last night we had the Udon noodles with veggies and soft-boiled eggs. This is the Costco udon noodles. I think it’s a tasty version of Udon. There are 4 packs in the container.
Monday- My daughter is considering a pizza but that’s not definite so I’ll plan something. Spaghetti and meatballs from the freezer.
Tuesday- burritos. I have tortillas and beans etc.
Wednesday- Soup of some sort. I’ve wanted to try a cream of mushroom and have some mushrooms so I’ll see. I saw a recipe in the “Soup Sisters’ cookbook.
Thursday- Chicken something. Maybe grilled or if I have tomato sauce maybe a chicken parmesan.
Friday- If we don’t do pizza tonight I’ll put pizza on the menu.
Saturday- TBD I’ll need to check what needs to be used up.
My dentist appt. (cleaning) went well and I got home right after 9:30 so it was not too bad.
Groceries at Costco were $200. I bought a few things on sale like the breaded Talipa which is a great easy dinner option. Mostly things like milk, and eggs ( no shortage at Costco). I bought the organic 2 dozen pkt for $8.69. I also bought French roast coffee, seaweed snacks my daughter likes, Triscuits, nuts, cheese, asparagus, and a few items I wanted to try. One is a garlic spread( Toom)that’s supposed to be very good.
With that and my TJ’s trip, I’m already at $400 so I’ll need to be careful for the next couple of weeks.
Next week I have a dental cleaning so that’s out of pocket. But I am going to sign up for their dental plan which is $400. That covers 2 cleanings and other stuff so it seems like a good deal.
Today is the national No Spend Day. I hope it has an impact, especially on Amazon, Walmart, etc. During the pandemic, I liked Walmart’s pickup service and used it a lot. But since then I haven’t even been back.
I got gas at Costco so that’s always a savings.
I bought a Christmas gift for my son. An Easton Press copy of ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs’s Court. ” That was Ebay and was $28.00. I haven’t started my Christmas envelope yet, but I’ll write this down. This year is going to be even more minimal as nobody really wants anything. So I’ll do a few gifts each like the Easton Press and East Fork Pottery.
This is the Lemon Meyer rosemary Sourdough. Wow was that good.
This is the newly rearranged office area with the couch on the opposite wall so I can open the sunroom doors.
Here are two of the newly reupholstered Heywood chairs. We got all 5 done. One is my office chair.
This is the dirty cover. Uck!! I guess it’s been about 3-4 years since I did these. I use painter drop cloth material.
They are certainly not professional but work for us.
Today is Dex day and I don’t have a lot planned but I am going to try and wash the inside sunroom windows.
A cloudy walk this morning but it was warm. It was 51 degrees. It’s quite nice really.
I’ve been to the Auburn gym and now I’m home. I’ve swished the bathroom and now plan to do some other regular Sunday things.
Sunday is our sheet-washing day. We only have one set of linen sheets so we wash, dry, and put them back on the bed. B was just saying though the sheets seem to wearing thin. He does the laundry so he would know.
I fed my sourdough so I might make a dough later after it does its thing.
I made some chicken salad for sandwiches from the chicken I roasted the other day. I’m not sure what I’m doing for dinner tonight. I know a salad is on the menu but I need to check what I have to use up. Last night we (my daughter and I) had the last turkey burgers and B had the last Boca burger.
We’re considering taking the trailer to Napa as we only have a brief window of time before he’s in for the major surgery. I’m mixed on this as it’s money and effort. I guess we’ll give it a few days to filter through.
This little Cherry( the only girl who gets picked on by her brothers and Bean.
This is Guster(Gus) and Smudge. I know… 🙂 these are the names they got when they came out of the barn. 🙂 They were the ‘barn kitties’.
Little Tux is adapting here well. But we need to get the neuter going. He’s a very sweet cat. As soon as I can I’ll get a picture.
Well, I’m going to move the loveseat couch on the opposite wall and see if I like it better. I don’t want to put it in the sunroom yet because Tux is sleeping out there and he might be squirting? 😦 I hope not.
The dentist was long yesterday but it worked out fine. The fillings were taken care of. She’s a good dentist. I just wish that Medicare had some dental option. It was very pricey:(
Today I’m heading to the pool for a swim. I don’t have anything else urgent that needs doing so I’ll come straight home. I want to make a few of the condiment recipes in the new cookbook. She has a recipe for olive oil mayo that looks easy and I have the breadcrumbs with rosemary and parsley dried and ready to whiz up. I also plan on making the garlic confit with some cherry tomatoes I have some that need to be used up. BTW, if you’re a Costco shopper those cherry tomatoes, Hirros, are absolutely delicious.
I plan to vacuum as well and do some dusting. We heat mostly with wood ( no central air/heat) and it does create dust. We do have a wall heater(propane) that we use on very cold mornings.
It’s another cloudy day but not too cold. I think the temperature is around 55 degrees.
Well, I best be off to do my daily routine so I can read in a bit.
It’s been a good week overall. I’m thankful we are all well and healthy. ( Well except for that little thing called cancer)!!!!
I’m thankful my CBC and CMP all were good and my Kappa light chains were at 19.6, so down .2 and it’s just a smidge above high normal. I’ll take it.
I’m thankful we got through that last storm. A neighbor had a tree down. We heard it but didn’t see it. Another storm is expected today. The sunshine was so glorious yesterday. It was so nice.
I’m thankful the VW is working so well after the starter fix. I hope it keeps going for a long time. We do need tires, he said. It’s not worn, just tire cracks because they are old. So we’ll need to get that budgeted. My budget is done for the month and all good there. There’s not a lot left over but we’ll manage.
I’ve done the taxes and just need to go over them with B. Our taxes are very easy as there’s no complicated $.
I woke up last night and rushed to the bathroom to throw up. And a couple of more times, too. Something got me. I think it’s a stomach bug or something related to food. I have a pretty iron stomach most of the time. Plus, I have a headache, which I rarely have. 😦
So I had to call the dentist at 7am and say I wouldn’t be able to make it in. I really dislike having to call like that so unexpectedly and I’m sure they don’t like it either.
Anyway, I’m obviously not going anywhere today.
We got the load of firewood, and it ended up $350. A very good price. I’ll walk out later to the wood pile to check it out.
A cold brisk morning but sunny. We had to take the Santa Fe to the park because Buggie’s starter finally died. Actually, it died yesterday at the park:( so we had to have AAA tow it home). So I guess that’s moved up on our list of what has to be done. Oh well, we knew it was coming. Now though, we’ll have to have it towed to Auburn to the shop. I was hoping to avoid this expense right now but I guess it’s what needs to be done.
I headed out to the gym and did my weights. I came straight home and now am writing this and then do a few chores.
I’m trying get my sourdough active and it seem to be taking a while. The house is on the cooler side so maybe that’s it. I’ll add some more flour a little later and see if that does the trick. I wanted to try the recipe in “The Slow Rise” for baguettes. The author is the guy who started Bread Alone in New York. His recipes are mostly ones I wouldn’t do but the baguette one seemed easy enough.
Tomorrow I have my labs and then I plan on going to the pool if it goes quickly. As long as I can get to the pool by 8:40 it’ll work. Otherwise, the pool closes for lap swimming at 9:25. I’ve never stayed that late so it would interesting to see what happens.
I need to write up a menu plan for the week. last week I used up quite a few freezer things so I want to do that again this week.
I paid B’s Triumph Motorcycle DMV. That runs @ $150 so not too bad. He hasn’t really used it since this summer but maybe after this spring, he’ll get back on.
I spent a good amount at Trader Joe’s. Food was $160 and wine was $40. I had a $25 GC and some cash, so the rest was put on the debit card. I did get some extra frozen meals for easy suppers. I like having some back up meals that just get stir fried or in the microwave.
I filled up the Santa Fe at Costco and gas was $3.63 which is the lowest it’s been in ages. So that was a saving.
I ordered my new Hokas, so not cheap. But I have to say they are the best walking shoes I’ve ever had. I also ordered a 4 pack of Bombas socks, which is my go-to. They are not cheap either but last forever. The ones I’m wearing now are probably 3 years old and I wear them every day. I rotate between 4 pairs. One pair is starting to get some holes so that’s why I ordered a new package. Also, they donate a pair of socks or whatever you buy to homeless shelters. So it’s a win-win.
I decided not to go to the pool this morning. I figured I could still tomorrow if I wanted. I wanted to do a few things around the house like water plants and do a quick mop of the floors.
I also want to try a new recipe for chicken shwarma. It has lots of spices and looks yummy. The recipe is from Damn Delicious.
We have a new kitty showing up outside. A black and white one. We’re not sure if it belongs to someone or was dropped off. We’ve been feeding it and it’s very friendly.
I still need to go to the bank for some money for cash envelopes but I’ll do that next time I’m out and about. We still need to figure out getting the VW starter fixed. I guess I’m figuring to wait till we pay our property taxes and then see if there’s any money left over. Ha, money left over, right……
Hey, frumps a convicted felon at least and that’s saying something!!!
Gee, the devastation from the fires in SoCal is terrible. It’s shocking to see the pictures.
I had a great swim yesterday except I overdid it so my low back is a little sore. Once I started moving around it was fine but getting out of bed was like,, urgh… Oh well, I surpassed my last swim yardage and got to 950 yards so I’m happy about that.
Sunday night-Turkey with some stuffing, salad, and nut loaf from the freezer.
Monday- leftover lentil soup and salad. I made a salad I saw on Facebook of chickpeas, cucumber, avocado, cherry tomatoes, parsley, and artichoke hearts. quite yummy.
Tuesday- I made a Greek pasta salad and I’m unsure what I’ll have with it. Maybe grilled tofu.
Wednesday- I want to make a turkey and wild rice soup with the leftover turkey. I’ll make B a ramen bowl.
Thursday- Something from the freezer to use up. I have some perogi’s from Costco to use. I wouldn’t buy them again. They were ok but not our usual fare.
Friday- Pizza, either make or get take out.
Saturday- Again something easy to use up freezer stuff.
Sunday- TBD.
I just finished the kitchen zone and I still need to vacuum. I thought of going to Trader Joe’s today but I think I’ll wait a bit maybe till Thursday. The only thing I do need is butter and the Lundberg wild rice and I can get those down at the Holiday.
Oh EXCITING! We scrolled through Amazon Prime and saw on masterpiece, the new season of Astrid. So we watched the first episode and it was very good. They definitely have snazzed it up some.
The afternoons are longer and it was light almost till almost 5:35. Even the angle of the sun coming down our driveway is different from a few weeks ago. Imbolc is Feb 2 so pretty soon it’ll be crossquarter.
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