not buying it - week 10

clothing
-dug out and washed shredded jeans so i can patch a pair of greg's using pieces from it and tearmender glue
-i really need to get my butt in gear, i have a stack of clothes falling on me that need repaired

food
-harvesting salads from the lawn and garden: chickweed, kale, dandelion, violet, day lily shoots, lettuce, spinach, radishes, asparagus, dill, lamb's quarters, cilantro, mint, lemon balm
~packed food and water to take to the market

household
-reusing plastic bags for trash bags


utilities
-diligently shutting off power strips each night for computer/dsl and tv/dvd player (this is especially important right now while we are incubating eggs and raising chicks with grow lights which sucks the electricity)
-making sure lights are off when we are not in the room

gifts
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exercise/self improvement
-hooping
-frisbee

homestead
-feeding animals grass clippings from the lawn instead of buying hay at $5/bale
-set up a hot wire (solar powered) fence to allow the sheep to graze on our mini hay field

education
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weaknesses
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purging
-still bagging and boxing up cloth

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