Just some stuff that's been happening around here this week or so.
* I picked the first "real" tomato from the garden on Monday. "Real" meaning, not miniature sized, not buggy and/or didn't rot immediately after picking. It had started turning so I beat the deer to the punch and plucked it before they fount it.
* You will also notice in the photo above I colored my roots on Monday in preparation to going to the Family Reunion. That's about all the fancying up and prettifying I do for it. ;-)
* This month has been crazy expensive with eating out. Between having company and taking folks out for meals and the take-out food we've been buying while I was unable to stand to cook we've spent $280.62 on eating out/take-out at this point in September. bleh. But then again I've only spent about $125 on groceries so far this month. lolz
* This PT is doing nothing for my foot. What helps is elevating it during the day and putting heat or ice on it and wearing shoes all the time(hate that!). It feels better with good support. It's probably something that will heal up on it's own with tender loving care.
Despite the PT I am off the cane now and bicycling shall resume next week, albeit wearing shoes. rah!
* I've paid all the bills for the month(besides one crazy ass bill the eye doc sent that makes no sense....their billing system is SO screwed up!)and have closed the books for September(except for any interest that will show up on non-retirement accounts on 1 October). Even with assorted medical bills and the school taxes being paid in September we'll have a nice hunk of cash leftover to throw into savings. Next month is the 3rd paycheck month(yeah!)but all the medical co-pay bills for the medical testing and other nonsense that happened in September will be arriving, as the EOBs from the insurance company have already been streaming in. ugh. Other than that and credit card spending(some vacation charges coming up in October)we have no large bills left this year to pay.....just the usual suspects of utilities, medical drug co-pays, etc. Of course Christmas is coming in 3 months so there is that too, although we don't go hog wild spending at the Holidays and we certainly don't put anything on credit that can't be paid off in January!
* I have been doing a fair amount of sewing the past 2 weeks. Already completed are 4 pairs of pajama pants for various offspring.
These are projects that have ben languishing in my sewing piles for years now! They still need elastic in the waist and hemming but I need the bodies here to measure and cut the hems and adjust the amount of elastic for that. These bits are easily done.
On the top is also a flannel nightgown I made for myself. It's got 3/4 sleeves even though it's flannel because I just HATE long sleeves! lolz
* I found my cousin Melanie on F/B yesterday and sent her a friend request. I've been trying to track down my cousins for 2 years now since I had a phone call from my aunt in late June of 2013. She wouldn't tell me and never wrote back to me their mailing addresses or phone numbers and of course my girl cousin got married so I couldn't even find her name now! lolz
But due to my mad genealogical detective skillz I found her last name, etc. and 2 of them are on F/B.
We were never close with my only cousins growing up partly because we lived in VA and they lived in MA. This photo is from one of the only time we visited them up in MA at their house. I don't even know the year but it's around the mid 1960's.
* After PT the other day I went to Rite-Aid to get some free/cheap stuff...........
2 Transactions(1 on each card). The body wash was free after IPQ Qs and In-Ad Qs were stacked.
The Watkins lotion was also free using up a rain check from a Black Friday deal last year(they finally got it back in stock!lol). The Mentos were $1 for all 4 after earning $1 in Plenti Pts. The single chocolate candy was because the Qs brought me into the negative at the register so it's a filler item.
Total spent OOP .30¢.
I used $2 in Plenti Pts. on the Mentos transaction, earned $1 back so 1 card has $11 in Pts. the other has $21 in Pts.
* We finally hauled a load up to Salvation Army on Sunday as well. Here are a few shots of some of what left the house............
Hubs had a fair number of "guy" things to take since he cleaned out/organized his garage workbench this month. I had some odds and ends and a small stack of fabric to contribute, as well as clothing from his mom that's been in the garage for years now.
I tell you, it's getting very difficult to find stuff to declutter at this point. Spending 12 years decluttering your life in conjunction with not buying new crap to take it's place for a large number of years kind of has that affect on your life. lolz
There IS more left to get rid of but not the sheer volume like before. I am so glad I am not waiting until I kick the bucket and leaving a big mess for my kids to deal with. 8-)
* We'll be going to the family reunion very soon. This is the group shot from last year's shindig courtesy of Cousin Gary's daughter(sorry I don't know her name!). I hope the weather is good again for the upcoming get together. Then we see my mom's cousin's family from her dad's side for dinner that same evening. This year my son who lives in Fredericksburg is coming too so that will be nice.
If you are a Baker/Vassar/Foster/Snead/Hamilton/Hudson/Womack/Redmond/Etc. come on down!
Sluggy
* I picked the first "real" tomato from the garden on Monday. "Real" meaning, not miniature sized, not buggy and/or didn't rot immediately after picking. It had started turning so I beat the deer to the punch and plucked it before they fount it.
* You will also notice in the photo above I colored my roots on Monday in preparation to going to the Family Reunion. That's about all the fancying up and prettifying I do for it. ;-)
* This month has been crazy expensive with eating out. Between having company and taking folks out for meals and the take-out food we've been buying while I was unable to stand to cook we've spent $280.62 on eating out/take-out at this point in September. bleh. But then again I've only spent about $125 on groceries so far this month. lolz
* This PT is doing nothing for my foot. What helps is elevating it during the day and putting heat or ice on it and wearing shoes all the time(hate that!). It feels better with good support. It's probably something that will heal up on it's own with tender loving care.
Despite the PT I am off the cane now and bicycling shall resume next week, albeit wearing shoes. rah!
* I've paid all the bills for the month(besides one crazy ass bill the eye doc sent that makes no sense....their billing system is SO screwed up!)and have closed the books for September(except for any interest that will show up on non-retirement accounts on 1 October). Even with assorted medical bills and the school taxes being paid in September we'll have a nice hunk of cash leftover to throw into savings. Next month is the 3rd paycheck month(yeah!)but all the medical co-pay bills for the medical testing and other nonsense that happened in September will be arriving, as the EOBs from the insurance company have already been streaming in. ugh. Other than that and credit card spending(some vacation charges coming up in October)we have no large bills left this year to pay.....just the usual suspects of utilities, medical drug co-pays, etc. Of course Christmas is coming in 3 months so there is that too, although we don't go hog wild spending at the Holidays and we certainly don't put anything on credit that can't be paid off in January!
* I have been doing a fair amount of sewing the past 2 weeks. Already completed are 4 pairs of pajama pants for various offspring.
These are projects that have ben languishing in my sewing piles for years now! They still need elastic in the waist and hemming but I need the bodies here to measure and cut the hems and adjust the amount of elastic for that. These bits are easily done.
On the top is also a flannel nightgown I made for myself. It's got 3/4 sleeves even though it's flannel because I just HATE long sleeves! lolz
* I found my cousin Melanie on F/B yesterday and sent her a friend request. I've been trying to track down my cousins for 2 years now since I had a phone call from my aunt in late June of 2013. She wouldn't tell me and never wrote back to me their mailing addresses or phone numbers and of course my girl cousin got married so I couldn't even find her name now! lolz
But due to my mad genealogical detective skillz I found her last name, etc. and 2 of them are on F/B.
We were never close with my only cousins growing up partly because we lived in VA and they lived in MA. This photo is from one of the only time we visited them up in MA at their house. I don't even know the year but it's around the mid 1960's.
* After PT the other day I went to Rite-Aid to get some free/cheap stuff...........
2 Transactions(1 on each card). The body wash was free after IPQ Qs and In-Ad Qs were stacked.
The Watkins lotion was also free using up a rain check from a Black Friday deal last year(they finally got it back in stock!lol). The Mentos were $1 for all 4 after earning $1 in Plenti Pts. The single chocolate candy was because the Qs brought me into the negative at the register so it's a filler item.
Total spent OOP .30¢.
I used $2 in Plenti Pts. on the Mentos transaction, earned $1 back so 1 card has $11 in Pts. the other has $21 in Pts.
* We finally hauled a load up to Salvation Army on Sunday as well. Here are a few shots of some of what left the house............
Hubs had a fair number of "guy" things to take since he cleaned out/organized his garage workbench this month. I had some odds and ends and a small stack of fabric to contribute, as well as clothing from his mom that's been in the garage for years now.
I tell you, it's getting very difficult to find stuff to declutter at this point. Spending 12 years decluttering your life in conjunction with not buying new crap to take it's place for a large number of years kind of has that affect on your life. lolz
There IS more left to get rid of but not the sheer volume like before. I am so glad I am not waiting until I kick the bucket and leaving a big mess for my kids to deal with. 8-)
* We'll be going to the family reunion very soon. This is the group shot from last year's shindig courtesy of Cousin Gary's daughter(sorry I don't know her name!). I hope the weather is good again for the upcoming get together. Then we see my mom's cousin's family from her dad's side for dinner that same evening. This year my son who lives in Fredericksburg is coming too so that will be nice.
If you are a Baker/Vassar/Foster/Snead/Hamilton/Hudson/Womack/Redmond/Etc. come on down!
Sluggy
Ok since you are the decluttering expert, I now know what you will be doing when you come in for a visit!
ReplyDeleteAnd I like your hair. I think we are the same color now.
If I ever finish decluttering the house, I will start over on things I packed in boxes, things I thought I would put in a yard sale or use. Lately, I realize I should never have packed away about 1/3 of those items. I have found things I did not know were here, things I need to give to the children.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy you got that tomato. Hair looks great , I need to do mine I look like a witch right now. By the way I cannot go bare foot at all unless In am in the firm sand. Also a part of foot problems. I am so glad you will be able to attend your reunion. But if you had a cane you cold hit people.
ReplyDeleteI rode a bike barefooted when I was in my teens. Now, even a stationary bike ridden barefoot would cause a problem. Sluggy, maybe your feet just need a break! I wear Clark's walkers all the time, even in the house. They are sandals.
ReplyDeleteHappy you colored your hair for the big event. Right now I am sporting that Cruella De'Vile look. You know it looks pretty bad when your elderly mom wants to know WHEN you are going to dye it.
ReplyDeleteHope you have a lot of fun at your reunion, Cuz!
ReplyDeleteI feel like we have a lot of stuff, but most of it has to stay until Hubby wants to let go of some of it. LOL!