Daily Archives: January 11, 2026

Simple Sunday

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Our mornings have been very chilly, like 34 degrees. Afternoons are nicer but still chilly. This coming week, though, we should have a nice warm-up and no rain. I finally finished the last LOTR, The Return of the King, extended version. Just a mere 4 hours that took me 5 nights to get through. 😦

I started watching the new Agatha Christie on Netflix (I think that’s where it is) and so far, I’m not impressed. Have you watched it?

Yesterday we went to the pet bookstore. I found a cookbook (America’s Test Kitchen) and a few others. I’m still trying to find Shogun, but no luck. After that, we went to Round Table to use my free pizza coupon. It was good, but the wait was way too long. We had spinach soup and left over pizza for dinner.

Tonight, I think I’ll use up all the veggies I’ve sliced with the mandoline I got for free. It took a while to figure it out( my daughter had to show me how to change the blades). I have cucumbers, carrots, and radishes. I need to get some lettuce though.

I’m planning on the gym, but I’ll see how I am at 8:30. Today is a sheet day, so I need to get that going. And I need to clean up the patio.

I can hardly read any news right now. Where has any humanity gone with these people? They murdered an innocent woman, and they are saying it’s her fault? WTF??? I hope there is a special place in hell for those people.

Oh, my labs came back up some 25.3 Kappa Light chains. So once again, not too terrible in the bigger picture, but that still leaves me in uncertainty again on the next one. sigh, … I just need to get on with it.

Frugal Friday

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I suppose it’s been a frugalish week. I paid a little more on the lingering cc’s, so that felt good. I got a notice that my WordPress account will be charged in February. I’ll see what envelope I can pull some of that from.

I went to the Holiday Market to purchase a few items I needed for the spinach soup, such as gruyere cheese to add to it. It’s a creamy soup, and the cheese is a nice touch. I spent @$50.

I actually had the cash but forgot to bring it down with me.

I submitted my LLS, so that should come through by the end of the month. I so appreciate LLS and the grants they offer blood cancer patients. I could absolutely not stay in the budget without that assistance.

I ordered my prescription refills and was so shocked that from one month ago to now, with this new plan(Health Spring, which is part of Cigna), my costs have plummeted. For instance, my levothyroxine was coming in at $20 something, and now it comes in at $1.27. WTF !! I mean, it’s great for me, but why would they be charging so much just last month, December, as to now?? Totally strange. And it wasn’t just one, it was all of them dropped.

Did anyone else have a weird price drop??

Here’s Gus chilling!