USING YOUR RESOURCES AT HAND-PROJECTS THAT COUNT

 I have so many supplies in my home.

From food to craft items to business supplies.

So deciding to use my resources at hand I am making my way through those supplies.

I have knit 4 toque hats using some of my supply of wool. Feels good in the dismal days of January.

I am dividing my extras in my stamp collection into 6 small collections for my grandchildren. 

Sorting through my various piles of documents I am working on downsizing some of my family history binders. I can scan and upload to my Evernote files so do not need duplicates of everything.

My photo albums will be another project. There are photos of people that I can send to those people. Years ago I sent one nephew most of his baby and childhood pics. I felt he and his daughter would enjoy them more. I only needed a couple.

I know retail therapy can help in these dismal days but using up stuff is the opposite of shopping and feels very good knowing I can use up supplies. So therapeutic in its own way.

Of course all those meals I froze over the last month are being eaten. On those days when the thought of cooking is burdensome, having a nutritional meal ready to heat in the microwave saves the day. Like the Sheppard's pie pieces I made from leftover Christmas dinner mashed potatoes, carrots, peas and used fresh ground beef.

I confess though I made a deliberate trip to Longos( a wonderful local supermarket with many products and an amazing bakery) yesterday to buy a steak, Caesar salad-just have to mix the precut ingredients and a piece of cake- better than buying a whole cake- for Friday night dinner. I had a baked potato from another meal. I really wanted to eat out but it sufficed for me. Plus a few other grocery items.

So what other resources do I have in my home. Probably I have just touched the tip of the iceberg.

How about you? Do you have resources to use in your home?

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