Frugality has always been in my life. I spent my summers as a child with my grandma in a very very small town about 150 miles away from where I lived the rest of the year. My grandpa is/was a farmer, had cows, and a diesel mechanic. My grandma was a farmer’s wife. I learned how to garden, sew, cook, move pipe, change oil, and learned how to drive on a tractor. At home during the school year none of these tasks were put to use. We lived in a suburb of a city with nearly 50,000 people, we didn’t have a garden, we had a dishwasher, etc. So at the end of the school year I was ecstatic to get to go my grandma’s house! I loved being there; I loved the fruits of my labor there. I felt as though I had a purpose. Fast forward to 5 years ago. I graduated high school, moved to Phoenix, got into a heap of money issues, wanted everything in sight, forgot everything my grandma ever taught me and then I moved back to Idaho. About a year and a half later I came to the realization that something had to...
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I can totally relate! I try to use leftovers up but I fail too-often.
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Been there... It is hard to make the perfect meal plan that is completely waste free, I was really bad as a young homemaker, and am a lot better now, I still have to toss out bad produce from time to time. When I had chickens I could give them leftovers and I still give our two big ol' labs leftovers too- they are very happy to help :) Visiting from Thursday almost friday blog hop. ~April
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