Today was a budgeting day. I had done the grocery shopping with my $90 budget last night but I still had the $20 I gave hubby to go to Albertson's, a chain grocery store. They had some lost leaders in their ad that were good deals that I wanted to get, staples that we would use.
I started off the day by not sleeping well last night. Our debt load was just too great and I was constantly waking up with the the singing of "You move 16 tons and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt." over and over again. And I kept waking up between 2 and 5, listening for Frank to get up and go to work. Worried about him oversleeping again and getting fired from this job. It's working for him, they have long term temp workers, some of them have been there over 2 years. So it's a hard physical job but he seems to be doing ok. I just am worried he is going to try to tell them how they can do better or mouth off and get fired. I'm not sure why, just past experience with Frank. So I worry.
At 530am, Frank had left half an hour earlier, I was awake and I talked to God. I told him I couldn't handle this by myself and I was making myself crazy. I was turning all this over to Him and I needed Him to show what He wanted me to do. Then, because I still couldn't sleep, I sat up and turned on my nightstand light to read. But hubby woke up and said it was bothering him, so I got up, put on his robe and went downstairs.
I sat and read for a long while, letting the rattie boys out, they were really active. Then I got on the computer and watched Netflix. DeWan, our daughter's cat that lived with us, came over a few times and I cuddled with him and held him. Eventually, I let him go out.
I was waiting for hubby to get up and then I would go upstairs and get ready to take him into work before my therapy session. But he got up with the alarm and his stomach was upset, so he decided to stay home until after my therapy session. I went, talked to Steve, and came home.
He was ready when I got here. I decided to take him into work so I could take the car and go to Albertson's myself instead of trying to get him to do it later in the evening. So we stopped at Kum and Go, got drinks, and found out their summer sale of $1 any sized drink was over. But that's ok, we are long time customers and I will just start bringing in my cups to refill again.
I dropped off hubby at 1130am and went to the grocery store. I had my ad and the things I wanted to get. When I walked in they had an in store special of kidney beans, black beans and diced tomatoes for 50 cents a can. These are all staples that we use in several dishes so I got 4 diced tomatoes, 2 kidneys and 2 black beans. Then I got some chex mix snack for $1. It was a good sized bag that would have cost me over $3 in Kum and Go. Then I found the aisle with the Mac n Cheese, but they were out, so I got a rain check for 8. They were on sale for 50 cents each when you buy them 4 at a time. Rice-a-Roni was on sale for 75 cents each when you bought 10, so I got 10 of them, mostly different varieties. And Frank had asked me for frozen entre meals to take into work that he could microwave, and they had Zap 'Ems for 50 cents each. I got 10.
It all came up to $17.50. And I was happy. This will help me with meals in the future. I took it all home and put it away. Then I had to turn around and go back to pick hubby up for his appointment at 130pm.
Today he had a nerve stimulation test at Dr Illig's office. I waited in the waiting room while he had it. He said they stuck a thin needle in him in several places and measured the nerves responses. We have an appointment with Dr Illig September 9th at 1030am to get the results of this and his over test. Then he will tell us what will happen next to fix hubby's herniated disc and pain.
Hubby dropped me off at home and we made a quick salad for lunch. I helped him get some packed up and taken back to work with him. Because he didn't go in until later and missed time for the appointment, he had to stay until 930pm to make up his hours.
Tonight I made chicken drumsticks and thighs for dinner. BBQ. I made some chicken Rice-a-Roni and french cut green beans. Frank and I ate at 630pm. Frank did the dishes and we packed up the food for hubby to eat when he got home.
I'm really tired but am still waiting up for hubby to get home. I will sit with him while he eats and then we will go upstairs. I'm hoping to watch a Project Runway Canada tonight.
Tomorrow I'm going to do some baking. I was reading a Joanne Fluke murder mystery called Blueberry Muffin Murder and each of her books has multiple recipes in them. There is a cookie recipe called Short Stack Cookies. It's a cookie that tastes like a short stack of pancakes with butter and maple syrup. I really want to try them and I have everything I need to make them.
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