We have another rainy day forecast. It’s very weird for us to have rain in Northern CA this time of year. Usually, it’s around Halloween. But we’ll take it and it will help with fire season.
After overdoing the walking yesterday,:( I re-evalutated. I’ll just do 2 rounds tomorrow and see how that is for a day or two. I did swim this morning and it felt really great. It was raining a little but I’m in the water anyway so…
Well, I ended up going to Winco after the pool and it was not frugal. I spent about $125. But I pretty much got what I needed for the week ahead. Some salad stuff, fruit, almond butter, rye bread, cheese and misc. But other than that, I haven’t bought groceries. I think so far for the September budget I’m at about $275, and that was the Costco trip. I could put that back on August’s budget but I think I’ll leave it in September.
We didn’t have any lunch dates or coffee dates this week. Next week we might do a lunch date but I’ll wait and see how the week shapes up. I have my oncology appt Wednesday so that day is out. I’m hoping we can come up with my chemo plan for October. It depends on my next labs and what he thinks. We’ll see.
Last night I made a yummy chicken parmigania and spaghetti with some of my canned tomato sauce. Boy, was that sauce delicious. I did pick another big bowl of tomatoes so I may have enough to do another batch. I did another jar of refrigerator jalapenos. I must have 6 jars now:) I’m not sure what we’re doing for dinner but it won’t be a pizza. Maybe I’ll pull a jar from the pantry.
I just finished a library book “ The House in the Pines‘ by Ana Reyes. Yikes what a nail biter. Very scary and suspenseful. Not sure about the ending it seemed to unfinished to me and I don’t like that. I picked up 6 books to read, 3 of them are part of the Lincoln Lawyer series. Right now we’re watching the TV show on Prime and it’s very good.
Tahoe Girl 
We’ve been making our own rye bread lately, and it’s way better than most of what you buy. One little tip we got from someone else is to subsitute pickle juice for about half of the water. We always save our pickle juice when the pickles are gone.
I just came home from the library and got the next two in the Lincoln Lawyer series. Good rainy day reading.
Rye bread is tricky. I’ve made the sourdough version and while good, The Caker and the Breadmaker rye is out of this world. They are in Auburn and we’ve known the family for years. Raleys/Bel Air sells it and so does some other stores. Check it out.
We had rain here on Friday night/Saturday morning and it is strange to have rain at this time of the year, isn’t it? It’s unseasonably cool, too!
Staying within budget when grocery shopping can be difficult! I budget $100 a month for groceries only (does not include pet food, household items, toiletries, etc.) for myself and I generally do a grocery pick up every 2 weeks or so (I order online and pick up; don’t shop in person anymore).
I hope your oncology appointment goes well.
Wow, $100 a month. that’s impressive. When I was reading your blog I couldn’t figure out quite where you are. Is it So Cal??
Yes, I’m in So Cal, L.A. area. đ