Upcoming Summer Challenge
Well, it's almost July and therefore my regular no-income term.
Will be posting my budget and my spending when the July challenge is up and running.
Right now, I'm gearing down in my spending, and just getting the stockpile in place to make it through the lean summer months.
Ironically, like last year, my washing-machine is again giving me problems (the agitator is squeaking loudly every time it moves back and forth). But I won't be washing laundry by hand this summer; I'll just call the repairman if need be.
I was too busy and too sick to do much gardening this spring; just as well, with all the pesticides and herbicides in the air, it wouldn't have been fit to use. But my small fruits are developing and will help me out, and with all the rain we've been getting, the herbicide effects on them will be greatly minimized. My grapevine is actually producing clusters of fruit this year for the first time, the raspberries are developing nicely, the Nanking cherries are doing well, the rhubarb is ready, and the black currents are producing their first heavy crop. I have several windfall lettuce plants that sprouted after the snow melted. And I've got some lettuce, basil, parsley, cress sprouting; and the rest is in perennial flowers, which I want to move around to less labour-intensive places. Simplify and down-size are my themes for the summer.
I have lots of projects to work on, though no cash, just the EF.
But this summer, I'll be working on sewing (my work wardrobe for next term), crafting (making some rag-rugs), music (totally re-organizing my music studio), cooking and baking, canning, berrying, gardening and yard-work, some small home improvement projects, major home cleaning, and some outings, and family visits.
Money will be tight. But the stockpile is in place, so I've got supplies, and only need a few produce and dairy items from time to time.
I'll be back later. :wave2: