Harvest Lane Cottage

On my knitting needles... on my Scribd app! Knitting and reading in my free time and little bits of snatched time is one of my favorite ways to enrich my life.  This is my Dotty beanie. It's the same one I shared a couple of weeks ago that looked orange. This red is closer to the correct color. It's actually a little deeper. I have finished my socks. I only need to sew in the loose ends. I'll share those with you next week.  I've also started a toddler beanie in the brown yarn that was left over from Penny's sweater.  I made a decision to stop reading  All the Light We Cannot See. I have a couple things going on that are stressful right now.  I'm the type of person who really gets into stories emotionally. I found that my stress level and my anxiety level was rising too much by adding the horror of the characters' experiences in World War II. It is extremely well-written. I took a WW II class in college from a German who was the right age to have be...

Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am glad you've found me! Each week I share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, frugal cooking, and my blessings from God.  ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Thrifty Things Lately at Harvest Lane Cottage! ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Hey y'all! Let's catch up a bit shall we? Here are some of the thrifty things we've done lately. 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 ~ My friend gave us a microwave! That's made things so much easier since my family's going all different directions with college and jobs. Hello leftovers! Thank you Laura! ~ Eggs fifty-eight cents a dozen at Aldi! I've been making lots of eggs scrambled with all kinds of veggies.  No veggie is safe! Broccoli yum! Egg Scramble with Spinach ~ One night I was eating alone. I sauteed leftover shredded cabbage and leftover chopped cucumbers. I know. Whoever heard of cooking cucumbers? But the budget is really tight thi...

Hey y'all! Poor neglected Dotty.  I've not made any real progress on the Dotty Beanie . I've been tangled up in my sock knitting. ~smile~ Knitting two at a time can get a little messy at time. I'm just starting the ribbing at the top of the socks. I'm not sure what I'm going to wear them with. I'm pretty much a dresses only kind of gal. I do wear skirts, too. Maybe I'll wear these with my long denim skirt, my plum colored top, and my black Mary Janes.  I'll be making a fashion statement! It will definitely state that I'm a knitter! I'm ready to get these finished!  I'm still reading  It's Not Supposed to Be This Way  by Lysa Terkeurst and  Beside Still Waters  by Tricia Goyer. Most of my listening time has been spent in Leviticus and Numbers as well as listening to  All the Light We Cannot See  for free on  Scribd . I'm not making quick progress with that book. It's for my book club. I'm supposed to fi...

Dotty Beanie Hello dear reader, My Amy and I are away from home this week visiting friends. Last week, I showed you the pair of socks that I have been knitting for myself. I thought I would show you my progress. I've successfully completed the Fish Lips Kiss heels. Now I must knit round and round until they come up far enough on my legs.  Vanilla socks with Fish Lips Kiss heels Froggy marker made by my Emily The hat at the top of the page is a Dotty Beanie. It's actually a deep dark red by Malabrigo Rios. The lighting in the room I am staying in is for studying not photograpy. ~smile~ I finished Slightly Bad Girls of the Bible by Liz Curtis Higgs. I'm reading It's Not Supposed to Be This Way by Lysa Terkeurst and Beside Still Waters by Tricia Goyer. I've also started listening to    All the Light We Cannot See  for free on Scribd . Did you know that you can listen to unlimited audiobooks, read unlimited  ebooks, and even find sheet...

Hey y'all! I hope you're seizing the day as school time and fall approach. I'm going visiting this next week with dear friends who've moved several hours away. I'll be back here in about a week. Let's catch up a bit shall we? Here are some of the thrifty things we've done lately. 🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼🌼 ~ A friend bought me queso at my knit night. Thanks Missy! ~ I'm knitting socks using the Fish Lips Kiss Heel pattern that I bought for just a $1.00. ~ I'm using sock yarn given to me by my friend Shelly last summer. Thanks Shelly. ~ I've been eating at home nearly all the time. ~ I've been cooking from scratch. ~ We've been harvesting lots and lots of cucumbers from the garden. We froze some in chunks to add to smoothies this fall. Thanks Amy! ~ Our date night consisted of a shared Sobe Life Water, a bag of bbq pork rinds, a couple bags of peanuts, and a nice drive through the countryside. Yep, I was a che...

Hello, we are having the most beautiful day here at the edge of the Ozarks listening to the rumbly grumbly sounds of a thunder shower. It is not a storm that makes you fearful, just gentle rain. The air has turned cool. It was lovely to take a break and enjoy reading on the porch. My daughter made cucumber cookies of all things. We've had lots and lots of cucumbers come out of our garden this year. Amy is quite the gardener. We are really enjoying the fruits of her labor. My two daughters have had friends in and out today to visit. My brother-in-law is also here visiting us. I love having people here. A few weeks ago, I showed you the toes of a pair of socks that I have been knitting for myself. Well last night, at knitting group, I was able to complete the foot part, and now I am doing the heel of the first sock. I'm using a method that is new to me. It's called Fish Lips Kiss. Crazy name I know. It's become quite popular over the last few years t...

  Summer is flying by so quickly this year. I don't have as much control over summer's end as I have in years past. Why? Because my youngest, soon to be 18 year old daughter, Amy, is going to take a class at the local community college this year. Wow! Where has the time gone? It seems like I was just making my first tentative steps toward homeschooling. I must write about that sometime soon. Now, though, it's nearly twenty-five years later, and I'm going to begin my last year with my last child. No, she's not a child anymore. She's a young adult like my other three.  A few years ago, the girls painted my finger nails and toenails for the Fourth of July.   School begins August 19th, so for all practical purposes, summer time will be at an end. The weather may not know it, and the calendar won't know it, but the school buses will be rolling, the backpacks will be filled, and the kids will head back to school. It's an odd thing to be 18 your first...