Yay we went grocery shopping today - its been like FOREVER since we did a proper shop.
We must have spent a fortune going to the shops every day to find something for dinner that night........ so to aid our new budget/get out of debt plan I put my foot down and demanded (asked - pleaded - begged) DH to go shopping with me this morning.
I EVEN planned a menu for the next 2 weeks AND made a shopping list AFTER checking our pantry and fridge/freezer! WOW Man I am GOOD hehe
Anyway the best bit?
We spent ONLY $280 All up - for 2 weeks worth of food for all 9 of us! (I say ONLY cos we were spending $30-$50 each trip to the store and we were going daily!)
This amount is all fruits and vege, meats and grocery and cleaning items - even catfood!!
I am soooo proud of us (espec myself lol)
I will need to go get milk and bread each 2 days but I will get DH to pick that up and only give him enough money to buy those items alone - he is better disciplined than i am in that respect. (Let him loose in a hardware store and thats a different matter!)
So now I am just going to finalise what meals we will have this week and then i might even be very brave and try link it to Lauras Menu Plan Monday (www.orgjunkie.com)
Wish me luck!!
xoxo
Monday, February 4, 2008
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Busy little bees...
Its been a busy busy day here, although i still didnt get as much done as I was planning/hoping/wanting to. (I am my own worst critic)
I guess the fact that DH and I didnt roll out of bed till half past ten wasnt exactly a roaring start LOL
But the bed was soooo warm and comfy :o)
I did manage to find the dining table again (It WAS under that big pile of crap in the middle of the dining room like I guessed)
We loaded heaps more stuff into the trailer ready for the tip run tomorrow and the pile out the back ready to take to the charity shop is getting bigger by the minute.
We bought a small cupboard from The Reject shop to serve as a games cupboard and The Actress kindly went through all our board games and worked out which ones were complete - we threw the incomplete ones away. That in itself was a major achievement for me as normally i would have kept them - yep you guessed it - just in case!
Tomorrow I need to do our bedroom - I cheated a little today and put piles of stuff in there that I just couldnt decide what to do with - so I need to work some more storage solutions out I think.
DH's mate should be here tomorrow with his dingo mini excavater and I am sooo excited to see something being done around the yard. I just wish we had stacks more money so we could get it all fixed up nice. I know it upsets DH a LOT that we have been in the house for 4 1/4 years and the place still looks like it does.
Tomorrow I also want to do a menu plan, do some grocery shopping, start eating healthy, get my budget up and running properly and continue with the housecleaning.
I have an appt to go back to the gym tomorrow afternoon - that is SO gonna KILL me but I know I need to do it.
Well its getting late so I will say goodnight and hopefully have good news to report tomorrow (as in YAY I got off my butt and actually did some things on my to do list!!)
Night lil bloggie xoxox
I guess the fact that DH and I didnt roll out of bed till half past ten wasnt exactly a roaring start LOL
But the bed was soooo warm and comfy :o)
I did manage to find the dining table again (It WAS under that big pile of crap in the middle of the dining room like I guessed)
We loaded heaps more stuff into the trailer ready for the tip run tomorrow and the pile out the back ready to take to the charity shop is getting bigger by the minute.
We bought a small cupboard from The Reject shop to serve as a games cupboard and The Actress kindly went through all our board games and worked out which ones were complete - we threw the incomplete ones away. That in itself was a major achievement for me as normally i would have kept them - yep you guessed it - just in case!
Tomorrow I need to do our bedroom - I cheated a little today and put piles of stuff in there that I just couldnt decide what to do with - so I need to work some more storage solutions out I think.
DH's mate should be here tomorrow with his dingo mini excavater and I am sooo excited to see something being done around the yard. I just wish we had stacks more money so we could get it all fixed up nice. I know it upsets DH a LOT that we have been in the house for 4 1/4 years and the place still looks like it does.
Tomorrow I also want to do a menu plan, do some grocery shopping, start eating healthy, get my budget up and running properly and continue with the housecleaning.
I have an appt to go back to the gym tomorrow afternoon - that is SO gonna KILL me but I know I need to do it.
Well its getting late so I will say goodnight and hopefully have good news to report tomorrow (as in YAY I got off my butt and actually did some things on my to do list!!)
Night lil bloggie xoxox
Saturday, February 2, 2008
They want more WHAT??
The following is a true story lol
Over the summer months the majority of our meals are light and very casual. Sandwiches are very common as are BBQ'd meat and salad. Sometimes we have cold meats (Ham, Devon etc) with salad or even just toasted sandwiches (jaffles)........ all in all anything that requires little cooking and is easy and quick to put together.
This summer has been no different....... until tonight........ DH is at work and I was TRYING to get our room cleaned up so I just popped some chicken tenders (strips) and fish fingers in the oven and got totally lazy and decided to go get some hot chips from the takeaway shop to go with them. (Bad bad mummy)
So I dish up the kids dinners.......... they come a'runnin........
They stop.............
and look...........
A collective "oh"
Me: Wassup? You guys not hungry?
The Actress "Oh its ok, I was just hoping for veges with it"
Sporty "Yeh me too"
Ms Sarcasm: "At least some Peas..."
Drama Queen: "And some Brocolli and Beans..."
WHAT THE?????
Oh talk about making mum feel 2" tall!
My children are asking me where their veges are - NO ONE warned me about this...... in fact no one I know has ever been faced with this problem.
Me: "Umm sorry kids - we will have veges tomorrow - I promise"
So I spoke to DH on his dinner break at work and told him about my parental failures........ he laughed and said we will have to make sure they get their vege fix over the next couple of weeks.
They say that the apple doesnt usually fall far from the tree........ but remembering my anti-vege days as a young girl........... these apples have rolled all the way into the next field!
Oh well - guess I cant complain lol
(But I think I just did!!)
More news on the house make-over - DH offered to take me to IKEA tomorrow and I was soooo excited but then I remembered that The Actress has to work from 12-4pm so there goes that idea. He also told me he has arranged for a mate from work to come by on Monday with his Mini Dingo Excavator to FINALLY level out the dirt in our back yard and hopefully do something with the front yard........... My first thought was OMG I have just tomorrow to clean the house before he comes by. (I hate people seeing our home for the first time in a big mess!)
SO I better snuggle down and get some rest - BIG day tomorrow
Night night my lil bloggie
xoxoxox
Over the summer months the majority of our meals are light and very casual. Sandwiches are very common as are BBQ'd meat and salad. Sometimes we have cold meats (Ham, Devon etc) with salad or even just toasted sandwiches (jaffles)........ all in all anything that requires little cooking and is easy and quick to put together.
This summer has been no different....... until tonight........ DH is at work and I was TRYING to get our room cleaned up so I just popped some chicken tenders (strips) and fish fingers in the oven and got totally lazy and decided to go get some hot chips from the takeaway shop to go with them. (Bad bad mummy)
So I dish up the kids dinners.......... they come a'runnin........
They stop.............
and look...........
A collective "oh"
Me: Wassup? You guys not hungry?
The Actress "Oh its ok, I was just hoping for veges with it"
Sporty "Yeh me too"
Ms Sarcasm: "At least some Peas..."
Drama Queen: "And some Brocolli and Beans..."
WHAT THE?????
Oh talk about making mum feel 2" tall!
My children are asking me where their veges are - NO ONE warned me about this...... in fact no one I know has ever been faced with this problem.
Me: "Umm sorry kids - we will have veges tomorrow - I promise"
So I spoke to DH on his dinner break at work and told him about my parental failures........ he laughed and said we will have to make sure they get their vege fix over the next couple of weeks.
They say that the apple doesnt usually fall far from the tree........ but remembering my anti-vege days as a young girl........... these apples have rolled all the way into the next field!
Oh well - guess I cant complain lol
(But I think I just did!!)
More news on the house make-over - DH offered to take me to IKEA tomorrow and I was soooo excited but then I remembered that The Actress has to work from 12-4pm so there goes that idea. He also told me he has arranged for a mate from work to come by on Monday with his Mini Dingo Excavator to FINALLY level out the dirt in our back yard and hopefully do something with the front yard........... My first thought was OMG I have just tomorrow to clean the house before he comes by. (I hate people seeing our home for the first time in a big mess!)
SO I better snuggle down and get some rest - BIG day tomorrow
Night night my lil bloggie
xoxoxox
Moody B*tch
Am I allowed to say that word here?
My blog so I say I can................
Who am I talking about? Why its ME!
Last night cheeky climbed into our bed and I tossed and turned for a while and thought if I stay here I am not getting ANY sleep tonight so I got up and went out to the boys room. There was no way I was climbing up into Cheekys bed (Top Bunk) - I had visions of it collapsing under my weight and poor Skinny Boy would be squashed. So I climbed into the bottom bunk with Skinny Boy and tried to go to sleep.
Problem was - we were at opposite ends of the bed so I ended up being half awake all night trying to make sure I didnt kick him in the head or squash his little legs.
So after all that I got stuff all sleep anyway...................... and man I woke up G R U M P Y !
I had so many plans for today, things I wanted to get done before DH went to work at 1.30pm... NONE of it was done - or even started.
Poor DH - he is so sweet.... he laid next to me on the bed and tried to cuddle me and cheer me up and all I could do was cry and glare at him.
I felt all "stereotypical" woman........... You know the drill........
DH "Whats the matter honey?"
ME "NOTHING!"
DH "So cheer up baby"
ME "I CANT, Im too UPSET!!!"
DH "So there must be something wrong. Tell me, what is it?"
ME "I dont KNOW!!!"
DH "Tell me what I can do to fix it and make you happy then"
ME "Oh you just DONT UNDERSTAND!!"
Poor guy lol
Looking back its almost comical... but the truth is I just felt so overwhelmed and I prob couldnt tell anyone exactly what was wrong. He asked me if he did anything wrong........ and I couldnt think of anything he had done or said that upset me........ yet I was feeling mad as heck at him...... Wheres the logic?
I feel so frustrated at the state of the house, that my get out of debt plan is not coming along as quick as I would like, I feel annoyed and frustrated at my weight........
And so I take it out on DH...................... Womans logic! Go Figure!
He starts holidays tomorrow for 2 weeks, he has worked the last 2 1/2 weeks straight so that may have something to do with it...... I am just telling myself to have a rest today (a rest from doing nothing - thats funny) and we can get stuck into the house and everything else over the next 2 weeks....
Sorry my little blog, I had to rant and rave and get those feelings out - maybe I can come back this afternoon and be much more positive and happy.....
bbl xoxoxo
My blog so I say I can................
Who am I talking about? Why its ME!
Last night cheeky climbed into our bed and I tossed and turned for a while and thought if I stay here I am not getting ANY sleep tonight so I got up and went out to the boys room. There was no way I was climbing up into Cheekys bed (Top Bunk) - I had visions of it collapsing under my weight and poor Skinny Boy would be squashed. So I climbed into the bottom bunk with Skinny Boy and tried to go to sleep.
Problem was - we were at opposite ends of the bed so I ended up being half awake all night trying to make sure I didnt kick him in the head or squash his little legs.
So after all that I got stuff all sleep anyway...................... and man I woke up G R U M P Y !
I had so many plans for today, things I wanted to get done before DH went to work at 1.30pm... NONE of it was done - or even started.
Poor DH - he is so sweet.... he laid next to me on the bed and tried to cuddle me and cheer me up and all I could do was cry and glare at him.
I felt all "stereotypical" woman........... You know the drill........
DH "Whats the matter honey?"
ME "NOTHING!"
DH "So cheer up baby"
ME "I CANT, Im too UPSET!!!"
DH "So there must be something wrong. Tell me, what is it?"
ME "I dont KNOW!!!"
DH "Tell me what I can do to fix it and make you happy then"
ME "Oh you just DONT UNDERSTAND!!"
Poor guy lol
Looking back its almost comical... but the truth is I just felt so overwhelmed and I prob couldnt tell anyone exactly what was wrong. He asked me if he did anything wrong........ and I couldnt think of anything he had done or said that upset me........ yet I was feeling mad as heck at him...... Wheres the logic?
I feel so frustrated at the state of the house, that my get out of debt plan is not coming along as quick as I would like, I feel annoyed and frustrated at my weight........
And so I take it out on DH...................... Womans logic! Go Figure!
He starts holidays tomorrow for 2 weeks, he has worked the last 2 1/2 weeks straight so that may have something to do with it...... I am just telling myself to have a rest today (a rest from doing nothing - thats funny) and we can get stuck into the house and everything else over the next 2 weeks....
Sorry my little blog, I had to rant and rave and get those feelings out - maybe I can come back this afternoon and be much more positive and happy.....
bbl xoxoxo
Friday, February 1, 2008
Who trashed my house?
Okay 'fess up'
Who done it?
My house looks like a bomb has hit it and i want an explanation!
I'm not fooling you am I........
Ok..... twas me..........
I have been re-organising
Well TRYING to :o)
I went and bought some tubs today at Big W and a $2 store and came home and got stuck in....
They are not the ones I REALLY WANTED but there are two reasons for that;
1. I wanted IKEA ( I LURVE IKEA) but IKEA is over an hours drive away
2. I couldnt afford anything better
I paid $2-$4 each for these ones so not too bad and they will do for now (famous last words)
The problem is I have pulled everything out of my linen cupboard and organised half of it......... then I started on our large Welsh Dresser........ pulled it all out and havent got far with that one either.......... then I started pulling everything off the bookshelves in the computer area........... can you see a pattern here? Yep thats right........ Im a 'starter' but I dont finish things before I start the next one LOL
Tsk Tsk - Im terrble!
But I promise over the next few days I will have it all cleaned up and take pictures to show you
Pressures on now........
Talk soon xxooxo
Who done it?
My house looks like a bomb has hit it and i want an explanation!
I'm not fooling you am I........
Ok..... twas me..........
I have been re-organising
Well TRYING to :o)
I went and bought some tubs today at Big W and a $2 store and came home and got stuck in....
They are not the ones I REALLY WANTED but there are two reasons for that;
1. I wanted IKEA ( I LURVE IKEA) but IKEA is over an hours drive away
2. I couldnt afford anything better
I paid $2-$4 each for these ones so not too bad and they will do for now (famous last words)
The problem is I have pulled everything out of my linen cupboard and organised half of it......... then I started on our large Welsh Dresser........ pulled it all out and havent got far with that one either.......... then I started pulling everything off the bookshelves in the computer area........... can you see a pattern here? Yep thats right........ Im a 'starter' but I dont finish things before I start the next one LOL
Tsk Tsk - Im terrble!
But I promise over the next few days I will have it all cleaned up and take pictures to show you
Pressures on now........
Talk soon xxooxo
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
BUT HE IS TOO LITTLE..............
*sniff*
Its been a hard day............
Its been an emotional day......
One of my 'babies' started school today...... my second youngest.... my little skinny boy
He keeps telling me "Im a big boy now mummy"
*sniff* I know you are sweetheart
................... b b b but your still my baby (more mummy tears)
Daddy made sure he was on afternoon shift this week so he could be there to take him everyday.... then brave daddy took the camera off mummy and took all the photos (mummy thinks its so no one could see daddies tears.....)
He looked sooooo adorable in his school uniform - it looked miles to big for him... the smallest size they had was a 6 ... a 4 would have been so much better. Well he will grow im sure lol
Anyway - he loved it, loves his teacher, made some new friends (but cant remember their names yet) and got a big kick out of seeing the Drama Queen in the playground at lunch time!
Poor Cheeky was devastated that his playmate went off to school without him - hopefully we can get him into a kindy (pre school) soon
Then I will be ALL alone (LOTS MORE MUMMY TEARS)
I missed you........
I feel so bad my little blog for not writing in you last night - Im so sorry.
I wish I could say it wont happen again but I am more honest than that and I fear it will LOL
Anyway, yesterday I felt like I was in and out the car all day - Mums taxi - thats me!
Thats my excuse for not writing - and Im sticking to it!
I will be back............. (thats your cue to run and hide.......)
xoxo
I wish I could say it wont happen again but I am more honest than that and I fear it will LOL
Anyway, yesterday I felt like I was in and out the car all day - Mums taxi - thats me!
Thats my excuse for not writing - and Im sticking to it!
I will be back............. (thats your cue to run and hide.......)
xoxo
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