1:35pm
Had to make a run to Henderson Rd.
Kroger to get Tony's prescription.
Some mark downs I got-
two gallons of milk for $1.39 each.
was $2.79 each
2 two packs of sweet Italian bread
for .89 cents each.
Was $2.69 each.
Two packages of cauliflower
.99 cents each.
Reg. $2-$3.00 each.
Boneless round steak $5.34.
Was $7.64.
Tarter sauce .50 cents.
4 Cadbury eggs &
4 Reeses peanut butter eggs.
Was .50 cents each.
I got them all FREE.
(and I picked up even more
coupons for them from Speedway
this morning!)
Later on today I plan to cut up the
round steak into cubes and divide
it up into 3 containers to use
for 3 different meals.
One meal will be steak,
potatoes and carrots with
homemade gravy.
I almost cheated at Kroger.
I wanted some hash browns for a
breakfast tomorrow morning
and I almost picked up a frozen bag
of them. I then realized it would
be cheaper to walk my butt clear
across the store and get me a
10 pound bag of potatoes for
almost the same price that would
last for many meals compared
to one meal with a frozen bag of potatoes.
Before Kroger we went to Kmart
to get both boys and hubby a new
pair of shoes. In this situation,
cheaper is not always better
because you'll have to buy shoes
more often as they don't hold
up as well.
But that does not mean to buy
shoes that cost $50-$100+.
Tony and Christopher got the same
kind of shoes. They were made by
Coleman, the company that makes
camping stuff. It's like a tennis shoe
that has the look of a hiking boot.
They were $30 each but they had
buy 1 get 1 50% off.
Then Jonathan found a pair of
quality leather tennis shoes
that was $30 marked down to
$20.
Yeah I splurged but they should
hold up for quite some time
rather than paying $10 each month
for shoes for everyone from Walmart.
The last time I bought the kids and
my hubby shoes from Kmart we
paid $25 for each pair and they lasted
almost a half year. They are still
holding up even though they don't look
the prettiest anymore. No rips, tears
or the bottoms falling off.
They can still use them as play shoes.
I also splurged and got some
zippered mattress covers for
everyone's bed.
Twin $7.99
Queen $11-$12.
I hate to say this but one of my kids
found a string hanging off their
mattress and decided to pull on
it. Well that detached one side of the upper
mattress pad from the side of the mattress.
So yeah, you can see the inside of the mattress
on one side, springs and all. Grrrr!
I cannot afford a new mattress
and I sure as heck ain't buying
or getting a free used one
due to the risk right now with
bed bugs. So we'll have to make
do with what we have.
I'm hoping the complete vinyl
mattress cover with zipper will
help hold it all together.
$7.99 for a mattress cover
or a couple hundred or more for a new
twin mattress!
Like I say,
Do what ya gotta do
with what ya gotta do it with!!
4:30pm
Supper-
Something simple,
leftover potato soup with
leftover sliced French bread pizza.
You know how people like to
dip grilled cheese sandwiches
into soups. Well here we're dipping
the French bread pizza.
One time I'll have to make up
a supreme pizza soup.
Something I just now
made up.
Make a tomato based soup
maybe add in a can of beef broth,
throw in some sausage, pepperoni,
onion, bell peppers, mushrooms and whatever
else you find on a pizza.
Stuff you would probably have
leftovers of to begin with.
Spoon into bowls, top with
shredded cheddar or mozarella cheese.
Serve with bread like French or garlic
to dip into soup.
I am currently boiling another
pot of potatoes. Once done
I'll drain and store in the fridge.
This makes them last longer
than if left in the bag.
Tomorrow morning
I will use some for breakfast
shredded up.
At the moment I'm working on
getting the kids rooms cleaned up.
Don't know if I'll get around
to painting more today. I'm feeling
pretty worn down as it is.
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I read this in an email today
and thought I would pass it along.
It says it's for people 50 and over.
I lost it when the lady was
asked paper or plastic and she
said she was bi-sackual!
And when asked it she tweeted
and said no, but she does toot.
LOL!
A good laugh for people in the over 50 group !!! Also for those who know people like us.
When I bought my Blackberry I thought about the 30-year business I ran with 1800 employees, all without a cell phone that plays music, takes videos, pictures and communicates with Facebook and Twitter. I signed up under duress for Twitter and Facebook, so my seven kids, their spouses, 13 grandkids and 2 great grand kids could communicate with me in the modern way. I figured I could handle something as simple as Twitter with only 140 characters of space.
That was before one of my grandkids hooked me up for Tweeter, Tweetree, Twhirl, Twitterfon, Tweetie and Twittererific Tweetdeck, Twitpix and something that sends every message to my cell phone and every other program within the texting world.
My phone was beeping every three minutes with the details of everything except the bowel movements of the entire next generation. I am not ready to live like this. I keep my cell phone in the garage in my golf bag.
The kids bought me a GPS for my last birthday because they say I get lost every now and then going over to the grocery store or library. I keep that in a box under my tool bench with the Blue tooth [it's red] phone I am supposed to use when I drive. I wore it once and was standing in line at Barnes and Noble talking to my wife and everyone in the nearest 50 yards was glaring at me. I had to take my hearing aid out to use it, and I got a little loud.
I mean the GPS looked pretty smart on my dash board, but the lady inside that gadget was the most annoying, rudest person I had run into in a long time. Every 10 minutes, she would sarcastically say, "Re-calc-u-lating." You would think that she could be nicer. It was like she could barely tolerate me. She would let go with a deep sigh and then tell me to make a U-turn at the next light. Then if I made a right turn instead. Well, it was not a good relationship.
When I get really lost now, I call my wife and tell her the name of the cross streets and while she is starting to develop the same tone as Gypsy, the GPS lady, at least she loves me.
To be perfectly frank, I am still trying to learn how to use the cordless phones in our house. We have had them for 4 years, but I still haven't figured out how I can lose three phones all at once and have run around digging under chair cushions and checking bathrooms and the dirty laundry baskets when the phone rings.
The world is just getting too complex for me. They even mess me up every time I go to the grocery store. You would think they could settle on something themselves but this sudden "Paper or Plastic?" every time I check out just knocks me for a loop. I bought some of those cloth reusable bags to avoid looking confused, but I never remember to take them in with me.
Now I toss it back to them. When they ask me, "Paper or Plastic?" I just say, "Doesn't matter to me. I am bi-sacksual." Then it's their turn to stare at me with a blank look. I was recently asked if I tweet. I answered, No, but I do toot a lot."
P.S. I know some of you are not over 50. I sent it to you to allow you to forward it to those who are.
Us senior citizens don't need anymore gadgets. The tv remote and the garage door remote are about all we can handle.
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7:30pm
Me and Tony are still tackling the
kids bedrooms. He's got one and
I got the other. Trying to take it
down to the basics if possible.
The less they have in there the
less they mess up! It's amazing what
you can find in there from lost
school library books to about
5 pairs of scissors that went missing.
We won't talk
about the unidentifiable stuff lurking in
the closets and under the beds!
Told y'all I was in a weeding out
mood! Every room in this place
will eventually be weeded out.
Then once it warms up
we'll work our way out to the shed,
the man and boys cave.
