Another day, another batch of granola. It's in the oven as I type, making the house smell yurmy. I have all the bulk ingredients I purchased for it through my co-op, repackaged in my freezer in appropriate-sized quantities --so making it's a snap now. DH is very content to eat it each and every morning for breakfast -- the kids prefer slightly more variety, but they eat a lot of it too.....

Most of the fruits and vegetables I put up last fall are almost all gone (pepper relish notwithstanding) -- even the frozen green beans! I can hardly believe that. I froze so MANY last season I never imagined we'd get through them all before the next crop -- and here I'm almost all out already. Now I'm sorry I didn't process more when I had the chance. As for the other stuff (applesauce, apple juice, the frozen zucchini, etc) there wasn't so much of it in the first place. I plan to be much more diligent about staying on top of the garden produce this season, and putting up the extras for the winter months.....

I may be breaking my 5-day no spending streak this evening, with a quick stop at the store for a few items for a short overnight trip we're taking -- bananas and apples and such for the road. If it weren't for the traveling, I probably could have gone several more days without spending anything at all. I'm very confident now that we are going to make (perhaps even surpass) this month's savings goals, with flying colors....