{"id":11597,"date":"2026-08-22T18:29:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=11597"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:30:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T22:30:54","slug":"saving-on-saturday-76","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=11597","title":{"rendered":"Saving on Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/sos1.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">This summer has been very different for me. I have been super busy with multiple trips that lasted several weeks. I have been struggling especially since returning to work because I don&#8217;t feel I am as prepared for the school year as I want to be. Today, I was actually able to catch up and finish my cooking plans for the summer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Several things have worked against me this summer for gardening. The weather has been very hot and we continued under a drought.\u00a0 I have been able to make a couple of batches of spaghetti sauce but I knew it was not enough.\u00a0 Yesterday, (Friday) I picked up two boxes of tomatoes to use. Total spent $30.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The weather actually helped me last night, because Zach&#8217;s football game was delayed by an hour, I was able to get a roaster oven full of sauce started. This morning I started a canner with one batch.\u00a0 While this was processing, I went ahead and pulled out my recipe for Million Dollar Spaghetti Pie. I decided to go ahead and make four of these.\u00a0 One for dinner next week and the rest for the freezer.\u00a0 \u00a0This was quite a process which ended up taking most of the day.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am pleased to say that I was able to finish both projects!\u00a0 The spaghetti shelf is full at least 26 quarts which is one every other week. And we have three more meals in the freezer.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Matt spent some time outside pulling weeds from our playground area, he was able to finish this task, spray with weed killer and apply a weed prohibitor.\u00a0 We also repositioned the old freezer to use as a storage unit for the chickens.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Matt also was able to reconnect lights in Easton room and fixed the outside lights as well!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Lots of little things add up!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This summer has been very different for me. I have been super busy with multiple trips that lasted several weeks. 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