Friday, June 11, 2010
Technology
I can't believe how reliable we are on technology. It really makes me want to get rid of some of it but living 2 weeks without internet has proven that I can't. This is sad. We now have televison, phone and internet. THANK GOODNESS! Trying to plan a honeymoon and class reunion without them has been taxing and drawn out! Well I just wanted to leave a short post letting everyone know that hopefully posts will be a little more frequent eventually....we do have a wedding in a WEEK! We will then be spending the following week in Los Angeles and Michigan so after that then we will be a little more available...until volleyball starts!
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Menu Changes
On Sunday we went grocery shopping for the first time. I thought I would be good and cut out coupons and try to get as much stuff as I could at a discount price. We started at Aldi’s and got a lot of the things we needed and only spent $40! I was so excited. Then we went to Beuhler’s and got our meat, produce and other stuff that Aldi’s didn’t carry. We ended up doing their 5 for $19.95 with meat and got steaks, a beef roast and some other things. We did really well about sticking to our list and only getting things that were in our menu for the week (other than the steaks they were a bonus!) I got up to the cash register and pay and get out will all the groceries for $80. I didn’t think $120 was bad for a weeks worth of groceries with a lot of it being things we won’t need to buy again for a while like flour, sugar, some spices and that kind of thing. As we were driving home though I realized all those coupons I spent time cutting out were still in my billfold and I didn’t use a single one of them! After looking over the groceries we would have only saved about $1.50 but still if we save that much every week that could add up! Oh well there is always next week!
Here is our menu for the week which is already off track!
Sunday- Sloppy Joes and Fries- We did have this and added corn on the cob!
Monday- Grilled Chicken with baked beans and pasta salad- I worked till 10 so Pat had a hot dog with left over sloppy joe sauce and I have a ham and cheese sandwich
Tuesday- Beef Roast with Vegetables- We decided this morning to have steaks tonight. Pat put them in the fridge to thaw out so we HAVE to have them. We are also going to have corn on the cob and possibly I will make the pasta salad!
Wednesday- BBQ Pork Sandwiches- We will probably have the Chicken since it is in the fridge and needs to be eaten by June 2nd!
Thursday- Beef and Noodles- We may keep this! I work 5-10 again so it is something I can throw in the crock pot and can both eat whenever!
Friday- Subs- I may make the BBQ Pork sandwiches because it will be the same as Thursday other than I am the 4:00 person so I may get off sooner than 10 but probably not as early as Pat will want to eat
Ok for some reason my italic isn't working so all my changes are showing like they are supposed to be! Sorry!
Here is our menu for the week which is already off track!
Sunday- Sloppy Joes and Fries- We did have this and added corn on the cob!
Monday- Grilled Chicken with baked beans and pasta salad- I worked till 10 so Pat had a hot dog with left over sloppy joe sauce and I have a ham and cheese sandwich
Tuesday- Beef Roast with Vegetables- We decided this morning to have steaks tonight. Pat put them in the fridge to thaw out so we HAVE to have them. We are also going to have corn on the cob and possibly I will make the pasta salad!
Wednesday- BBQ Pork Sandwiches- We will probably have the Chicken since it is in the fridge and needs to be eaten by June 2nd!
Thursday- Beef and Noodles- We may keep this! I work 5-10 again so it is something I can throw in the crock pot and can both eat whenever!
Friday- Subs- I may make the BBQ Pork sandwiches because it will be the same as Thursday other than I am the 4:00 person so I may get off sooner than 10 but probably not as early as Pat will want to eat
Ok for some reason my italic isn't working so all my changes are showing like they are supposed to be! Sorry!
Changes Changes Changes
*Warning this is a pretty long post!* * I also wrote this on Monday but do not have internet at the new house. Hopefully soon though!
Well we are all moved into the house! Mostly everything is put away thanks to a couple easy days with nothing to do. I am missing a bag though. I can’t find any of my shorts. I have no idea where they could have gone. I can’t even think of what bag I packed them in to start looking. All I know is that all bags here have been unpacked and are completely empty! Hopefully they didn’t fall out of the truck on the way here. I still have a few more clothes at Mom and Dad’s that I am trying to get when I am down there. I think about 3 more duffelbags and I will be set. Yes, I have a lot of clothes, but in my defense I have been weeding out quite a bit in the moving process. I have a storage tub full of mainly t-shirts that I am finally parting with! Now it is just decorating. I have put up quite a few picture frames and other stuff that we got at the shower so it is starting to feel more and more like our home but I would still like a few more things. We are trying to hold out until the wedding to see what we get and then using some of our gift money to get the other things we need. I am trying to not go overboard because I figure it will all come together eventually and there are more sales everyday!
Right now the dish guy is here setting up our television. I know it isn’t essential for us to have t.v. but we decided that for $30 a month we would pay for it. Cable doesn’t come out to where we are which we were hoping for so we could do a bundle with television, phone and internet but no such luck. We are still working on the internet and hoping that maybe the county wireless will reach out here. I also need to call Verizon to get our phone set up because our cell phones are not always reliable out here and my phone has not been holding a charge very well. I am sure it is time for a new battery but I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon!
Wedding stuff seems to be getting into motion again. Thank goodness since it is only about 2 ½ weeks away! We have started on favors and they aren’t taking too long. I sat down Saturday and pumped out about 60 in 3 hours. I know it seems like a lot of time for things people are just going to rip open but I think they will look so cute on the table! Mom and I are both working on the 2nd step when we can so hopefully that will make it go a little quicker. Plus in that 3 hours I cut the paper too and that is all done so now it shouldn’t take that long at all.
We are going to the church today to try to figure out how to decorate there. I really don’t want to do a lot because we have to tear it all down before we leave for the reception. We were just going to do some ribbon along the railing but when we went last week decided that people wouldn’t even see that once everyone was standing up there. We are meeting with the florist who attends the church so hopefully she will have some ideas for us.
This week we are going to start on the books again I think. If we can just get a couple days where we work for a good portion we will be good. Right now it is just attaching all of the parts. Most everything is cut out we just have one more page to do with our address and a place for people to upload pictures too and now we can do that because it is all set up!
Pat just left for his first day at Hertz! I think he was pretty excited to start and even more excited he didn’t have to be there until 10. Hopefully it will be a good experience for him!
Well we are all moved into the house! Mostly everything is put away thanks to a couple easy days with nothing to do. I am missing a bag though. I can’t find any of my shorts. I have no idea where they could have gone. I can’t even think of what bag I packed them in to start looking. All I know is that all bags here have been unpacked and are completely empty! Hopefully they didn’t fall out of the truck on the way here. I still have a few more clothes at Mom and Dad’s that I am trying to get when I am down there. I think about 3 more duffelbags and I will be set. Yes, I have a lot of clothes, but in my defense I have been weeding out quite a bit in the moving process. I have a storage tub full of mainly t-shirts that I am finally parting with! Now it is just decorating. I have put up quite a few picture frames and other stuff that we got at the shower so it is starting to feel more and more like our home but I would still like a few more things. We are trying to hold out until the wedding to see what we get and then using some of our gift money to get the other things we need. I am trying to not go overboard because I figure it will all come together eventually and there are more sales everyday!
Right now the dish guy is here setting up our television. I know it isn’t essential for us to have t.v. but we decided that for $30 a month we would pay for it. Cable doesn’t come out to where we are which we were hoping for so we could do a bundle with television, phone and internet but no such luck. We are still working on the internet and hoping that maybe the county wireless will reach out here. I also need to call Verizon to get our phone set up because our cell phones are not always reliable out here and my phone has not been holding a charge very well. I am sure it is time for a new battery but I don’t think that is going to happen anytime soon!
Wedding stuff seems to be getting into motion again. Thank goodness since it is only about 2 ½ weeks away! We have started on favors and they aren’t taking too long. I sat down Saturday and pumped out about 60 in 3 hours. I know it seems like a lot of time for things people are just going to rip open but I think they will look so cute on the table! Mom and I are both working on the 2nd step when we can so hopefully that will make it go a little quicker. Plus in that 3 hours I cut the paper too and that is all done so now it shouldn’t take that long at all.
We are going to the church today to try to figure out how to decorate there. I really don’t want to do a lot because we have to tear it all down before we leave for the reception. We were just going to do some ribbon along the railing but when we went last week decided that people wouldn’t even see that once everyone was standing up there. We are meeting with the florist who attends the church so hopefully she will have some ideas for us.
This week we are going to start on the books again I think. If we can just get a couple days where we work for a good portion we will be good. Right now it is just attaching all of the parts. Most everything is cut out we just have one more page to do with our address and a place for people to upload pictures too and now we can do that because it is all set up!
Pat just left for his first day at Hertz! I think he was pretty excited to start and even more excited he didn’t have to be there until 10. Hopefully it will be a good experience for him!
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