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Before I headed over to Francisco’s house the other day to barter, I stopped by my neighbor Mrs. Active Wear’s house. Now the one thing you have to remember about living in high maintenance suburbia is, not everyone wants to barter with you {with or without the camera video present}. My neighbor Mrs. Active Wear is pretty Read More >>
Yesterday I ran into Mrs. Hillbilly while I was running errands. While we were talking, she mentioned she picked up an Oster 2lb bread maker* at the Goodwill for a whopping $25! And the bread making booklet was in it too! I could see she was totally pumped about it and I was super happy Read More >>
Earlier this morning I stuck about 40+ pounds of zucchini on my porch. After shredding 28+ pounds of the stuff yesterday, I had had it. So I sent Girly Girl a text {I was desperate}. Mavis – Boatload of zucchini on my porch. You want it? Girly Girl – What do you want? Mavis – Read More >>
As I was sorting through my recent boxes of free chicken scraps, there was more watermelon, strawberries and lettuce {I’ll show you the pictures on Tuesday} than my family could eat. Since my counters are already pretty full with free produce from the garden, I decided to see if I could barter any of the Read More >>
Amber and her daughter stopped by this afternoon to learn how to can jam. I was shocked when I had heard Amber had never canned before, so I offered to teach her how. As Amber and I worked in the kitchen preserving, her daughter picked vegetables in the garden. Not only did Amber’s daughter pick Read More >>
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