Burrito Breakfast

 

I make Bill's breakfast every morn. On days he heads to town for work, I prep burritos. 

The above photo is filled with farm goodness, of poblanos, jalapenos, serranos, green chile, onions, and eggs. The only outside sourced item was the potatoes. 

 

I pack enough for lunch too, with a side of unsweet tea, lemonade, and orange juice. 

 

Bill absolutely loves burritos  so the menu is burritos but the type changes at the whim of the short chef!

 

Plenty of Pomegranates

 Perfect for the Fall Feasts!

Canardly Owner Morning

The day began before I even planned on waking as we had a thunderstorm overnight. Not much in rain but a great deal of thunder. Our inside guardian a canardly, is the bravest of all dogs in every situation aside from two. She is deathly afraid of the sonic booms and thunder. 

Last night she was terrified. I tried to comfort her but she panicked before I could get out of bed and she squeezed under our pine log bed. She doesn't fit under the bed. Seriously. Bill slept through the thunderstorm and I did not wake him until it was 5:45 am as that is my time to begin the day. While I tried to get my canardly out from under the bed, Bill maintained his 40 winks. Finally, I had to wake Bill as poor pup was stuck and I needed help. 

Bill had to lift the end and I had to pull the pup out. She had a rough time with the thunder. I am grateful we do not have much in the way of thunder as I don't think she could survive thunder more than once or twice a year. 

No real rain accumulation as it is New Mexico. 

Bill only woke up a bit earlier than he usually does and I was still able to accomplish the morning chores needed before he headed to town. Hmm, a day in the life of a canardly owner is interesting and unique and well worth the breed, if you can find one.

My Mountains are Magnificent

 

 

 

Trash to Treasure?

 A month ago, Bill and I were returning home from town and passed a dumpster that had some trash on the outside. I asked him to turn around as something caught my eye!

I found this gem. Oh and I am not going to repaint it. I am going to do a few modifications and make this a place to put the garden tools. Just close off the bottom(no snake entrance) and leave only the front of the drawers. I will then have my handy dandy Bill cut holes in the top and then bam...tool center for the garden tools. It will relocate under the back off the porch. Kind of a window to my brain for sure. Bill just seems to get me and helps me in my weirdness. I am so thankful that there does seem to be a perfect match for everyone no matter how much trash treasure hunting one does!

Them Boots

 I wear boots a good deal of the time. We have too many mesquite trees to mention and of course those awful slithering things scare me, so I boot up. No matter if I am wearing a skirt, shorts, jeans or a pjs(early morning critter feeds) the footwear almost always is a pair of boots.

Now the grands all have boots they wear when they come to help Papa, but lately my one pair of boots has become very interesting. I was at one of my son's houses and a few grands were there. As custom we take our shoes of at the door, but the grands found this to be an opportunity to try on Gigi's boots!

 

Grand #4

 

Grand #7

 

Grand #2

What do you see?

 

What do you see in this photo?  I can share with you what is in this photo. So the horseprint rolls are hand towels for the main bathroom. The blue check fabric in the bowl in the back left are cloth napkins, the two tissue boxes have cloth tissues (only for me), the other rolls are kitchen towels, the crocheted items are dish scrubbies, and the jar contains small squares of fabric that I use like cotton balls.

The two yards of fabric in the bottom right corner are going to be new cloth "paper" towels for the kitchen. 

Here is how the rolls work when in the kitchen. I place them on a standard paper towel holder and use as one would use paper towels except that I do not throw them away after a use. 

So my answer to what do you see, could change. You could actually see a way I have (for nearly 16 years) saved money in the home. So I see tremendous savings when I look at the first image. 

Bill has been the primary income earner in the past 35 years and I have done all I can to ensure that the work he does is not seen as expected but appreciated. I work very hard to spend as wisely as possible. And paper towels years ago were roughly $15.00 for about 15 rolls(I can't remember but you get the idea). Now paper towels are far more expensive. I couldn't see the value in an item that I tossed immediately after a few seconds. So I bought some flannel and began this journey. I have no real idea how to sew much more than lines etc., so my squares are just edged with a triangle pattern! 

With the left over flannel, I made the squares to use as cotton wipes. I also cut the large squares and sew again the edges, when they wear out a bit. I use them for cleaning the bathroom or non-kitchen cleaning jobs. 

Cloth napkins were easy to make. When the kids were at home I actually had clothespins with their names on them to attach to their napkin, as the napkin would be used for the day if not totally messy. 

I bought two new yards of flannel for $6.00 and will update the kitchen towels and rotate down any old wore out "paper" towels to other zones in the house. The bathroom towels were an upgrade from the hand towel as I found horse flannel to match my horse themed bathroom. 

So I see money in that first image. Out and out money that one could calculate in savings. A thing I love that I learned is that I like creating things for my home. They are items of  my handiwork and made for the specific purpose of the success of our home, our marriage, our family and it may not be something another would consider but to me even the cloth towels I make are priceless.
 

 Disclaimer: I am not a financial advisor but I can stretch a dollar more than it deserves to be stretched.