Loving Home

Here is what I hope to fix the next two weeks: Breakfast:  muffins, eggs and toast, frozen waffles, boiled eggs Lunch:  leftovers, sandwiches Dinner:  baked pasta               chicken, sweet potatoes, veggie  X 2               beef roast, potatoes, carrots and onions               pork chops, sweet potatoes and veggie               sausage, corn and veggie               pork lo mein               pork roast, sweet potatoes, veggie               pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw               leftovers X 3               sloppy joes X 2 Snacks:  homemade cookies, pretzels, chips and salsa

Finally got to the store today though the roads were not as bad as I thought they would be.  Boy is it snowing now though.  Got what I need for the next two weeks except maybe fresh stuff.  Here is what I got: Krogers: hamburg buns popcorn (free) hot dog buns hot dogs X 2 baby cereal 18 ct eggs sliced cheese tortilla chips X 2 wet dog food X 4 drink mix X 2 coffee - for school slaw dressing rotel tomatoes X 4 coke zero - 3 12pks ramen X 20 canned mushrooms X 2 2 lb velvet cheese carrots 1lb mushrooms .86 lb potatoes ham lunch meat veggie tray Total spent:  $69.98 The ramen was on sale for .17 cents each.  Hot dogs were BOGO. I used Ibotta and will get back $1.35 for my purchases.

I was running dd and gs on some errands when she needed to stop at Kroger to use some of her WIC vouchers.  Both she and gs received vouchers for fresh items so she used them both today.  While she was deciding I found some deals.  Here is what I found: 4 yellow bell peppers 4 green bell peppers 6 apples, mixed types each of these were bagged and were 99 cents a bag 2 pkgs canadian bacon marked down to $1.29 each 5 bags of Birdseye steam fresh veggies for 99 cents each 2 bags Kroger frozen veggies for $1.00 each 1 tub spring lettuce mix marked down to $1.79 2.39 lbs of green grapes  rang up wrong so they gave me my money back. Spent:  $26.16 - $7.12 refund =  $19.04 I am going to cut up the peppers and freeze them leaving out one each for fresh cooking and salads.  The canadian bacon will be used for pizza and for breakfast meat.  Once I got home I decided on salad for lunch and discovered that the tub of spring mix was worse than I ...

Okay as promised here is the meal plan: Breakfasts:  eggs and toast, eggs and fried potatoes, oatmeal, cold cereal, pumpkin chocolate chip    muffins, banana bread Lunches:  leftovers, sandwiches or soup Dinners:  chicken, stuffing and carrots                 grilled cheese and soup                 baked pasta                 pulled pork sandwiches and coleslaw                 zuppa toscana soup                 chicken, sweet potatoes and green beans                 pork chops, baked potatoes and veggies                 homemade pizza X 2                 sausage, corn and green beans               ...

It has seems like I have lived in the grocery store the past month but today is different.  You see Friday was payday and after paying the bills and the incidentals I have $30 left for food for two weeks for two adults.  Now I have quite a bit of meat in the freezer and the pantry is not overfull but it is not empty either.  Doable but scary.  So I made my grocery list, listened to dh's requests and went to the grocery store.  Here is what I got: 2 big bags of tortilla chips 2 lb velvetta  cheese 1 pkg hot dogs 1 pkg hot dog buns 2 cans of mushrooms 2 small boxes of fish sticks 1 container sour cream 1 container cottage cheese 1 bag whole wheat flour 1 container ice cream bologna, 1 pkg 1 dozen eggs drink mix 2 containers wet dog food 1 can enchilada sauce I spent $32.07.  I did have a couple of dollars that I had found extra.  Not bad really I think.  Dh had requested the tortilla chips, velvetta cheese, fish sticks and hot...

I can't believe that it has been over 3 months since I have posted last.  Life has indeed been busy.  As in watching my grandson up to 50 hours a week busy.  My daughter, who expecting her second son, is home now full time so I only get him a couple of hours a week now when she needs a break.  Second one is due in March but she is having a lot of issues this time and fell down the stairs a couple of weeks ago and that is what brought her home.  In other news, my ds and his wife have decided not to adopt the young man they have fostered in their home since March.  He is to removed from their home this week.  He had unfortunately gotten violent towards my dil.  Here is a photo of the little guy.  It is hard to believe he will be one next month.  Have a blessed day.

Today I am thankful for friends and family.  I have a small circle of close friends and I am blessed to have them in my life. There is Susan, my bestie, who is my partner in crime.  We met when she worked for me at a needlepoint shop.  She loves the needlepointer in me and my crafting ways.  We love to sit in silence and stitch all day long.  She is younger than me and more like a little sister.  I love her dearly. Next is Gayle.  I meet her went we were working in side by side businesses.  We were both members of manager and we used to help each other with change on the weekends.  My children were little then, just in elementary school and hers were in middle school.  It is hard to believe that we have known each other that long.  She is my sewing buddy, really a sewing mentor.  She can sew anything she puts her mind too.  I am blessed to have her in my life. Finally there is Beverly.  We met at church many man...