My Abundant Life: This Week's Frugal Tasks Saturday 3rd September 2016

Where did my week go ? I know I've been busy but I can't remember what I was busy doing. There's always housework, cooking, baking, food shopping and the general tidy up. Here's what else I got up to -

* I made four trays of zucchini slice using zucchinis bought last week for $1.49kg. Two trays were cut up into single portions and frozen. Yes I used both ovens at the same time.

* Picked and juiced lots of lemons from our tree. The juice was frozen into ice cube trays.

* Diluted a new bottle of white vinegar by 50%. This is used for cleaning and making Miracle Spray.

* Started drying the washing on clothes horses again. Now that my home is back to normal by about 95%, I have the room to put them over the heating vents.

* Froze three leftover portions of chicken curry and two of chop suey.

* Lined my bathroom bin using recycled bread bags.

* Made another 8 cards to sell ( very soon ).

* Made a double batch of pumpkin scones using cooked pumpkin from the freezer. Most of the scones were frozen for morning teas.

* Fed a few broccoli stalks and leaves to the chickens. Unfortunately most of my broccoli went to seed while my kitchen was being built. Not wanting it to go to waste I thought the chickens might like a feed.

* Saved the shower and washing machine water.

* Recycled and reused lots of plastic shopping bags and freezer bags for different uses around the home.

* Made a couple of fridge magnets to hang the family calendar on the fridge. I used magnetic strips saved from an old fridge seal from years ago and some card making bling. Before the kitchen renos the calendar hung on the wall under the clock.

* Made the most of Vista Print having a 50% off sale and ordered business cards for my blog. I also ordered a couple of stamps that say " Handmade by Wendy " etc for the cards I make.

* Gratefully received a free mobile phone from Telstra in the mail. It's all to do with the network upgrades. This saves me buying a new phone in a couple of years.

* I purchased a new dishwasher control panel and fitted it myself. The part cost $77 but I saved at least $200 - $250 on a call out fee if I'd rung the company to fit it for me.