Non-Consumer Mish-Mash -- Code Names & John Prine
Life here at Casa Wolk-Stanley has been busy, so today's blog post is going to lean heavily into a little bit of this, a little bit of that.
My sister thrifted this game as a hostess gift and we've been playing it at the end of the day as it's super fun. It seems to be the perfect combination of luck and skill.
The oatmeal breakfast buffet has made a second appearance and is the ideal compliment to a pair of rich restaurant meals from yesterday.
We took our 83-year-old mother to the Goodwill Outlet bins, (her favorite place on earth) although we only stayed for a few minutes as she tuckered out pretty quickly. I bought a couple pieces of American Girl doll clothing, but didn't bring home this John Prine prayer candle.
I never knew he had such creepy yellowed fingers.
We've also been watching an episode here and there of the Great British Sewing Bee, which is made extra enjoyable by the hilariously incorrect subtitles.
Umm . . . I'm pretty sure it's Leopard skin," not "leper skin!"
I sadly broke my Clark Howard mug, which was a gift from the Clark Howard show from when I wrote for them. I reached out to see if they have any extras laying around the office, but all of my contacts no longer work for the company.
I try to reframe dish breaking as "decluttering," which puts a nice spin on the inevitable loss of dishware.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
"Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without."
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Some little tings here as well
1. Boiled my dish rags (learned that either here or from The Frugal Girl) to refresh them. Once boiled in soapy water on the stove I’ll run them through the wash first extra refreshes.
2. Eating things out of the freezer for lunch. Hubby had potato leek bacon soup, pear sauce and cheese bread. I’m having cheese bread and some still to be determined random soup from said freezer.
3. This is the second day in a row I haven’t gone anywhere. No $ spent, no gas used.
4. Organizing, decluttering, and putting stuff away to keep life simple.
5. Didn’t use the “F” word or threaten to annihilate a whole county because I didn’t get my own way.
1. I walked today with a friend for free exercise for me and the dog.
2. I sold five items on Ebay. I packaged them with some purchased and some recycled materials.
3. I picked up a couple items at an estate sale to resell.
4. I also didn't threaten genocide because things didn't go my way.