I attempted loading a video of our snowfall yesterday but blogger wouldn't let me. It was pretty, big, fluffy flakes.
Other than snow falling until late afternoon, nothing really happened yesterday. I didn't make gelato because I hadn't frozen the freezing container, which is sort of necessary. I'll make a simple ice cream recipe that doesn't need a custard, as I don't have enough eggs on hand for a custard. Somehow I forgot about preparation.
Dora had written that she keeps track of her spending, adding up the monthly cost of food, etc. I plan to do that, going through last month. We know prices are already inflated and we know it's going to be worse, so I need to make a plan. We don't feed only ourselves, we have horses and cats. Grain is expensive right now and it's going to be a lot worse. I am thankful to see some snow and rain and hope we don't have a dry year. I don't need scarcity to add to the cost of hay. The old hay burners don't need a diet. I know, it can be said horses aren't a necessity and that's true. But they are here. Trials and tribulations.
I made an easy meal for last evenings dinner. I had a small amount of leftover steak that I cut up and used in pasta with onion, garlic, artichoke hearts and kalamatas. It will be cod tonight. This is life in my slow lane. Which is ok, I spent a life in the fast lane, slow isn't bad.
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Yum! We sure have had some up and down weather and it sounds like you have too. I'm not looking forward to what it is going to cost to keep our animals fed and healthy. So far, our pastures are growing well and that helps by reducing the hay I need to buy.
Thankfully right now I am getting 75 lbs of sweet feed for $25 from our local feed mill that makes their own. This lasts a long time and hay will be a real concern this year.
With two less animals come fall, it may not be so bad when I am down to 3 critters to feed.
It will be a tighten your belt kind of year....or years.
The daily cost of animals and vet care is why I didn't replace my dear old Marigold and Duncan when their time finally came. I'd love the company but it's them or groceries.
Hopefully we will get more rain. Good pasture grass saves a lot of money, don't we know, Lori.
That is a good price, Val. I am down 5 since the end of '22. Still, there are 11. They are old but still hale and hardy. Colic is what has been doing them in. Comes with old age.
Other than my old brood mare and my stallion the rest are horses born and riding age around the wrong time '08. The horse market was nonexistent. Time went on and they just ended up staying here, Boud. Horses are no longer affordable for the average income person. Hopefully the cats stay healthy. Vet costs are really high.
I love life in the slow lane. It’s the only one we can handle nowadays. Fingers crossed for us all.
I only have one cat and that's plenty enough for me with my tiny income--lol! I really hope feed costs don't go sky high for you--OMGoodness! I was just relieved my SS came this month. It will be a stressful waiting game very month, I think, for some time to come.
I live life in the super slow lane but it is still very good. We got some heavy wet snow. More than we've gotten all winter. Looks like good snowman snow, but this superslowlaner won't be out rolling parts today--lol! ;)
I think we have to keep blogger clips to 30 seconds, so maybe that was it. YouTube can be any length, and you can then post that link or even embed it into blogger.
Looks delicious!!
I look at it quite differently, how much can I save every month, to me that is a good measure of how we are doing.
We plan our meals very carefully and buy only what we're going to eat in the next few days. It means we practically never waste any food. Buying on impulse simply doesn't happen.
It's not bad, Cheerful!
If you do go out rolling snow, have a photo taken, please, Rita! There is little doubt grain prices will rise. Hopefully we will have a good summer allowing plenty of pasture grass and hay. Isn't it ridiculous that we are in this place where we wonder if there will be the next deposit?
Maybe that was it, AC.
Thank you, Danielle.
There are somethings I cannot save on. One of those is feeding the animals, Far Side. Unless I put them down. Which also costs. Food for us, I can manage that. Cooking from scratch does help, although flour will probably become more expensive than it already is.
I do the opposite, nick. I keep a full pantry. I have a freezer in the basement and a bottom freezer on the refrigerator, which I keep full. Fresh produce and dairy are a weekly purchase. I have a thing about it. A friend who is a psychiatric nurse says it a control method.
Not sure price of grain around here. Last I knew a ton of hay went for $250 a ton.
It sounds like you are doing fine despite the madness. Your supper looks fabulous. Still clogged up here.
I don't buy by the ton, Dora, so I don't know what. that price is.
Madness is right, e. My pasta comes from Italy, I wonder what the tariff is there?
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