Frugal Thursday morning

My first few strawberries

Okay, they look kind of pitiful. It isn't a great harvest; but, they are washed, hulled, dried and placed in a freezer bag so that I can keep adding more berries until I have enough for....(maybe a rhubarb and strawberry crumble??)

So while the kettle was boiling to make coffee and my oatmeal was cooking in the microwave, I unloaded the dishwasher like I always do. There were enough dishes to fill up the machine again to run a load during the mid-peak hours this morning.

 After breakfast, I made another batch of my homemade laundry detergent and washed a normal load of darks with cold water, homemade detergent and vinegar as a softener. I folded and put away the whites and lights that I took off the line last night.

I cleared the counters and washed those and my stovetop with my homemade Miracle Cleaner. I put a small pork roast into the crock pot. 

I went out to check on my veggie garden. I don't see any growth from the seeds I just planted on Friday, but I did pick those few strawberries that you see in the photo above. 

I  pulled weeds for almost two hours from my gravel driveway and from the edge of one of the flower beds. I used up a gallon of my homemade weed killer on those areas I had just cleared to keep the weeds from returning. 

I came inside to get the clothes out of the washer and hang them outside on my line. 

I emptied the kitchen compost into the main garden composter. 

I unloaded the dishwasher a second time. 

I made lunch for myself. I heated up a tin of New England chowder that someone had given us. I am the only one who likes it, so I enjoyed two bowls of that with a toasted cheese sandwich and water to drink. 

I looked online and planned out the card I will be making for the bridal shower this weekend.

I read and commented on a blog. I have to bring in the laundry off the line and start making the sides for our pork roast dinner tonight.  

My peonies want to bloom any day now.