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A Stay at Home, No Spend Day

June 20th, 2007 at 04:37 am

Stayed home for the first time since moving to moms I think. She is the going-est person. Jump in the car & go here......no problem, just run to the store .......let's go; her favorite line!

Anyway, we both stayed here today. Spent nothing but personal energy. I continued to dig sod out of a new garden bed, taking all the sod to the new pathway to the back lawn and the clothesline area.

Also cleared out a garden bed in front and trimmed up the freecycle iris we picked up yesterday. Have them all in the ground and watered. If even half of them take off, we've got an exceptional bed of cut flowers on the way. (also have 2 more people sharing iris with us this week......must come up with another area for those)

Tomorrow is garbage day here....I've not had garbage pick up ....hmmmm ....in over 20 years maybe. Tuesday night is the regular clean out the fridge or freezer event here. Working on the upright freezer in the basement, food has been in there since ....well, let's say I'm embarrased to say. Another month or so, I'll be done with this project.

Have convinced mom to try a month of eating out of her pantry and freezer, with no trips to the store, with the exception of milk. Now if I can just keep her from going to the store to "stock up" prior to our little contest starting. Smile

2 Responses to “A Stay at Home, No Spend Day”

  1. fern Says:
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    Maybe, like me, for whatever reason, your mom derives a certain sense of security and well-being from having a fully stocked fridge and pantry. Maybe it's that depression-era mentality (except i didn't live through that, but oh well)

  2. boomeyers Says:
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    It seems more like she likes to keep busy and have places to go, people to see. Maybe you can help her to just relax!

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