Looking Good After a Great Nap!

Looking good after a great nap!

Becky sent me these pictures yesterday after they had all had a nice nap. We all could use a good nap now and then couldn't we?

So far I am 1 for 1 on not spending any money! Yay me! We enjoyed a mix of diced potatoes, chopped zucchini and onion and leftover turkey from the freezer for dinner and after that had all cooked I added about 6 eggs. I also added in some garlic salt and salt and pepper. It was pretty tasty and healthy! Tonight we're doing some french toast and bacon. 

Yesterday I inventoried the garage freezer and made a list of all the meats that were in there. I try to keep all beef, pork and poultry in that freezer because it makes it easier to track. Today I'm going to check out the kitchen freezer and hopefully tomorrow I can do the big upright freezer. This freezer is where we store all frozen veggies and fruits. It takes a while to inventory that one! I am determined to use up what we have before accessing the newly preserved stuff. 

I know that stocking up on food can be a daunting task but I encourage you all to do what dad and I did. We worked on it slowly throughout the year. We did not spend a ton of money because we didn't have a ton of money and yet we managed to add an extra can of tuna here and a few extra dollars there to buy a bushel of peaches to can. Start slow but start. 

I have been following a few homestead blogs and they all seem to be very concerned about the possibility of rising food prices due to the flooding and late planting of the mid west farms. I too see that the chances are good that we are all going to be paying more for food in the coming year. So buy that peanut better when it goes on sale and stock up on those strawberries to make jam. I love you all and know that if we are prepared we needn't fear!