Rosa, I skipped over your post earlier--I just want to send you my hugs, too!! You are so fortunate that the doctor caught it early! Sounds like you have every reason to be optimistic at this point.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
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Rosa, I skipped over your post earlier--I just want to send you my hugs, too!! You are so fortunate that the doctor caught it early! Sounds like you have every reason to be optimistic at this point.
My thoughts and prayers are with you.
Feb 12
--line dried one load of clothes on rack
--cream sauce, frozen veggies, can of mushrooms, frozen shrimp, sour cream, spices and pasta made an amazing supper with lots of leftovers for tomorrow
--sorting all my fabric and trying to use as I go pieces of leftover sheeting is making 4 pillowcases and 12 napkins all in my favourite colour purple and really for free
--made a cover for my cell phone for when it is in the purse...it was starting to get little scatches.
--made a head band (for do facials and such) for Dd and myself from the wide elastic I had cut off an old pair of jogging pants...cut the rest of the pair up into dust cloths
Today is cleaning day. Considering that three members of the family had a stomach bug yesterday, it's going well. I did some pantry cleaning and I am planning to tackle the freezer and fridge this afternoon. I am working on a third trimester/post-partum plan for food to minimize take-out and fast food and I'll need the space.
I am going to confess that I am not going to be quite as Susie Homemaker as I have been in past pregnancies and my plan does not include making a bunch of freezer foods myself. I have enough on my plate with homeschool and Zach's upcoming graduation. I am going to get some reasonable-ish convenience type foods for tired days. I already ordered two dozen handmade Vietnamese eggrolls from a nun at my church. That will be $30 and would make about 3-4 meals for everyone. That's cheaper than eating out.
I am also going to get some stuff from the butcher shop like different kinds of sausages, preformed burger patties, premade meatloaf and meatball mix, roasts I can toss in the crockpot and sliced stir fry and fajita meat. I'll get some frozen stir fry and fajita veggies and some sweet potato fries from the freezer section and indulge in some time savers like cole slaw mix instead of whole cabbage and other already chopped veggies. I'll start getting some shredded cheese versus shredding it myself. Those kinds of foods are not that much more than what I would normally make and way less than take-out. I've found through trial and error that some of that prep stuff makes a big difference when energy is at a premium. We eat better foods when we eat at home, so that is a consideration too.
I had a big bag of dried bread pieces in the pantry today. I'm going to use it up for a special Valentine's Day breakfast of chocolate cinnamon bread pudding. I cannot eat it, but everyone else in the family will love it.
Ummm Stella, chocolate cinnamon bread pudding sounds yummy!
It's looking pretty good too Rosa! I got the inspiration from a recipe from the Alsace region of France, but modified it a bit based on what I have on hand. It's going to be hard not to be able to eat any of it.
Rosa, sorry for the hard times.
On the frugal side since my super shopper neighbor took me shopping and showed me the ropes I have been saving about 40% over what I used to spend at the grocery store. I am getting a pretty complete price book now so can take advantage of real sales. We only have one car, line dry clothes, almost never eat out, use as little paper products as possible etc. etc. so this particular saving will be a big one for me. We don't have much more to cut.
Made a heart shaped Pizza for dinner tonight, dough from scratch. DH will get a good laugh when I take it out of the oven. A cheap way to have fun.
I have been sewing every day and making items to put away to sell on etsy in the fall. I figured it would be worth my time if I had multiple items to sell. So far I made 4 really cute aprons with matching potholders, and sold two of them to friends when they stopped over. I have several orders as well. I don't plan to do a big business but on rainy or cold days when I have no car it is good to have projects to do.
I have wanted to drop cable for a long time and I think I may have convinced DH to do so. I almost never turn it on and he does some watching of sports, but neither of us are interested in the rest of the programming. I am not sure why it is so hard for him to drop but I think he will now.
I'm with Rosa. Yum!Quote:
Originally posted by Stella.
I had a big bag of dried bread pieces in the pantry today. I'm going to use it up for a special Valentine's Day breakfast of chocolate cinnamon bread pudding.
Flowers: That is excellent on the grocery savings. I've been amazed at what we've saved by switching to a less-expensive grocery store, at least 20% with no other alteration in our shopping behavior. We got rid of our cable several years ago. I don't watch TV, so DH is the one who made the decision and called the cable company. He continues to be proud of decision. If I had done it, he might not have had the same degree of buy-in.
I don't get frugality points this week I'm afraid, although I have been bringing my lunch to work. I bought a new suit yesterday (I have a corporate job). I did get a $270. Talbot's suit for $98. because I had some gift cards and they were having a sale. It was a good value and something I'll get plenty of wear from. I'm paying for it from my allowance, so that's always "legal" since it doesn't impact the household budget.
Rosa, so sorry about your DH's diagnosis -- glad they caught it early, though!
Temperatures have gone back up into the -5 C range, so I took the bus this morning. It was cold, but definitely more tolerable than -15 C! Pushing the envelope a bit on the transportation budget, so will be good to cut out that expense.
lhamo