Today, as promised, we will talk about what is changing as we move into next year, the why, as well as our usual Monday segments.
Featured Event: LFTN Spring Workshop - April 25-27, 2024
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Tuesday Live, 12:30PM Central, Nicole Sauce and John Willis welcome Porterhouse!
Friday Homestead Happenings, 9:30am Central
Sunday: Monetizing Sunshine - Join us for an INTERVENTION with Willow to help her monetize what she does best - spreading Sunshine. I will be joined by a mastermind panel: Toolman tim Cook, Brian Aleksivich, Kerry Brown and
TORNADO UPDATE
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
Weekly Shopping Report
12/11/2023
We took our usual trip on Saturday. It was a rather gloomy day, but not truly yucky, and we stayed dry. Traffic was light.
Dollar Tree was first. The coolers (food and drink) are all in decent shape, as though perhaps an effort is being made. The store has become a LOT busier over the past few weeks, and three cashiers were open. Amidst the junk, there are some good finds here. Feel free to listen to Jinne on her "Homestead Corner" YouTube channel; she often does budget Dollar Tree prepper hauls.
Home Depot was second. FYI, they will shake your own paint cans for you, and I don't think there's a charge. The tag was missing in the store, but looking online it looks like a 2x4x8 has gone up 7 cents to $3.25.
Aldi was last. We found everything we wanted, but the chocolate is dwindling again. We got the last small piece of Atlantic Salmon, but the cashier said they were expecting a truck. There were some price adjustments. Staple prices were: milk: $3.02, eggs: $1.66, heavy cream: $4.69, OJ: $3.29, butter: $2.99 (-), bacon: $4.25, potatoes: $3.99 (+), sugar: $3.09, four: $1.99, 80% ground beef: $4.19.
A gallon of untainted regular gasoline is $3.699.
I made a quick second trip to Walgreen's on Sunday to restock vitamin C; somehow our last bottle was nearly empty. FYI, they typically have BOGO deals on vitamins and supplements, or buy one at full price, and the second is half price. The C was BOGO, so we now have a couple years' worth, for around $21. There were holes here and there for certain brands or sizes of various vitamins and supplements, but overall the selection looked complete.
Frugality Tip: none this week
Operation Independence
Poverty Mindset, Project Fatigue, and the color of my floor
Main topic of the Show: 2024 Changes for LFTN
No - I am not pregnant LOL
Remember my epiphany from this year’s word: Breakthrough? Do Less
Healthier Nicole: fitness, family, food, time, Home
With that in mind and having tapped into some of the data for the podcast, your comments and interactions on social media, email requests and more, I realized that 2024 has to bring some changes so here they are:
LFTN, the podcast and show
THE HOMESTEAD
Refocusing on the things we love most
Building the event center where Tactical lives
Acquiring more land
Collaboration with Dawn Gorham, Homegrown Cooking: Cooking from snout to tail, video based, membership, etc.
SRF and LFTN Spring Workshop (EVENT PLANNER?)
Fewer speaking engagements - why
THE BOOK - an update
Project Accelerators and Mastermind
Holler Roast Coffee - to the moon! (SELL IT?)
Membership
Membership schedule for the year - 12 webinars, not monthly
New value ads, youtube subscriptions
Rental properties (SELL IT?)
Make it a great week!
GUYS! Don’t forget about the cookbook, Cook With What You Have by Nicole Sauce and Mama Sauce.
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