Brrr, Brrr and double Brrr!
We have a wind chill advisory til 11:00am.
A wind chill advisory means
that it could feel -10 to -24 degrees
outside with the wind blowing.
7:50am and it's
1 degree outside.
but feels like -7 degrees.
Next week we are supposed to have
temperatures in the mid 40's.
That will for sure feel like a heat wave!!
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9:00am
Last night we had chili for supper
and had lots of leftovers.
So this morning I worked
on tonight's supper and things
for the freezer.
I reserved a bowl of chili for the freezer
for Tony's lunch one day
and the rest I made into chili dog sauce.
Leftover Chili
I added another can of pork and
beans to the leftover chili
and put it in the food processor
and pulsed it a few time
to ground down the beans
to thicken the sauce.
Everyone likes beans except
for one child so by doing this
maybe I'll get him to eat more beans
if he isn't able to see them.
A bowl of chili
and 2 containers of chili dog sauce
will go into the freezer.
We will have chili dogs tonight
with the 3rd container.
Here is the breakdown for the
cost of 3 1/2 meals.
All but the beans, salsa and
seasoning was marked down in the store!
3 cans pork & beans $2.40
1 pound ground maple sausage $1.49
1 jar chunky salsa $2.00
1 packet chili seasoning .50 cents
1 large can whole tomatoes with juice
cut up .49 cents
1/3 cup diced red bell peppers .33 cents
2 pkgs hot dogs plus 2 leftover hot dogs $1.40
Total cost: $8.61
Serves:
1 chili meal- 4 servings
1 chili lunch meal- 1 serving
2 chili hot dog meals- 8 servings
1 chili hot dog lunch meal- 1 serving
Total of 14 servings
@ .61 cents a serving
1 serving equals:
1 bowl of chili
or 2 chili dogs.
So if you only have 1 chili dog
at a meal then the servings will go up
and the cost per servings will go down.
It all depends on how much you eat
at one sitting.
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Check out all the freebies
my friend Kendra gave me!!
This was soooo nice of her!
I know, not good for the diet.
But I can use some for the
kid's Valentine's day party at school.
Surprisingly I got a letter
with a list of stuff they could
bring in and one choice was
chocolate chip cookies.
The other cookie mixes I'll use
to work on the Betty Crocker cookie
mix contest when it rolls around again.
.
I ended up giving Kendra the
espresso maker we got the other day.
We really have no use for it
so would rather see it go to a
good home where someone will use it.
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9:45am
This doesn't look good across the street.
They are digging up this lady's
yard. Don't know why as I haven't
talked to her in awhile.
She's in her 90's so doesn't come
out much in the cold weather.
All I see are dollar signs all over
this project with heavy machinery involved!
Worrying me as we could be next
with whatever went wrong over there.
One street over has all the yards
down the street
dug up with holes in them
and fencing around them.
We have a wind chill advisory til 11:00am.
A wind chill advisory means
that it could feel -10 to -24 degrees
outside with the wind blowing.
7:50am and it's
1 degree outside.
but feels like -7 degrees.
Next week we are supposed to have
temperatures in the mid 40's.
That will for sure feel like a heat wave!!
---------------------------
9:00am
Last night we had chili for supper
and had lots of leftovers.
So this morning I worked
on tonight's supper and things
for the freezer.
I reserved a bowl of chili for the freezer
for Tony's lunch one day
and the rest I made into chili dog sauce.
Leftover Chili
I added another can of pork and
beans to the leftover chili
and put it in the food processor
and pulsed it a few time
to ground down the beans
to thicken the sauce.
Everyone likes beans except
for one child so by doing this
maybe I'll get him to eat more beans
if he isn't able to see them.
A bowl of chiliand 2 containers of chili dog sauce
will go into the freezer.
We will have chili dogs tonight
with the 3rd container.
Here is the breakdown for the
cost of 3 1/2 meals.
All but the beans, salsa and
seasoning was marked down in the store!
3 cans pork & beans $2.40
1 pound ground maple sausage $1.49
1 jar chunky salsa $2.00
1 packet chili seasoning .50 cents
1 large can whole tomatoes with juice
cut up .49 cents
1/3 cup diced red bell peppers .33 cents
2 pkgs hot dogs plus 2 leftover hot dogs $1.40
Total cost: $8.61
Serves:
1 chili meal- 4 servings
1 chili lunch meal- 1 serving
2 chili hot dog meals- 8 servings
1 chili hot dog lunch meal- 1 serving
Total of 14 servings
@ .61 cents a serving
1 serving equals:
1 bowl of chili
or 2 chili dogs.
So if you only have 1 chili dog
at a meal then the servings will go up
and the cost per servings will go down.
It all depends on how much you eat
at one sitting.
-----------------------------------
Check out all the freebies
my friend Kendra gave me!!
This was soooo nice of her!
I know, not good for the diet.
But I can use some for the
kid's Valentine's day party at school.
Surprisingly I got a letter
with a list of stuff they could
bring in and one choice was
chocolate chip cookies.
The other cookie mixes I'll use
to work on the Betty Crocker cookie
mix contest when it rolls around again.
.
I ended up giving Kendra theespresso maker we got the other day.
We really have no use for it
so would rather see it go to a
good home where someone will use it.
------------------------------
9:45am
This doesn't look good across the street.
They are digging up this lady's
yard. Don't know why as I haven't
talked to her in awhile.
She's in her 90's so doesn't come
out much in the cold weather.
All I see are dollar signs all over
this project with heavy machinery involved!
Worrying me as we could be next
with whatever went wrong over there.
One street over has all the yards
down the street
dug up with holes in them
and fencing around them.
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I'm ready for a little sunshine
and warmer weather.
This time of year is so depressing.
Cooped up in the house
staring at a pile of doctor bills.
And they keep on coming.
Makes you depressed, not feel
like doing anything other than
going back to bed.
Got one kid who now has a cough.
I just cringe at sniffles, coughs
and fevers. He did go to school today
so that's good.
As for myself I just sit here.
Can't get motivated to do anything.
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11:35am
Decided to go paint part of the bathroom.
I did around the doors.
I won't say anything so will
see how long it takes for anyone
to notice.
The original color on the walls
was a mix between white, gray
and maybe a tint of purple.
I want something that's
going to warm up the walls some
so it doesn't look so cold.
I think it works with the flooring well.
Glidden sent me a free quart of paint
so it's gonna cost me nothing.
The color is Cyprus Grass.
So I'm painting away in the bathroom
listening to the radio when I heard
this commercial for Lowes.
They said they have a $5.00 rebate
on Valspar paint. So if you were
one of the lucky ones to get their
recent paint sample with the $5.00
off coupon that means you could
get $10 total off that gallon of paint you need.
Now what to do.
I want the color Blonde by Sherwin Williams
but have $10 off Valspar at Lowes.
I tried once before to have them
tint my paint from another brand
of color chips and they wouldn't do it.
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12:45pm
They've still been digging away
in the neighbor's yard.
Looks worse and worse.
I'm gonna guess a water line.
The dirt pile is almost as tall as
a one story house.
Now take a look at the tree behind the digger,
go up to the first branch on the righ that
looks like an elbow.
In the elbow is a hole in the tree where
birds live.
Zoomed in with camera-
I see Sparrows AND little
black birds coming in and out
of that hole.
I'm sure they are freaked out
by all the commotion.
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1:30pm
Well I spoke too freakin' soon,
must've jinxed myself.
Ya know you would think
someone would say something
about digging in your front yard,
or at least tell you what is going on.
Nope!
Now I got another worker
wandering around the yard walking
up between our house and the neighbors.
Getting worried.
Will our yard look ok come Spring & Summer?
Then I peak out the door and
there's an ambulance sitting
at a neighbor's house up the street.
Too much action around here today!
Couldn't they've done this yesterday
when the kids had no school.
This would have kept them entertained!
.
Just noting this backhoe is sitting
on our sidewalk should they
crack or damage it.
Also noting the yellow fluid
leaking from it.
.
Ain't this such a pretty picture
out our window,
and in our side yard.
Most utility companies are out front
like gas, water & sewer.
And just think,
this is where the bus stops
in the afternoon!
I'm ready for a little sunshine
and warmer weather.
This time of year is so depressing.
Cooped up in the house
staring at a pile of doctor bills.
And they keep on coming.
Makes you depressed, not feel
like doing anything other than
going back to bed.
Got one kid who now has a cough.
I just cringe at sniffles, coughs
and fevers. He did go to school today
so that's good.
As for myself I just sit here.
Can't get motivated to do anything.
----------------------------------
11:35am
Decided to go paint part of the bathroom.
I did around the doors.
I won't say anything so will
see how long it takes for anyone
to notice.
The original color on the walls
was a mix between white, gray
and maybe a tint of purple.
I want something that's
going to warm up the walls some
so it doesn't look so cold.
I think it works with the flooring well.
Glidden sent me a free quart of paint
so it's gonna cost me nothing.
The color is Cyprus Grass.
So I'm painting away in the bathroom
listening to the radio when I heard
this commercial for Lowes.
They said they have a $5.00 rebate
on Valspar paint. So if you were
one of the lucky ones to get their
recent paint sample with the $5.00
off coupon that means you could
get $10 total off that gallon of paint you need.
Now what to do.
I want the color Blonde by Sherwin Williams
but have $10 off Valspar at Lowes.
I tried once before to have them
tint my paint from another brand
of color chips and they wouldn't do it.
----------------------------------------
12:45pm
They've still been digging away
in the neighbor's yard.
Looks worse and worse.
I'm gonna guess a water line.
The dirt pile is almost as tall as
a one story house.
Now take a look at the tree behind the digger,
go up to the first branch on the righ that
looks like an elbow.
In the elbow is a hole in the tree where
birds live.
Zoomed in with camera-
I see Sparrows AND little
black birds coming in and out
of that hole.
I'm sure they are freaked out
by all the commotion.
------------------------------------
1:30pm
Well I spoke too freakin' soon,
must've jinxed myself.
Ya know you would think
someone would say something
about digging in your front yard,
or at least tell you what is going on.
Nope!
Now I got another worker
wandering around the yard walking
up between our house and the neighbors.
Getting worried.
Will our yard look ok come Spring & Summer?
Then I peak out the door and
there's an ambulance sitting
at a neighbor's house up the street.
Too much action around here today!
Couldn't they've done this yesterday
when the kids had no school.
This would have kept them entertained!
.
Just noting this backhoe is sittingon our sidewalk should they
crack or damage it.
Also noting the yellow fluid
leaking from it.
.
Ain't this such a pretty pictureout our window,
and in our side yard.
Most utility companies are out front
like gas, water & sewer.
And just think,
this is where the bus stops
in the afternoon!
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2:15pm
Just had a neighbor about 4 doors
down on the other side of the street
call me. She like, "What in the
world is going on down there?"
I'm like, "Beats me, your guess is
as good as mine."
She wants me to look out for
her grandson who also gets
off the kids bus. Wants to make
sure they don't linger around
all this heavy machinery.
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8:30pm
Maybe I shouldn't have eaten
chili dogs for supper tonight.
We had supper at 5:30,
it's now 8:30pm and I still feel
stuffed and bloated.
You know that feeling when
you hit the buffet and your ribs
hurt, well that's how I feel 3 hours
after eating!
Tony took us over to his work
to show us what another maintenance
guy found today beside a dumpster.
We've been wanting an exercise machine
to start working out. Something
that worked the upper and lower body.
Tony asked me if it was something
we could use and I said yes.
So hoping to bring it home tomorrow.
I want to set it up in our living room
so whoever is working out can watch
tv at the same time.
I did a test run on it and it felt
weird once I got off it.
It felt almost as though I was
still on it when I walked and
had a spring in my step, lol.
My internet and phone is acting
up once again. Things are not loading
on our computers and the phone sound
like it's under water.
Here's a picture of one like
it I found.
It has a screen with
all kinds of readouts
and a fan.
some tv. Can't stand this internet
acting up at the moment and nothing loading.
I didn't get to see this video but it
appeared to be something similar
to the exercise machine we're getting.
It's a ProForm XP 110 Elliptical.
Oh, one more thing before I get off here,
no one has yet to notice I painted
part of the bathroom!!
It's funny how paint looks different colors
during certain times of the day.
During the daytime it looks like a
light yellow and at night it looks
like a light green.
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9:50pm
Oh goodie, got a kid that keeps
coughing and now has thrown up
because of it.
Just what I want to do at almost 10pm
is carpet clean.
Trying the home remedy of rubbing
Vicks all over the bottoms
of his feet and putting socks over them.
Supposed to curb the cough, we'll see.
Also have the humidifier going
and gave him a does of Zarbees
natural cough syrup with honey.
Was supposed to take mom
back to the dentist tomorrow
but it doesn't look like I can.
Probably will keep Jonathan
home from school.
I feel like throwing in the towel.
It's always something!!
There's got to be a light at
the end of this dark tunnel!!!!
Because at the moment I can't seem get ahead.
