Monday, July 29, 2024

THIS WEEK ON THE DINING TABLE

Still trying to relearn how to type/write with this hand so this is taking forever to write.  Posting after this one will be sporadic for awhile.

                                
Corn Ribs??  Saw these at the Trader Joe's down here last Monday.

Onward to the meal planning!
This is what was planned for last week...........
 1. Sunday--No Plan
2. Monday--"   "
3. Tuesday--"   "
4. Wednesday--"    "
5. Thursday--"    "
6. Friday--"    "
7. Saturday--"    "

And here's what actually happened....
 1. Sunday--Salmon, Green Beans
2. Monday--Pizza
3. Tuesday--Steak dinner out
4. Wednesday--
5. Thursday--
6. Friday--leftover Pizza
7. Saturday--Sweet and Sour Chicken, rice

Frankly, I don't remember what got eaten when other than what I wrote. There were  a whole lot of salads, the salmon, the sweet and sour chicken, pizza, hummus and crackers, chicken salad and crackers.

What got taken out of the freezer last week....
 noting

What got put into the freezer last week....
* a bag of stir-fry veggies
                    
Last week we spent $76.75 on grocery shopping.

Total shopping comes to $371.93 or July.   There are 2 shopping days left in July.  

Rebate monies earned this month so far.....
I've earned $166.05 on Ibotta in July.
I've earned $17.50 on Shopmium in July.
I've earned $0 on Alexa app in July.
I've earned $13.00 on Kroger Cash Back in July.
I've earned $0 on TaDa in July.
I've earned $30.01 on Checkout51 in July.
I've earned $19.05 on Aisle, etc. in July. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet from June.)
I've earned 4,567 points on Fetch from food shopping in July.
I've earned 8,864 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July.($)
I've earned 340 Points on My Points in July.($)
I've earned 4,156 B from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.(give or take)
I've earned a $15 virtual gift card from The Insiders.

That is $232.61 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks/The Insiders)on $371.93 of grocery spending so in reality it's $139.32 in food spending after the rebate apps I count. I now separate out the Food Bank donations and don't count those in the grocery spending.

My savings percentage for the last week was 37.33% and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 42.90% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...Beats me, I'm not home. lol

Here is this week's "food plan".....
1. Sunday--Caesar Salad, Chicken Eggroll
2. Monday--Tacos(maybe)
3. Tuesday--No Clue
4. Wednesday--No Clue
5. Thursday--No Clue
6. Friday--No Clue
7. Saturday--No Clue
I'm not in charge up here.  My sister in-law had gastric bypass surgery a few years ago so she eats different and my brother is picky.  Meals are always an adventure and a surprise here. ;-)
I bought some salad kits and seafood so we cobble something together.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any deals on food at your stores this week?  

Sluggy   



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Sunday, July 28, 2024

Post Surgery & Recovery

 I survived the procedure.  Even though it was non-invasive they still consider this a surgery since it messes with your brain.

Two days out I feel like an alien is controlling my right hand and it's taken quite awhile to  go back and fix all the typos in these last three sentences so this post will be short.

It was an intense experience and not something that I'm looking forward to repeating.  Having my head shaved wasn't a big deal to me but when they injected anesthetic and began screwing those 4 pins into my skull to hold the halo frame I about freaked out!  Even with a dose of fentanyl I could hear and feel them screwing these into my skull.  Talk about creepy!

Once they put me in the hybrid MRI machine and began the process of mapping out where to zap my brain it was another 3 hours(including a follow up regular MRI afterwards).
With each "zapping" I got nauseas so they pulled me out and put Zofran into my I.V. line.  I am not prone to being nauseas but I did get very queasy with this treatment

We got to the hospital at 6:00 am and left for home at 1 pm-ish.  I was wiped out.

Yesterday was had to go to Walmart and Aldi.  I need to use my sister in-law's walker as I find my gait is off and I lean to the right when I try to walk.  Trying to write or type is difficult for now too.

One side effect that seems to be pretty rare(figures I would get that one)is that food and drink tastes different.  If you blindfolded me and fed me something, I'd have a hard time telling you with any accuracy what it was in my mouth.

The neurosurgeon was sure I'd get headaches from the procedure since my skull was NOT on the thick side but borderline on the thin side.  Never got a headache though.  But I got a nice burn on my skin where they focused all the ultrasound waves.

They zapped me four separate times after mapping out where the placement should be.  Each session I felt like Alice falling down the rabbit hole since your laying in a white tunnel so it's fairly disorienting to begin with.    This procedure heats your head up to 55 degrees Celsius and I could sure feel that too.        

                             

That's the left side of my head since the mirror makes it look like the right.  

I'm on a steroid pack and just OTC pain meds.

This Focused Ultrasound doesn't cure Essential Tremor. It's just a way to ameliorate the symptoms that is non-invasive, unlike Deep Brain Stimulation where they cut you open, implanting a pacemaker like device in your chest with electric leads up into your brain.
They don't know what causes ET nor do they have a cure.  They use anti-seizure drugs as a first defense but DBS and FUS are the only other options. It's an autosomal inherited chromosome disorder and if you have a parent with it you have a 50/50 chance of getting it.

So now, like a toddler, I have to relearn how to walk properly and learn to eat, write, etc. with my "new" hand, which so far, an alien is controlling.  It will take time to relearn and stabilize,

Here is my "Before" and "After" treatment paper.


If anyone wants more information about my experience just contact me.

Sluggy

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Surgery is Tomorrow Morning

 Technically this isn't an invasive surgery, it's a procedure, but they call it a surgery.  The risks and side effects are still there but all in all this is a fairly safe surgery.

I am on Day 5 of being off my tremor medication so I can't really type out a long post...well, I could but it would take hours. ;-)  There have been a few hiccups since I got to Virginia but I'll blog about all that once I can get on the computer again.

So I'll leave you with these videos of people's journey through this condition and the procedure.  I wish I could find a video of a woman patient but I can't.

And yes, they will be shaving my head.  From the webinars I've attended this seems to be a big stumbling block for women and why some shy away from this treatment.  Bald and women don't mix very well in our society.

 

I spoke too soon.  Here is a woman's story.

 

I go in early Friday morning for the procedure.  Please keep good thoughts for the outcome for me. 8-)

Sluggy

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

The Last Two Weeks-Part One

 It's been a hell of a two weeks.

Two weeks ago on Tuesday, when I did that pick up order at CVS I blogged about my left leg started feeling funny.  This was less than a week when I was suppose to fly up to Virginia.  The whole leg was achy and the calf hurt, then the thigh hurt and whatever was going on seemed to move around.

So on Wednesday we went to Urgent Care as I had had a PE in that leg's ankle back in 2012, over 12 years ago so I didn't want to take a chance.
At Urgent Care they only had an x-ray machine so told me to go to the ER as they had the ultrasound machine.  Great.

So the next day, after lunch, as I was still hoping it was nothing and would go away, we trotted up to the ER.  Got triaged and of course my problem was not urgent(to them)so we sat for hours(they had just brought car accident victims in from a wreck we passed on the interstate)until they finally called me back.

Got the leg ultrasound and it showed no blood clot(thank goodness).  Then they did an x-ray of my thigh and hip as that is where the pain was presenting at that time.  No broken bones so they sent me home with Naproxen(aka Aleve)and was told to stay off the leg for a day or so.

Friday I was bopping around the house, packing and such and while standing next to the bed my leg knee gave way on me and I fell.  Didn't hurt myself and was able to use the bed to pull myself to my feet.  Put ice on the knee and rested.

Later that evening, after dinner, the knee gave way again and I went crashing to the floor in the kitchen.
Hubs and I tried for almost an hour to figure out how to get me up but I was so tired I told him to call the fire department and I pulled a Linda(sorry Linda! 8-))and they came and picked me up.  Hubs says I just wanted to hunky hotties paying attention to me-not in that way! lol

On Saturday I was oh so careful about moving around all day(lots of sitting and icing as it became clear that the knee was the issue, not other parts of my leg)but then I had to take a shower before bed as I'd be flying the next day. 
I usually enter the shower with my left leg first, while holding onto the bar and then raise my right(TKR)leg into the shower.  Well, that was the wrong call.  I should have used the right leg to enter the shower first and would have been facing away from the showerhead.  The right leg gave out on me and I went down, mostly landing in the shower.  But my right leg, right where I had the 24 stitches and the fight with Sissie's collapsing stool on Christmas Eve scraped over the metal track where the glass shower door attaches.  I looked down and you could see the first layer of skin peeling right off.


I also had a wonderful bruise above the wound and as the last week has gone on I've been developing more and more lovely bruises, from my toes and left foot, the my right upper arm and on my right side.  All places where I landed on in that fall.

                          My swollen and blooming bruises on my foot and toes.

Hubs and I cleaned me up after my shower, applied antibiotic ointment and gauze pads with medical tape where needed.

Early the next morning he drove me to DFW airport 3+ hours away and I got a wheelchair ride to the gate and Hubs drove 3+ hours home.

Being as I had special assistance on my plane ticket I was suppose to board first but the wheelchair pusher in the airport dumped into a seat by the gate and I had to get the gate agent's attention that I needed a chair to get through the jet gangway to the plane's door.
She kept calling for a wheelchair but it almost didn't arrive.  Meanwhile all the other passengers boarded the plane.
Finally got a chair and got wheeled to the plane's door.  The flight attendant asked me what my seat assignment was as I gingerly made my way into the plane's galley with my cane.  He asked to see my electronic boarding pass on my phone so I took it from my pants pocket to show him.  He looked down the aisle and said someone was already in that seat!  WTF is wrong with people?  Don't answer that, it's rhetorical.

So the flight attendant had to get that idiot to move while I muttered how stupid is someone they can't count flight rows. 8-(  
I finally got to the row and I had a window seat so had to wait for the two people next to me to more into the aisle so I could try to slide over into my seat.   As I slid I must have opened up a blood blister on my left arm(not related to the fall of Saturday)and after getting settled I looked down and saw I had blood all over my light grey pants.  ugh.  Then I saw my arm.  Not having any facial tissue with me I asked loudly if anyone had a Kleenex with no response.  The guy sitting on the aisle went and got some cocktail napkins from a flight attendant for me.   Bless him.

After staunching that wound I went to get my phone out of my pocket so I could watch something as it was a 3 hour flight and my phone was gone!!  I know it was on the plane as I had it out to show the flight attendant my seat assignment in the galley area.  Maybe when I went to slip it back into my pocket I missed and it landed somewhere in the aisle before I got to my row.  I looked all around me on the floor and asked the two guys if it was in their seats(dropped as I slid over to the window)but that wasn't the case.  When the beverage cart came to us I asked the flight attendant who had removed the idiot passenger from my seat to be on the lookout if anyone finds a phone as mine was missing.  No one found it.

I spent that 3 hours getting all worked up over the phone(it was my only means of communicating with my brother after I landed)and planned to ask a flight attendant to call my phone so we would hear where it was on the plane and it that didn't work, to refuse to leave the plane after landing if no one turned my phone in.  It was an awful feeling to be alone, injured and having no phone.  I sat there as everyone else behind us on the plane disembarked.  Someone stopped and asked me if I wanted to get up and I said the flight attendant had put my cane in the overhead compartment and I couldn't reach it, so they got that down for me.  I half stood up and looked at my seat and damned if I wasn't sitting on my own phone that entire time and never felt it! LOLZ  I was so relieved. 8-)))

So I got a wheelchair right at the jet bridge over to the baggage claim area where my sister in-law was sitting and waiting for me.
I have never been so glad to see a friendly face.  8-)

More later.
I have been off my tremor meds since Sunday in preparation for my Focused Ultrasound procedure this Friday so typing is a bit dicey and laborious for me at this point.  I might have to finish this up over the weekend.

Sluggy

Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Frugal Friday....the July 19th Edition on Tuesday

There are very few Frugal wins over the past week.

*  I flew up to VA by myself a week ago last Sunday.  The ticket was pretty cheap after using airline miles. Hubs is driving up to get me when I am done.

*  I am staying with my brother and sister in-law while here and he is driving me to places I need to go instead of staying at a hotel and renting a car.

*  I grabbed a few things at Kroger this week down in Virginia and at Walmart.  Got some deals and finished the Weekend Warrior Bonus on Ibotta.


*  I found money!  It was a great week for found coins.



My sister in-law asked me to do a load of laundry.  I found a quarter in the dryer.  Score!



I found a penny at the ER on Tuesday.  go me.



My brother took me to Aldi and we found 2 carts in the middle of the cart corral with quarters still in them.  If you wanted to use those "free" carts you would have had been able to get to them they were so far in the "herd".  Weird.


Total Found last week.... .76¢ 

Grand Total Found this Year.......$5.91 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got.   

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

Sluggy     


 


 

Sunday, July 21, 2024

This Week on the Dining Table....the July 15th Edition on July 21st

 Sorry this post is 6 days late.  I've got a lot going on right now so consider yourself lucky I am even doing this much! lolz


Onward to the meal planning!
This is what was planned for last week...........
 1. Sunday--Leftover Pot Roast dinner
2. Monday--Pasta and Sauce, Leftover Broccoli
3. Tuesday--Catfish, Green Beans, Cole Slaw
4. Wednesday--Subway
5. Thursday--Meatball Subs
6. Friday--Tacos
7. Saturday--?? Beats me

And here's what actually happened....
 1. Sunday--Leftover Pot Roast dinner
2. Monday--Pasta and Sauce, Leftover Broccoli
3. Tuesday--Catfish, Green Beans, Cole Slaw
4. Wednesday--Don't Remember
5. Thursday--Don't Remember
6. Friday--Don't Remember
7. Saturday--Don't Remember

What got taken out of the freezer last week....
* Catfish

What got put into the freezer last week....
*  Don't Remember                      
Last week we spent $36.55 on grocery shopping.

Total shopping comes to $152.22 for July.   There are 16 shopping days left in July.  

Rebate monies earned this month so far.....
I've earned $107.68 on Ibotta in July.
I've earned $11.50 on Shopmium in July.
I've earned $0 on Alexa app in July.
I've earned $13.00 on Kroger Cash Back in July.
I've earned $0 on TaDa in July.
I've earned $0 on Checkout51 in July.
I've earned $16.76 on Aisle, etc. in July. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet from June.)
I've earned 26,429 points on Fetch from food shopping in July.
I've earned 5,444 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July.($)
I've earned 340 Points on My Points in July.($)
I've earned  2128 B from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.($21.25)
I've earned a $15 virtual gift card from The Insiders.

That is $135.94 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks/The Insiders)on $152.22 of grocery spending so in reality it's $16.28 in food spending after the rebate apps I count. I now separate out the Food Bank donations and don't count those in the grocery spending.

My savings percentage for the last week was 66.57% and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 51.31% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...Beats me, I'm not home. lol

Here is this week's "food plan".....
 1. Sunday--No Clue
2. Monday--No Clue
3. Tuesday--No Clue
4. Wednesday--No Clue
5. Thursday--No Clue
6. Friday--No Clue
7. Saturday--No Clue
I'm not in charge up here.  My sister in-law had gastric bypass surgery a few years ago so she eats different and my brother is picky.  Meals are always an adventure and a surprise here. ;-)
I bought some salad kits and seafood so we cobble something together.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any deals on food at your stores this week?  

Sluggy   

Saturday, July 13, 2024

CVS Haul

4I know I am nuts to get back on the CVS merry-go-round...........but I did.

Here is what I got.......


 All but the hair color was an online order to pick-up.  By doing an online order I got an additional 20% off by using their code.

The toothbrush was $1.55.4
The Crest was $1.55
The Chiggerex was $4.66
One of the Cover Girl palettes was $1.96.
**They were out of the other Cover Girl palettes I ordered so cancelled that one so I had to buy a different one in the store when I went to pick up my order.
The 2 Tom's of Main toothpaste, one was $2.25 and the other was $2.67.

All this totaled $14.64 after using my $2.02 in ECBs.

I earned back $5 for the 2 Crest/Oral-B items, $2 for the Tom's of Maine and $5 for the Chiggerex.

I told the manager I had to get another eye pallet for the ECB reward so she said she would force print me the $6 ECB in case something went wrong with buying one in a separate  transaction.  The eye palette bought in store cost me .53¢ and another $6 ECB printed out.

Which is good because for some reason I can't link my Ibotta account to my CVS account so I was unable to get $4.00 back on Ibotta for those two Tom's of Maine. 8-(

I  then bought 2 Clairol Touch-up Hair Colors.  I had a BOGO paper coupons which glitched with the CVS digital BOGO Q so both of those were free(just tax).  And I earned $6 in ECBs for buying those.

Now I have $28 in ECBs and .45¢ in 2% back in rewards.  .16¢ in those 2% rewards expire 7/24 but all the ECBs don't expire until 8/9 so I've got some time to either use them on stuff for my brother and sister in-law while in VA or roll them into more ECBs and use those later when I get back to LA for more items to take to the food bank.

As for all I got on this trip-I'll be selling the hair color locally, keeping the Chiggerex and the rest will go to the food bank(except the eye make-up, those will go into a giveaway box).

What deals did you find at the drug stores this week?


Sluggy


Friday, July 12, 2024

Frugal Friday....the July 12th Edition

There are very few Frugal wins over the past week.

*   I grabbed a few things at Walmart and CVS this week.  I blogged about the Walmart stuff so here is the CVS haul....

2 x Tom's of Maine toothpaste
1 x Chiggerex biting bug cream
1 x Crest toothpaste
1 x Oral B toothbrush
2 x CoverGirl eye shadow palettes

This all, after coupons and my whole $2.01 in ECBs came to $15.92

I got back $28 in ECBs and ,45¢ in percentage back ECBs for all this.  I should get another $4 in Ibotta rewards for the Tom's of Maine toothpaste but I may have goofed that up as I can't get my CVS account linked to Ibotta like it has to be to credit you an online order. sigh
I am not thrilled I am back on the CVS merry-go-round but if they expire before I come home I can buy some toothpaste or something for my brother and his wife up in VA. ;-)
  

Most of the above will be headed for the food bank or sold too.(Might be a good idea to keep the Chiggerex though. lol)           

*  No trivia this week.  Instead we spent 5 hours in the ER because of my leg/hip.  So no win on Wednesday and I can't wait to see what they charge me. *insert eye roll*  Luckily they found no DVT or broken bones, but unluckily they found no explanation for my pain.  So I am resting the leg as much as possible and if it doesn't improve I'll bring it up to my Orthopedist when I get back to town.
MY PCP's office called about coming in to see the NP but it can't happen yesterday or today so(last two days I am in town)so that will have to wait as well.
Add in that Hubs and I hadn't eaten since breakfast and he wanted to stop somewhere for fast food. So that was OOP too. 8-(

*  I found money!  It wasn't a great week for found coins but at least I didn't get skunked.

I went to a small neighborhood Walmart *the ones that don't carry hard goods*on Tuesday because it is the only one around that carried "Stur" drink flavorings here and there was a full price rebate on it.
Leaving the store I found a dime next to a checkout and a penny heading out the door.

Total Found last week.... .11¢ 

Grand Total Found this Year.......$5.26 & 5.30 Euros

That's all I got.   

Any frugal wins in your neck of the woods?  Let's hear all about them!

Sluggy     


 


Thursday, July 11, 2024

Finished My Bonus

 I went back to Walmart on Wednesday and bought a few things to hit my $5 Midweek Bonus.

Besides I also had to pick up a pair of clogs for Hubs as his have worn out.


2 x Bush's Zero Sugar Beans $4.34
2 x Febreeze Gain Fabric sprays  $3.94
1 x Barilla Pesto sauce  $2.64

Total.......$10.92

I earned back....
* $11.94  Ibotta
* $3.00  SwagBucks
* $1.50 Checkout 51
$16.44 earned back so a $5.52 moneymaker.  Add this lot to Monday's lot($1.54 OOP)and we get a $3.98 moneymaker for the week.

That's all I got for today.  I am 19 items away from the big $10 Fireworks Bonus so probably won't finish that one before the weekend is over.

I somehow jacked up my leg the last few days and we sat in the ER for hours last night but they found nothing(no blood clots or broken bones)so I am going to do a lot of laying in bed(if I can straighten my leg out)and taking Naproxen like the ER doc said to do.  I hope to gosh this resolves or gets better before I fly out and then have to lay flat on a Cat Scan bed, etc. next week.  ouch


Sluggy

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Rebate Shopping on Monday

 I hit up Walmart on Monday and did some rebate shopping well before Beryl hit and reeked havoc here.

It wasn't a very large shop but it turned out well.


1 x Hemp Protein Powder $7.82
1 x Skyy Vodka $14.98
2 x Old Spice Gentlemen's Body Wash  $25.94
2 X Old Spice Total Body Deodorant $16.00
2 x U Kotex liners $6.96
6 x Cesar wet dog food $5.88
Total was $77.58

I used a free $25 Walmart gift card making this $52.58 OOP
I got back....

*$32.00 from Ibotta
*$3.00 from Swag Bucks
*$3.00 from Shopmium
*$13.04 from Shop Kicks
Total rebates came to $51.05 so I am $1.54 OOP after I get back all that.

The Kotex is headed to the Food Bank...maybe the Hemp Powder as I really don't make pancakes or baked goods anymore.  The dog food is for our puppies.  The Old Spice items will be sold locally.  The vodka is for making my own vanilla if I can remember where I put those Vanilla Bean Pods I have. ;-)

Sluggy

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Beryl Was NOT a Lady!

 

We finally got power back and Beryl has left town.  I can't say I was sad to see her go either.  Like clockwork, as soon as it started raining heavily, our power went out, as well as our internet.  We had to go out to eat as there was no power here around dinner time.  Poor me, I didn't have to cook. ;-)

I am so over this place.  I am scaring Hubs because I said maybe I won't come back after going to Virginia and having this operation.  Ok, he knows I'll come back(eventually)because living with my brother long term would be even worse. lol  Joking, we get along fine.

I'm in packing mode now and counting down the days until I leave.....

Sluggy

Monday, July 8, 2024

This Week on the Dining Table....the July 8th Edition

The "Might Have to Eat Out" Edition.....



Louisiana or rather LSU is know for the phrase, "Who Dat?"  The local Pizza House has come out with a flyer for their new app saying, Who Dis?.
As I type the beginnings of Madame Beryl from the Gulf has begun her assault on my area.  When we get large rain and wind storms we usually lose power for unknown and varying amounts of time.  This being said, we will probably need to eat out for dinner, if we can go anywhere that still has power.  I'll talk at y'all when we get back to normal. 8-(

Onward to the meal planning!
This is what was planned for last week...........
1. Sunday--Tuna Sub
2. Monday--Pot Roast, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions
3. Tuesday--Leftover Crab Cakes, Green Beans
4. Wednesday--Salmon and Roasted Broccoli
5. Thursday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad
6. Friday--Asparagus and something lol
7. Saturday--?? Beats me

And here's what actually happened....
1. Sunday--Tuna Sub
2. Monday--Pot Roast, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions
3. Tuesday--Leftover Crab Cakes, Green Beans
4. Wednesday--Salmon and Roasted Broccoli
5. Thursday--Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad, Corn on cob
6. Friday--Leftover Salmon, 
7. Saturday--Lobster Cakes, Asparagus


What got taken out of the freezer last week....
* Provolone Cheese slices
*  Hunk of Meat
*  4 Pieces of Salmon 
*  1 Hot Dog
*  2 Hamburgers
*  4 Lobster Cakes

What got put into the freezer last week....
*  1 Pint of Ice Cream
*  2 bags of Greek Yogurt "ice cream" balls                        
Last week we spent $115.67 on grocery shopping.(Again it was a good amount of dog food.)

Total shopping comes to $115.67 for July.   There are 23 shopping days left in July.  

Rebate monies earned this month so far.....
I've earned $52.48 on Ibotta in July.
I've earned $8.50 on Shopmium in July.
I've earned $0 on Alexa app in July.
I've earned $3.00 on Kroger Cash Back in July.
I've earned $0 on TaDa in July.
I've earned $0 on Checkout51 in July.
I've earned $14.78 on Aisle, etc. in July. (Haven't gotten my Nature Valley rebate yet from June.)
I've earned 14,194 points on Fetch from food shopping in July.
I've earned 4,553 points from food shopping on Shop Kick in July.($)
I've earned 340 Points on My Points in July.($)
I've earned  2125SB from food shopping on Swag Bucks in July.($21.25)
I've earned a $15 virtual gift card from The Insiders.

That is $75.76 in rebates(not counting Shop Kick/Fetch/MyPoints/KCB/Alexa/Swag Bucks/The Insiders)on $115.67 of grocery spending so in reality it's $39.91 in food spending after the rebate apps I count. I now separate out the Food Bank donations and don't count those in the grocery spending.

My savings percentage for the last week was 43.10% and the monthly savings total for July comes in at 43.10% spent.

Leftovers going into this week...Baked Beans, Macaroni Salad, Pot Roast w/Carrots & Potatoes, and Roasted Broccoli.

Here is this week's "food plan".....
 1. Sunday--Leftover Pot Roast dinner
2. Monday--Pasta and Sauce, Leftover Broccoli
3. Tuesday--Catfish, Green Beans, Cole Slaw
4. Wednesday--Subway
5. Thursday--Meatball Subs
6. Friday--Tacos
7. Saturday--?? Beats me

With this storm who knows what will happen as far as meals.  If we keep power it will be full steam ahead, if we lose power all bets are off.
We did plan on getting Subway sammies for Wednesday.

What is getting fixed and served at your house this week?

Was last week's plan successful, did you go off plan or did you not even plan what was going to be eaten last week?

Any deals on food at your stores this week?  

Sluggy   

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Stuff Around Here

 Just a post about what I have noticed around here lately.



That's a photo of an Indian Shot or Canna Indica.  


It's a tropical flowering plant and I've counted 5 "shoots" so there are 5 plants in there and it seems to spread/propagate too.


I got this piece of mail the other day offering me a student loan opportunity. I am 65 years old so they are about 45 years too late on this one. lol


They had this "beer tank" set up in the Walmart across the river.  That town is what it is because of the military base near by.  Military....tanks....red and blue cases of beer.  Yeah....someone at that Walmart has too much time on their hands to think up shit like this. lol


This Dodge Charger muscle car was parked next to me in a handicapped spot.  I can't imagine an elderly person(most people parked in handicapped spots are elderly)around here being  able to afford a car like this.  I guess this is their dream car from their youth and/or they have a car note at least or they got a big settlement with one of the ambulance chaser lawyers that advertise heavily in the area.  If this guy was messed up in an accident, that would explain him parking in a handicapped spot too. ;-)


I bought a zippy jacket on clearance two clearance events ago at Dollar General for very cheap.   I needed a light colored one and liked this turquoise color.
I didn't notice until I got it home and tried it on and saw it had one of those holes in the cuff for your thumb.  ???
WTF is up with all these shirts/jackets having a slit for your thumb?  Is it a new fashion trend?


I saw this on someone's Facebook wall and had to steal it. LOLOLZ  Yes, Keith Richards looks that old!



Here's what passes for a low daytime temperature around here in late June



And here's another day, another opportunity for heat stroke!


Yeah, this would be me in public if I wouldn't get arrested for public indecency. lol

My last online order from the fat lady store(they do carry smaller sizes too)and just look at all the crap they put in my parcel.  Catalog after catalog.  But wait!  There's more.....


I couldn't fit it all into one photo!  And besides the catalogs there are ads for absolute crap that has nothing to do with clothing.  My package would have weighed HALF of what it was without all this junk in it.  Unbelievable....



They are building a house near us in a fallow field.  The resident vultures roost at the back of this field on an old chain link dog kennel.  This shot was taken a little over a week ago on  the way home from taking the dogs to their vet appointment a week ago Friday.  The workmen had done the groundwork and poured the concrete pad the previous week and it looks like they have made major strides with the framing rather quickly.


Here is the same house in progress on Saturday evening as I was driving home from Dollar General.  The roof was on and the whole house has been wrapped.  I can't wait to see how this progresses.

And speaking of vultures....I went out back on Tuesday morning and looked up and saw 40+ vultures circling overhead.  I tried to take a photo but you really can't see them in this.  Maybe if you enlarge it you can see tiny  specks of black which would be the vultures.  I was amazed at how many where up there.


And as I have noted before, this state and this area in particular is a very poor part of the state.


It was no surprise to me to see that the local city bus was wrapped in an ad for "Keeping Your Medicaid".  Don't lose your coverage because your contact information isn't up to date!  There are ads on the tv constantly as well as many, many billboards around town about not letting your Coverage lapse.  The great Medicaid state, Louisiana!

We've had the handyman here the end of last week.  We've gotten 2 doors inside and the glass shower door fixed and they used extra siding left under the house to patch the siding on the house with holes in it. rah!  They removed the shitty old holey skirting on the house(our nekkid house pictured above)and we are suppose to get delivery of the new skirting on Monday so they can install it.  Well, there is Somebody called Beryl wanting to cause problems here with torrential rains on Monday so the skirting can't be installed and Beryl will flood under the house so then we'll have to wait for that to all dry up before the work can be finished. sigh


And to finish this off, I received this in the mail a couple of weeks ago.  An "EARLY" Birthday invitation to the Golden Corral, from one of those Medicare insurance agents, trying to get me to sign up for a plan through them so they get a commission.  Only problem is I turned 65 in January and am already on Medicare.  I should go for the meal and then the laughs on them! lolz

So what's going on in your world?

Sluggy