Winter Recipes Bucket List (2024)

March 11, 2024

This month for the Share Our Lives link up we're talking about 5 items we can't live without. I don't know about you but I really struggled with this list! Obviously there are literal things I can't live without; food, water, shelter, air, etc. and things I wouldn't want to live without; my family, my friends, money, etc. But I was pretty sure we were talking about fun items-- things we use every single day (or nearly) and don't want to be without. I had to silence that literal side of my brain that kept making me delete things because obviously I CAN live without any of these items... but I don't think I'd want to. 1. BOOKS! (I realize this is not just one item but I could not imagine my life without books). 2. My phone-- mostly because I love having a camera in my back pocket (it actually replaced my old point and shoot that I used to carry around in my back pocket). 3. My Yeti-- preferably filled with ice cold water 4. My car-- where we live

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March 04, 2024

Why do I always feel so surprised when I go to write this post and see all my month's purchases laid out in one long list? I honesty thought we hadn't bought much at all this month but I, once again, see that I bought more than I thought I had. I already know next months list will probably be long too; I'm hoping to start working on picking out Evan's schoolwork for next year and I want to buy a bunch of bins to organize our freezers. But enough about that; today is time for Prime Purchases with Tanya! I finally broke down and ordered this blouse that I've been seeing on various blogs and I really like it. It's going to be a great blouse for spring with all the fun colors and I love the wide sleeves. This blouse popped up as another suggestion and on a whim I decided to add that to my cart too and I just love it; the material, the style, and the color are just perfect for me. It comes in a bunch of colors and I can see myself ordering another one or two.. T

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March 13, 2024

I don't always join in with Shay and Erika for their Let's Look but this month just founded much too fun to skip! I actually took photos of our grocery haul a few weeks running to give you some idea of what we usually buy and what things are just an "occasionally" buy kind of thing. Now before I show you these photos I do have to explain that no, we are not vegetarians. However, we did just buy 1/2 a cow last month (from a local farmer/ butcher-- and honestly I think that much red meat is going to last us well over a year!) and had previously stocked up on all sorts of chicken breasts and tenders at BJ's so we rarely buy meat on our weekly grocery run. Even so most of our weekly grocery haul is fresh fruits and veggies... that has been that way for years but I've really been amping up as we try to limit processed foods and I move toward a more plant based diet. The first week our table looked like this: We go through a lot of food because all 5 of us eat

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