Monday Q&A-In which I ask questions of you!
Today, we're going to do sort of a backwards Q&A, because I want to find out a few things from you, my readers.
First, do you find the menu/grocery spending posts to be helpful?
I don't mind doing them, but I worry that they might be boring to read. If that's the case, just say so. And if I find that enough of you yawn while reading those posts, I will cease and desist. On the flip-side, if you think they're really helpful, speak up and save that feature!
Secondly, do you feel disappointed on the days when I do posts that are mostly photos, with only a little bit of text, or do you enjoy these peeks into my life?
Examples of these would be my posts on organic tomatoes, the start of chilly weather, why I think drying sheets are beautiful, my favorite white dress, and the pants that did eventually quit.
I'm asking because I'm considering doing a post like this somewhere around once a week in order to cut back a bit on the time I have to spend on my blog (because much as I love you all, my family comes first!). Posting pictures takes a lot less time than composing a 300 word article. Plus, I love to take pictures and share pictures, so I get a lot of joy out of doing this sort of post.
I value your input, though, so please feel free to tell me if you hate those photo-heavy days...I only get joy out of sharing pictures if you get joy out of looking at them!
Lastly, is there anything you'd like to see more or less of on my blog? '
More pictures or fewer pictures? More recipes? Fewer recipes? More or less of my day-to-day life? More how-tos? Are there any particular topics you'd like me to cover?
You get the idea. I want this blog to be helpful to you, so if you can think of a change I can make to better serve you, then speak up. The floor is yours. 😉
A big yes to the photos...I love the visuals.
The only suggestion I have Kristen is that you stick to a consistent posting schedule - have articles (or photos!) posted at the same time everyday (whatever time works for you). I've logged in many times to discover you not having updated - a consistent time to check would be nice.
Other than that, you're doing great!
Jenny-oh yes, that IS my goal! I like it when blogs post at consistent times too...it saves me unnecessary checking. Most days, my blog post is up before 9:00 am EST, but there are days when it just doesn't work out.
If I could get just one day ahead in my post writing, I could schedule each day's post to go out at the same time. I never seem to be able to consistently stay a day ahead, though.
If you don't want to wait for me to get myself into an uber predictable schedule, you could always subscribe to an email feed or add my RSS feed to your homepage. I love adding inconsistent blogs to my homepage because then I can easily see at a glance if there's a new post or not.
I promise I'll keep trying to post consistently, though. 🙂
Personally, I enjoy your grocery posts. They help me achieve my own grocery goals, you know, makes me feel less alone! 😛
I also love the pictures! I am all about the visuals as well.
MORE on your day-to-day is the only "suggestion" I have! Other than that, love your blog! 😀
I too like your grocery/menu posts. I get inspiration from your menu!
Kristen, I love your blog! I enjoy your grocery posts and menu plans, as they help inspire me. You are certainly entitled to have a post (or two) per week that are primarily photos. First off, it's your blog! Also I really enjoy your pictures; they're very good 🙂
I especially enjoy all posts related to frugal living. Keep them coming!!
I love your blog as it is! The variety between picture posts, day-to-day posts, and articles is actually something I love about it!
I love the grocery/menu posts too! I agree w/Frugal Dreamer - more on the 'day to day' stuff is a good suggestion. I love your blog & have made several changes in my household because if it. 🙂 Thanks Kristen!!
Don't change anything 🙂
I find your blog to be very useful and I enjoy the bits of your life that you share. Makes your blog more personable and I feel like I'm getting to know you! (though I stay hidden in the shadows 🙂 )
I don't even notice if the posts are inconsistent -- if you miss a baking week or not. But, then again, I am not organized (at all) anyway!
I just found your blog. I like it the way it is. Do whatever you want or makes life easier for you.
Please keep the photos for your baking/recipes!!! I am a visual person and it's so helpful to stop and check to see if what I am making even resembles what it should! I have made your garlic breadsticks and your cinnamon twists and both times it was extremely helpful to have a picture to double check!!!
I just started reading your blog and am enjoying it and am inspired by it! You do an awesome job!
I love the grocery/menu posts (they give me good ideas for meals and help me keep our grocery spending in check). I also enjoy the photo posts. Keep it up. Your blog is one of my favorite blogs to visit!
I enjoy your picture posts very much, keep them up. And I use an RSS reader, so whenever I see a new one from your blog, it is the first I go to. Since I am single, I don't really read your menu plans that much, but I find your grocery spending info very helpful. I too vote for more day to day stuff. Keep up the great work, but don't over work yourself!
Love your blog!
My favorite posts are the ones about your baking and cooking. I love seeing the new recipes! I would be very interested to read more about your home cooking and what you make from scratch rather than purchasing pre-made at the grocery store. Before reading your blog I had never even considered making bread or yogurt! I love the idea of making food cheaper and healthier at home from scratch, but I don't know where to start!
Also, keep the photos, especially with the baking/cooking posts. So beautiful, and helpful!
Kristen, I really love reading your blog. The only thing I wish I could change is my own time to read it! I'd like to have more!
Your photos are always so excellent. I am darn envious of your photo prowess.
Keep up the great work. Even though my kids are 23 and 30, I still remember Mom Days and your blogs jog my memory of being mother to two boys.
Much success and best wishes.
I love the photo posts! Your phots are great and many of them tell a story in themselves!
I have used your menu/grocery spending for inspiration. Don't get rid of it!
I enjoy all your post! I love to see your family pictures & I like to take a lot of pictures too 🙂 I learn a lot you are very helpful, THANKS!!!
I like your menu/grocery posts, but I'd love to know the percentage of items you buy each week that are store brand/generic versus name brand.
Also, I'd love to know more about how you incorporate green living into your family's life. For instance, do you try to buy local produce or do you go for whatever's cheapest? Do you buy cleaning products or use regular household items [vinegar, baking soda, etc?
I really like seeing pictures of the steps in your baking posts - it helps me to make sure I'm actually doing everything correctly.
I love the grocery list the most. They help me figure out what I should eat and I sometimes switch up the days but I do love it!
I also really like the how-tos. Because of you, I am going to attempt to refinish a mirror I got from Ikea. If I can successfully re-stain this mirror to a new color I will feel like a pro. I loved what you did with the night stands and I was inspired.
So, the grocery list and the how-tos are my favorite but I have to say I enjoy the photos too!
My first, most important comment is going to conflict with the others, and the others sometimes are internally inconsistent. Not sure what to make of that. But since you asked...
#1: do what works for your and your family. This isn't a business; you aren't required to make us, your readers, happy. To be honest it's not entirely clear to me why you maintain this blog, apparently mostly as a public service, but I'm glad you do.
#AllTheRest: I enjoy the food purchase posts (and the stuffed animals; maybe you should have a weekly contest to count them) but ignore the menus themselves because 1, detailed menu planning doesn't work well for me and 2, I have a thousand recipes to try already.
I find I'm not very interested in photos that aren't of something you do or of your immediate family. The reason for this eludes me - maybe I'm nosy only about people, specifically people that I have some exposure to? Dunno.
Despite what I just said about having a thousand recipes to try and wanting mostly people photos, I enjoy your baking posts. I've added a few of your recipes to my list to try.
I also like the little looks into your family and your life, particularly the ones that give insight into how you live on less cheerfully. And how sometimes you don't live on less - deliberately or accidentally.
I miss the how-to's: paint a blackboard, refinish a dresser, make pix from calendars. This falls into both the "how to live on less" and the slightly voyeuristic looks into your life. (Really, there's no getting around that public blogs are a little creepy when you think about it.)
Having said all this, you do what works for you. There's nothing that will make everyone happy so whatever you choose, someone would prefer that you did something else.
@Jenny: I have the same "problem." I know that if I could restrain myself until 8 pm the problem would solve itself bit I'm not very good at waiting that long. Shall we form a mutual support pact for FrugalGirl addicts? That would have the benefit of not adding another burden to the FrugalGirl herself.
Things I've really appreciated about your blog:
*The how-to's (someday I'm going to paint a dresser. Honest!).
*The recipes (my kids love the granola bars, and I love how healthy they are).
*Some of your random things (like that discussion on whether or not you should save your old laundry basket. I still think about it when I'm getting ready to toss something that might possibly have another use).
*The Monday Q & A's. People ask questions that I might also ask, and you give real-life answers, not theoretical ideas.
I enjoy the photos of your daily life--it makes you seem like a real, flesh-and-blood person.
For me, the grocery shopping and menu plan isn't as necessary, as I already make my own menus. And I always look at your pile of groceries (and your total bill) and wonder how in the heck you do it and feel a bit guilty that I'm not as good as you (although my 4 kids are older than yours). But I keep trying.
I would especially like more snacky-type recipes--those granola bars were great, and I could sure use other healthy baked goods to put in lunches and for after-school snacks.
Since I subscribe to your blog, I don't have to keep looking for it each day. So it's not a big deal to me if you get it out at an exact time each day.
Thank you for the time and effort you put into your blog. It is a bright spot in my day!
Grocery/Menus: Grocery is helpful! I'm wondering if just me and my hubby can live on $40 a week, when really we spend about $150 (yes...gasp right now). The menus... I dont really look at to be honest. I like it when you have the posts of the recipe how-tos and pictures. Maybe do those and mention you're having that recipe one day during the week? (i'd like to see more how-tos! I'm a food photographer myself and love seeing what angles other people take!)
Mostly photo days: during your vacation, I had some withdrawal issues. I love seeing your family (we dont see your husband very much!!). But I like seeing photos and then reading about it too. I'd like more of a balance. So when you post photos, write a little bit too. But keep posting the photos. In this day of technology, getting more media online is a must, so please don't stop!
What Id like to see: Would it be too horrible to have your husband post a small blog every two weeks? I would LOVE to see what he says about your frugal ways, how he helps, what he contributes, and the like. I mean... every two weeks!
I would like to see what you do on a daily basis...maybe for a week you could document the life you lead.
Would like to see crafty things you do as well! Since the holidays are coming up, maybe kids holiday costumes, recipes with seasonal ingredients, things you do for family and friends around the time, special things you do every year around this time, etc.
Am I asking too much? Heh. Could you just be my personal commentator? I love reading your blog at any rate!
I love your blog exactly the way it is. And it is always a surprise. Frankly, while I appreciate your questions to your readers about your blog--it is ultimately your blog and you should do exactly what you want to and have time for. Thanks for posting.
Thank you so much for all your input! Keep it coming. 🙂
William, you always crack me up. And I'm extremely honored that you consider yourself addicted to my blog.
Reese, I'll have to talk to my husband about that. Maybe we could have an "Ask Mr. The Frugal Girl" Q&A post or something. lol I'll have to clear it with him first, though.
Do a bunch of you have questions for my husband? If there is great popular demand for some participation from him, I might be able to talk him into it. Hee-hee.
I love your blog and totally understand doing pictures and spending more time with family.
Would love to find out like Reese Holiday ideas, crafts, recipes from you and any of your readers.
Love new cheap recipes. We have 4 kids 3 being teenagers. We love to save money on a great cheap meal.
What is email feed and RSS feed?
Thank you and I really enjoy everything you do. Thank you for taking the time.
Kelli, you can get my posts delivered to your email inbox each day via the email feed. Just click on the "Subscribe" button right below my header (the title up at the top of the blog), and enter your email address. New posts get delivered each day around noon, I believe.
To subscribe to the RSS feed, use the orange button at the top right side of the blog. You use this if you want to read my posts in Google Reader or if you want to add them to your homepage and the so on.
The email subscription is the easiest method, though, next to coming straight to the blog each day. lol
I love the menu posts since I get to see what other people are making. I like the photo posts to since they are a good break from all the "reading" I do on other blogs. Plus, your pictures are beautiful.
@Kristen
I've done a couple of posts with my husband but he was having trouble thinking of things to write about. Some weeks in the Ingram household are crazier than others. His posts were always very popular with my readers.
@Kristin @ klingtocash Yes, that's why I was thinking that maybe a Q&A with him would be good. Then he wouldn't have to think of a topic, and he could satisfy my readers' curiosity.
I like the menu/shopping info and the beautiful photos, but I love the recipes. Cooking seems really difficult to me, so I like the step-by-step photos and seeing how you've modified the recipe to fit your lifestyle. But I don't think anyone expects that level of detail every day!
OK, I admit it, I'm addicted to 'The Frugal Girl' too. Ha ha ha, I guess we'll have to form a support group.
On to your specific questions:
I love the photos of the grocery shopping that often have little feet or legs in them. They are adorable! And I am always facsinated by how much you buy for so little. That said, I do sometimes feel a bit disappointed on Saturdays when I realize that's the entire post for the weekend. Would you consider posting this info every other week rather than every single week?
I agree with the commenter who said that the photos of your family along with your comments (e.g. the white dress post) are wonderful, but I also had a bit of withdrawal while you were on vacation. So more photo posts are fine, and I'd be delighted, but not too many of these.
To me, the very best part of your blog is the way you seem to be able to share your own life experience and views, without seeming at all judgemental about what others might do. It's all good 🙂
And I would also reiterate WilliamB (and others) above who say that you should do what works for you and your family. Obviously, they are way more important than we (the readers) are. But we do love you, too!
PS: This weekend I finally decided to retire my one ancient laundry basket which is barely holding together and doesn't fit inside the other baskets. Of course, I thought of you! And then I decided to use it as a container for recycling (to collect materials in the house before bringing outside to the bin). Thanks for the inspiration!
I like the grocery/menu posts. The one change I'd like to see in them is more links to the recipies (even if it's just a simple - throw these things together.)
Barb, I must really put a damper on your weekend then, because I don't even do a post at all most Sundays! lol Thanks for the love. and I'm so glad you found a use for your laundry basket.
Adrienne, I try to put links in when the recipe is available on my site or on some other site. I haven't gotten around to getting all my recipes up here yet. I think that might be one thing I'll work on...throwing some more main dish recipes into the mix of posts.
I love your blog! I enjoy the menu and grocery spending posts. They give me ideas and inspiration to track my own grocery spending. I also like the picture heavy posts, you take great photos. Also love the recipe posts, I never considered making my own bread or yogurt until I found you! And I enjoy the Q&A, often you answer questions that I was curious about too. You have one of the few blogs that I look forward to reading every day. I appreciate the time and effort you spend to maintain it, so do whatever works best for you and your family. Thanks for an informative and inspirational blog!!
I love your blog - it's great as is! Sometimes I can't relate to everything since I'm a single girl, living in a tiny apartment with no outdoor space (hence no gardening or composting,) but I still love reading everything, as you inspire me to spend less on food and clothing and waste less food. If all goes well and I get my coveted Kitchen Aid stand mixer for Christmas/birthday, then I'll also start making some of the yummy looking breads you post.
Oh the recipes, I love your recipes!
We have 9 people in our home, including a Marine and a teenage boy, plus one feisty little westie who loves salt pork... I could never spend as little as you do and I know that's okay, because I live within my own budget allowance as give to me by my husband. Seeing your budget posts is neat, but not all that helpful... I've never even seen an Aldi's and Costco is particularly useful in our home.
I also enjoy your pictures! They are always so fresh and thoughtful.
The menu posts are sweet too. I have planned our menu for years now and it's nice to get some new ideas..
In short, your blog is fun and I take from it what I am able.
I enjoy your blog and would like to see you keep the grocery shopping and menu planning.
I don't care much for the pictures of inanimate objects, but I do like the pictures of your family and the babies.
I would like to see more posts on how to save on a day to day basis. Also, tips for how people who are new to frugality can get the most bang for their buck or effort, etc. Thanks.
I love when you post pictures, especially of how you do things like bake bread. On the day I discovered your blog, you had recently posted about a dress you found at Old Navy and modified the sleeves with pictures, and another post about your composting bin with pictures. I envy your photography skill and love these beautiful pictures of everyday things. I do not really read your grocery posts, but I do skim your meal plan for ideas and love the links to recipes you use (Another reason I started reading your blog- I LOVE pizza and we were also eating it every week, but as take-out. Now I grill/bake it every week, thanks to your recipes!) Your blog gives me inspiration and lifts my spirits, so I do not care how regularly you post, as I have 2 girls under age 3 and do not regularly check email/blogs myself. I'd rather see 2-3 posts of things that inspire you and make your life easier than 7 regular posts of stuff that may or not be what you are feeling up to doing that particular day. Whatever you decide to change or not change, I appreciate every second you spend posting 🙂
1) I find the menu and shopping posts really interesting, but since I don't do menu planning they're not helpful. I'd be sad, however, if they stopped being part of your blog.
2) I don't feel disappointed at all when you do the picture posts. I don't look at them as carefully, but I think they're an interesting visual of your life.
3) There's nothing I'd like to see changed. I only wish I had your skills with both the camera, and the sewing machine!
I am new to your blog. I don't read it everyday, only because I am pretty busy. Each time I visit, it's a reminder to be a spend thrift! I love it! Don't change a thing! As an amateur photographer, please don't lose the pics!! It's the visual aspect that keeps me tuned in 🙂
Hey I just wanted to say that I love the shopping pictures...I like the before and after with food waste Friday! It's really inspired me to stop wasting so much food in my own house!! I also love the picture posts - It's always nice to get to see the blogger and their family!! I really enjoyed your vacation posts!! It's like you were taking the vacation that I am saving for!! Have a great week!
I love Your blog, keep the menu plans, grocery lists and the photos (Your pictures are wounderful)
Do not listen too closely if somebody´s complaining about something, it´s Your blog. It has to be interesting and important to You, only this way it can be that to others.
All said, I especially like the posts about ¨cheerfully living on less¨
plus your photography.
I love your blog and totally understand the need to have simpler posts some days. I am curious about your non-grocery purchases like toiletries and household products...I don't think I've ever seen laundry detergent in your photos. (I know you buy it, but it seems like you don't need to very often?)
Kristen...don't change one thing!! I love the pictures of your family and all of your posts 🙂 Loved the vacation pictures..which were very thoughtful of you to take the time from your vacation to keep us connected.....Thank You 🙂
I love the grocery/menu plan and I love the photos. Keep everything the same is my vote 🙂
I find your post fasinating. I am amazed by what you and admire the way you handle your life and family, especially being a young wife/mother it is refreshing to see and know what most young people are missing....a good life. So why fix something that isn't broken. Do what is necessary to make things the best for you!
I enjoy the photos as well as the grocery/menu posts, especially when your menu items link to recipes. I'm always looking for meal ideas!
I enjoy the grocery spending posts and the pictures. Sometimes I wish you'd post a more detailed breakdown on what you spent on which groceries, but that's probably too time consuming. Maybe at least a few frequently used key items, such as flour, milk, cheese, meat?
I don't much read the menu part of the post. I have my own weekly menu plan and am pretty happy with it. But I also don't mind having it there.
The photo posts are lovely. I also get great inspiration from the Wednesday baking posts.
This past weekend I finally just finishing reading all your posts back to the beginning! I think it's great that you have made adjustments along the way based on what readers like or don't like. HOWEVER, though we all adore you (look at how many of these comments begin with "I love your blog...") your FAMILY is the most important thing you should think about! You could always write shorter posts with more pictures or space out your written posts a little more and fill in with photo posts.
That said, my agreement with your wanting to post more photos to save time is a wee bit selfish. I love photography and I think you have a great eye for it (love your other blog, too). Not to mention that your family is so UTTERLY charming that I've become quite attached to them! 🙂 Your photos and short captions really capture their personalities!
kristin i love your blog,whatever works for you is great with me.i like the grocery posts.i spend way to much on food and i aspire to be like you when it comes to that as well as alot of other frugal things.however i dont think i will ever bake bread but you never know.i think you are great i dont know how you do it all. four kids,homeschooling them,photographer,piano teacher.and you seem to do it with a sweet disposition and a smile.im working on my own blog but i am not sure what to do with it yet,when i figure it out i will email you a link so you can tell me what you think.
i think your blog is great especially the grocery,food waste,photography,clothes posts,even the bread baking posts are interesting.
Don't change anything you don't feel like changing. We all come here because we already like it, and will keep coming even if you post some less wordy and more photo heavy posts. 🙂
After baby no. 2 comes (hopefully in the next week or so) I'd be keen to get into the kitchen again (and be able to reach the benches and sink) and I'd love to try some of the recipes you've had on here during your summer, seeing that our summer is coming around slowly now. I've just been too sick and tired to spend much time in the kitchen!
A few years ago, I bought a Pulte home in a development originally started by Del Webb. While Del Webb had offered 21 floor plans with 14,000 options. The Pulte Regime's mantra was "no changes, No Changes, NO CHANGES!" I have adopted this tagline for use in other aspects of my life and it seems to apply especially well here. It's your blog, your family, and your life. Post what you want, when you want, if you want. You've built it, we'll keep coming.
On a related note: as someone whose lifetime frugality story is in many ways remarkably parallel to yours, I find that pursuing a frugal lifestyle can feel lonely at times. It's like playing the Don't Pass line in Craps: your odds are better, but you're doing the opposite of all the other players at the table. (Don't worry, I know gambling is not frugal, but I used to spend time in Vegas on business and it was enlightening to educate myself as to how the whole gaming/gambling industry works.) The photos and glimpses into your happy, NORMAL, family life are refreshingly affirming.
You go, girl!
1. I don't find the menu/grocery posts super-duper helpful, but I really enjoy them. I'm nosy and like to see what other people make/eat. Every now and then the menu part is kinda helpful when I see something you're having and think, "Hmmm, maybe I'll make that."
2. I like looking at pretty pictures.
3. I would like to see more recipes and more how-to stuff.
I know I'm late for commenting but I like the way things are! I would like to read more about homeschooling. I know it's early being a newlywed but I am trying to decide how my future children(should we be so blessed!) will be educated. I was in both private and public school and know no one who was or does homeschooling. My husband is open to all options. I would also like more recipes and love the photos. I am finding that I love to cook/bake and am obsessed with collecting recipes. I also love any DIY stuff.
I like to see what you bought at the store, but I don't really care what your menu is for the week. Kind of like checking out what's in the lady's cart in front of you at the store, ya know? 🙂 I do like the pics. Doesn't matter much to me if you have pics or words of wisdom, I just like your blog. Speaking of, I'm looking for alternatives to freezer bags for storing food (but not plastic containers). How about a post on that?
I just will like to know what you pay for each item individually and what coupons did you use if any.
And also what do you base for shopping, example is it because is on sale, do you have a list before you go or just because it's what you want and such.
thanks
Both are fun posts to read. I like reading your grocery and menu lists because it puts into concrete facts how you go about being so terrifically frugal. For those of us who struggle to keep our spending down, seeing the nitty gritty of how you do it really helps. And your pictures are simply wonderful - I wouldn't think any of your readers would the least bit mind... I think its generous to share your beautiful family and photographic talent this way.
I love the menu/grocery spending posts, that is what drew me here. It is amazing to me how little you spend for such a large family. It gives me ideas for myself. I also like the photos. I wouldn't change a thing.
I'd like a recipe and "how to" on making bagels. (like you did the yogurt)
Do you go to CVS and do the CVS and such with CVS extra care bucks? I mostly noticed your grocery shopping at Aldi's and one other place but don't remember you mentioning drugstores. Do you do the rebates, etc?
Does your husband ever stop and buy food while he is out?
Thanks.
I'd actually like more about your life. I am not really that interested in your whole grocery shopping experience, but it's not a problem for me--I can just glance and go on to something else. 🙂 The reason I'm not that interested is because I don't even live in the US so quantities/prices, sometimes, I can't relate to these posts (except as I remember life in the USA either on furlough or when I was first married).
I do like your pictures. Your kids are cute and the pictures precious. I like the things you post about the "finds" at thrift stores and how you make them into something that works for you.
As far as home schooling....It is much, much more efficient than regular public school. To all the ladies/people who are concerned. It only takes an hour or two to teach a child the Kindergarten or even first grade material (at least the necessary stuff). Most important is learning to read and keeping their interest level high. The whole day is full of learning. I always read to the children at night--as I had more kids it took longer and longer since I let them each choose two books. 🙂 (but thankfully we stopped with 5 kids!)
Anyway, my first two did fine on the ACT and have done/are doing well in college, so I'm sure it's okay to not spend 6 hours a day in elementary school with them. If someone would actually observe a the classroom and take notes on how much time a child actually spends doing their schoolwork, it would be an interesting study (a smart child). I remember spending a lot of time reading in my Christian school because we were allowed to do that if all our work was done.
For those of you who worry...never fear. The average school classroom has a lot of "wasted" time that says kids are basically just "hanging around" waiting for something to do.
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I do like your recipes a lot- food waste fridays are a favorite too. Groceries- yes and no- I always have questions about household goods that are not food- TP, papertowels and cleaning supplies. Do you include these in your groceries?- how about pets and pet food? is that groceries? I am totally amazed at how little you spend for food- our family of 2 could not get by on that- I do choose a lot of vegies, prefer organic and local all of which runs up costs- meat is especially pricey if I get organic- I got 3 free range, organic chickens about 5#s each for $75 from a local farmer- this doesn't leave much room for anything else. Menues do not interest me- been planning meals for too many years to enjoy the planning.
Thanks for all the effort you put into these posts. jennifer
I just found your blog and cannot stop reading. Please do not change a thing. Thank you for all of your help. I know it takes time to put posts together. We do appreciate all the information, including why you think drying sheets are beautiful.