Still Sick!

And the dishes are still waiting! ugghh! I hate when I am sick on the weekends because DH really can't help me out much because he works nights on weekends and has to sleep during most of the day. That means super mom still has to do everything!! The kids seemed to be super whiny and just not on their best behavior - of course! lol.

I was able to get a few things done. We got the living room picked up, clothes taken upstairs (though unfortunately not put away!), stereo and speakers cleaned off and a good vacuuming. While Little Princess was taking a bath I cleaned the toilet and the sink (which I do every time she takes a bath), and also cleaned under the counter because I found mysterious water (still not sure where it came from).

Now I am rally exhausted and just want to crash. But, of course, I can't. I have to work on my homework for my class. It figures that this would be the week she would assign the most work so far! I have 3 things that have to be done by Tuesday.

1. A two-page report on off-shoring. Of course, I still have to do the research for it, but I could do that in an hour and write it within an hour also.


2. One question at the end of the chapter that the teacher said would take us about 2 hours. So I figure it's going to take me at least 3!!!! lol


3. The last thing is to do 2 charts based on something we did last week. I believe this should take less than an hour.

I also need to finish something up for my class tomorrow. I think I will do that first and then work on #2!!! Maybe if I go make some no bake cookies, they will help me stay awake and raise my spirits. I'm really craving chocolate right now!

I Hate Being Sick!!

Yesterday I woke up with a sore throat yesterday and by the end of the day I was blowing my nose! GGGgggrrrr! This is the not the best weekend for me to get sick. I feel like doing absolutely nothing!!

I have 3 things to work on for my one class - they are due on Tuesday. I should probably finish reading for my other class. Plus the house isn't looking too pretty right now! Quite a few dishes sitting on my counter calling out my name!! In addition, I need to do a lot of cleaning because we are having a birthday party for the little man on Saturday. He will be 1! Believe me. This house is in no condition for people to see it right now! On Wednesday night I will have to bake the cake and on Thursday or Friday decorate it.

Hopefully I start feeling better soon. I can't afford to get too far behind in my classes or even in my housework. If you have any suggestions as to how I can feel better sooner, leave me a comment.

Wow It's Nice Today!!

In the mail the last few days have been tons of catalogs and ads from store, with toys on sale for Christmas. Who can think about Christmas when it's November 6 and it's almost 70 degrees in upstate NY? Usually this time of the year we are lucky if the high gets to 40 degrees! lol. It's very late for us to be having our Indian summer.Very weird too, since 2 weeks ago it was snowing! Very weird. It's probably a sign that we're in for a bad winter. Can I just hibernate and not go anywhere all winter? lol

When Little Miss wakes up, I am going to take her and the Little Man outside to play in the leaves. Dh and Son are out on our land trying to finish clearing it before winter really does hit us.

How is your weather today?

GET OUT THERE!!!

NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE VOTING FOR, NO MATTER IF YOU ARE A REPUBLICAN, DEMOCRAT, OR INDEPENDENT, DON'T FORGET TO GO OUT AND VOTE TODAY!! NO MATTER WHO WINS THE PRESIDENCY, THIS WILL MAKE HISTORY. WE WILL EITHER HAVE AN AFRICAN AMERICAN PRESIDENT OR A FEMALE VICE PRESIDENT!!  LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD. THOSE WHO DON'T VOTE, DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO COMPLAIN. 

Too cute!!

My daughter just turned 2 in August and she is now at that age where she can really start enjoying things. Her last birthday, Halloween and trick or treating and now fall and all the leaves. My husband threw her in a pile of leaves when they were leaving to go to the store today. She loved it! She couldn't stop talking about it for like 5 minutes. Of course, daddy was not too smart and threw her in there BEFORE they went to the store. So there he is trying to brush out the leaves from her hair so they can get in the van. lol. She says more and more every day. She is like a little sponge, just learning so fast. She was pretending she was making pizza for dinner while she was sitting at the kitchen table playing with mommy's measuring cups this afternoon. Too cute. Then she decided she was going to make "cokies" and "pie". LOL.

Lisette

Meal Planning Monday - Nov3 thru Nov9

Ok. Here is my meal plan for the week.

Monday	Tuna patties, vegetable, potatoes
Tuesday	Turkey breast, vegetable, stuffing
Wednesday	leftovers
Thursday	chili, corn bread
Friday	homemade pizza, salad
Saturday	leftovers
Sunday	chicken and biscuits

I don't always follow the plan to a T, but at least I know that those are the meals that I have ingredients to make and if I don't feel like having something, I can choose one of the other meals. I will be making extra chili to stick in the freezer. I am working on stocking it with meals for those busy days when fast food would have normally been on the menu.

Lisette

Husband went to the grocery store!!!!!!!!

So, this week we are little short on money and trying to squeeze out everything we can from our freezer and pantry. Dh took our 2 year old daughter to the store with him today and bought too much. He spent almost $28 and didn't get much. He bought her Dora yogurt for $2.69 for a 6 pack!! Holy Moly!!! That's pricey, but at least it doesn't have high fructose corn syrup in it, which is a plus. He also got bananas, apples, a yogurt for him for work, 6 pounds of ground beef at $1.99 a pound, whole wheat tortillas and I think that's it.

I hate when he goes to the store. I can go shopping at Aldi's and do so good. I can go in there with $40 and get enough to feed us for more than a week. Right now we are shopping every week to two weeks, but our goal is to start shopping once a month and then just go once a week to get milk and fresh produce. Once a month shopping takes more planning and I need to work on that .

Lisette

Free coloring pages!

I just wanted to share a great site for all you readers with young children who love to color. My little girl loves to color, but coloring books can be expensive. I like this site because, first of all, it's free. Secondly, I like it because she can pick which ones she wants to color. Check it out for yourself. Just click on the picture below.

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DO REALLY NEED CABLE?

Now that baseball is basically over and the Mets did not make it into divisional play, AGAIN, my husband announced that now we could reduce the cable to channels 2-13. This costs about $10 a month, so our cable and Internet will go from being about $100 a month to about $55. With the main channels we can still watch network television and the kids can still watch PBS. Before we cancel it, we will be taping a bunch of the kids favorite shows like Dora, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Backyardigans, etc.

Saving $45 a month is a big deal. That's my highest credit card payment right there. I could be using that to snowball all our debt and  get rid of it quicker.

We won't miss cable too  much. We spend way too much time staring at the TV anyway, so it will probably be good for us. Plus a lot of shows can be seen online now. I often watch Heroes online because I somehow forget to watch it. I always watch SNL online because I don't want to watch the whole thing, just the political satire. If we start getting bored with network tv, there is always www.Hulu.com which has older movies and tv shows. Also we can run down to the grocery store and rent a movie from the RedBox for $1 a night per movie. http://www.insideredbox.com/

How much money could you save by reducing your cable or canceling it? By the way, most cable companies have some form of the reduced cable for about $10, but you have to ask them about it.

 

 

 

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Update on our house

Well we picked out the modular we wanted and got quotes for doing the land improvements. By the time we have our first closing, it will be at least December or January. So they probably will not be able to start doing land improvements until at least March depending on the weather. So, we are looking at not being able to move until at least May or June of next year. GGgggrrr! This apartment is too small for all 5 of us, but we will make do. A benefit to staying here is that our expenses are lower and we can save more money and pay off a lot of our credit cards.

We will be saving as much as we can between now and the end of the year. Of course we also have Christmas coming up, but I have most people done already and just need to buy 2 larger frames, a gift certificate and a gift for my mom. The kids are started and we are only going to spend $100 on each of them. The little ones will probably share some toys - I already bought them a Baby Vsmile to share ... it was originally $39.99 and I paid $15 for it!!!