book. And using the Cash system absolutely. Anna In Ohio
Quick question: cash back apps? I'm not seeing those in your description. Are they coming later? Also, not sure if you've ever heard of Amy Cross. She has a RU-vid channel called Cross Legacy. She taught me how to keep produce fresh for weeks in my fridge. Saves me a lot of food waste. Just thought I'd share with you.
Remember meal planning should be planned on your stores sale flyers. Certain meat is cheaper at different times. You know that. I learn much from you and enjoy your content. God bless
I shop loss leaders and save a great deal of money.every month. I also look up prices for the items I need and only buy the lowest price item. I do shop 3 different stores and Sam’s club. It is a lot of work but I do save a good bit of money.
Idea...Keep envelopes for sinking funds. Needed upcoming expenses like property taxes, Christmas, insurances, drivers license stickers, medical, dental and vision appts., gas, tithe, phones, etc. Rest stays in checking for monthly bills. Use what works for your situation. Dave Ramsey.
Yes! We have envelopes for some of those things we keep in the safe. It takes maturity to not dig in them throughout the year for spending…..hopefully we will be mature this year 😂
We have a joint checking and three with one savings account for emergencies. Yearly responsibilities from property taxes, both city and country, on two adjoining lots to gift giving are kept in the bank. We used to be paycheck to paycheck, and bills pulled up till took charge when my husband had a stroke. I paid our home off 6 months early.
Also I would love to have some diy dry mixes to have in my pantry, like sauces, seasoning blends, an instant type pudding mix, rice mixes, bread mixes, gravy mixes, for some ideas possibly to have at home and be more healthy
I am planning on being less wasteful in the kitchen also this year also. I have used grocery pick up and use it more from my local Kroger store but I do not get a receipt to upload to my apps from any of the stores and I have found that the prices I pay at Walmart for pick up are actually higher than shopping myself for example the price for a 2lb package of ham lunch meat(great value brand) is almost $1.25 more on the pick up than me going inside. So I actually spend more doing that. More bread making is going to happen in my kitchen also.
I've made soup from leftovers lots of times, keep a freezer container any size of any choice leftovers you want to save before they go bad put them in the container each time and store in the freezer, when the container is full, dump all the different frozen leftovers together (still frozen) into a crockpot or large stockpot add in some water or broth cook untill heated you can add in any extra seasonings of choice (to taste) if wanted, all the leftovers will have thier own unique flavors blended together, this is a one of a kind soup you can make and can be very good and filling . My Family called it Surprise Soup, Its also another way to use up leftovers
I wanna be you when I grow up. Lol There are a few survey apps that I do to make a little extra money. You won't get rich, but it can help. I'm not putting them on here yet. I don't know if I can. 😊
Thank you Lori. These are all survey apps that I do. Some you can actually get paid, or get a eGift card. You won't get rich with these, but they will help in a pinch. Here's the ones I do... Pawns app Paid surveys Crowd tap Curious cat Survey junkie Survey spin Qmee Opinion app Kashkick Vetri Multi polls Survey pop Just play Just play are games you can play to make money. I like to play zen tiles. It's really easy. You just get a line across or up and down, and you made points. That's all I can think of right now. ❤
I don't like any pick up, I want to see the mark down specials, kroger has red bags of veggies and fruits that are about to go bad for 1.00. Sometimes it's the only fruits and veggies fresh that I can afford. We have been eating mainly from our pantry and the only money allowed to be spent is 20.00 per week for groceries. I need to see the product and compare the prices and look for substitutes.
Grocery pick up saves me money on my grocery bill cause I don’t see all the extra items I think I need. Would love to see videos on items your making at home such as pudding and such.
What i do is use the grocery pickup service This way i shop on the app and clip the coupons on the app to get the maximum discounts then go pick it up i sit in my car and someone comes out and loads the groceries for me
Sorry. You lost me at making from scratch. I am not a good cook but I do know how to use leftovers from rotisderie chicken, salads from leftovers etc. The title Home Made Simple sounds more like cooking and gardening complicated. Keepup what works for you.
Well, maybe check out a few of the cooking videos in the channel…..I am far from complicated. So, my cooking from scratch is a very simplified version in order to control the ingredients better, and have a cheaper alternative to prepackaged options. And gardening is complicated to me but……that’s just because I don’t know what I’m doing……..hopefully that is a temporary problem 🤪
I feel she teaches us to focus the basics...which is a simple lifestyle. Back to basics makes us focus on enjoying the blessings we have to the fullest.
My only freezer is the little compartment above the refrigerator. Still, it is stuffed full of who knows what. It’s all food, but I can’t see what’s what. So, freezer clean out became my newest mission. I can’t buy anything else that needs to be frozen until I’ve cleaned up what’s already in there. With the possible exception of ice cream, of course. 🫠🍧🍨🍦
I have been in the same boat. We JUST now got a freezer because the pig went to the processor. It sounds like a great plan to clean out! And to make an exception for the ice cream 😂
