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Weekly Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:09:00 +0000

Can someone tell me where last week went?

I think I spent too much time reading.

No more summer school, but Baby Girl has 2 more weeks of a day camp thing at her school so I need to get busy before my days are filled with trying to entertain her.

Here's the plan

Clean out magazine pile

Clean out paper pile(s)

Work on one wreath order

Get caught up on online work

Clean out refrigerator

Prescription refill

Take donations to thrift store

Drop off expired coupons

Baseball practice, girl scout meeting and girl scout field trip(Saturday with Baby Girl)

Thing 1 to dentist

That should keep me busy since it's a holiday week.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 14:15:00 +0000

Last week ended up getting busier than originally planned, Thing 1 took Baby Girl out to eat and around for a bit, so me and Joseph went out to eat by ourselves and ended up at a furniture store and bought a couch. And a new dresser for the girls.

So Thursday we spent rearranging furniture.

Here's the plan for this week

Baby girl's baseball practice

Work on basement

Take donations

Attack the laundry pile, clean and dirty

Drop off expired coupons

Pick up dresser for Thing 2(at my mom's)

Go to Sam's and frame store

Go to library to print out papers and drop off books

Finish book for book club meeting

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 14:05:00 +0000

Where did last week go?

Everything needs to slow down.

A lot.

Here's this week plan

Mop, again. It's been raining everyday and that equals mud

Work on garage

Separate Herbs into new containers

Work on basement

Laundry

Thing 2 to ortho appointment

Baby girl to baseball practice and girl scouts

Take more donations

Work on DVD shelf

Work on 2 wreaths I have orders for

List a bunch of stuff on Craigslist.

Work on office area

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 14:00:00 +0000

Okay, where did last week go?

It's all a bit of a blur because Joseph worked through the weekend.

~sigh~

The first week of summer school flew by, and I can't believe we hitting the double digit dates of June already!

Here's the plan:

Finish up grocery shopping

Mop the floors if it ever decides to quit raining for more than a few hours

Work on garage if we ever get a break in the rain.

Work on basement

Work on decluttering craft stuff. This one is going to hurt, lol

Baby girl has baseball practice(Tuesday) and Girl Scouts(Thursday)

Take Thing 1 back for her surgery recheck

Drop off some donations

Attend a brunch on Friday

That should keep me busy this week, especially since I also have drive Thing 1 around since she's on pain med.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 02 Jun 2014 14:12:00 +0000

I'm still alive! The end of the school year got so busy! Girl scouts, band, orchestra, and generally keeping up with life got in the way of doing some of the small stuff.

What's happened around here?

Thing 1 got a job, then her driver's license, and we purchased a car for her(she's paying us back).

Thing 2 wrapped up his freshman year, signed up for cross country and is now in summer school.

Baby girl loved girl scouts(and I some how got suckered into being an assistant leader for Brownies in the fall), started baseball season, and is going to summer school also.

Joseph's been working his Monday through Friday job and picking up extra work on the weekends.

I've been trucking along cleaning out the house...just the first day of summer vacation and the girls cleaned out a big lawn and leaf bag full of clothes(immediately listed on freecycle and was gone), a regular trash bag of shoes, and a couple full of trash out of their room. I'm slowly cleaning along one wall in the garage..I sold off almost all of my books, Tupperware, and a bunch of miscellaneous items. I have almost as much ready to go to the donation place. I work around the house everyday but it seems to multiply faster than rabbits, lol.

Here's the plan for the week:

Catch up library books

Take my mom to the store

Take Thing 1 to get her wisdom teeth removed(Wednesday)

Work on garage

Work on basement

Take a couple bags of stuff to donation center

With 2 baseball practices, Thing 1's oral surgery, and getting 2 of the 3 in the groove of summer school, I'm keeping the list short and sweet this week.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 11:00:00 +0000

Eek!

It's been almost a month since I posted!

Um, hello, where did you go?

I know I haven't been asleep because I'm exhausted, lol.

Needless to say, it's been a little busy around here.

Lots of activities with the hooligans and I think I spent the rest of the time with my nose in a book, lol.

Here's the plan for the week

Finish up bedroom closet(I came up with a new deep cleaning/decluttering system. I pick one room to focus on for the week, then break it down into 5 parts. That way I only have to work for an hour or 2 and I dont get burned out. Last week was our bedroom and I had one day that I spent in the car, so I need to do my last section, the closet)

Start decluttering office

Do mending and sew on Baby Girl's patches

Grocery shopping

Continue listing items for sale

With all of my normal stuff that needs done, this is all the extra I'm going to try to squeeze in!

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:48:00 +0000

Sorry y'all, it's been crazy nuts around here.

Mostly the weather, which throws a monkey wrench into any plan.

But here's to hopefully good weather from here on out, and my ability to get on the computer because Joseph is working, lol.

I can't believe March is flying by.

Yes, it's totally because my oldest turns 17 on Thursday.

Sniff.

Anyways..most of this week's goals is cleaning the house and party planning.

Personally, I'd like to skip the cleaning but....

Wash Curtains

Finish up laundry

Clean living room and bathroom from top to bottom

Fix Thing 1's cake

Finish purchasing party supplies

Continue listing items for sale

Organize Thing 2's clothes

Take Thing 1 to renew her permit

Birthday Lunch!

Go with Baby Girl's girl scout troop to sell cookies

And that's about it. It should keep us busy(thankfully the kids are also on Spring Break so I have extra hands)

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 15:27:00 +0000

Busy, busy, busy.

That seems to be the new motto around here.

With it finally warming up, there is a ton of stuff that needs to be done.

Like yesterday.

Blah.

Here's some of the pressing things this week

Make some Mayonnaise

Work on back room

Continue to list items for sale

Start work on garage

Get to park to walk track at least twice this week

Pickup items from Sears

Order last of Thing 1's birthday presents

Work on cleaning out kitchen cabinets

Start Compost bin

With regular chores, this should keep me pretty busy.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Sun, 02 Feb 2014 14:50:00 +0000

A monster of a head cold prevented many efforts last week, especially any that required moving.

Meh.

I had to work double time at the end of the week to catch up. Some of the fun stuff got put on hold.

Here's the plan for the week.

Finish up slippers and leg warmers

Tackle paperwork on the desk

Continue decluttering

Continue listing items for sale

Sew new badges onto Baby Girl's girl scout vest

Make bread crumbs

Work on back room

Make grocery list

Finish mending

With regular stuff and errands, I'm just going to keep my list at this.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:30:00 +0000

Last week of January.

Wow.

Just a whole lot of little things need done this week. Plus I desperately need to finish up a couple crochet projects. And get through a library book.

Here's the plan

Catch up last library book

Finish slippers and leg warmers

Sort coupons

Drop off expired coupons at local community center

Clean off top of refrigerator

Clean out refrigerator

Continue decluttering

Continue listing items for sale

Finish up mending

That should keep me busy with all the regular stuff to do!

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:32:00 +0000

Umm, hello last week, where did you go???

It didn't help we had a couple of unexpected things come up(like one of Thing 1's teeth broke and we had to waste half of Friday afternoon at the dentist)

I kind of doubt this week is much better because it's supposed to be cold and Joseph will prob be home.

Here's the plan

Clean out big freezer

Clean back room

Work on decluttering

Catch up paperwork

Mending-Joseph's hoodie, jacket, and take in waist on Baby Girl's new pants

Catch up library books

Make trip to library to print out stuff

That should keep me busy with regular chores that need kept up with.

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 14:59:00 +0000

Now that the kids are back in school(hopefully for the rest of the year, lol) I can get back to normal around here.

And boy do I have a lot to do.

Here's the plan:

Finish up quilt squares for Girl Scout swap(due Wednesday, yikes!)

Clean basement floor

Clean off top of refrigerator

Clean out small freezer

Catch up paperwork

Find containers to help organize the girl's room

Fix drawer on TV stand

Mending-Joseph's hoodie, jacket, and take in waist on Baby Girl's new pants

Take Thing 1 to oral surgeon consult

That really should keep me hopping all week with regular stuff added in!

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Frugal Happenings

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:36:00 +0000

Oiy, it's been awhile since I posted this.

In my defense, December was kind of a blur with kids on vacation, and having a ton of snow days!

Here's what I remember:

My mil gave her canning equipment..including a pressure canner, food processor, 2 new cases of jars, tongs and a funnel!

Sold several items, making $75 before Christmas and $40 so far in January

Kept Christmas simple...I spent less than $200 on gifts for 3 kids(2 teens). My best score(and turned out was a favorite for Thing 2, was a $200+ robot dinosaur I got for $15 off a Facebook group. It needed cleaning with a magic eraser and new batteries, but well worth it!

Sold 2 ruffle scarves, made $20

Kept Christmas dinner simple also(made a big pot of chili) and with desserts, spent less than $30.

Since the weather's been nasty, Joseph hasn't been working, which means less $ for food. I've had to get creative..I made donuts with refrigerator biscuits, made a lot of stirfry's to use up veggies, and we ate more soups than usual.

Some not so frugal things:

The element in my oven went out(day before Christmas). This means I had to rearrange my menu.

The engine blew in my truck

The clutch went out in Joseph's truck

None of this stuff have been repaired/replaced yet. We have to use my mom's gas guzzling Cadillac(it has worse fuel mileage than our trucks!) so we've been out more money in gas than usual.

Hopefully we can get straightened out financially soon! Things breaking in the winter is really hard on us(since that's typically when Joseph's work slows down(and I still haven't had any luck finding a job ~sigh~)

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2014 Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Wed, 01 Jan 2014 18:24:00 +0000

Wow.

Another year has come and gone.

Not a big surprise I'm left scratching my head at where it went and what do I now, lol.

My goals are kind of simple, and kind of repeat. They are mostly building on to what I already do, trying to continue a frugal lifestyle and learn more things.

1. Work on the blog more. I have so many ideas, then I get overwhelmed, then fizzle.

2 Keep exploring income streams. I know what I need to make a month, just need more sources to get there(since finding a "real" job is impossible)

3. Continue decluttering. So much stuff has left this house and I'm determined to get even more out of here this year.

4. Continue learning new skills. Last year was gardening and canning. We plan on expanding that this year. I plan on breaking out the sewing machine(partially because the girl scout troupe is making quilt squares and I need to get it together!)

5. Volunteer. I've got my eye on the library or an animal shelter.

6. Thing 1 wants to do a 5k...we are going to start walking to prepare for one(my knees are shot, no running for me)

7. Continue with homemade...expand repertoire more on what I make at home.

8. Continue to reduce spending. This is especially hard since we are down both vehicles(engine shot in mine, clutch out on other) and the oven quit. sigh. Thing 2's braces should be off soon, so that will save some $ each month.

I think that about covers what I want to do this year!

Merry Christmas!

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Wed, 25 Dec 2013 14:16:00 +0000

Hope you have a wonderful holiday!

Weekly Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 23 Dec 2013 17:25:00 +0000

Christmas is in two days???

Help!

I can not believe it's already here. Where did the month go?

Oiy.

Needless to say, a lot of my goals involve being in the kitchen.

And cleaning.

Is it January yet?

Here's the plan

Treats to make: pumpkin pie, truffles, chocolate covered pretzels, fudge, rice krispy treats

Clean everything

Have Thing 2 bring up folding table and chairs for Wednesday

One last trip to the store(forgot pie crusts and need more butter)

Get laundry put away

Start prepping for Baby Girl's birthday(after Christmas)

That should keep me busy this week!

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Christmas around my house

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 15:35:00 +0000

Simple is our motto for this year. Although I do miss the singing Santa that shakes, I don't miss the singing Santa, lol.

Here's what it looks like around my house(ignore anything you see on the floor, I'm in the process of cleaning up!)

The girls made paper candy canes and stars, we put on real candy canes, Thing 1 painted pinecones, then lights and garland

My sinple card holder with knotted yarn and clothes pins

A picture Baby Girl colored several years ago, and this year Santa picture

Baby Girl and I placed our tree trimmings in a mason jar with water and added a pinecone in the middle for a cute display...added 2 other Christmas favorites..mint candies and nuts

This poor thing was on my front door but hot glue cracks in super cold weather. I reglued it, and hung it on the wall in the house

This guy is old so he deserves a place at Christmas.

I'll finish up with a picture of Mrs Claus(the cutest one ever!)

Baby Girl got to play the Mrs,. in her school play with all the Kindergartners and 1st Graders! She even got to sing a solo!

Snow Day!

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Fri, 06 Dec 2013 14:55:00 +0000

Snow came to SW Missouri on Thursday. It started out with everyone's favorite ice, but thankfully, didn't stick around long. Snow is much more fun! Our city got everywhere from 3 inches on the Northside, to 8 inches or more on the Southeast side(we have maybe 4)

Baby Girl made a beeline straight home from school, just so she could go play in it!

On the trampoline for a snow angel

According to her, this is totally awesome!

Flash and Lucy love the snow too(little Juju, not so much..he stayed snuggly in the house)

Baby Girl with her body guard

Last pic! Flash doesn't mind being covered in snow

Weekly Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 12:00:00 +0000

Craziness prevented me from getting on the computer last week much(aka Joseph was home due to weather, lol).

Thanksgiving is over and now it's time to get serious about cleaning the house, we will have people here for Christmas and Baby Girl's birthday party.

Here's the plan

Begin with cleaning kitchen, top to bottom

Continue to work on decluttering

Catch up on library books(fell a bit behind this last week)

Work with Baby Girl on her lines and songs for the Christmas Play(she plays Mrs. Claus!)

Make some Turkey stock

Get Christmas Cards picked up and mailed off

Make magazine Christmas trees and start listing for sale

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Frugal Happenings

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 16:23:00 +0000

Wow, another month has flew by! I didn't right anything down(grr) but I think I can remember most of it :)

Cashed in 2 of my survey sites for $55. I've already received the $30 check. These are going towards Christmas presents.

We made it through Halloween without spending a fortune. Baby Girl wore her witch dress from last year as part of her vampire costume. I only had to buy her teeth and makeup(less than $5) and spent $10 on Thing 2's mask(he turned around and gave me $5 of it back). Thing 1 purchased her own stuff.

Me and the crew rode the Halloween train for free(lots of fun!)

Our local food bank and Mcdonald's team up and for every non perishable food item you bring in, you can get a free McCafe drink. We did this about 3 times :)(one of our movie theatres is getting ready to do this also, 5 cans=1 free movie!)

Made $11 selling items

A friend contacted that me her son had hit a growth spurt and asked if Thing 2 could wear the size they didn't need. He got 3 almost brand new pairs of jeans!

My mom sent over a pair of jeans for me.

I cut my mom's hair and made $5

I processed our 2 pumpkins that grew. I have 4 quart bags full of puree in the freezer. I also processed the last of the squash and have 2 bags of puree in the freezer.

My mil gave us a meat grinder. It's older and a handcrank, but looks brand new!

I've been saving bits of pork to try my hand at making sausage.

Although it's spending money, I'm taking advantage of sales right now. I got 10 pound bags of potatoes for $1.49 each(4 of them, versus the $4.19 we were paying), and turkeys for .78/lb. Me and Joseph are talking about buying a bigger freezer for meat, then using the smaller one for veggies. We definitely need it!

I made more bread crumbs. I now have a quart jar and quart bag worth!

I think that covers it!

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Weekly Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 15:15:00 +0000

Welcome to the rinse and repeat version of weekly goals, lol.

Yea, I didn't get everything completely finished.

HOPEFULLY I'll get most crossed off the list this week.

Here's the plan:

Finish up Dining room

Make some veggie and turkey stock

Do mending and repairs

Organize coupons

Clean off desk

Continue decluttering and listing items for sale

Catch up online work

Drop off donations

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:26:00 +0000

Another week, another pile of stuff that needs done. Thankfully, this week isn't as busy as last week, so I can get some more accomplished on the decluttering front(where does it all come from???)

Here's the plan

Finish up Dining room

Refill prescription, pick up(possibly just have delivered)

Return library books

Make some veggie stock

Have kids pick up back yard

Continue to list items for sale

Put away laundry

Do mending and repairs

Catch up online work

Make magazine trees

Take donations to drop off

Work on decluttering backroom and basement

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On this Monday....

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 13:05:00 +0000

Weekly Goals

noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 13:44:00 +0000

Not a lot on the list this week but one project will probably take most of the week.

Lovely.

Here's the plan

Clean the dining room. As in everything. Desk, cabinet, on the table, under the table, shelves. Everything.

Dr appointment on Thursday(just so he'll renew my prescription). Also grocery shopping. And Math Night at Baby Girl's school. I need a nap now, lol.

Drop off any donations, magazines, coupons etc I pile up after I clean dining room.

Get Halloween decorations put away

Clean refrigerator(before Thursday)

Get candy before Veteran's Parade Saturday(Baby Girl's Daisy troupe is going to be in it)

Aside from the usual of laundry and cleaning, I should be pretty busy this week!

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noreply@blogger.com (April) — Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:16:00 +0000

Joseph ended up sick last week, so I didn't get a chance to get online early in the week. to make any posts.

Here's the plan for the week:

Get the house back in order from the weekend

Upload pictures to the computer

Adjust the elastic in 2 new pairs of pants for Baby Girl

Sew on patches to Baby Girl's Girl Scout vest

Continue to list items for sale

Catch up online work

Start cashing in from survey sites(for Christmas money!)
Clean space under desk

Take magazines to Laundromat

Quick trip to Aldi's

Return library books(forgot yesterday, doh!)

Finish drying parsley and freezing last of basil

Make Pumpkin cake for Halloween

Put laundry away

Wash bed stuff(just ours and Thing 1's left)

Drop off donations

Continue decluttering(work on basement)

Take expired coupons to community center(for mailing overseas)

I didn't think I had a lot until I typed it all out!

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