☃️Our last Azure Haul of 2023 with prices! | How to build your pantry for less | Beat inflation

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

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[@cathykillion6544]

Enjoyed the video

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting! Happy new year! 🥰🎉

[@Kra-ri6fd]

I hope you don't mind me commenting a lot on one video. I don't usually do that but you don't have a lot of people commenting YET so I figured...why not. Anyway, we had Covid and had all the congestion that came with it also. We had what I believe was the Delta strain and it wrecked havoc on me particularly probably because I was obese and my fasting blood sugar was 113.... not diagnosed pre-diabetic but heading there. I didn't need to be hospitalized but long Covid happened and it hit my kidneys hard. This led to me losing 70 pounds to improve my health which brought my blood sugar and cholesterol in check and almost eliminated my fibromyalgia exhaustion and pain....which led to my husband and I deciding to try for our baby girl! So it's funny how "curses" can sometimes turn into huge "blessings". I do hope you feel better quickly. Not matter what, being sick is not fun!

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

I don't mind at all. I came here for friends and not many people talk to me on here. That's awesome how you turned that around into a positive thing! I'm type 2 diabetic and I wish I'd been able to turn that around beforehand. I have it under control now but when I was younger and thought I was in invincible I really didn't watch what I ate and made it much worse. Then I was hit with multiple sclerosis. That woke me up because I was getting the issues then and not years down the road. I started researching and studying nutrition and completely cleaned up my diet. A few years later I was able to stop the ms medication which wasn't something I wanted to stay on. I feel so much better now and have been in remission for years now. I hope you continue to do well and thank you seriously for talking to me. I really do appreciate you. I spend most of my days talking to my son and the animals and my husband when he's on break which I do love but it's nice to talk to another adult outside of our little circle 🥰

[@Kra-ri6fd]

@@survivinglife__unplugged You sound a lot like me. I talk to my husband on his lunch break but other than that I'm home with the chickens, ducks, dogs, cats, rabbits, and goats. I do still homechool my youngest son. Oldest works most days. I did spend ten years as a single mom (personally) so most of my experience with rearing children are under poverty conditions. Sometimes without electricity for a time or running water if the landlords were not great. One time we resorted to canning snow water because the well was so bad we never knew when we'd have water or good water at that. Snow water is absolutely delicious. There is no bottled water that can beat it! We even experienced homelessness for a couple months. Now, the kitten is the most "talkative" right now...besides my son lol My mom is type 2 diabetic. My doc wasn't concerned with my blood sugar but I knew where it was likely heading. So lower carbs is what I aim for but that's not always the case. I've been focusing on cooking from my 1942-1943 war time Good House Keeping cookbook lately.. it's been so fun. Trying to learn cooking from scratch. Got gestational diabetes test in a couple weeks though 😬. Anyway, that's why I'm very chatty at the moment lol Like I said, I'm not always like this. I am very glad your health has turned around. Food is medicine! I wish more people realized that. Unfortunately it usually takes a pretty serious health scare to teach us that we are not invincible afterall.

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

@@Kra-ri6fd we really do sound a lot alike! I was a single mom with my daughter. We went through some pretty ruff times also. Didnt have that much snow here though. That cookbook sounds interesting. I love old cookbooks. I hope your test goes well! Give me an update if you'd like please.

[@Kra-ri6fd]

A friend of mine sent us a french press and an electric water boiler. We were cleaning out their house and repairing it to sell it for them after they had to make a quick move out of state. So they sent us these things as a thank you after I told them my oldest son burned up my tea kettle lol I have found that the french press is good for my youngest son (he's 16 yrs old) and I since we are the only ones who drink coffee regularly in our house. It's only 24 ounces. We do have a larger coffee pot but only pull that out now for guests. I do enjoy that the french press doesn't require coffee filters.

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

Yes we have one of those too and it was our favorite but I need to order another thing to go on the bottom of it. Eventually they get a little worn and need to be replaced. I was ok with it still but my husband can't stand coffee grounds lol. And honestly the pour over doesn't need a filter either but as I said if he even thinks there's coffee grounds he won't drink the bottom of the cup. 😆

[@lisanowakow3688]

I hope you get better quick! I had COVID this last June. I was in the hospital before I knew what hit me. Merry Christmas!🎄

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

Thank you so much! My sinuses are finally starting to clear. I'm taking advantage of the holidays and getting some extra rest. Hopefully I'll be back to 100 percent soon. I hope you are doing well now and don't have any lasting effects from covid. 🙏 Merry Christmas to you and your family 🌲❤☃️

[@Kra-ri6fd]

My hand broom and dust pan have simply disappeared. So yep, it happens in this household lol I suspect it's in my oldest sons room...somewhere.

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

Girl those things seriously run off on their own. I'm always looking for it too. Or I'll find the broom but the dustpan is missing 🤦‍♀️

[@annfruge7777]

I’m just now getting over Covid. In the sinus is a problem and it causes me to cough dry cough.

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

My sister has the dry cough still a year after she had it. I hope it doesn't stick around for you too. I'm still having the sinus part, I'm thinking maybe it's turned into a sinuses infection. Normally I get over sickness quickly so this has been very different. I'm wishing you lots of luck in getting past it and it's symptoms ❤

[@Kra-ri6fd]

I have been eyeing Azures for a bit now but im not sure they deliver around my area so I've been hesitant to even try. If I have to drive an hour or more to meet up for a delivery, I don't know if I'll be able to. I might look them up anyway. Maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[@survivinglife__unplugged]

I hope you have one close! They've added lots of new drops so fingers crossed!