Switching out one of my frozen quiches for a fresh one. The downside of cooking prepared freezer meals: I’ve moved on from my feta obsession to my ricotta obsession but still have two freezer quiches with feta. #goodproblemstohave #mealprep #freezermeals #budgetmeals

Not about to let takeout leftovers go to waste. 🍚

Justin cut down the dead grapevines this week 🪵 I spent yesterday outside with the girls cutting the scraps smaller (I’m campaigning to create a dead hedge!), reserving some select sticks for a future project (which the girls stripped of their bark for me), and made the bases for flower crowns

Lamb bone from our Pesach Seder going into the freezer to create stock at a later date. I am waiting til it’s thawed to smash it—I’ve only smashed chicken bones before, so it’ll be a new experience. I do have 4 different mallets now, and may take it to the lanai as to not risk damaging the counter 😅

Freezing food scraps in our effort to be more #sustainable & resourceful. Making stock with the smashed chicken bones (they were cleaned & dried first) and veggies. Might use the fruit scraps for a puree, to zest, or to steep in tea or cleaning solution. Eggs shells for potting soil 🍗🥕🍋🥚 #zerowaste

I discovered terracycle.com and their free recycling programs. They partner with over 100 brands and provide free shipping labels to send empty packaging back. Food, electronics, clothing, cigarettes, hygiene, and even fast food sauce packets. ♻️ I already signed up for Aussie and Tom’s of Maine’s 📦

Our first grove.co order, changing over some of our household cleaning and personal care items to more sustainable options. We have monthly subscriptions for the laundry pods, Dr. Bronner’s soaps, kids’ probiotics, toothpaste, and wipes, and quarterly for the toothbrushes. 🧼🧺🫧🦷 #sustainableliving

Decided against buying a flimsy MDF POS for $50+ and turned our vacuum box into a shoe bench for the lanai instead. Rolls of contact paper and duck tape were ~$5 each 😅 #repurposed #recycled

Any suggestions for more physical guides and maps we should add to collection? #preparedness #bugoutguide #buginguide #ebay

One of the black-owned businesses dropped from Target is likeucards.com. We’re always looking for Easter basket stuffers, so I got the parents & kids deck for a pre- & post-dinner activity with the kiddos. (And I got the original deck for me and Justin!)

Their ThriftBooks.com haul. We want to mostly focus on borrowing from libraries, but I wanted them to have some books of their own in their new home 📚 They’re on a Seuss kick since visiting the museum & they’ve always loved biographical books about smart + strong figures 📖 #VashtiHarrison

We made our first purchase on thriftbooks.com today. We debated. I want to rely more on libraries but want to have some permanent books for the kiddos since we left most of theirs in storage when we flew to our new home. Especially in the case of another pandemic. #AmazonAlternative

My goal is for these kids to grow up self-reliant enough that they don’t have to panic about looming government shutdowns, soaring grocery prices, and exorbitant tariffs. For them to be confident in their capabilities taking care of themselves and each other. But today, it’s homemade Italian relish.

I found 5 co-ops within an hour of our house using litterless.com. I was initially just looking for bulk/ refillery options since Whole Foods is a 🙅‍♀️❌👎🚫 (owned by Amazon), but most of these have that and so much more. Psyched to check them out next week!

I found this great website, litterless.com, that connects you with zero-waste grocery shops and compost and recycling facilities near you (nationwide). 🥕♻️🌎

I learned that Fridays is #scapes day on BlueSky. #scape #westernmass #connecticutriver

Spending today compiling a folder titled “La Résistance”, searching for and saving small, local businesses to replace the corporations we’ve become reliant on. I’m shook at the sheer volume of results so close in our smallish town ✊✊✊ This is what we intended when we moved east.