tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post3673616550604358954..comments2024-03-23T21:38:31.368-04:00Comments on Coffee Tea Books and Me: Living the Pantry Lifestyle - Getting out of Holiday modeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-80916025350689298982018-01-07T09:11:15.072-05:002018-01-07T09:11:15.072-05:00I hate mice! I rarely ever have them in the house ...I hate mice! I rarely ever have them in the house and we don't have a garage to use for storage like that. I thankfully keep most of our staple foods in containers to avoid some of the mess and bugs that excess food can bring. Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15151837626884862299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-1971826007655507232018-01-06T20:18:08.873-05:002018-01-06T20:18:08.873-05:00I will be taking "Christmas" down on Mon...I will be taking "Christmas" down on Monday, God willing. As it turned out I'm still nursing a cold/cough that just won't go away. Just when I think I'm improving, the symptoms take a turn and I'm still not up to snuff!<br /><br />I feel blessed to live with two men (husband and my father) who have put up with very unimaginative meals. Only in the last two days have I felt up to meal planning and shopping. Chili is a mainstay HERE, too. And as I think about it, I, too, rotate about 5 main menus....maybe a few more.<br /><br />rebeccahttp://lifeandgodliness-rebecca.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-1819663782275613322018-01-06T19:34:35.221-05:002018-01-06T19:34:35.221-05:00I think this deep freeze is finally coming to an e...I think this deep freeze is finally coming to an end in Wisconsin...it has been a LONG one! Absolutely adore that red shelf with the canisters :-). <br />God Bless you in the New Year! LynneinWIlynneinMNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10919732300332224012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-1655026659641566232018-01-06T17:35:57.169-05:002018-01-06T17:35:57.169-05:00Me, too! I despise any critter that makes its way ...Me, too! I despise any critter that makes its way into my house from rodents to bugs. Blick.<br /><br />I, too, could keep Christmas going. I have decided the tree is staying for weeks yet, but it will be wearing only lights. My battery operated lights are staying and may be out all year. Who cares? I have only myself to please.<br /><br />This terrible arctic grip has frozen my head, too. I make excuses and stay in for days. Sometimes my daughter comes and makes me leave the house. I am happier after, but have no power, on my own, to move. To add insult to injury, there is now an oil shortage and I am concerned hoping to be able to hold out until a delivery can be made. If it is not one thing, it is another. Always. <br /><br />Have not even looked for Christmas deals. Did see fruitcake and shortbread cookies on sale. It took willpower, but I left them on the shelf. ☺️<br /><br />Knowing you as well as I feel that I do, you have many ways to create a cozy winter home. I expect that even now you and the cat are on the sofa. You are reading or listening to some wonderful book and there is tea not far away. Veehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00618654361869856894noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-6544002709434395282018-01-06T16:19:32.527-05:002018-01-06T16:19:32.527-05:00Mice in watercolors with pinafores! Yes!That's...Mice in watercolors with pinafores! Yes!That's the way I like them, too...<br /><br />I couldn't find your recipe blog just now, but I searched your blog and found the Beverly Nye's Chili....I'll have to think this over to make it vegetarian for my son....But today, it's going to be refrigerator soup for us. And some of my sil the baker's wonderful nutty bread. My Mom always served cottage cheese that she had put chives into earlier in the day with this meal. I am so sorry you are having such crazy cold weather. We are too, but your temperatures are lower! Good grief.Thickethouse.wordpresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17187303460677067276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-25493594623028534122018-01-06T15:38:23.187-05:002018-01-06T15:38:23.187-05:00Brenda, if you don't mind me asking...what are...Brenda, if you don't mind me asking...what are the five meals you are rotating? I'm still getting used to cooking for just my husband and me now that our three girls are gone!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00256897002273860076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32960314.post-16233089907393080912018-01-06T15:37:15.460-05:002018-01-06T15:37:15.460-05:00I'm like you, in that once I decide to undecor...I'm like you, in that once I decide to undecorate it must be done in one fell swoop. <br /><br />I'm glad you found some good sales, I have not ventured out - been busy babysitting my 2 year old granddaughter and preparing for a road trip to go sit beside my mother. She has been in hospice care for a year, has had Alzheimer's for 13 and each time I go I think this will be the last time I see her on earth. And yet, Jesus has not called her home yet.<br /><br />Mice are the worst! We did have two skunks take up residence in our crawl space years ago. They did not ruin any food but they did ruin our appetites.Cherihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11388528649168161483noreply@blogger.com