My blogging buddy SonyaAnn over at A Mom, Money and More is holding her 1st Giveaway!
Head on over HERE for the details on entering.
She is especially excited about the Track Lighting Dept. over at CSN located HERE. I am more of a chandelier kind of gal myself.
The deadline for entry is JUNE 4th so go enter soon....you don't want to miss out on an awesome prize..... ;-)
Sluggy
Friday, May 28, 2010
Holiday Weekend Time!
TAKE ME WITH YOU!!!
Here at Chez Sluggy in landlocked Pennsyltucky, we'll be rocking the back deck with assorted relatives instead. Hopefully the weather holds out because the house inside is a mess and as you know, my dining room table is out of commission...perhaps permanently. 8-(
I have the honor of throwing a barbeque for said relatives. Except I really don't feel like cooking. How come nobody else ever throws that 'que so I don't have to work it? Maybe I'll go on strike and make the relatives bring the food.....um, on second thought I DO like to eat so nevermindthat!lolol
I just hate to go to the grocery store(since I haven't been again this week!)and spend a load of $$$ on food. The 'sales' at the stores this week are pretty lame unless you plan on eating nothing but mustard and drinking soda.
Speaking of soda....we officially ran out this week. All those 12 packs of soda I had accumulated over the past 6 months or so are G-O-N-E! The teens have been reminded every month as the supply dwindled that it would NOT be replenished......now they may actually realize I mean what I said!lol
I wonder how many hours until they start freaking out......
Today I've got to take the 3 dogs to the vet for their annual. This should be fun times, no?lol Fun times and another big hole in my wallet...
And we get to talk to the vet about our bladder challenged beagle also.....oh goody! I have a feeling this will not go well for the beagle.....
Then I've got more clearing out and cleaning up to do at the house before Sunday when the relative shows up for a weeklong stay.
Next week you can either find me in the garage(more cleaning/organizing), in the storage unit(more clearing and digging out)or in the bedroom closet(changing over the clothes to the warm weather stuff). Plus it's also the last week 2 of the teens will be home before they leave for summer jobs so there is stuff to get them ready to send off.
I don't know what, if anything, the relative has planned for her week.....
And next week means the end of the month calculating to see how we did on the budget and the Savings Challenge so check back for that.
And when I went to pick up the Minivan from the $667 a/c repair the guy told me the mechanic saw my steering was leaking while he was under the car......do you hear that crappy KA-CHING sound?
I do!
Good times......
I'll be here this weekend and probably posting when I get time. Beats interacting with the family sometimes, don't it?lolol
Enjoy your time off, relax and hug a soldier if you get the chance!
Sluggy
Thursday, May 27, 2010
An Alexander Day
So have you ever had one of those days were in hindsight, it would have been better to just stay in bed with the covers pulled over your head rather than get up and face the day?
Around here, we call those days "Alexander Days". That's in honor of one of my kids' favorite kid books called, "Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".
We all have em....
Well mine was a doozy.
I even considered moving to Australia it was so bad!!
After we dropped the food off at the food bank at the church in town #1 son & I dropped off a package at the PO and then took my minivan up to get the a/c recharged. The guy said it would take a few hours so we came home to finish steam cleaning the dining room carpet before the relative arrives this weekend since they will be sleeping on the inflatable bed in the living room/dining room.
#1 son went to move the dining room table.....my big lovely heavy solid oak table.....my one good piece of furniture in the house that I've had since 1989.
Well he dragged it across the room.
And I heard a bad sound.
And this is what one of the two support columns of my lovely table now looks like.....
(the table is upside down on it's top)
And here is what the other support column looks like....ignore the cobwebs please......
Yep, he broke my table.
So now I have to find someone to fix it(hahaha), or give it away to someone who wants to fix it for themselves or let DH take an axe to it and make a big pile of very expensive oak kindling.
**sigh**
Now I have nowhere to pack my eBay stuff......or seat everyone for family dinners.....
As my fuming subsided into an overwhelming sadness & tears after a few hours, I called the car repair guy.
My $89.95 a/c recharging was not to be. My minivan needs repairs to the a/c system before it can be charged.
I now have an "estimate" of over $600 and I'd be carless for another day or more.
K-aching!
There goes the flea market profits.....
1 table.
1 car repair.
The sadness just kept coming.....
And to prove that bad things do indeed come in threes, after I cooked dinner and put it on low to keep warm unto DH came home, I left things in the teens hands and went upstairs to hide in my bed.
It was so warm I put on the a/c in the bedroom, then I went into the bathroom to close the window. As I closed said window my hand slipped and smacked the towel rack underneath and it came flying off the wall, crashing into 3 pieces onto the floor, towels and all!
So I took 2 painkillers and crawled into bed at 3:30pm in the afternoon....or 5:30am the next morning in eastern Australia time.
sigh.......
Yep, Alexander would have been proud.....
Sluggy
Around here, we call those days "Alexander Days". That's in honor of one of my kids' favorite kid books called, "Alexander and The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day".
We all have em....
Well mine was a doozy.
I even considered moving to Australia it was so bad!!
After we dropped the food off at the food bank at the church in town #1 son & I dropped off a package at the PO and then took my minivan up to get the a/c recharged. The guy said it would take a few hours so we came home to finish steam cleaning the dining room carpet before the relative arrives this weekend since they will be sleeping on the inflatable bed in the living room/dining room.
#1 son went to move the dining room table.....my big lovely heavy solid oak table.....my one good piece of furniture in the house that I've had since 1989.
Well he dragged it across the room.
And I heard a bad sound.
And this is what one of the two support columns of my lovely table now looks like.....
(the table is upside down on it's top)
And here is what the other support column looks like....ignore the cobwebs please......
Yep, he broke my table.
So now I have to find someone to fix it(hahaha), or give it away to someone who wants to fix it for themselves or let DH take an axe to it and make a big pile of very expensive oak kindling.
**sigh**
Now I have nowhere to pack my eBay stuff......or seat everyone for family dinners.....
As my fuming subsided into an overwhelming sadness & tears after a few hours, I called the car repair guy.
My $89.95 a/c recharging was not to be. My minivan needs repairs to the a/c system before it can be charged.
I now have an "estimate" of over $600 and I'd be carless for another day or more.
K-aching!
There goes the flea market profits.....
1 table.
1 car repair.
The sadness just kept coming.....
And to prove that bad things do indeed come in threes, after I cooked dinner and put it on low to keep warm unto DH came home, I left things in the teens hands and went upstairs to hide in my bed.
It was so warm I put on the a/c in the bedroom, then I went into the bathroom to close the window. As I closed said window my hand slipped and smacked the towel rack underneath and it came flying off the wall, crashing into 3 pieces onto the floor, towels and all!
So I took 2 painkillers and crawled into bed at 3:30pm in the afternoon....or 5:30am the next morning in eastern Australia time.
sigh.......
Yep, Alexander would have been proud.....
Sluggy
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
We're Off to the Food Bank This Week too!
Well I dragged the leftover food items from the flea market that didn't sell and added some to it from excess in the stockpile and the result is a right decent food bank donation!
Here is what we took over this morning.....
2 x Easy Mac Bowls
2 x Corn Pops Cereal
2 x Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal
2 x Throat Coolers
3 x Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal
4 x BC Cookie Mix
1 x Wheat Thins Crackers
1 x GG Asparagus Spears
8 x One a Day Vitamin Drink Packets
3 x Purevia Sweetener
3 x All Laundry Detergent
8 x Wacky Mac Pasta
1 x A-1 Steak Sauce
3 x Healthy Choice Mixers
9 x Frank's Hot Sauce
2 x Pillsbury Cookie Mix
9 x Jello Boxes
4 x Bumble Bee Tuna
1 x Wishbone Salad Dressing
3 x Kraft BBQ Sauce
5 x Knorr's Rice/Pasta Sides
3 x Healthy Choice Soup
2 x Pasta Sauce
2 x Pop-Tarts
5 x Bumble Bee Sardines *not pictured*...forgot to put these on the table
23 x Cat Treats *not pictured*....forgot these too...doh!
Total Items.....88
Retail Value...$169.43
Total Food Donation for the Year so far....166 Items
Sluggy
Here is what we took over this morning.....
2 x Corn Pops Cereal
2 x Frosted Mini-Wheats Cereal
2 x Throat Coolers
3 x Kashi Go Lean Crunch Cereal
4 x BC Cookie Mix
1 x Wheat Thins Crackers
1 x GG Asparagus Spears
8 x One a Day Vitamin Drink Packets
3 x Purevia Sweetener
3 x All Laundry Detergent
8 x Wacky Mac Pasta
1 x A-1 Steak Sauce
3 x Healthy Choice Mixers
9 x Frank's Hot Sauce
2 x Pillsbury Cookie Mix
9 x Jello Boxes
4 x Bumble Bee Tuna
1 x Wishbone Salad Dressing
3 x Kraft BBQ Sauce
5 x Knorr's Rice/Pasta Sides
3 x Healthy Choice Soup
2 x Pasta Sauce
2 x Pop-Tarts
5 x Bumble Bee Sardines *not pictured*...forgot to put these on the table
23 x Cat Treats *not pictured*....forgot these too...doh!
Total Items.....88
Retail Value...$169.43
Total Food Donation for the Year so far....166 Items
Sluggy
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
May Donation #2......Slow Going this Month
I was going Gangbusters in April with the decluttering!
My 1st donation of May saw 22 items leave the house, so we were off to a good start this month.
But May has turned out to be somewhat lackluster since I had only made that one donation all month.
I lost all of last week due to being overwhelmed with life here but I got myself together over the weekend and got together quite the large donation for Sallie's.....
4 x Lord of the Rings Figures & Weaponry--just too heavy to be worth selling online
3 x Teenie Beanie Baby Sets
1 x PM Sugar Town Train Station Light Up--too heavy also
1 x Magnolia shaped Ceramic Platter--love it but no place for it
1 x Enameled LA Rams Pen in Tin Case
1 x Reading Rainbow Wall Clock--won this at a penny auction
1 x Star Trek Sticker Book
3 x Figure Skater Paper Doll Books
8 x Hand painted Masonite Placemats--I won these at a church auction 8 yrs. ago, the church had a mission in Haiti and these were painted by a Haitian who worked at the mission. While they are lovely folk art, I have no place for them.
And some used items.....
3 x Sets of Star Wars Sheets(used)
17 x Boys Shirts(used)
5 x Boys Boxer Shorts(used)
1 x Boys Jeans(used)
1 x Boys Cargo Shorts(used)
Total Items for this Donation....50
Add to the 22 items from earlier this month and the May total now stands at 72 Items decluttered.
April Total....96
May Total....72
Yearly Total to Date....168 Items.
Yearly Food Bank Donation Total....78
Yearly Total for all Donations so far.....246
Sluggy
My 1st donation of May saw 22 items leave the house, so we were off to a good start this month.
But May has turned out to be somewhat lackluster since I had only made that one donation all month.
I lost all of last week due to being overwhelmed with life here but I got myself together over the weekend and got together quite the large donation for Sallie's.....
4 x Lord of the Rings Figures & Weaponry--just too heavy to be worth selling online
3 x Teenie Beanie Baby Sets
1 x PM Sugar Town Train Station Light Up--too heavy also
1 x Magnolia shaped Ceramic Platter--love it but no place for it
1 x Enameled LA Rams Pen in Tin Case
1 x Reading Rainbow Wall Clock--won this at a penny auction
1 x Star Trek Sticker Book
3 x Figure Skater Paper Doll Books
8 x Hand painted Masonite Placemats--I won these at a church auction 8 yrs. ago, the church had a mission in Haiti and these were painted by a Haitian who worked at the mission. While they are lovely folk art, I have no place for them.
And some used items.....
3 x Sets of Star Wars Sheets(used)
17 x Boys Shirts(used)
5 x Boys Boxer Shorts(used)
1 x Boys Jeans(used)
1 x Boys Cargo Shorts(used)
Total Items for this Donation....50
Add to the 22 items from earlier this month and the May total now stands at 72 Items decluttered.
April Total....96
May Total....72
Yearly Total to Date....168 Items.
Yearly Food Bank Donation Total....78
Yearly Total for all Donations so far.....246
Sluggy
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