No really, I'm cheap

First, let's get the important stuff out of the way.
Welcome to the world baby Sef! Your gift is still on the needles but I promise it'll still fit by the time I finish. I hope.

A few weeks ago I was driving to the gym and passed an old lady having a yard sale (or yarrrr sale as some of us say). At the end of her driveway was a rocking chair. I've been wanting a wood rocking chair but didn't feel like shelling out $100+ for one so when I saw this I knew I needed to at least check it out. It was beat up and one arm rest was kinda loose but not a bad deal for $25. I cleaned it, added some pillows and now it's my favorite spot to sit.The pillows are two throws from the couch that I recovered with old pillowcases found at Goodwill. I cut the pillowcases to fit and sewed the end shut. They open in the back by a long slit where the fabric overlaps itself. The table next to the chair was made by Travis. The thing next to the table is a vanity case that I found as a set at Rescued Treasures. It's yellow with a yellow liner and the mirror is still there, it's in perfect condition. I love it. I'll take a picture of the whole set that I bought some time.

Don't assume my house is always clean based on that picture. It's not. I like to referr to it as "controled chaos." A lot of the time it looks more like this.
That mess is from a marathon dough making session the other day. Yeah, that really is three different kinds of flour on the counter (Travis is a bread snob).

Travis and I are researching different methods of food storage for three reasons. First, to make the most of this year's garden. Last time we couldn't eat everything fast enough, there's only so many tomatoes you can eat in a week. Second, I want to minimize the amount of time that I spend grocery shopping and actually preparing food. Third, I'm cheap. I've read a lot about stockpiling food which is different from hording. Stockpiling is "store what you eat and eat what you store." It's stocking up on sales, buying in bulk, rotating your pantry and saving money/time. This is why we are planning to can as much of our garden as possible and why we are buying a chest freezer next week.

I read that you can make bread dough and freeze it to bake later. I tested it out and it really worked. That day I made four batches (two white, two wheat) using the bread machine to knead the dough. Why the bread machine? I'm lazy and I don't have to keep a timer going to remind myself to knead after it's rises, the machine does it all for me. I can also do other things while the machine is going. Like, make sure Jack isn't killing himself as he tries to walk.


On to Jack, here he is dying to play outside. He's fixated on the ferns out on the patio.
Nice legs dude.

Last, but not least, my cat driking out of the sprinklers.