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How Much We Spent on Groceries and What We Ate – Week 14 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on April 8, 2019 - 7 Comments

Hello Monday! After working outside yesterday with temperatures in the mid 60’s, it was a bit of a relief to wake up this morning to grey skies and the sound of rain outside my window. And because of that, I am declaring today a rest day. :} Something we haven’t had in over a week Read More >>

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12 Goals for the New Year

My 22 Goals for 2019 – Week 14 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on April 7, 2019 - 17 Comments

My 22 Goals for 2019 Goal #1 — Spend More Time Doing What I Love The HH and I spent about 4 hours each day in the garden this past week clearing beds, moving rocks and raking up the 10 million leaves that made their way into our backyard this winter. At this point, I’d Read More >>

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Weekly Highlights

One Hundred Dollars a Month – Mavis’ Weekly Highlights 4/6/19

By Mavis Butterfield on April 6, 2019 - 9 Comments

Hello and Happy Saturday! On the agenda for today: Garden, Garden Garden {A high of 62 is predicted for today!} Giddy Up! Recycle / Hunt for Treasures Make Ricotta Scones {blueberry} Make a big batch of mashed potatoes to go with all the stuff the HH is going to put in the smoker today Figure Read More >>

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Maine, Save the Bakeries

The Lobster Shack at Perkins Cove in Ogunquit, Maine

By Mavis Butterfield on April 5, 2019 - 10 Comments

The weather here has been so nice lately, the HH and I have been outside everyday working in the yard and getting the garden beds prepped for the growing season ahead. Right now, we are at about the halfway point in our garden prep duty. After spending the last 6 months pretty much indoors, and Read More >>

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DIY, Gardening

How to Make Tick Tubes

By Mavis Butterfield on April 4, 2019 - 24 Comments

How To Make Tick Tubes. About 2 weeks after we moved to New England in late March of last year, the snow started to melt. The ground began to thaw, and Lucy and I began going for long walks. Little did we know that while she was frolicking through the piles of leaves on the Read More >>

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Recipes

Smokin’ Up the Joint – The HH Cooks Pulled Pork for the First Time

By Mavis Butterfield on April 3, 2019 - 45 Comments

My husband. He researches everything to the nth degree before buying something. It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about lawnmowers or insoles for shoes, that man, he likes to make sure he gets it right the first time. 😉 Is your husband like this too? Does he make you CRAZY? Well, towards the end of Read More >>

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Gardening, Heather From Massachusetts

The 2019 Maine Flower Show

By Mavis Butterfield on April 2, 2019 - 13 Comments

Last Friday, my buddy Heather From Massachusetts and I attended the Maine Flower Show in Portland, Maine. But before we even made it to the flower show, we hit up 2 bakeries and 2 antique stores along the way because you know, we could do that type of thing because we had both left our Read More >>

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Weekly Shopping Trips

How Much We Spent on Groceries and What We Ate – Week 13 of 52

By Mavis Butterfield on April 1, 2019 - 46 Comments

Hello Monday! Yesterday we woke up and it was so unusually warm and humid outside, we didn’t quite know what to think. By the time we were on our way back from doing our grocery shopping at Market Basket, the temperature gauge on the car was already at 64 degrees! There are just a few patches Read More >>

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