Is it the problem or the cure?

When I get all stressed out I start cleaning. When Mr. Honeysuckle gets stressed out he starts pulling weeds. We go at it with a vengeance. We've been thinking all these years"Oh, those dust balls"....or "Oh, those darned coffee weeds"... When it dawned on me the other day, the Good Lord put those things there for our therapy. They aren't the problem, but quite simply, the cure.

And on another note, this goes along with the scripture, 1Th 5:18 "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you."

So when we think things are burdens, or problems, start to think differently about them. Hard work can be very theraputic. Maybe they are actually the cure for whatever ails us.

What's for supper?

The same thing we had for dinner (meaning lunch here at Honeysuckle Farm) LOL What started out as Cornbread and Okra ; ) turned into this:

Baked ham (slices from the freezer, the one I bought whole and had sliced at Williams Brothers in Philadelphia, MS)
Peas (frozen, that was given to us) w/okra (from the garden) and pieces of ham.
Fried Okra
Steamed Okra
Rice (from the 25 lb sack from the grocery salvage store)

Gravy (made with pan drippings, a little flour, water, salt and pepper)
Cornbread (I bought a 50 lb sack of cornmeal from the salvage store)
And of course: Sweeeeet tea!

Frugal???

It hit me the other day that when I donate clothing, linens, dishes, etc. to the local charity organizations or charity box, that sometimes they throw away things when they have too much. Being the sort of person who is pretty particular when it comes to not wasting things, this has me disturbed. I can be fairly compulsive when it comes to not throwing away things when I can find a way to re-use, or recycle. Personally I'm finding it harder and harder to give things to someone when I am unsure the items will be actually used or thrown away. What is the point, if they somehow end up in the landfill anyway, or burned, buried or what have you?

This has made me more mindful of finding ways to use items, and frankly-finding ways NOT to make purchases if they're not really necessary.

I find I can no longer selfishly "declutter" or "simplify" without being mindful of the consequences if it ends up in the wrong hands.

In my Vintage Sewing & Craft lessons I talked about how even making crafts (frugally of course) can require collecting things (being a packrat), keeping things we would normally throw away, re-using items, etc., instead of buying a lot of supplies to make them.

Everything comes with a price.

So what do we do?

We want to be frugal, yes, even compulsive at times to REALLY waste not/want not. But we need to be very mindful, and don't let it become a bigger problem and more than we can handle.

Dog Days of Summer

Share your own thoughts and folklore on this subject.

Dog Days were popularly believed to be an evil time "when the seas boiled, wine turned sour, dogs grew mad, and all creatures became languid, causing to man burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies"

Brady’s Clavis Calendarium, 1813

Colombian Arepa's with Lety

Wednesday Mending

Isn't she precious?

Declaration of Independence

http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/declaration.html

How to Be A Farmgirl

How to Be A Farmgirl

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Tuesday Ironing...

If you can take the heat!

Short post....too much to do since it's cooled off a bit!

"We found skinny people run the highest risk. We had expected thin people would show the shortest life expectancy but did not expect the difference to be this large."
— Shinichi Kuriyama on June 19, 2009

ARTICLE

And to give credit for quotation of this inspirational quote, and why it is so funny, and why I even posted it, go visit: Robert St. John Expecting to be converted from your current ideas on dieting---especially if you live in the DEEP SOUTH.

What's for supper?

Hamburger steaks

Rice, gravy

PEAS

Cornbread

Sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, and fresh lime pickles
Sweet tea

Have you missed me???

I have been SO busy, and it has been SO hot, I haven't had time to write....But that doesn't mean my head's been empty! LOL You know you have the BLOGGER bug when "everything" you do, you are constantly composing a post (in your head) about it!
THE LAST WEEK HAS BEEN SO OUT OF SYNC WITH THE HEAT, that I don't even remember most of it. But here are some pictures to remind myself, and give you a little glimpse into what I've been up to!!

The pretty flowers speak for themselves....Detergent bottle: Okay, I HATE wasting that last little bit of liquid detergent, so I fixed the problem....LOL

Views from Mr. Honeysuckle's truck, as we were heading down the road; Cornfields EVERYWHERE. You'd think you were in Iowa! LOL It's like a maze, and very disconcerting if you have claustrophobia, like me and Mr. H.

AND, in an effort to just start over again and try and put some ORDER back into my life, I'm going to post some "Daily Do's"...Bear with me, hopefully it won't be too awfully boring to you! But it is likely...
What have I done this morning?

Coffee

More Coffee

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What do I need to do today while Mr. Honeysuckle is AT WORK (Praise Jesus!)!

• Strip bed....yes one bed :) Son's' rooms are off limits...Meaning I won't touch them with a 20 foot pole. I have enough trouble keeping up with my own tidying/cleaning and appreciate all the help I can get (Thank you Brandy Marie!)
• Wash said bedding
• Hang out said bedding
• Other laundry
• Hang out laundry
• Tidy up house: That means go around picking up things and putting them in their proper place for the hundredth time over the past week.
• TIDY front porch, sweep sidewalk, and somehow persuade my son to finish cutting the grass in front yard....Company coming sometime this week, so...you know! If that doesn't work, then the horse will have to be tied out there...hmmm
• Water plants-a MUST if I want living plants on the front porch!
• Saving the very WORST for last----clean the kitchen thoroughly---that is if I can't persuade my sweet niece to come over and help with that daunting task! With peas, corn, and daily cooking it is a mess. It gets that way easier than you'd think...
• Then mess it up again with "Supper"... (Will be posting there LATER...I need to get busy now before it gets too HOT again!)