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Friday, April 4, 2025

2025 Frugal Friday File, April 4...

 

1.   Found the motivation to make a menu and a grocery order.  

2.  Prepared a full 6-quart slow cooker full of Rudy food on Tuesday, refrigerated it overnight, then packed it in containers for the freezer.  We mix it with his kibble, so it lasts about six weeks.

3.  We did our research and went car shopping.  Found one we wanted, but made the mistake of sleeping on it.  Called back the next morning at nine to ask them to get it ready for us, but it was gone.  I take complete responsibility for this.  If our car didn't have a valid reason that it can no longer be counted on to be reliable, we would not even be considering replacing it right now.  And I've just not been in a place to deal with the insanity behind, and the results of, tariff panic right now.  But as a result, still no money plunked down for a car.

4.  At medical appointment this week, my weight was down another five pounds.  That's about 40 pounds down since I retired two years ago.  I still drink one or two sodas a day.  We almost always have ice cream in the evenings.  I am not dieting. No pharmeceuticals.  I'm just not eating convenience foods five days a week like I did when I was working.

5.  This week I was unexpectedly invited to join a book club for their April brunch next week.  I was told I didn't need to read this month's book, but I wanted to understand the gist of discussion, and the book was Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister which has a time travel element (which I love when it's done well).  I looked online for a cheaper copy, and also checked the library without luck, but I didn't want to cut it too close, so I splurged, paying $11+ for ebook on Amazon. 

    I'm trying to be more social, and this book club is one a current friend has been a member of for many years.  She's having the brunch at her house, so I shouldn't be too anxious about walking into a new location.  I'm counting the cost of the ebook in the 'self care/personal growth' column of the budget.  :)

On the menu this week:

Saturday:  Family supper at Kasey & Beau's

Sunday:  homemade meal from the freezer - Enchilada Casserole

Monday:  frozen pot pies

Tuesday:  out for fried frish & shrimp

Wednesday:  Sushi (grocery store) and Asian Cucumber Salad (homemade) 

Thursday:  Shepherd's Pie

Friday:  Salmon, Rice Pilaf, Green Beans

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

What I'm reading Wednesday...

 

Seventeenth finish of the year.

I stayed up all night reading to finish this one without even getting drowsy.  May not be for everyone.  There were a lot of tears, but there was a WHOOP of laughter that I don't think I will soon forget.

Best book of the year...so far.


Eighteenth finish of the year.

Told in verse is not my favorite kind of reading, so I didn't have any in my personal collection yet to be read.  I looked at my library, and on Amazon.  I was able to borrow this one through Kindle Unlimited.  It is YA (Young Adult) which I usually don't read.  I thought it was very good.  There was a surprise towards the end of the book that I was not expecting.

It is listed as having 253 pages, but being in verse they were not densely-filled pages, so it was a relatively quick read.


Now I have started on...

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