Food Chart and Shoe Rubber

I signed up at the local food bank last week. They don't give you much. I got a lot of green beans, squash, some stale cookies, trail mix, peanut butter, canned beans, a box of cornflakes, and some other canned goods. I'm trying to save as much money as possible. This would be a lot easier if I had food stamps. (I'm working on it.) I managed to come up with a tentative plan for what to do with all of this food. In theory it is supposed to last me until Dec. 19. That is when I'm due to pick up more food from the food bank. I made a spreadsheet document:



So far I've bought:
1 pack of chicken drumsticks $2.68
bag of garlic                           $1.69
1 pack of mushrooms             $1.89
1 rutabaga                               $2.18
1 tomato                                  $0.72
1 onion                                    $0.62
1 butternut squash                   $2.02

A butternut squash and a rutabaga is a surprisingly large amount of food used in this manner. The file is mostly a list of ingredients to use for certain meals of the day. The creative process is simple. Diced veggies with or without meat sauteed as they are or as part of a sauce and eaten with or without a side dish. The key is to work with the inherent flavors of the ingredients and build a final taste based on what spices and condiments you have on hand. So far I've made:

Etsy Store

I opened an Etsy store this week. Let's see how this goes. Go to Etsy.com and search for TheFern. That's the name of my shop. You'll find all of the rings I've made as well as the bracelet and their prices. I've figured out that if this is the only thing I can make try and make money from I'll have to speed up production significantly. A temporary ambition is to produce about $300 worth of crafts a week unless my dressmaking skills manage to be decent.

Shoe Rubber

I bought a pair of $13 shoes at CitiTrends a while . I like them a lot. They're a pair of Lions Crest by English Laundry.

The problem is that the bottom is too slippery. When I drive with them on they tend to slip off of the pedals so I just drive with socks and slip them on when I get out. I found a solution or I hope.

The local high school once had an asphalt track for track and field. They recently topped it with rubber made from old tennis shoes. Some of the rubber is off to the side of the track in crumbles.

I picked some up and with some gorilla glue

Lets see how this goes.