Welcome to Autumn in Spokane!

 

 

 

Autumn means canning, preserving, putting up, whatever the term is you want to use. I know that for me it means rearranging the food room to find space for all the food stuffs we've preserved. That's what I'll be doing this afternoon.

We purchased 40 lbs. of chicken from Zaycon and it's now all in canning jars. I've got to find a spot for that! So I spent $84.00 on chicken in October plus $18.00 at Rosauer's this morning buying a roast and 10 lbs. of margarine that was on sale. I'll need it for holiday baking. So for October I spent $102.00 on groceries. Dad gives me $100.00 a month now because I said to put the other $100.00 he was giving me towards the 2nd mortgage which will be paid off this month!!!! I'm going to try to show my monthly expenditures because it's good for me to be accountable about my shopping.

Now this doesn't include things like dish detergent or other non-food items. This $100.00 is just food. My goal is to reduce that by half and live off what we canned and froze. Don't know if it will work but I'm willing to try. Our food room is full as is each of our freezers. Now to enjoy the bounty. Whoops, I forgot I still have pumpkins to can! I hope I have enough canning jars!