Seems the last several post are about making dolls, but LOOK I can do something other than making dolls.Lol
How do you plan your meals? Most days I have my meals planned out,as what I will cook. Days like today , I didn't have a plan. As you know we stay stocked, and with care taking these days DH does alot of our grocery shopping. Yesterday while he was out, he picked up a bagged salad. I like to make my own salad but I am not against a bag salad esp. on a busy day. Sometimes it can be cheaper to buy bagged and add your own veggies. I'm all for doing what works best for you!
Each evening or early mornings I try to ask what they'd like to eat, most of the time I get ,It doesn't matter, or Whatever you want to cook. SO HELPFUL!!!!!! LOL Sometimes I get a straight up answer:o) When I ask last night I got It doesn't matter , and a whats my choice.
I planned today's meal around the bagged salad. I thought of what all I have cooked and in the freezer. Then I opened the fridge and right there in the veggie drawer was 4 zuc. squash I had thought for the past 2 days I'll cook and had forgotten. You know I don't like waste. So I thought That's it I'll make spag. sauce.I'm not a big meat eater, but my Guys are, so I add meat to most recipes. Even if its just enough for them to think their eating meat. I don't care for the taste of it.
Spag. sauce
4 zuc. squash Grated 1 Large onion chopped 1 large bell pepper chopped
1 pint canned stewed toms. (or 1~ 14- 16oz.can) 1 qt. of Spag. sauce (or 1 can)
6 cloves of roasted garlic 1 lb. of ground turkey or gr. beef or leave out all together
Cook turkey and drain. Add squash, onion, peppers and stewed toms. cook until tender ,add spag. sauce.
I use whole wheat spag. cook according to pkg. drain ,plate top with spag. sauce and cheese.
I keep garlic butter (Marg.) in the fridge I raost garlic and stir into butter . I use it for a number of things. My main reason for making it ahead is to make garlic toast , I spread it on bread and top with cheese and toast.
I'm not big on eating out alot, I like to know what goes into our food . If someone likes to eat out fine, another I like what works best for everyone. Most of my meals are frugal meals, but also they have to taste good too as well as look good ,I think we 1st eat with our eyes! I love to cook and enjoying trying new recipes or making my own up as I go .
What are some of your frugal meals? Frugal tips? With the price of gas skyrocketing ,food prices or everything hauled in will go up . Everyone I know is once again tightening their belts, seems life is one big adjustment with this economy.
Hope everyone has a great day!
Blessins',Lib
Happy Good Friday ,Happy Earth Day!
Happy Easter! I am taking a few days off to get ready for Family and Friends coming to celebrate Easter with us! 
Sometimes I think I was born 100 yr's. too late. lol I enjoy the older ways ,and I try to keep skills , I learned growing up . I Love iron skillets, thats all I use. I enjoy old recipes altho most pioneer type cooking I do I dont have recipes for , or if I do its an egg size of a walnut that sort of thing. If for some reason you were face with having to make do and live as the Pioneers did ,could you do it? When we have Pioneer day or wkend, It still amazes me how much water is wasted daily, and how sad it would be if for some reason one day we were force to live this way, all the folks who would not have the skills to make it. I had some request for the dandelion recipe, I dont have a recipe , go to my side bar to ~~~Feathered Spirits~~~ Joyce Ann has nice photos and recipe for frying dandelion blooms, her blog is loaded with wonderful ideas. Thanks Joyce Ann for all you share:o) Hope ya'll are having a Great wk. Blessins',Lib
Had our first Hummer to come to eat at the feeder today:o) A bit early for here.We enjoy watching birds and all wildlife here. 
It's the Simple things in Life that brings us Great Joy. 
To us the simple side of life is laid back ,worry free as possible. 
Here in our neck of the woods the economy seems to be double dipping. I always try to keep a well stocked pantry. Even more so with this economy. We've always lived the Simple side of life, we don't have huge wants,and when the economy tanked I think it was easier for us than alot of Family and Friends. 
Bad storms are headed our way . One just went thru alot of hail, windy is terrible! Lost power. Hope ya'll have a great day. Stay safe. Blessins',Lib
Filled with the simple things of life. 
Filled with simple Beauty. 
With the ones and things you Love! Have aGreat weekend!
Our weather is much cooler , and rain moving in for the wk.end. So Im stitchin'.
Have muslin and homespun fabric washed and ready to hem ,for more towels to stitch up this wk.end and wk. rain is suppose to stay with us for awhile.
Happy Bithday to you,Happy Birthday to you,Happy Birthday DEAR Peggy,Happy Birthday to you!
This morning we took Little shadow to Ijam's Nature Center. We Love going there.They teach children so much of nature ,recycling etc.
This owl was recycled from paper and cardboard boxes.
Mama Earth is wide awake from a Long winter's sleep.
We've had so much fun being outdoors. Discovering all the flowers popping up .
It's been a busy last few days, but we have gotten alot of work behind us.Had to mow this week .
We said Good Bye to a Dear Friend Grady, today.
I found a great recipe for making apple butter from apple sauce .So easy. I had several cans of applesauce ,nobody but me would eat. SO I found a recipe and went to work. My Little Shadow helped me empty the cans into the crockpot.Use 1 cup of applesauce and 2/3 cup sugar,cinnamon to taste ,cook in crockpot on low for 3 hrs.
Still here. What a month Feb. was! Been care taking more days per wk. ,Feb. was 1 yr. since little Shadows Dad passed. We had her alot , enjoyed her being with us.
The pix has nothing to do with this post, I just want nice weather ! lol Fresh veggies!
Seems the last several post are about making dolls, but LOOK I can do something other than making dolls.Lol
I've been ask to show how to make dolls.It takes about 2 1/2 -3 hrs. hrs. from start to finish per doll. I hope this will be helpful ,I have made dolls so long I have no directions to follow. I have been a crafter for yrs. but I can't read directions and follow ,I can look at a pic. and make. So hope my directions will be clear ,if not just send me an email and I'll try again. For the body I use muslin fabric, I tea or cof. dye only because I like the look, you don't have to dye. The doll body is 10 1/2 ins. long ,cut 2 , legs are 10 ins. cut 4 ,arms 6 1/2 ins. cut 4.Machine stitch , and turn to right size, stuff with fiber fill. These doll bodies are thin some calls them penic dolls their so thin.Fill body leaving about 2 ins. at the bottom unstuffed , Fill legs and arms leaving about 2 ins. from the top.I turn legs where feet face each other ,only because I like that look better than feet facing straight out. Machine stitch legs together, insert into body and machine stitch. I use hot glue , I glue tops of arms closed ,I glue arms to doll body.
This is another type underware, I used felt machine stitch turn, glued to doll. Most dolls I use the top of a crew sock that I have cof or tea dyed, but I was out.
THis dress is a homespun Kitchen towel I made . I fold it in 1/2 top to bottom ,then fold from side to side and measure 1/2 way in cut sm. hole insert head, gather towel or fabric across top half of the body, tie off at waist line. The hat is a yo-yo glued on. Button for broach. I glued a fabric heart between her hands, instead of a purse. 
