Menu Monday for April 29 to May 5

Monday

Leftover roast pork from the fridge freezer made into Spanish Rice.

Tuesday

Leftover beef roast made into Beef and Onions in gravy. Served over mashed potatoes. The sides will be frozen carrots and a salad.

Wednesday

Leftovers from Monday and Tuesday and leftover salad.

Thursday

Slow cooker Beef Stew.

Friday

Soup and egg salad sandwiches.

Saturday

BBQ Hot dogs, and baked beans from the freezer.

Sunday

Roast Chicken, corn on the cob, rice, and a salad.


These could change a little bit, but not much. I am trying to get everything used up and save on the grocery bill as well. Meat prices are sky rocketing and we must get a handle on this before too long.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Sunday Ramblings

While today was not as nice as the previous two, I still went out for a walk. After all its free exercise and as I did not sleep well last night it woke me up for the afternoon.

I am slowly but surely getting close to the end of the embroidery project. I now realize that I will not be finished at the end of the month, but bit by bit it is getting done. I am looking forward to seeing it on my table. Right now I am on the center portion and using up lots of embroidery thread I inherited from my mother.

My next project will be getting the afghan and dishcloths done for the family reunion. We have a Silent Auction that raises money for the next reunion. Cuts down a bit on what we need to spend as a family.

I have two days of work lined up for next week, one as an aide and one as the secretary. Should be an interesting week. Hopefully I will do a good job.

Harvey and I are going to have a movie night tonight. Should be interesting as usually we don't watch movies at home. He wants to watch Django Unchained. I am not a big western watcher, but this is what he likes. Perhaps he will let me watch a "Jackie type movie" next time.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Gorgeous Spring Day

Well most of the snow is gone, just a little bit still hiding in the shady parts of the yard. Hopefully it will be all gone by next weekend, provided Mother Nature does not pull a fast one on us.

I did get out for a short walk this morning, but the rest of the day was spent using this object a lot.

At noon I had a telephone conference with my priest and another lady from a different parish. We set up our next big Deanery meeting and it went quite smoothly. All the worrying I did about this type of conference is no longer bothering me. However one of the executive did not get in on the call and the other member was out of town. This saved me gas and the time it would take traveling to where ever we would have the meeting. Money in the bank so to speak.

Next during breaks from trying to finish my novel and almost falling asleep a few times, I was trying to get our youngest son Kris to answer his phone. He finished off the job he has worked at for the past 6 years and has moved on to a new position with a new company. This Monday he starts at Kramer Tractor in Regina as a Business Systems Analyst. He sounds very excited about the whole thing as he will be working on setting up a whole new computer program and system for them.

When he finally phoned back, just as we were going to eat all he could talk about was the shopping trip he went on to Tip Top Tailor's where he bought some dress shirts, dress pants and sports jackets. He was over joyed with the fact that he bought so much for $600.00. In fact he was extremely happy with the purchase of one of his sports jackets. It was regularly $300.00 and he got it for $70. I think he may finally be developing a frugal streak!!!

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

New Idea for A Project

While cleaning out my drawers a couple of days ago I got the bright idea for a new project (save me from bright ideas for new projects, especially when have a white board full of unfinished projects).

I took a bunch of the t-shirts that I was going to give to the church rummage sale and cut them up. I got quite a bit of material from them as you can see. Soon I will be cutting the pieces up into 1 x 5 inch strips. I will use these strips of material on this.

I got this rug hooking mesh on sale a few years ago thinking I would take up rug hooking. Hmmm, not going to happen anytime soon, however weaving strips of old t-shirts through the mesh is doable.

I am going to need many more t's in order to get this done so it will be an on going project over the next year. I am thinking blues, creams, blacks and pinks would be a good colour combination.

Here is hoping that I can get started on this project very soon.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Friends and Recycling

I went to visit a friend for coffee this morning and she had been cleaning out her husbands closet. Just Look at what she gave me to recycle into quilting material.

She gave me five pairs of jeans and a pair of jean coveralls. Hope her husband does not miss them.

I spent part of the afternoon taking them apart and got lots of material to cut into quilting squares.

I ended up with quite a stack. I foresee a busy weekend ahead of me.

I also cut off the pockets to make small purses with for gifts for the youngsters in the family.

They will need to be trimmed and sewn into pouches. I have lots of ribbon to smarten them up.

Recycling is so much fun. I keep things out of the landfill and make something useful out of whatever I can.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.

Menu Monday for the week of April 22 to April 28

Here we are at another Monday and a new week of menus that may or may not get changed around due to circumstances beyond my control (not really but I have always wanted to say that).

Monday

The last of the leftover turkey from Easter will be used. I plan on making Turkey Tetrazzini and using up the cauliflower and broccoli as the sides for this meal.

Tuesday

Spaghetti and meat sauce. I make my sauce with lots of onions, celery, grated carrots, and mushrooms so we should get at least a serving of vegetables here. Adding lots of vegetables allows me to cut down on the meat a little bit. Making lots so I can make Baked Spaghetti later in the week.

Wednesday

Pork chops, rice, and mixed peas and carrots.

Thursday

Baked spaghetti. I work this day so this will be quick and easy to prepare when I get home.

Friday

Salmon Casserole with lots of added veggies. A meal in a dish type item.

Saturday

Leftovers. There is bound to be some from the week that needs to be used.

Sunday

A wonderful Beef Roast with mashed potatoes, carrots and side salad.

So there it is, what I have planned for the week. These meals will be made from leftovers, my shopping, and what I have in the freezers and cupboards. Making use of all leftovers and getting your monies worth is what life is all about. Our grocery budgets are where we have the most control over our spending and being frugal it is what a person looks at first.

I have found that by prepackaging leftovers for the freezer in what I need to prepare another meal we no longer munch on that extra 2 lbs of roast beef until it is gone. Instead I can pull out a package of frozen beef and use it to make another wonderful meal for the two or three of us (depending if the boys are home or not). Thus saving money and time.

Everybody have a wonderful day.

God bless.

Still Saving Money and Keeping My Sanity

Nothing drives me to distraction and to almost pulling out my hair as grocery shopping!!!

One way I seem to be able to overcome the frustration is to shop with a list.

I pull out all the sales fliers and start my shopping at home. I plan my menus around what is on sale and what I already have in my freezers, cupboards and fridge. Good planning and knowing where everything is in the store also helps. My time is worth money so I usually only shop one or two stores.

As I make my way down the aisles of my grocery store, my cart sort of looks like this.

I cook from scratch most of the time so you won't see too many prepackaged things in my cart. As I make my way to the checkout I quickly add up what I have spent (rounding things off of course as I don't have a calculator for a brain....as much as it could come in handy).

I go through the checkout and of course realize that I have forgotten one very important item.

My reusable grocery bags!!!! Oh well I can always find a use for those plastic ones!!! My store hasn't started charging for them as of yet.

Lastly I get them into the car, home and put away. There goes a good 2 hours of crafting time. Yet Harvey and I will be very well fed for the next two weeks, perhaps even longer.

Everybody have a wonderful evening.

God bless.