Harvest Lane Cottage

      Hello dear reader! I've been thinking about whether I want to keep titling these updates as Thrifty Things Lately posts or whether I want to go back to calling them A Thrifty Week at Harvest Lane Cottage. Do you have an opinion? Watch to see what I decide. I want to share each week, but sometimes, the week just gets away from me—especially now that school is about to begin again. ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ “Beware of little expenses;  a small leak will sink a great ship.”  Benjamin Franklin ~~~~~ ♥♥♥ ~~~~~ I'll get paid in September a big $20 for completing my online teacher training. ~grin~ That saved the school system $80 per sub on training costs!  I downloaded an audiobook from Everand to listen to while driving. It's Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott. It's the second part of Little Women. $11.99 for as many books as I care to listen to. I saved money by staying home a lot. We're still eating the real eggs that my friend, Sherry, gave us.  I met friend...

 Five ants rented an apartment.   Five more ants moved in.  Now they are ten ants.

  Welcome to another thrifty week at Harvest Lane Cottage. I am glad you've found me! Each week I will share my thrifty and frugal projects, ways of saving money, and my blessings from God.  I love knitting gifts. Here's my thrifty week: We did our shopping at Sam's and bought thick pork loin chops, strawberries and blueberries on sale. We didn't buy all the flashy things that caught our eyes! We ate a hotdog and got a lemonade at the snack bar for $1.50 each for lunch. That's $3 plus tax for lunch for two people! Upon getting home, the six pork chops were divided into 3 freezer bags.  I'm knit a pair of baby booties for a friend's baby shower using some yarn that I had left over from a sock project. I found a wooden baby toy at the thrift store for a dollar. Grandbaby B came over to play, and he loved it! In fact, he loved it so much, it went home with him. I will figure out how to keep some toys at Grammy's house! I've been reworking a pair of sock...

Hello everyone! My summer reading list is late! Dare I say that I have been using my spare moments to read rather than write? You caught me! Here are some of the books I plan to read over the next couple of months. As usual, I'll probably add more as they catch my eye. Please see my Goodreads account. I keep it updated regularly. Note also that many of the books that I "read" are now audiobooks. I listen while I work, sew, or knit. That's how I can enjoy so many books. Here are the books that I'm currently reading and listening to on Everand: This is a fun, clean, time travel story with a touch of romance and characters growing in their faith. I actually finished it yesterday. I finished it, but I think I need to read it again. We bought the book after I listened.  This is a World War II novel set in Great Britain. Emmy Lake is a writer for a women's magazine. It's clean. Just finished.  Them: Why We Hate Each Other  by Ben Sasse. I'm listening. I thin...