I think I can, I think I can
Thursday, May 2, 2013
We now resume our regularly scheduled program....hopefully
Due to some technical issues(aka computer went postal), I' ve been absent for a bit. With luck, I'll be back on Monday!
Monday, January 21, 2013
Weekly Goals
The kiddos are out today(Monday) so that means I'm short a day to get stuff done. Hopefully, I'm over the plague I came down with this weekend and can get everything accomplished!
Continue working on basement
Sort and put away Joseph's clothes
Clean off corner shelves in the office
Continue decluttering
Continue listing stuff for sale
Deworm the pups
Go through and weed out books in the bedroom
Go through the drawer under Baby Girl's bed
Catch up survey sites
Write one article
Read 2 library books
Take aluminum cans to sell
Mop all floors
Get donations together and take a load to thrift store
Work on 2 bags
Catch up survey sites
Write one article
Read 2 library books
Take aluminum cans to sell
Mop all floors
Get donations together and take a load to thrift store
Work on 2 bags
Monday, January 14, 2013
Weekly goals
Lot's of things didn't get finished last week, Thing 1 was home Tuesday with a respiratory thing, Thing 2 on Wednesday(with what turned out to be a UTI), Baby Girl came home early Wednesday because she vomited at school(and was out the rest of the week with a viral thing) and Joseph home on Thursday because of weather. I've been to the doctor twice with kids, the pharmacy 3 times, and hopefully, they will all go the rest of the winter without problems.
Here's what I hope to get done this week
Clean off desk
Put away laundry
Straighten up Joseph's clothes
Find crochet hook
Clean off table
Work on 3 bags(if I find my hook)
Continue declutter
Finish up 2 library books
Clean under cabinet in office
Clean under desk
Work on basement
Figure out problem with laptop(run diagnostics)
Freshman meeting with Thing 2 Thursday
Take Thing 1 to baby sit, also Thursday
Thing 1 cheering at a basketball game Tuesday night
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Take it Back
The old me would have never uttered those words.
The old me would have just thrown the leftover party favors in a box and forgot about them.
Thankfully, not any more.
I had to make sure I had enough favors to cover the number of kids we had to invite(school policy is the entire class, yikes). Before the festivities started, I told Thing 1 not to open any of the goody bag stuff. We ended up not needing 4 packages(I found the 4th after I took the pic) so I threw everything back in a Walmart bag with the receipt I kept and took them back when I went grocery shopping.
That's $4.19 back in my pocket.
And less stuff lying about in my house.
This is posted to Frugal Fridays, and Works for Me Wednesday
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Monday, January 7, 2013
Weekly Goals
I survived Christmas, New Year's, 2 week vacation stuck in the house with 3 kids, and Baby Girl's birthday.
Now time to get back to decluttering :)
Here's my plan for the week:
Work on Basement, get stuff ready to take for donations
Drop off expired coupons
Drop off magazines to laundromat
Straighten up Joseph's clothes
Do any mending
Make 2 more crocheted bags
Pantry challenge Week 1
Eating from the pantry is easy when you are broke.
At least that is how this first week went.
I did have to spend $10 on some ice cream and soda for Baby Girl's birthday party this past Saturday, but there was a ton left over :)
I made the cake and cupcakes with what I had on hand already, and since we rented a community room, I didn't feel obliged to feed guests other than cake and ice cream.
I have a ton of meals that carried over from the last of December, so I thought I wasn't going to need to buy anything, until I actually went to the store today.
Aldi's had hams marked down(got 2) and a bunch of Christmas goodies. I got, ahem, a few, but they will get used(I'm the hangout for teens so a lot of mouths to feed)
I was actually pretty nauseated after grocery shopping today, I did get what we only need(for the most part, har) and still spent more than I wanted to(and that's passing up $10 whole chickens, $10!) but most will last the month. Hopefully all I will need to buy next week is soda and milk!
Menu Plan Monday
Well, I survived Christmas, 2 week school vacations with 3 kids, and a birthday party.
Time for a round of grocery shopping(hopefully not too painful since I have a bunch of meals we didn't get to) and menu planning.
Here's the plan:
Breakfasts
Cereal
Oatmeal
Eggs
all served with fruit
Dinners
Meat loaf
Sausage and beans with brown rice
Enchiladas
Baked whole chicken
Chicken soup
Ham
Tuna casserole
Fried spaghetti
Egg rolls
Red beans and rice
Tacos
Chicken cordin bleu
Fried chicken
Grilled chicken
Goulash
Check out Menu Plan Monday
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