Goodbye Sept, Hello Oct

Friday worked all day, then went to see my friends son get his 1 year sobreity/clean and sober coin.  It was an amazing night.  This group was started in the inner city neighborhood of my city back in approx 2000 by a woman who faced her addiction issues and has enlisted others who also can use their experience , strength and hope to help others.  It was very uplifting in a world where, if you are not careful, everywhere you look can seem pretty bleak.  Going forward, i am going to be careful about what I choose to focus on the the news and on social media.  Division sells stories, products, clicks, get sponsors.  Not me.  Not  anymore.

Sat i took a giant lamp to my aunt and set it up for her and today i am taking a large plant to my SIL2. My aunt (MA1) took me to breakfast and we had delicious breakfast of avacado toast and veggie omlet with goat cheese.  I havent sold anything, but I have donated to 3 charities I am inspired by.  Then we drove an hour to enjoy the country and pick a ton of apples!  So rejuvenating.  I also got 2 dozen farm eggs from my SIL2.  I am happy today for natures seasons!

Today, i am too lazy for church, but I have managed to clean both of my fireplaces and a broken slat of my vertical blind and did very minor amount of touch up paint.  Part of my problem is that my stomach hurts, but it sort of feels how i usu feel recov from "normal" eating on monday, so maybe I will be spared that tomorrow.

Spending the rest of the day doing food prep.  Zuchinni bread, stuffed peppers, grilled chicken and pork chops.  Leaving time to round out the day for a walk in this gorgeous weather. 

Have a great start to your October!

Free Produce

Having a great week!  Got some wonderful free local produce given to us.  Plus, I have a chance to get out to the country Sat to get 5 gal bucket of free apples.  I want to make apple butter again.  I did it in the crock pot.  The hardest part is the cutting up of the apples.  And canning is a lot of work too.  So, this week we ate leftovers and used meat out of the freezer and saved a trip to grocery.  Blew the grocery budget last week, nearly $200 at Aldi's.  Who does that?  I need to get better about planning and using what is offered for the weekly sales and supplement produce with farmers market in season.  But, I shopped free, pantry and freezer this week.

I am getting over the huge hit to my budget I took this past weekend.  Very much a want, not a need.  Oh well.  I have worked a lot of overtime this summer, so no big deal.  I just dug a little deeper into what things I could pare down and came up with a few more things to list on ebay, Craigslist, FB marketplace and Poshmark.  Everythng is so SLOW right now to sell, it seems like.  But, today I finally made an ebay sale.  Often a sale will seem to spur other sales.   

I have been feeling really good after having a bad week last week.  Have a challenging medical condition.  I pay attention to food, supplements, stress, rest and medication.  I have been on some really serious medicine for it since mid June.  Side effects include my hair getting really brittle and falling out, mouth sores and muscle soreness.  I think side effects are better.  I feel either really good or really bad, no middle ground.  I have given up soda (1 year), dairy (2 years) and artificial sweeteners (6 months).  I try to eat only once or twice a day and have smoothies the other meal/s.  I only have coffee on weekends.  I have black tea during the week. 

Fall and cooler weather makes me happy.  We turned our AC off last night and opened the windows.  I walked with my friend and enjoyed our chat.  Then went home and relaxed last night.  I love the chill in the air.  Have a great weekend!