Welcome to December! The holiday season is usually extraordinarily busy–so having a meal plan become even more important than usual. Here’s what I’ve got to plan around this week: 1. We’ve got our normally scheduled dance classes, scout meetings and pool games. On top of that Yankee Bill has an additional club meeting one evening… Keep Reading
Library Stack: 11/30
I am a prolific reader. I love learning new things, I love a good story and I just plain love reading. My idea of a perfect day is to curl up in a chair with a cup of hot coffee and read all day with no interruptions. You can guess how often that happens. I… Keep Reading
Coming Soon-Blog Redesign
I’ve been working with a designer on a new blog design for a while now. Actually, since March. My poor designers–there seems to just have been one thing after another on my part that keeps dragging out the process. I’m a terrible design client. I have absolutely no idea what I really want, I just… Keep Reading
Walmart Toys for Christmas
Remember back in October when I went down to Walmart HQ in Bentonville AR? Well while we were there I once again got the chance to visit the “Layout Center”. The Layout Center is this HUGE warehouse where they set up all the aisles as if they were in one of the Walmart stores–but with… Keep Reading
Ninja Winner
Congratulations to Donna, who won the Ninja 3 in 1 Cooking System!
The November Garden
Yes, it’s November in Upstate New York, and I’ve still got food growing in my garden! It just makes me so happy–homegrown, fresh organic produce from my own land. Yankee Bill bought me these great rain/garden boots at a sorting goods tent sale. Its so fun and festive to look down and see them on… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 11/5
Welcome to daylight savings time! I hope you all are enjoying a bit of extra light in the mornings–I know it’s a tad less depressing right now to wake up with a bit of a glow in the sky instead of pitch dark 🙂 Several unusual things going on this week that effect the meal… Keep Reading
Missing Yankee Bill
Well-Yankee Bill’s NY Guard unit was activated by the governor to help with Hurricane Sandy Cleanup: You see Yankee Bill really missed the military after he retired. He joined the NY Guard quite a few years back. The NY Guard is NOT the same thing as the National Guard. It’s a completely volunteer organization (read… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 10/29
Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on us, but it’s still Meal Plan Monday! I decided that it’s an exercise in futility to create a full up meal plan this week. So much depends on the power situation. If we just have minor power outages or none, then I could proceed as normal with meals. If… Keep Reading
Meal Plan 10/22
Welcome to another week of food here at the Frugal Upstate Village Homestead! Thank goodness my schedule is staring to clear up a little bit-at least from the sports related stuff. Of course the rest of life continues to march on! Here are the things I need to think about this week: 1. Field Hockey… Keep Reading
