Menu Monday

 

I am so sorry that I have been unable to visit anyone the last couple of days. I hope to be able to do so tomorrow morning.

Here is my menu for the week.

Monday

Beef stew, and bread slices. Hopefully I put aside enough from my big stew making day to feed all of us tonight.

Tuesday

Spaghetti and meat sauce. If I manage to get out and do another small shop (why did I not remember these things) I will make some garlic bread to go along.

Wednesday

Turkey supper, mashed potatoes, gravy, pickles, cranberries, salad, corn, and dressing. Just hope I can make enough to feed 5 hungry appetites. Dessert will be pumpkin pie with whipped cream or ice cream.

Thursday

Pulling some Cabbage Bread out of the freezer. There should be squares left to use as dessert or even a bit of pumpkin pie.

Friday

Glace and eggs.

Saturday

Supper out to celebrate my birthday.

Sunday

Leftovers from our meal out.

Off to get some tasks done around the house so there is less to do tomorrow and Wednesday.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Fourth Sunday of Advent

 

 

I love having Kurt and Kris home, even if it does mean extra cooking and household tasks. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening. 

God bless.

Winter Solstice

 I am working on some long term goals for next year. Hopefully they will work well with my monthly goals. I have really not posted about my long term goals other then the decluttering one. This upcoming year there will be a few more and those could be slightly more complicated to keep track of. One is me trying to have more low spend/no spend days and another is trying to cut some budget lines. There are a few more that will inter-twine with these. I will list the rest come the new year.

Longest night of the year ahead, now the days will be getting longer. Looking forward to being able to work on projects a bit longer each day.

Kris and the Grandcat are home and Kurt is about 2 hours away. Supper will be held off until he arrives. So looking forward to having both the boys home and staying for a number of days. 

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

White Christmas Hopefully

 Once again we have had snow all day, or well from 9 am to 3 pm, of course the wind has been blowing as well. 

Kris sent us a text last night saying he would not be coming home until tomorrow instead of today. Good thing as until now visibility has been pretty bad, I am also sure that the same can be said for Regina. It will be much better tomorrow I am sure. 

Kris always grows something over the winter and so far this year it is tomatoes. Here is a picture of his plants.

He should have a really good harvest. I am hoping he also has some lettuce or peppers growing as well.

While shopping this week I noticed that regular prices have risen, and risen by quite a bit. I really think that we are all going to have fun trying to keep costs down. I do know that we can do so though.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Thrifty and Frugal Thursdays

Thrifty and Frugal

 This week has been very strange. I headed out a couple of days early to get groceries and our prescriptions. Mainly because we were going to be getting lots of snow. So many times this prediction has not come true, but yesterday the snow arrived. While we did not get quite as much as they said we would about 7" lay on the ground this morning, along with some nice drifts as the wind had whipped things around quite a bit.

So I have just a few thrifty and frugal things to share with you.

1.  Harvey finished painting my donkey and cart, using paints he already had.

2.  We shoveled and blew snow today for our frugal exercise.

3.  I sewed some buttons on one of Harvey's shirts. The buttons came from my button jars.

4.  I decided to try and bake all the bread we will need for when Kurt and Kris are home. As of today I have 4 loaves in the freezer. I plan on baking two more loaves tomorrow and two the day after. This cost me probably 1/2 of what the expense would have been if I purchased the bread.

5.  Our Co-op grocery always lets us know how much we have saved at the end of our receipt. This time I saved $41.48 on my groceries.

6.  I added $70.00 to my savings envelope and another $4.60 to the change jars.

7.  Used appliances to cook much more this past week and will continue to do so.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Midweek And Stormy

 

I had so hoped that the storm would miss us once again, but it looks like it has arrived.

While it does not look too bad as of yet, as the night falls and the wind picks up the visibility will be nil. I am pretty sure that Kris will not venture home until Saturday afternoon. The roads should be cleared by then, or at least in better condition.

I went shopping early this morning and so missed all this. I even got our prescriptions picked up and picked up the first batch of finally delivered mail. Not that there was anything really important, but it is nice to once again see mail in the box, even if it is just flyers and ads.

Doing a mini switch around of the menu tonight. We are finishing off the pork stir fry with some rice. The soup and grilled cheese sandwiches will be tomorrows supper. I am trying to clear out the fridge as much as is possible for any leftovers from the Christmas meal.

Off to set the table and then visit all of you.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Tuesday Tidbits and Stuff

 

I have spent most of the day waiting for a call from the bank and since we are going to get around 25 cm of snow starting tomorrow I had planned on going shopping. That did not happen, but I think I may head out after supper and hit the closest grocery store, and perhaps tomorrow morning before the main part of the snow hits off to Walmart early. I should be back before the call from the bank if I leave early enough. It is also supposed to get frigid out overnight. Best I get done what I can before things get bad.

With all the snow coming Kris has mentioned that he might not get home until Saturday, which is fine as I don't want him or Kurt out on unsafe roads.

Since I will be out right after supper, I will visit you all tomorrow.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.