Whats for Dinner 3/5-3/11

Monday- Chicken Taco Bowls

Tuesday - Pepperoni Roll

Wednesday - Spicy Chicken Stew

Thursday - Crock pot Ravioli

Friday - Leftovers

Saturday -????

Sunday - ???

Well as you can see I have no idea what we will be having by the weekend.  But hopefully I will come up with something soon :)

5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week

1. Stayed home alot!

2. Had some car repairs done to my husbands car by a friend who is nice enough to trade services with my husband.  So it just cost us parts!

3. Cooked at home even though I didn't have a meal plan this week

4. Made my own trail mix out of little bits of this and that from my cabinets

5. Babysat for a friends children and earned $20 for just a few hours of my time

Tonight.......

I found out Kid # 1 is going to make me a Grandma, for the first time, at the end of the year!

Random Monday Post

What a week!  Last week I went and met my new nephew.  I posted previously that my sister and brother in law were adopting through foster care.  The trip it's self was good, but while I was gone Kid # 4 was hospitalized and is still there.  Hopefully he will get to come home in the next day or two.  Dealing with teenagers is hard!  That is really all I am gonna say about that.  But your good thoughts would greatly be appreciated!

My husband did some testing for the job interview that he went on a few weeks ago.  He was told he may hear something about the job sometime this week.  We have our fingers crossed that he is offered a position and that it will be something that we can accept.  In the mean time he is still working his regular job and also the side job doing taxes.  I believe we are on track to pay off my car by the end of the year if not sooner :)

I have no menu plan as of right now.  That is what I will be spending my morning doing.  We are also in the process of switching some rooms around.  So I will work on getting one of the closets cleaned out.  I need to make of trip to Lowe's to get some painting supplies.  One of the rooms we are switching is in desperate need of painting.  So that will be the major project I will be working on for the next couple of weeks.   I will post some pics as I make some progress :)

Hope everyone has a nice Monday!

Food Waste Friday ....Er Saturday :(

Once again I am late to the game getting this post up.  But I figure better late then not at all :)  Unfortunately, this week when cleaning out a cupboard I found that bugs had gotten into a couple of things! Ugh! 

As you can see it is a half used bag of coconut and pecans.  Ugh I was not happy about this at all!  I totally cleaned that cabinet from top to bottom and relocated several things to the freezer to make sure this didn't happen again!

Once again I am linking up to The Frugal Girl

5 Things I Did That Were Frugal This Week

1. Helped Kid # 5 make her Valentine's for her class using items we already had or that were free

2.  Combined several errands to save on gas

3.  Made homemade chicken stock for soup

4. Used a good Walgreen's coupon to have some picture enlargements made

5. Made a new ironing board cover using items I already owned and a tutorial I found on Pinterest!

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is what Kid # 5 and I made for her to give her class today.

I got the idea from Pinterest of course :)  They are book marks made from paint chips I picked up here and there when I was at Walmart.  I already had the heart shaped hole punch and ribbon to tie on the ends.  I think they turned out pretty cute!

Today I am finishing up my to do list from yesterday. 

1. House cleaning job

2. Go to Kroger

3. Sweep kitchen floor and vacuum living room.

4. Finish up the chicken stock I made yesterday in the crock pot.

5. Pay Bills

Tonight we are having Chinese take out in celebration of Valentine's Day.  Kid # 1 and Future daughter in law will be joining us.

Hope you all have a great day!

Linking our Valentine Bookmarks up to