What if Jim Morrison had been hired to replace LaVar Burton on PBS?
It might have gone something like this.....
Sluggy
It might have gone something like this.....
Sluggy
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
2 Things......More Gravy Talk and PW Fallout
I trotted over to the local Food Bank this morning as planned.
Of course, when I get there, there is a hearse pulled up to the back door where I needed to go. Did I ever mention that the FB here is located inside the local Methodist Church? lol
So I peek in the door to see if the FB is even open today, given that there is a funeral service going on inside. Not 10 feet away in the vestibule, the pastor was doing something with the casket before wheeling the departed one into the chapel.
I have great timing, don't I?
There was a new to me FB lady who came out and got the 4 bags. I told her it was 48 cans of gravy(no, I didn't make another gravy run that morning before I headed up).
She said, "Great! We won't put this away. We'll leave it out and we can put a can in each Thanksgiving Box!" I expressed pleasure to see that they hadn't made up/given out the Holiday food boxes yet, as I had hoped to get the gravy to them in time to be used for Turkey Day.
The FB lady went on to say that they have 83 boxes to pack.
Wow! Last time I was at the FB they were running about 50 clients a month. 83 families in my teeny tiny town is massive!
I told her that I only had 48 cans but if she'd like me to get 83 cans I would. She said that would be great if we had 1 can for each box.
So after I left, guess where I went??lol
I got 22 more cans and Saturday Hubs will assist me in getting the last 13 cans so I can drop them off on Monday, in time to pack into the boxes going out on Tuesday.
And as for my previous post of today......
The fallout from my ranting was felt immediately! Not 10 minutes after revealing I just don't get this whole Pioneer Woman fascination, I lost a Follower....ACK!!!
Thank you Follower, whoever you
Sluggy
Brain Dump....Random Things on My Mind
Ok, if MARK can do a Photo Dump on his blog, I am allowed to do a Brain Dump on my blog.
Yes, I said Brain Dump....deal with it!
You know....just putting all the random crap that bounces around in your head out on cyber-paper so you can stop thinking about it.
*I woke up this morning and my teeth all seem loose. I don't know WHAT I was doing in my sleep(grinding, clenching?)but they seriously hurt! I take pretty good care of my teeth and have regular check-ups. Heck, last time the dentist couldn't find a speck of tartar on my chopper and I have no gum disease. But today they hurt like a bitch and I am waiting for the Tooth Fairy to be making an appearance.
*You know what irritates me?.....Ok, that's a very long list....but something recently.
Mormon mommy bloggers.
Let me say first off, I have nothing against Mormons....unless they are on my front doorstep trying to give me literature. (But then again, I don't want ANY devoteé on my front doorstep selling me religion.)
I believe everyone can/should believe what they want. But please, keep it sacred and to yourself, much like your genitals. Don't be whipping those or your religion out in public to beat anyone over the head with it to prove that yours is better than mine. Ok, bad metaphor but you know what I mean.
Mormon mommy bloggers are fascinating. So domestic and so uplifting and perkyall the time most of the time on their blogs. You can't tell me that even the most patient Mormon mommy blogger doesn't have moments when their brood drives them stark raving mad and they don't want to throttle their kids....C'mon!
And this NieNie person? I want to know what her husband does for a living to afford all the money they seem to be dropping on airplane tickets, trips, stuff, etc. And he must have one heck of a flexible schedule to be jetting off everywhere at a moment's notice. And she needs to lay off the proselytizing and Mitt Romney links because she is driving folks away with that. My advice?....Stick to photos of your kids and telling your survivor story cuz those rock!
*And since we are on the subject of Mormons, it's but a short step to my next BD topic.....those Sister Wives folks on the TLC channel.
I confess, I have watched that show from the beginning. I really like some of them though I do think that Cody guy is full of himself and tad bit narcissistic.
I woke up earlier this week as I was coming out of a vivid dream. The dream was about the Sister Wives. In the dream I was worrying about the IRS implications of the Sister Wives family. I know.....I have too much time on my hands even when I am asleep.
But you have to admit, that come tax time, being part of a polygamist family has to be a nightmare!
Wife #1 is legally married by government standards and they have 1 kid & 2 incomes. So they take a tax hit.
Wife #2 also works and has 6 kids. Not legally married, does she file as Head of Household or Single?
And she makes out with 6 tax deductions.
Wife #3 is the problem for me. She also has 6 kids but doesn't work so has no income to claim. What must the IRS drone who gets her return think? 7 deductions and no visible means of support.....
Wife #4 has 3 kids from a previous marriage....who takes the deduction for the kids? She must get some form of child support.
*I have had my eBay Store reopened for almost 2 weeks now and I am already having problems with stupid people.
I had someone send me a Question to Seller asking the specific size of a miniature doll, as well as asking me to take the doll out of the sealed package and to email them more close-up pictures of the doll. First off, if they had actually READ the listing it says that the doll is 1" tall. There are 3 close-up pictures of the item where you can see that the said doll is visible. And if I opened the sealed package it would no longer be New in Package as the listing states. They also did NOT give me their email addy so I could email them the photos that they can already see in the listing.
I have had someone forget to pay me for 1 week though this was not a deadbeat but an eBay regular who just lost track of their dealings. I quick nudge rectified the situation.
The worst has to be the people who don't know how to negotiate. On occasion I put the "Make Me An Offer" feature on listings. If you are unfamiliar with that, it allows potential Buyers to offer you less than what you have listed the item for. You can then accept, decline or counteroffer them. I believe they have 3 bids or chances to make an offer on any item before the system automatically rejects their dealings with the Seller. When you make an offer to a Seller it is a good thing not to piss them off by offering them some outlandishly low sum. And if you are in a counteroffering/bidding situation with a Seller, you need to man up and meet them halfway...or at least that is my take on things. I had someone this week offer me $15 on an item I listed for $30. While not outlandishly low, it was pretty insulting. And seeing as I had just listing the item 1 day before, I was not about to sell it for that little.
So I made them a counteroffer by knocking $5 off the item, making it $25.
And guess what price they came back with? $15.50.
I come down $5 and they come up .50¢.
As Suze Orman would say.....Denied!
So I send back a new counteroffer......$30. LOLOL
*And now I know I will piss off many of you with this one......
What is this fascination with the Pioneer Woman?
I just don't get it.
Ok, she cooks. She takes photos of cattle and cowboys' rear ends. She's written a book.
Can somebody please explain to me why I should care?lol I've seen her recipes. Not impressed.
And no, this does not come from some kind of jealousy or blog envy. What she has works for her but it's not what I want.
I just don't get whatever it is everyone else sees. If you put shots like the one above on her blog I might be easier to convince that I need to read her. ;-)
I see it as something similar to all this Oprah worship women do. We get fixated on people and then can't get enough of them. I think I am missing some female gene thing.
Whatever......
Ok, I guess my brain is empty enough now for some new thoughts.
So tell us.....What is on your mind?
Sluggy
Yes, I said Brain Dump....deal with it!
You know....just putting all the random crap that bounces around in your head out on cyber-paper so you can stop thinking about it.
*I woke up this morning and my teeth all seem loose. I don't know WHAT I was doing in my sleep(grinding, clenching?)but they seriously hurt! I take pretty good care of my teeth and have regular check-ups. Heck, last time the dentist couldn't find a speck of tartar on my chopper and I have no gum disease. But today they hurt like a bitch and I am waiting for the Tooth Fairy to be making an appearance.
*You know what irritates me?.....Ok, that's a very long list....but something recently.
Mormon mommy bloggers.
Let me say first off, I have nothing against Mormons....unless they are on my front doorstep trying to give me literature. (But then again, I don't want ANY devoteé on my front doorstep selling me religion.)
I believe everyone can/should believe what they want. But please, keep it sacred and to yourself, much like your genitals. Don't be whipping those or your religion out in public to beat anyone over the head with it to prove that yours is better than mine. Ok, bad metaphor but you know what I mean.
Mormon mommy bloggers are fascinating. So domestic and so uplifting and perky
And this NieNie person? I want to know what her husband does for a living to afford all the money they seem to be dropping on airplane tickets, trips, stuff, etc. And he must have one heck of a flexible schedule to be jetting off everywhere at a moment's notice. And she needs to lay off the proselytizing and Mitt Romney links because she is driving folks away with that. My advice?....Stick to photos of your kids and telling your survivor story cuz those rock!
*And since we are on the subject of Mormons, it's but a short step to my next BD topic.....those Sister Wives folks on the TLC channel.
I confess, I have watched that show from the beginning. I really like some of them though I do think that Cody guy is full of himself and tad bit narcissistic.
I woke up earlier this week as I was coming out of a vivid dream. The dream was about the Sister Wives. In the dream I was worrying about the IRS implications of the Sister Wives family. I know.....I have too much time on my hands even when I am asleep.
But you have to admit, that come tax time, being part of a polygamist family has to be a nightmare!
Wife #1 is legally married by government standards and they have 1 kid & 2 incomes. So they take a tax hit.
Wife #2 also works and has 6 kids. Not legally married, does she file as Head of Household or Single?
And she makes out with 6 tax deductions.
Wife #3 is the problem for me. She also has 6 kids but doesn't work so has no income to claim. What must the IRS drone who gets her return think? 7 deductions and no visible means of support.....
Wife #4 has 3 kids from a previous marriage....who takes the deduction for the kids? She must get some form of child support.
*I have had my eBay Store reopened for almost 2 weeks now and I am already having problems with stupid people.
I had someone send me a Question to Seller asking the specific size of a miniature doll, as well as asking me to take the doll out of the sealed package and to email them more close-up pictures of the doll. First off, if they had actually READ the listing it says that the doll is 1" tall. There are 3 close-up pictures of the item where you can see that the said doll is visible. And if I opened the sealed package it would no longer be New in Package as the listing states. They also did NOT give me their email addy so I could email them the photos that they can already see in the listing.
I have had someone forget to pay me for 1 week though this was not a deadbeat but an eBay regular who just lost track of their dealings. I quick nudge rectified the situation.
The worst has to be the people who don't know how to negotiate. On occasion I put the "Make Me An Offer" feature on listings. If you are unfamiliar with that, it allows potential Buyers to offer you less than what you have listed the item for. You can then accept, decline or counteroffer them. I believe they have 3 bids or chances to make an offer on any item before the system automatically rejects their dealings with the Seller. When you make an offer to a Seller it is a good thing not to piss them off by offering them some outlandishly low sum. And if you are in a counteroffering/bidding situation with a Seller, you need to man up and meet them halfway...or at least that is my take on things. I had someone this week offer me $15 on an item I listed for $30. While not outlandishly low, it was pretty insulting. And seeing as I had just listing the item 1 day before, I was not about to sell it for that little.
So I made them a counteroffer by knocking $5 off the item, making it $25.
And guess what price they came back with? $15.50.
I come down $5 and they come up .50¢.
As Suze Orman would say.....Denied!
So I send back a new counteroffer......$30. LOLOL
*And now I know I will piss off many of you with this one......
What is this fascination with the Pioneer Woman?
I just don't get it.
Ok, she cooks. She takes photos of cattle and cowboys' rear ends. She's written a book.
Can somebody please explain to me why I should care?lol I've seen her recipes. Not impressed.
And no, this does not come from some kind of jealousy or blog envy. What she has works for her but it's not what I want.
I just don't get whatever it is everyone else sees. If you put shots like the one above on her blog I might be easier to convince that I need to read her. ;-)
I see it as something similar to all this Oprah worship women do. We get fixated on people and then can't get enough of them. I think I am missing some female gene thing.
Whatever......
Ok, I guess my brain is empty enough now for some new thoughts.
So tell us.....What is on your mind?
Sluggy
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Gravy....It's Not Just for Breakfast Anymore
Back to Weis for some necessities......oh yeah, and more gravy.....
4 x Breakstone Sour Cream on sale $1.50=$6.00
2 x OS Cranberry glop on sale $1.25=$2.50
1 x Yeast on sale=$1.50
2 x Sargento Cheese on sale $2.00=$4.00
2 x Swanson Broth on sale $2.00=$4.00
8 x Campbell's Gravy on sale .50¢=$4.00
SubTotal.....$24.50 ($41.59 reg. retail)
Coupons Used
2 x .50¢/1 Texas Toast Croutons IPQ(doubled)HERE=$2.00
2 x $1/2 Breakstone Sour Cream IPQ HERE=$2.00
1 x $1/2 OS Cranberry item IPQ HERE=$1.00
1 x .40¢/1 Fleischmann's Yeast IPQ HERE(doubled)=$.80
2 x .55¢/1 Sargento Cheese IPQ(doubled to $1)HERE=$2.00
1 x $1/2 Swanson Broth IPQ HERE=$1.00
Instant Discount on the Swanson/Campbell's items=$5.00
Coupon/Savings Total=$13.80
$24.50-$13.80=$10.70 OOP
That's a 74% savings rate over retail.
Oh, and I received a .50¢ Catalina Q for buying the Yeast. I would have bought more but that was the last strip in the store. (I'll get .40¢ back from Saving Star on this purchase too.)
The gravy and broth cost me $2.00 OOP. Buying that broth upped my gravy cost to .20¢ per can in that order, so $1.60 OOP on just the gravy. Broth is expensive bought in a container. I'll stick to boiling my meat bones and skin and making my own to stick into the freezer for later.
We are up to 48 cans for the food bank. If I take that .50¢ Catalina Q I can get 11 more cans of gravy for ZERO OOP tomorrow morning before heading over to the food bank to drop all this off.
59 cans does sound much nicer than 48 cans, dontcha think?lol
Stay tuned for updates as this story develops..... ;-)
Sluggy
And Then She Went Back to the Store......
Well I didn't get nearly enough done yesterday as I had planned....especially the number of eBay listings.
But I did make it back to the stores for food shopping.
First it was to the restaurant supply store....afterwards to be referred to as RSS. Since I had to be over at the Orthodontic office to get #2 son's new retainer(grrrr), I went looking for the other location of my RSS. Yes, I was pleased to see that there is a second location on the opposite end of town from the one that was flooded out in September. 8-)
So we found the store and I picked up "My Precious....My Precious".....cue Gollum music......
I know the fat & the chemically things in it will probably kill me but this brand is the BEST BLUE CHUCKINGFEESE DRESSING that I have ever eaten!
If I wasn't such a tightwad, I'd buy enough gallons of this to fill my bathtub and I'd roll around nekkid in it.
Seriously.
That.
Good.
I would steal pennies out of small children's piggy banks for the money to buy this dressing.
I would divorce my man if he made me choose between him and My Precious......
If I ever end up on Death Row, THIS will be part of my Last Meal before hitting the big Electric Chair, and I hope they wet the sponge that goes on my head under the headgear with this instead of water.
Luckily, all I had to do was fork over $18.55 to get some this time. ;-)
I just wish they sold it in something a bit smaller than industrial sized drum! A gallon of Dressing lasts a very long time and takes up serious real estate in the fridge. It is a bargain with the Devil I am glad to make.
On the other hand, large sized containers DO save you serious money in the long run.
Speaking of which, it's Fall so I had to pick up this as well.......
It's a jar of Pumpkin Pie Spice and yes, it was $4.99. The local store buys and prepares their own huge containers of spices at a discounted price.
Why mess around with having to buy ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove when I can just buy them already mixed together for dumping into pies?
$4.99 seem high to you?
Well when you show this jar next to the jars you usually buy/see in the spice aisle at your local food mart, you see why I will spend $4.99 on this.....
Yes, that 1 ounce sized jar costs around $3. I spent $2 more but I got 6 times the amount!
So which would you choose.....1 jar for $4.99 or 6 jars for $18?
And yes, it will ALL get used before it gets old. Not only will I become a squash piemaking factory between now and New Year's but this blend is good in many other things like savory squash sides, in chili(believe it our not!), in tea, coffee, hot cocoa, oatmeal and more.
And I was able to drag myself out after dinner last night to Weis "let's turn your upside down and steal the change that comes pouring out of your pockets" Markets. I spent my $5 Catalina Q on a 14.25lb. turkey. At .58¢ a lb. and after my $5 Cat, this bird cost me $3.26.
Then it was off to the gravy display........
I lugged home 18 more gravy cans.
Between these and the 5 cans of soup not pictured, I spent $1.50 OOP. I am keeping the soup.
The gravy only transaction was .50¢ OOP.
The gravy/soup transaction was $1.00 OOP, so those 12 cans came to .08¢ a piece, making the gravy part of it .58¢ OOP.
I am keeping the 8 cans I bought last Friday and on Monday, so I have 40 cans so far to donate, at a total cost to me of $2.08.
I'll be trotting back to Weis later today for more, well.....you know....lol
Sluggy
But I did make it back to the stores for food shopping.
First it was to the restaurant supply store....afterwards to be referred to as RSS. Since I had to be over at the Orthodontic office to get #2 son's new retainer(grrrr), I went looking for the other location of my RSS. Yes, I was pleased to see that there is a second location on the opposite end of town from the one that was flooded out in September. 8-)
So we found the store and I picked up "My Precious....My Precious".....cue Gollum music......
If I wasn't such a tightwad, I'd buy enough gallons of this to fill my bathtub and I'd roll around nekkid in it.
Seriously.
That.
Good.
I would steal pennies out of small children's piggy banks for the money to buy this dressing.
I would divorce my man if he made me choose between him and My Precious......
If I ever end up on Death Row, THIS will be part of my Last Meal before hitting the big Electric Chair, and I hope they wet the sponge that goes on my head under the headgear with this instead of water.
Luckily, all I had to do was fork over $18.55 to get some this time. ;-)
I just wish they sold it in something a bit smaller than industrial sized drum! A gallon of Dressing lasts a very long time and takes up serious real estate in the fridge. It is a bargain with the Devil I am glad to make.
On the other hand, large sized containers DO save you serious money in the long run.
Speaking of which, it's Fall so I had to pick up this as well.......
Why mess around with having to buy ground cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg and clove when I can just buy them already mixed together for dumping into pies?
$4.99 seem high to you?
Well when you show this jar next to the jars you usually buy/see in the spice aisle at your local food mart, you see why I will spend $4.99 on this.....
So which would you choose.....1 jar for $4.99 or 6 jars for $18?
And yes, it will ALL get used before it gets old. Not only will I become a squash piemaking factory between now and New Year's but this blend is good in many other things like savory squash sides, in chili(believe it our not!), in tea, coffee, hot cocoa, oatmeal and more.
And I was able to drag myself out after dinner last night to Weis "let's turn your upside down and steal the change that comes pouring out of your pockets" Markets. I spent my $5 Catalina Q on a 14.25lb. turkey. At .58¢ a lb. and after my $5 Cat, this bird cost me $3.26.
Then it was off to the gravy display........
Between these and the 5 cans of soup not pictured, I spent $1.50 OOP. I am keeping the soup.
The gravy only transaction was .50¢ OOP.
The gravy/soup transaction was $1.00 OOP, so those 12 cans came to .08¢ a piece, making the gravy part of it .58¢ OOP.
I am keeping the 8 cans I bought last Friday and on Monday, so I have 40 cans so far to donate, at a total cost to me of $2.08.
I'll be trotting back to Weis later today for more, well.....you know....lol
Sluggy
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