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Affiliate links included   On my knitting needles... in my Scribd app... on my book pile! Knitting and reading in my free time and little bits of snatched time are two of my favorite ways to enrich my life.   Hello ladies!    What are you all up to this week?  On my Needles:  My knitting needles have been busy. I'm knitting fingerless mitts and a black wool hat. This is a double brimmed watch cap for my husband. It has a provisional cast-on with scrap yarn that will be removed later.  My Everything November Mitt is coming along nicely. On My Scribd App:  I'm listening to And Then There Were Crumbs by Eve Calder.  Don't forget to be in God's word. I use the Bible.com app. I'm listening to Matthew right now.   Have a lovely week!  What is on your needles? What are you reading? I would love to know. The fun of blogging is in interacting with readers. Talk to you soon!  Hugs to all,  Laura  Hopeful in all things <>...

Happy Winter!   Winter is a wonderful time of year for readers. It's the perfect time to open a nonfiction book and learn something new. It's also an excellent time to  slow down a bit while the world goes whirling by and slip into the land of make believe for a little bit.   You can read in the car (but not if you're driving—unless it's an audio book), read while waiting for appointments, read while waiting for your kids to get out of lessons, read on your lunch break; or, if your hands are busy like mine often are, you can listen to audio books. I listen to at least a couple of audio books on Scribd each month.    My point is, if you really want to read, you can make time even if it's only a few minutes .  Here are some books that I plan to read this winter: The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady  has been sitting on my bookshelf for months. It was a book that just kept getting better.  Finished Shadows of Swanford Abbey is a book that I am readi...

  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.  ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Ways I saved money: I mended the hem of a bath towel. One more year of service! Leftovers for lunch Tuesday  No meat stir-fry for supper Tuesday I ordered size 6 16" knitting needles, sock blanks for dyeing, and point protectors from Knit Picks while they were on sale. I also bought wool to knit a nice warm hat for my high school sweetheart of forty years, Lowell. I stayed home more than usual. That saved gas. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ Ways I made money:  I added to our family income by subbing 5th grade Tuesday.  I filled out a survey with YouGov . It's the only survey site that I get points for every survey I fill out. The surveys are fairly short—usually around ten minutes. They don't just kick you out after you've filled out page after page of questions....

Fiddly Bits Scarf and Matching Hat Hello Dear Reader,  How is your week going? Have you done anything thrifty this week? Are you reading? Crafting? Do share your week in the comments.  This week on my needles and what I'm reading.  On my needles: Everything November Mitts  Pattern by Jenn Yard in yarn dyed by my friend Jill. On my bookshelf: The Unlikely Yarn of the Dragon Lady In my Scribd app: The Lost Apothecary    by Sarah Penner This is for my monthly book club. and Shadows of Swanford Abbey by Julie Klassen Did you know that you can listen to unlimited audiobooks, read unlimited  ebooks, and even find sheet music on  Scribd ?  If you use my link, you'll get a 2 month free trial, and I will get a free month as well. I'm not an affiliate, it's just a neat perk that they have for their subscribers who tell their friends. God is so good. Praise God! What have you been up to lately? Laura Blessed to be a blessing Do you like my blog? Pl...

 ~~~ January 2022 Hello everyone!   It's been just a bit since I've written about thrifty things around here. Ironic since I've spent most of the last fourteen years writing about thrifty things. I looked back and found that my most recent post about my thrifty week was in October! Woo! That was around the time that I had surgery. I was a bit distracted by recovery and the holidays, and I forgot to keep track. Enough of being sidetracked! I aim to write my thrifty week posts weekly this year. Why? I'll tell you.   Accountability! When I know that I'm going to be sharing my thrifty activities, finds, and blessings with you, I do a lot more! Sharing it with you is like getting extra credit ~smile~. It also stirs my creativity and makes me thankful for and resourceful with what I do have. So, starting now, I'll be sharing with you again every week. Look forward to my first 2022 post later this week.   I have just an inch or two of snow outside. It's been here ...

My friend Sherry once asked me, "Do you know where I can get a different mind, mine is kind of old and stuck in it's ways." Actually, yes. I do know! Proverbs 23:7 says, "As he thinks in his heart, so is he." Everything we think, say, and do is filtered through our minds, through our hearts. "But Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, “Why do you think evil in your hearts?" Matthew 9:4 We all have minds and hearts that have "stinkin' thinkin'". It's what we get when we listen to the world and our own thoughts instead of the Truth. The only thing that is really really true in this world is what God says is truth. All men have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. When left alone to our own thoughts, we can come up with some doozies! The only thing that is really really true in this world is what God says is truth.  To get a new mind, we must go to our Creator God, through His Son, Jesus Chris...