Ills

Well friends its finally happened. With all the illness going around it was bound to happen. I woke up with a firery throat. I should have known it was coming. Which leaves me wondering.. is this why Zach has been acting so poorly. He has been coughing, and asking for cough drops, but he never really complains when he is sick. Just acts badly. And of all days I am working at his school today, covering a shift for someone who is sick!! Now either I got it from Zach or Checkers gorcery store. I swear to god everytime we go there one of us gets sick! Last time I got this weird stomach thing, from using the bathroom, well I think that is where I got it. I went there on Tues, cause the welcome wagon lady brought me a coupon for a bunch of free items, so I went to get them.. soo basically I sold my health out for a free bag of chips, 2 liter of soda, box of cookies and a half gallon of ice cream... mannnnnnn
Serves me right for eating junky ......

Let the craftiness begin!

Okay I got to spend a little time crafting this weekend, hard to believe with all my grocery planning and all right? LOL. Anyways I go the first big section of my quilt underway and here is what it looks like:

And a pic of the space where I get to do my crafting:

Pretty cool huh? And since I made a big sale on E-Bay now I can afford the fabric I want for the backing too! Yay!
In other news my mom has found a permanent place for my Grandma in Abilene, KS. She seems pretty happy there and has been enjoying meeting new people, of course as my friend sharon says when you have alzheimers you meet new people everyday right??

Menu and expenditures 1/27-2/10

Sunday:Country fried(venison) minute steaks, mashed pots, steamed brocc.
Mon: Breakfast for dinner: scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, melon
Tues: Chicken and herbed rice with carrots
Wed: French Onion soup with bread and salad
Thurs: Ghetto tuna noodle casserole with peas
Friday: Leftovers
Sat: Dinner party: Eggplant Rustica and Lemon Chicken Piccatta
Sunday: Meatloaf (venison), mashed potatoes and steamed green beans
Monday: Enchilada casserole(containing spinach and chicken) and refried beans
Tues:Spaghetti with Italian sausage and salad
Wed: Baked chicken with squash and stuffing
Thurs: Red beans and rice with sausage
Friday: Homemade pizza and raw veggies and dip
Sat: Steak, baked pots, sweet pots
Sunday: Breakfast- french toast casserole. The off to the store for shopping

Grocery receipt:
Two bags bagels for DH .88 per bag
1 1/2 gallons OJ 5.76
Frozen chopped spinach .76
Smoked sausage (nitrate free) 2.75
2 loaves organic bread 4.29
linguine pasta .88
penne pasta .88
Organic enchilada sauce 1.15
capers 2.29
All of the applegate brand nitrate homone free lunch meats were .99 for 8oz packs, what a bargain! Lunches for Gene= 2 weeks
Applegate brand lunch meat 4 of them .99 per pack
Earth's best organic mini Bluberry waffles 2.89 but used coupon for $1.00 off so
1.89
Organic refried beans .97
Organic eggs 2.88
Organic gallon of milk 5.88
Half and half one pint 2.08
1.48 lbs fresh eggplant 2.90
organic red and green bell peppers 2.99
bag of onions 1.99
1.11lbs grapes 2.75
2 bags organic salad mix 5.00
Organic brocc 1.89
organic carrots 2lbs 1.99
1 bag boneless skinless chicken breasts( veg. feed, hormone free)
5.99
Organic Jasmine rice (bulk) 2.15
Bag of dried red beans .89

Total for groceries: 65.75+ 4.83 for tax
I will be spending about ten more dollars this week since we are having some company.

So I going to round my total to 80.58
I saved 1.00 with a coupon and got .20 credit for using my bags so I saved 1.20 this week!

Internet business

As most of you know I am always looking for a way to make money while I work from home. Well here is a great way to do it:
If you are interested in learning how to make money with little or no start up cost you should check out this amazing book by Steve Weber "The Home-Based Bookstore". It a great teaching guide for learning how to start your very own website, or a store on Amazon or E-bay.
Here is a link to help you find this very useful tool:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0977240606/turk-20
Good Luck!

I met another mama!

Well I said I was going to do it, but someone beat me to it. Today at open gym, someone talked to me! Our sons played together so nicely and she came over to talk to me about it, cause I guess her twin boys don't play with anyone else. Yay zach! Thanks! She asked me what days I go to the gym and was persistent about wanting to see us again next friday. Her name is Lori, and she has 3 kids. YAY!

Lonely

Sad but true.. I am actually still homesick for Mass. I have met very few moms here, and I am just struggling with it. Its not fun, feeling like an outsider. i usaually adapt very well wherever I go, but not now I guess. Tonite I am going to hole up in my craft room and work on the quilt and try to sew my loneliness away. Geez I must be pre-menstrual, cause I sound pathetic...gasp!

Toot, toot

I just wanted to toot my own horn. But remember that ham I had a few weeks ago? Well I froze the rest of it, 2lbs or more of it. I did not make the strata last week , so I am making it tonite. I have enough for dinner, then I ground the rest of it for a second round of ham salad for next weeks lunches, and I save thed hock( bone with meat) part and the cooking juice for a healthy pot of ham and bean soup for next week, hows that for resoursefulness... more than 6 meals from one 9.00 ham.. Damnnnnnn....TOOT