Good Morning…
One of my friends who reads this blog, is collecting “frugal” links. Here’s one for you! Cooking With Campbells . “M’m! M’m! Good!”
We are still getting wet, cool weather. Gary is anxious to plant the garlic (we sold 70 pounds this summer so we’re planning to put in even more). I should get some perennials moved from where they stayed all season in the vegetable garden to where they’ll be out of the way. Then I’ll have to sink the “leftovers” of the nursery stock in rows in the same garden. I think I can forget weeding and dividing and cleaning up the actual flower beds.
Somehow I arrived back at the decision (determination!) to buy a small house in McBride. I feel like I can’t talk about specifics, wondering if I’d “jinx” myself. I want this for an investment. I’m focused on doing this “all by myself” (what am I? three years old?) because dear hubby is starting to build a shop and woodshed here at home. For all my talk, the potential deal might fall flat on its face, as some dreams do, but I’m proceeding with optimism. If this works out, I’m not sure whether I’ll rent it for awhile, make jam in it, wash clothes in it, and just rent sleeping quarters, or what. Major improvements will have to wait until later.
The purchase of an Atco kitchen trailer, or converting the dog grooming shop to a kitchen and then grooming in another trailer, didn’t make sense after all, at least not for now. We have potability issues with our water (we haul drinking/cooking water since we lost our mountain spring supply and installed a well). Another consideration is that it would be difficult to merge a grey water system from a trailer into the existing septic system. Some day, this might be revisited. Of COURSE it would be worth investing money in securing a new source for water, installing filters, and and so on.
That has been the focus of my days and half the nights.
A customer is at the door, and I have much work to do. Will report back here at the earliest opportunity. I’m grateful for your interest in my blog.
~ Ann
