Many of you live in states which have one week of tax free shopping. Take advantage of this. Thrft stores are awesome source to get back to school clothes. Also, TJ MAXX and their other stores are a great source to get the kids at least two or four back to school outfits if they don’t have a uniform.
UNIFORMS! Yeah. I am okay with them. They elimante the bulling because maybe one child comes from a poor family and don’t have money for fancy clothes everyone is wearing. An uniform ends that. Plus if you have multiple kids you can hand down the uniforms.
THEIFT STORES! Or consignment stores will be a nice source for clothes that you can fancy up using Pinterest. You had to know Pinterest was going to be mentioned.
FABRIC STORES (or department)! These are an excellent spurce for finding interesting little things to fancy up a pair of thrift store jeans.
Fall is going to be here before we know it. For us it’s a push to make sure we have extra supplies of soap, shampoo/conditioner, toilet paper and other items so if we have a major snow storm than we are ready to be closed in for a couple days. This is for people who live in the north However, it’s also time to our Fall favorites ready to go in the oven. Below will be some quick breads you will find in kitchens across the north.
(If you don’t know what an quick bread is, here’s a quick description. They us baking powder and/or soda for their rising instead of yeast like traditional breads.)
PUMPKIN BREAD: My late mom made quick breads every year from October to Christmas. Banana nut was always a hit. Pumpkin bread was like announcing Fall is here.
ZUCCHINI BREAD: Okay this wasn’t and still isn’t a favorite of mine. You could also use other gourds like butternut squash for bread.
SWEET POTATOE (OR YAM) BREAD: I love sweet potato pie and casserole. I almost forgot cheesecake. Shame on me. I have no doubt this would be just as incredible as those.
FRUIT QUICK BREAD: We’re going to cover this right quick. Fruit quick breads are an awesome way to get your littles to try different fruits. What fruit can you use? Whatever you have. Just follow a basic recipe alternate the given fruit for what you have in the same measurement. And nuts if no one has allergies. Or you already have enough nuts in your life. That I completely understand.
What are some quick breads you grew up eating? I would love to know.
Summer is almost over. For some of us school starts in August and September for the rest unless you homeschool then it’s when everyone is ready. It’s also the point when “I’m bored” is said multiple times a day.” It starts to sound like a top ten hit. Above is a link to Angel Studios site and you can download their app. It has shows you can put on and let your littles watch as you make sandwiches. There’s a lot to choose from and the shows are Christian entertainment. If you like comedy there’s Dry Comedy Bar. I took time to watch Richard Sarvate, Jesse Egan, and Gid Pool. The routines are funny. No profanity. I enjoyed Gid. I enjoyed Gid Pool. Mr. Pool reminds me of George Carlin without the profanity and he’s alive.
Here we go again y’all. Corporations are getting ready to jack up prices because they can. And the American government is doing nothing to stop them. Why would they? The politicians take bribes to turn a blind eye.
India has had to limit their exports due to floods and the monsoon season that started last month and runs till September. Why is this important? It means some rice varieties and grains will be restricted. Oils are also being restricted in other areas of the South Pacific. People are already panic buying. Except those of us who have been building up our supplies aren’t panicking because we saw this coming.
The coming financial crisis, I suspect this will make the Great Depression look like fun. Danmo talked about people fighting over food. Seriously! I live in a state being affected by this disaster, Michigan. Danno listed off some other states.
If you remember the TPP: toilet paper panic. Danno made the comparison to the TPP in 2020, this will be as bad. Actually, I think it will be worse.
The bottom line y’all, is this, we are in for some insanely hard times. Instead of behaving like squabbling brats, we need to push aside issues our media brainwash us into believing we have.
With the start of school around the corner, I decided to share this post to help you get meals in your freezer to make the return of school easier. I do hope you’ll consider home schooling. Either way, having a meal in the freezer will help you so much. As usual, I am going highlight the ones who stood out to me.
BREAKFAST: Bagel Breakfast Sandwiches. These sandwiches could be on an English Muffin if you don’t dig bagels. Also, if you and your family prefers sausage over bacon, go for it.
LUNCH: Stromboli Kit. How awesome would it be to come home to a stromboli ready to assemble. Serve with a salad.
SOUP:Taco Chili. Another form of chili. Yes. Assemble it in a bag. The night before you plan on having it, thaw in fridge. Before you leave for the day throw it in the slow cooker.
DINNER: Meatballs. This is a great idea. Having meatballs prepped and ready to be used is awesome. You can use any ground meat you have.
It’s time to get out the Fall out and get it cleaned up and ready to use. I can’t wait. Fall starts it’s cooler temps. Soups and stews. I am looking forward to this time of year.
Patrick Humphrey had an insider reach out to him with some serious information. Americans are in for a major up-rooting in their lives. Below we’ll look at a fictional scenario the National Guard unit out in Nebraska is training for.
It’s five in the morning, you’re just getting up. You go into the bathroom, there’s no light. No big deal. You go into the kitchen for your first cup of coffee. No coffee, now you’ve got a problem. There’s no electricity. Your neighbors don’t have electricity either. There’s a message on your phone. It’s your boss telling all employees to stay home. There’s no electricity. “What to hell is going on?” Your job in IT security has had you rethinking the current situation in the world. That’s everyone’s question. Howard down the road has a generator. He knows what is going on. You walk down to talk with him. Usually, you’d get a nice reception, today he greets everyone with his gun. Howard gathers everyone around the bed of his truck. His four sons and four sons-in-law stand guard of him. To call this a bizarre event is an understatement. Howard goes on to inform everyone that the grid has been hit. It’s not clear what happened yet. He’s still gathering information from his sources. Sources being a HAM radio.
As soon as he knows more, he’ll let everyone know. Until then, don’t approach his home. They will send word for everyone to gather. Did I mention his sons are 6’6 and so is his son-in-laws. They are all accomplished martial artists and military trained as is he. Nobody will dare to cross them. Howard is known for being a good person as is his family.
Two weeks earlier his family moved back to the property. They knew what was coming and people made fun of them except for you. Recently you’ve been talking with Howard because of your IT job. Howard paid you to give a technical analysis of his system. At that point you noticed that some issues are happening across the world.
“Howard, how bad is it?” You asked two weeks ago. “We’re going to go through periods of no and little electricity.” “There could be a variety of reasons.” Then Howard drops a truth bomb on you, “Our government is preparing us, you and I, to a life we aren’t ready for. A life with rationing on everything.” Then Howard looks you in the eye, “rationing on the scale of WWII.” Then he asked, “you got it?” “Yes, sir.”
It took a few weeks for the electricity to return. As Howard said, everything was rationed. Food, clothing, gas, food and you name it, it was rationed. It was announced that WWIII had begun while the electric was conveniently out. At that point the propagandists were in full force. Convincing people it was China, Russia, Iran and North Korea. Yeah! We had to fight them.
Like I said the above was a fictional scenario the National Guards in Nebraska are preparing for.
Fall is two months away. I am getting excited. I love Fall. Temps are dropping and we are getting blankets cleaned. Below will be ones that stood out to me.
FALL HARVEST SOUP: This soup sounds delicious. Zucchini, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, butternut squash, kale and lot of garlic. What to serve with this soup? Perhaps a nice fall themed salad and a hearty bread. Oh yeah!
LASAGNA SOUP: All the taste of lasagna without the layering. It’s sounds delicious. What to serve with it? Salad with Olive Garden’s dressing and bread sticks.
These were the only two soups that really stood out to me.
Next month starts back to school. Each Monday we will look at time and sanity saver meals that will help you feed your crew. This post by The Little Frugual House site. Amanda has collected her best post on freezer cooking to help easy the back to school transistion.
FOR THE BEGINNER: This should be the first post you read if you’re new to freezer cooking. It can be overwhelming. Been there. Start by learning two meals you and your family like to have regular basis and start learning to make one and freeze one approach. Ready, you dpuble a casserole bake one for dinner and freeze the other. *DON’T FORGET TO TAG AND DATE.*
4 QUICK & EASYFREEZER MEALS: This so easy. Make up six to ten pounds of taco meat in your slow cooker. Of course, if it’s cold outside use your oven. Burger patties. Yeah make them up the way you usually do, and flash freeze them. What is that? That is when you place the patties on a cookie sheet and freeze them about eighth of an inch apart for about an hour. Or until they are frozen enough to bag them up. You can do this with any meat patties.
Last year Shabby Fabrics owner and designer Jen, did a series on Pint Table Runner. This year she and her team are doing a series called Simply Sweet Table Toppers.
I really enjoyed this video to the link. Jen is awesome at explaining the process of assembling thses beautiful table tops covers. Yes, this first video is longer than the rest will be because Jen goes step by step. In June’s video Jen shows an alternate way to do the embroidery. In February to May she does the embroidery after securing the center on the body of the topper. June she shows how to embroidery the center piece before your secure it to the body. Each month has a beautiful design unique to the month:
February: Is hearts for Valentine’s Day. Pink, red and white.
March: Spring is here with shamrocks. Lots of green.
April: Easter is the theme for April. Beautiful light pastel Easter Eggs.
May: Blue and purple flowers with summer around the corner.
June: Is strawberries and officially arrivial of summer.
July: Mid point of summer and yes, the fourth of July.
August: Gardens are in blooming and getting close to canning season.
That’s it so far. I can’t wait to see what September to January will be. You can get kits (38.50 without taxes) to make these or your can download the directions (12.00 without taxes).
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