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The random $1.50 veggie bag that I picked up at Fred Meyer had four, count ’em four sprigs of wilted parsley in it. I’m no quitter, so I snipped their ends and stuck them in water.
You remember, this bag:
Anyway, this is that same parsley, maybe two hours later! Now, how to best use this perky parsley?
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The bag also included three green bell peppers and two orange ones. I sliced and froze them, so I’ll be able to pull out however much I need at a time. By the way a single orange bell pepper normally costs $1.49 at Fred Meyer, so that clearance price bag really was a huge bargain!
I didn’t even photograph the zucchini, pair of carrots and the dozen or so organic jalapeño peppers that also came in the bag!
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I cut some hydrangeas for my mother, who’d been wanting some for her house. But first I set them on the newel post by the front door, which was confusing for “Mama’s Little Meatball,” who considers this to be her own spot.
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I started reading a library copy of Fiona Davis’ The Spectacular. She’s one of my favorite authors and although I’m just one chapter in, I know I’ll zip through the rest of the book up within a day or two.
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I didn’t fire anyone from the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
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1. I listened to Serviceberry, borrowed from the library. It was quick and had a wonderful message.
2. I made a pot of pulled chicken, in the Crock Pot, with chicken breasts that were on sale. Some will be frozen and some shared with a neighbor. We ate some for dinner with leftover mashed potatoes and vegetables.
3. I continue to pick cherry and grape tomatoes. I never tire of them and I’m thankful for success growing them this year. Our butternut squash plants are finally flowering two plus months after planting them.
4. I joined three friends for charity hat making. Most of the yarn I used was donated to the cause.
5. I continue to list items on Freecycle. I’m trying to share the wealth and do some good in the world.
My son and Daughter Outlaw gave me Serviceberry for Christmas. They were clearing out their shelves and gifted a lot of wonderful books to family (clever ones) however I think they actually purchased this one special for me (discounted, yay). I am a fan of her writing and also find the snippets I catch of her on podcasts or video very compelling.
We’re very proud of Robin Wall Kimmerer around here, as she teaches in SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry. (My neighbor Bailey dog’s dad is also a professor at SUNY-ESF.)
KD, I’m Irish.What is this “ left over mashed potato” of which you speak?Potatoes come in two quantities, the tragic” not enough “ , and “ enough ”, anything else is mythical.
@Coral Clarke – My nephew (a teenager at the time) lived with his mom and stepdad in CO. Wasn’t getting along w/ his stepdad; called dad in PA (my BIL & DS) and asked if he could come here to live with them and his sister, who was alteady here. They agreed.
Fast forward to Christmas. Nephew complained Grammy (my mom) hadn’t cooked enough potatoes. Fast forward to Easter. My mom cooked an entire 5 lb bag of potatoes along with the other food. We sat at the table, and.my mom told him, “Rick, you can’t get up from the table until every last bite of those mashed potatoes are GONE.” He was elated. He’s still eating potatoes, we all were finished and doing other things. About 10 minutes later, he cries, “Grammy, I tried…I absolutely cannot eat another bite.” He was down to the last serving bowl heaped with mashed poatoes. My mom let him off the hook and he NEVER again complained that there weren’t enough mashed potatoes.
That discount bag of produce was a great buy.
1. I made a pizza last night with a 49 cent tube of pizza dough from the discount grocery. It used up the last of some pesto I made, a tiny tomato my mom gave me and the rest of a chicken breast.
2. I turned a bottle of lotion upside down to get the last of it out.
3. I’m dogsitting my Grand-dog today while my daughter and Son-in-law go out of town.
4. I took my mom for a ride yesterday and she bought me lunch.
5. I sold a few more things on Ebay including a set of flatware for $140. This month’s electric bill should be covered.
I miss discount produce bags. My area has a grocery store monopoly and they rarely discount things. What a great score. I vote for tabbouleh for the parsley!
1. Garden is producing. I’ve been taking a salad to work every day made from various things from the yard: raw turnips, green onions, radish seed pods, nasturtium flowers, tomatoes, cucumbers…I add tofu or tempeh for protein and a bit of balsamic vinegar and it’s very satisfying.
2. I’ve had four no spend days in a row. I haven’t even stopped at the thrift store I pass on my way home from work.
3. Found a receipt on the ground and scanned it into Fetch. I’m pretty sure I learned that trick here. 🙂
4. Reading a gifted copy of *The Secret Life of a Cemetery* by Pere-Lachaise. I recommend it if you like nature and historic cemeteries. I just put Serviceberry on my library wish list (thanks for the reminder, K D!)
5. Proud member of the “Climate Change religion” and did not blasphemy it by ending decades old air and water protections. I’m honestly really heartbroken for our planet’s future.
I agree tabbouleh or the Jennifer Aniston salad. I also learned the scan a a receipt you found on the ground here. Also heartbroken with your #5.
I’m also heartbroken about #5. You’d almost think they don’t need to breathe air, drink water, etc. while they destroy the country and hurt the world. The golden age of the late 1800’s USA they want to return to was horrible for the vast majority of people in terms of working and living conditions.
Our Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves like a rotisserie chicken and they’ll never be done.
Our Food4Less used to have a stand with discounted produce, but it kind of declined in quality and then disappeared. I do miss it!
1. I found a set of folding puzzle cubes in a cute carrying case while out walking. It had been rained on, so I cleaned it up and now it’s in the Goodwill bag
2. Got gas using my Kroger discount card.
3. Found a pressed four-leaf clover inside a book from a little free library. I’m going to look for a little frame next time I go to Goodwill. That person’s luck is now mine!
4. Eating from my pantry project — this includes food from the freezer. I thawed a small casserole yesterday, ate half and will eat the other half today. I’m going to make pancakes for breakfast, using up blueberries. If I feel like I need another meal, I will make grilled cheese and tomato soup.
5. I apparently lost a bottle of Vitamin D while travelling. This is a dilemma, as I hate to interrupt my regime, but I don’t want to purchase more during this week of austerity. I will research the effect of interrupting.
20 minutes of sunshine is RDA. Dermatologist told me that was ok (am fair, strawberry blonde, with many years of sun damage).
1) Binge watching tv at my friend’s house this week. We don’t have one (by choice). Free (to me) entertainment.
2) My friend’s husband thawed out 2 chicken quarters for her and I to eat Tuesfay night. I don’t usually cook bone-in chicken, so that was a challenge for me. Her DH always cooks chicken the same (boring) way. She asked me to do something…ANYTHING different. I snooped around her pantry for spices and sides while she took care of some business on the computer. I felt like I was on CHOPPED. I took a gamble and seasoned the chicken lightly with a mixture of pink himalayan salt, black pepper, dried lemon peel, marjoram, and chives. Baked that in the convection oven. I found some brown rice I cooked to which I added butter and parsley flakes. I had brought lime jello, soon to be overripe peaches and pears from home with me. I put the pears in the lime jello and I put the peaches into a bowl with a little sugar and some nutmeg. The chicken was actually good, as were the rice and the pears in lime jello. The peaches we ate later in the evening for dessert. Together we only ate 1 chicken quarter. Will probably debone the rest and use in stir fry on Thursday. Today, she wants brats and sauerkraut. I don’t like brats, but I did bring a single serving of lasagna from home, so I will eat that. We will have more than enough leftovers for the rest of the week.
3) Saved an extra $.10/gallon on gas…paid $2.87/gallon. Bought a little over 10 gallon, so saved $1.
4) Driving my friend’s car to take her and her dog to their respective appointments. No wear-and-tear or gas consumption for our car.
5) Did not cut funding for PBS or NPR. Not even Oscar the Grouch is THAT MEAN!
Lime jello is such an upopular flavor at the hospital, that the phrase “Can I have some lime jello” was used as official code for patients who felt in danger.
And if they ask for “Lime Jello Marshmallow Cottage Cheese Surprise,” it’s probably an automatic Code Blue. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tWuG2oPL3o
I own The Joy of Jello 1960:cook book there is a whole chapter about putting meat in jello. The pictures make the book. Yes, I bought it in a thrift store. I also own a pudding recipe book from the same era but not as scary.
Katy – Pears in lime jello was a regular feature dessert on school lunch menueswhen I was a kid. It’s light and refreshing. Fill dish with bite-sized pears, mix up lime jello. Pour over pears. You need enough jello to cover pears. Refrigerate until set. Delicious!
I have often been amazed at the revival of wilted lettuce leaves that miraculously perk back up again after some rehydration. I will remove a couple of the wilted outside leaves from a head of lettuce and wrap them in a damp towel then put them in a plastic bag in the refrigerator overnight. The next morning they are crisp as new and no waste. I sometimes have found marked down wilted head lettuce for as low as 49 cents. Even if you toss the top leaves that is still a good value, but it is so satisfying to restore their original crispness instead of tossing them.
Thanks for the tip, Sandra!
So true! The random veggie bag also had two droopy carrots, which I cut into stick and then put in a glass jar with a bit of water sprinkled on top. I came back to them that afternoon and they were all nice and crispy. I ate them with the last of some hummous for an afternoon snack.
OH, thanks for the reminder, I got some VERY wilted spinach at the dented veggie store discount rack. (it was uber sad). I cut the roots off, and put half of the leaves into one of my biggest bowls full of cold water. gently stirred and picked out the really not good bits, then 20 min later gently picked up the now happy spinach and tucked into a bag. Did the same with the second half. the bag is forgotten in the downstairs fridge! oops, better plan a quick spinach and balsamic wilt… a bowl full of delicious
I put spinach leaves on cookie sheets freeze, then put in Ziploc in the freezer. Perfect for pasta or soup
1) I volunteered yesterday. Not sure if it is frugal, but I didn’t spend money and helped some good people, so I’ll include it!
2) A recent tow made me realize that our vehicles, no matter how nice they still look, are 28 years old and 16 years old, so chances are more tows and roadside service needs are in the future. It’s not worth it to put more than basic insurance on them due to age and replacement costs, which means no free towing options. I scoured our various memberships and credit cards until I was able to find one that offered an AAA discount before signing up. $50 for a year is better than a single $200 tow.
3) Found two books I had been wanting to own at the library free stacks (donated books the library can’t use and don’t want for the annual book sale, so they give them away).
4) I sharpened my own shovel and edger using our angle grinder, instead of investing in a sharpening wheel or paying someone to sharpen my work tools.
5) We were tempted to go out for drinks in the evening. Instead, we popped open a couple of beers from the fridge and enjoyed the sunset from our own deck. Right at dusk, at least 50 dragonflies came out and were flying around overhead. I’ve never seen so many in one location, and it was amazing!
Jenny – check how many miles of free tow you get for that price. I think it’s less than 10. My husband and I both have AAA+. You get 4 tows up to 200 miles/tow per member. Together we get 8 200-mile tows a year. Yep, cost more (a little over $200/year).. We wouldn’t be without it. It has bailed us out numerous times. Many hotels and restaurants offer AAA membership discounts. Anytime we can, even at home, we yank out our card for the discount.
Mama’s Little Meatball is gorgeous!!
1. My son and I decided to order a Pixel 8 to save on phone cost. The phone should be good for updates for roughly 5 years. It was about $300 compared to much more expensive phones. My son contributed $200 toward the phone, I contributed $50. The rest he will pay me back as he does yard work jobs.
2. I secured four yard work jobs for my son this week. As well as pet sitting this weekend. While I often go and help him with a lot of this work, and find it for him, I hope that it empowers him to know the value of money. His pizza place job has cut hours for the Summer leaving him without hours for over a month. We hope he gets to go back in the Fall when tourist season work picks up again.
3. We went on a great vacation to Michigan for a week where we went to two weddings. We drove using gas apps to find the lowest priced gas, and used Circle K for their rewards which my bf is very looped into. We also brought two cases of water, and other drinks that we enjoy which we bought at good prices at home, avoiding the upcharge of gas station prices. We did similar with snacks.
4. We spent one night at a hotel on the way up, and one on the way down. We chose to stay at IHG and enter into their point system to try and gain points for a free or reduced price stay in the future. *I began reading – How to Win at Travel, by Brian Kelly ‘The Points Guy’ and it has encouraged me to sign up for apps for rewards, and continue scanning receipts for cash back rewards, and more. His book basically glorifies how to exploit travel points and book vacations, mostly flights and hotels, at great prices. It encouraged me to tap into some of those programs.
5. Upon returning home we have only eaten out once this week. Supporting our locally owned pizza shop. We chose to eat from the pantry otherwise despite feeling tired.
6. Frugal loss (?) – We had a severe thunderstorm with multiple lightning strikes on the property before we went away for the week. Upon coming back I realized that one of our TVs no longer worked. I was sad to put it on the curb. However, it was a gift I accepted from a co-worker who was downsizing. So, while I am out a nice TV, I am not necessarily out of the payment cost for the item. Thank you freecycling!!
Ashley B.,
Re: your #6, I similarly lost a stereo to a lightning strike while living in Florida. There, the electric utility will install a whole-house surge protector at your light meter, which protects everything in your home. I forgot if it was free or not, or how much they charged. But I never had anything electrical ruined again due to lightning.
If you can’t do a whole-house surge protector, then you might want to try smaller ones that resemble extension cords. Either that, or unplug TVs and other items before going on a trip or right before a storm.
Hi Lisa, Yes, I too am in Florida. I need to look into that. We have FPL where I am, I will have to see if they offer that. I’ve been lucky over the years and have only lost two microwaves and this tv due to lightning and power on/off during storms.
Ashley B., IIRC, my electric provider was Progress Energy but it was 20 years ago (good grief! how time flies!) so I don’t know what’s currently available. But Florida had lightning storms that were worthy of old Frankenstein movies!
Clothing! Yesterday I wore a dress I’ve had for 10 years. It is finally just starting to show its age. Today I plan on wearing a thrifted dress I’ve had for at least 6 or 7 years to a work luncheon. I returned a pair of sandals I’d purchased this week online because they were too big.
Food! Attended a membership meeting for a environmental volunteer coalition last night and they provided everyone with free dinner (pizza, veggies, chips). Today, the work luncheon is free. Tomorrow is a work meeting that will also serve lunch. I ate up the last of the veggies and hummus in our fridge for a snack today. Simple bread and cheese with salad for dinner tonight. And tomorrow night, planning on a citrus salmon dinner based on ingredients in the pantry and freezer.
Leisure! I’m working on a puzzle I got for free from my mom. Currently reading 2 library books (one from my city library and one from my university library), and have 2 more lined up. Also listening to a library audiobook.
Community engagement (not directly frugal, but so important)! I just joined our Clean Air Coalition and attended my first meeting last night. I’m probably going to join their events committee and rapid response team. I’m working a volunteer shift at the neighborhood food pantry tonight.
I looooove the cat photo! Hehe.
I agree–and I think that Mama’s Little Meatball is now Mama’s Big Meatball!
She’s supper long and fluffy, which makes her appear enormous!
1. Got free samples of OTC pain relief cream from the store. Using it on my sore arm.
2. Found my old reusable Keurig coffee pod and tried it out on the off-brand coffeemaker. It works! So now I have 2 reusable pods, since the coffeemaker came with one. Scooping a pod’s worth of coffee at a time is much, much cheaper than buying regular Keurig-type pods. (Although sometimes I treat myself to an Aldi flavor of Southern Pecan coffee pods.)
3. Bought 99-cent packages, 8 in each package, of popsicles for the roofers. It’s already 91 degrees outside this morning.
4. Lined the indoor trash cans with large shopping bags from Goodwill and Ollie’s and with plastic packaging from huge multipack of toilet tissue that was carefully cut from one end in order to fit trashcan.
5. This might not be frugal, per se, but it may help save our country!: Readying postcards to mail to the Supreme Court of the U.S., expressing my displeasure at their going along with whatever the Orange Ogre wants. There’s a postcard mailing campaign and they want to flood the Court with postcards on and around Aug. 1. Everyone is supposed to send at least 5 cards, but it’d be better to send 10. And pls. tell as many friends as you can about this! If we all send in 10 cards, that would likely equal 2 million cards protesting Trumped up rulings.
Send postcards to:
Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20543
Suggested script:
Trump’s agenda is clear: He’s trying to grab absolute power in America. The Supreme Court may be the only thing that can stop Trump. We need you to step up and make sure that the Rule of Law is followed with every action this administration takes.
You can also send a postcard to:
Chief Justice John Roberts
Supreme Court of the United States
1 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20543
How far do we allow President Trump to go before he incurs real consequences and damages/destroys people’s lives? What line will we allow him and his administration to cross before we curb these illegal actions? We, the people, need you, your Honor, as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, to enforce the rule of law in this country.
Thanks! I didn’t know about this! I will mail them tomorrow.
Fru-gal Lisa, thanks for sharing this! My husband and I will both send postcards using blank cards received from Buy Nothing and a roll of stamps that we’re unlikely to finish using in our lifetimes.
@MB in MN – huh, one of the ‘perks’ of living in Canada is we can send postal mail for free to our Federal Government – at least to our Members of Parliament and Prime Minister. Just write, address and send, no stamp necessary..
Ecoteri, your country is soooo progressive. I’m green with envy! Maybe Canada should annex the USA. …not that you’d want us, LOL!
Thank you for #5. I didn’t expect to see anything like that here, and it made me cry in a good way. And thanks also to your commenters who went with the flow.
I thought that was your son’s cat.
Gina: Is the book about Pere Lachaise the cemetery?
She is, but she came for a visit.
How’s her temperament? All the torties I’ve known have ‘tude. My sister’s tortie Agatha loved me but didn’t hesitate to bite me if she felt like it.
I agree! My tortie was definitely a grumpy boy! Though I learned along the way that he was in pain from an early surgery, so I can’t entirely blame his disposition on his tortie-ness.
Because of the current state of affairs in this country I feel like I am floundering in a lot of ways. My little towns newspaper had an article on what to say and do if and when ICE comes to our town. We have a huge immigrant population brought in legally to work in the local pork processing plant. The local population is screaming against them but they don’t want to work there and it is our counties biggest employer. I just fear for everything this current administration is doing.
I am trying to just stay home and do what I can do from here, the postcards are something I can do, so thank you for the info.
Wow, folks, I didn’t know I’d start a movement. But thanks!
1. picking garden produce and using/canning/processing all that isn’t eaten fresh.
2. picking and freezing the blackberries as they ripen so I can make jelly/liqueur at a later date.
3. thawing and eating “mystery” containers from the freezer, vowing with every meal that next time I WILL do better with marking contents.
4. we are under a heat dome and have told to limit time outside, so inside work being done and I kicked up the AC…windows covered and all lights off. I have 2 solar bulbs charged for trip to the “dark” areas of home.
5. Made the mistake of trying a name brand of pretzels while on vacation….I am not a chip person but they are so good I am trying to find a way to make my own with cheap pretzels. I will find a way!
I can’t even put into words how much the current events are affecting me and totally killing “my buzz”. It just all sucks dirty dishwater.
Because I cuss like a stevedore IRL, I’d say that current events suck a lot worse stuff than dirty dishwater. However, I’m going to let off a little steam by sending postcards to the Supreme Court as recommended above by Fru-gal Lisa. Thanks to her for the addresses and the inspiration.
1. the heat and humidity improved for a couple of days, and so I turned off the AC and just used a fan (but turned it back on last night).
2. I’ve eaten at lunch every day and for dinner I’ve been eating toast, some sliced cheese, and a bowl of cherries (lots of veggies at lunch, though). This is week 2 at the work apartment and the food in NY is so much more expensive so I try really hard not to buy food while I’m here.
3. Most mystery shops for oil changes do not allow my make of car (a Subaru!). BUT, I finally found one, but you needed 2 cars. I found a friend whose car also needed an oil change, so we will get 2 for free.
4. I had a conflict when I was scheduled for a hair cut and color. I decided to wait until just before I go on vacation, saving 1 round of costs.
5. I did not have the taxpayers pay $40,000 in hotel fees to have security follow around my millionaire sons while they travel to make deals with foreign nations.
I LOVE those 99 cent “oldies” bags of produce at Kroger!! I buy up bags of apples and make applesauce in the crockpot and freeze it, so we always have fresh and I buy whatever looks like I can use it..as you do! THAT was a great little sack of goodies!!
I have not read Fiona Davis so now I have a new author to explore.Which of her books do you recommend starting with?
1. I received a partial bottle of Mr. Plumber drain opener for free on a local exchange.
2. I filled a boring afternoon by going over to my elderly mother’s house and playing dominoes with her and her even more elderly sister. It was fun.
3. I snapped a picture of a little home decor trio of small planters in a drugstore and recreated the display at home with items already had on hand. $14.99 + tax avoided, and a pretty windowsill.
4. Harvested grape tomatoes, a few raspberries, and a summer squash for tomorrow’s meals.
5. Made cucumber salad from gifted cucumbers and an onion regrown from a basal plate. (plant the bottom of the onion in your garden, water well… You know the drill)
1) Started a new audiobook through my library, This Tender Land. So far so good! I also picked up a stack of regular books from the library, the Goodreads app has a summer reading challenge, even though I’m a prolific reader anyways, it’s inspired me further to obtain all the “achievements”
2) Our office carpet is very stained from the dog we had (who passed 2 years ago) We’ve discussed replacing the carpet, my husband recently peeled up part of it though and found that the hardwood floor in the rest of the house is also in the office, and we don’t really need carpet in there (we like it in the 2 bedrooms but don’t have it anywhere else). So we have a weekend project of moving everything out, removing the carpet and checking the condition of the floor underneath and then going from there. He also wanted to remove a couch we have in there and get desks for the kids so they can do homework in there. My parents still have my childhood desk in a room in their house so they are giving it to us.
3) Eating almost all meals at home, the only exception is Saturday night takeout.
4) I harvested 3 green beans from my garden, not much but better than nothing.
5) I took the kids on a bike ride yesterday during my lunch break, free activity and then I didn’t feel so bad about them sitting inside all afternoon while I was in meetings!
If you want to feel extra wealthy, just gaze at that GORGEOUS STAIRCASE!!! what a beauty!
1. Won two tickets to a beer company’s big summer music bash. As I a) am not keen on big crowds and music and b) am almost 6 years sober, I am going to offer them to some young folk I know. My DD would have loved to go but she will be canoeing the Bowron Lakes at that time. (a 9 day canoe trip which I am sure will test her fortitude) . My #2 son once worked this music bash, not sure if he would like to go but I will see. My #1 son is a new dad so doubt he will want to go. HOWEVER, I have to keep reminding myself to not assume anything. If none of them want the tickets I will reach further afield, I know there will be young ones in my life who will jump at the chance.
2. Washed the dog’s many dog-towels, as well as the covers for her three foam beds. Everything out on the line in the sunshine. I was able to line-dry three loads of laundry as it was a VERY breezy day, even though it wasn’t really warm.
3. Used a thrifted frame to assemble my beloved dog’s paw print and a dog tag into a sweet little memorial picture that is already up where I can see it. I made up another for #2 son, which I know he wouldn’t have been able to put together himself right now. A good girlfriend is happy to take the washed dog towels, and my cleaning lady was delighted to take the big bag of kibble and the last of the frozen ‘raw’ dogfood (that was gifted to me by another friend just a month ago, after she lost her dog).
I will NOT regret doling the raw food out to my girl, it was better for her to have a little bit every day, although I suspect her opinion might have been different.
4. Although this year I didn’t ‘put in’ a garden, I just pulled at least 80 small volunteer garlic bulbs from various sections of my untended beds.
5. Shopping from the pantry has meant some really tasty meals. Cooked up some farro (a kind of wheat berry) and everyone who has eaten it has mentioned how much they like it. I am dealing with my urge to visit the dented vegetable store by researching ways to use cauliflower, as I have a couple of discount heads in the fridge. I am also ‘re-discovering’ pantry items in the downstairs pantry when I go looking for a final item for a recipe. This gets my brain happily considering options I had forgotten about.
6. Repotted some houseplants and put them into a different room, they are getting larger and I finally have space where I can put them where I will see them all the time. My slow and unsteady purging has opened up space so that I can experiment with options for furniture layouts. Who knew that a bit of purging could offer such possibilities? More, with less! LOL
7. DD mentioned that her really ancient Keds were falling apart, so I showed her where the shoe-goo is stored and helped her tack them back together. Considering how old they are, the material has stood up very well – it was the glue at various parts of the sole that was giving out. They will give her another couple of years of wear, now, and she loved seeing how easy it was to fix them.
Ecoteri,
I had a window with kitty nose prints that I wouldn’t clean for 6 months after I lost RockyBob. And when I did, even 6 months later, I still cried like a baby.
“There is a sacredness in tears. They are not a mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
Washington Irving
@Sugar Cat Farm – thank you for your story and for your quotation. The tears my middle son (26) is crying are just ripping at my heart, yet I am so grateful that he is able to share his deep grief.
The love that we had for our Skye is so great that it is leaking out of our eyes. I haven’t hurt like this for such a long long time, I had forgotten how exhausting and cleansing it is to be present to the pain.
I believe we have animals to teach us unconditional love, and gratitude because they’re here for such a short time in our lives.
I window shopped ordering pizza on GH. I window shop frequently and bravely walk away without spending money. I ended up making oatmeal raisin cookies with ingredients culled from my pantry and refrigerator. I paid off 1 of my last two credit cards, yesterday! I have the last credit card divided by 5 payments to be CC debt free at the end of 2025! Adore your gorgeous kitties!
Huge congratulations on paying off your credit card!!! And yes, Mama’s Little Meatball is gorgeous, although she only visits occasionally when my youngest is out of town or needing a cat-free apartment for some reason.