First Pecan harvest of 2015 and a good change at our home

We have friends who have a small pecan grove.  They told us the trees were loaded this year and they are  expecting a bumper harvest.

They let their friends and church family pick up pecans "on the halves."  Meaning, we can pick up all the pecans we want and we give them half of what we harvest.  Then they sell the pecans we help harvest to people who don't want to pick up their own.  

Their grove is in a peaceful part of the country and the picking is relaxed and pleasant.

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My husband weighed ours on the bathroom scales when we got home and we think we got about 30 pounds.  Of course they won't yield that much once my husband cracks and picks them out but it will yield lots. 

We do plan to go back and harvest as many as we can.  

30 pounds of pecans is not bad at all for our 2 or so hours of work.  

My husband will have plenty of time to pick up more pecans and to crack and shell them as he just retired! And we are very happy about that too.  

This week's list, CVS bargains and a little chitchat

Hello everyone! Below is my list for this week.  I'm happy that most of it is now done, except for the ironing.....it keeps waiting though.

I am still liking my pretty weekly list on a clipboard.  This week, I thought to hang it on the wall (instead of on the kitchen counter) and I like it even better here.  It is on a narrow wall by the pantry.  It's easy to see and just mark things off.

I made one trip to CVS and I'm so late posting about it,  it probably won't help any of you.

I have looked ahead at the future sales on IheartCVS.com and I do plan to get more detergent, shampoo and toilet paper for almost nothing.  

I started this week with $14 in Extra Care Bucks.

I spent them and $10 cash and got back $14.25 in ECB.  The mascara was added to past CVS Beauty purchases and I earned another $5 in ECB for it.

I am looking forward to the good future sales and having $19.25 in ECB to use.  

I'll post a picture when the light is right to get a decent photo- I finished sewing and hanging a shower curtain to match the window curtain I sewed a few weeks ago for our master bathroom.  I am very happy with how it turned out.  

We may be going to harvest pecans later today or it may wait a week or so.  The Oklahoma pecan trees seem to have a great crop this year.  

We are finally having fall weather.  Our house is snug enough that we have not yet had to turn on the heat though.   Thrifty weather is sure nice after a hot summer with high air conditioner bills! 

I am still a fan of the Dollar Tree glue on fingernails.  I just switched this week from the brown chevron back to a French tip style.  My grandson was disappointed I changed, he said the chevron nails were like zebra stripes and he liked them best.  

I need to do some housework so I'll end this post here.  

Have a great weekend everyone!