Harvest Lane Cottage

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! ♥♥♥ Hello!    I have enjoyed my blogging break. I will probably post some reviews this week, but I will be back to writing soon.  Please come back and see me in September! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~~ Here's my thrifty week: I made homemade soap with a friend. I already had the lye on hand and was able to sell some of it to the other ladies we were teaching, so I made the money that I needed to pay for the other ingredients. The recipe we use is a simple one using lye, coconut oil, vegetable shortening, olive oil and water.  I've been reading Courageous , a review book by Dina Sleiman .  I did my own ironing. The last time I took clothes to the cleaners, it was nearly $10 for a shirt and ...

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! ♥♥♥ Hello!    I was thrilled to feel a bit of a chill in the very early mornings this week. It's been under '90, and I'm so thankful.  I am going to take a week or two off from writing. I have much to do right now with school starting and getting used to a new schedule. I will post any reviews that are due, and maybe a thrifty week post; but otherwise, I'll be taking some time away from the computer. Please come back and see me in September! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~~ Here's my thrifty week: I made some personal tissue covers from fabric and thread in my stash. I left the air conditioner off one day. We rented DVDs for half price $.82 on Sunday at our local video store. I bought some drinks at Son...

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! ♥♥♥ Hello!  I am just certain that I blinked and summer was gone. I've done many things on my summer bucket list , but I don't think I'm going to get to all of them. My youngest is already finishing up her second week of school. My son will be starting on Monday. My college daughter gets another week. This is the first year that they all are starting at different times.  I've been sneaking in some sewing time this week, but it's my mending basket.  I love it when y'all leave comments, so I can meet you and see your blogs, too. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~~ Here's my thrifty week: I mended some bath towels that were getting ratty. I cut off the ends that looked bad, ran my hands along the ...

Well, it's been a week filled with reviews. Just wanted to say hello to new readers, and you faithful ladies that sweetly leave me comments, and let you know that this is not just a review blog! Every once in awhile, I find myself finishing more than one book or movie. Take a look around. I write a lot about my faith and about thrifty living. For now, it's time to make dinner. ~grin~ Be blessed friends. Laura Happy at Home

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am honored by your visit.  Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I am so glad you dropped in for a visit today—or tonight! ♥♥♥ Hello! Welcome to August! Many of us are getting ready for back-to-school. It's been a bit different for me this year. This week I have one daughter who is gone at camp, one daughter, my youngest,  who started homeschool with only math and English, one son who has been working days and evenings with the local police at a local event that was estimated to bring up to 70,000 people to add to our town of 12,000! In addition, my eldest son, who lives a mile down the road, told me he plans to move to a nearby city next month! It's been interesting. The middle kiddles, now 16 and 18, will begin school in a couple of weeks. My youngest will go to a full school schedule then, too. I still have some school planning t...

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