2025 Frugal Friday File, June 20...

 

1.  Doctor appointment Wednesday.  Afterward I left them a pint of my blood; sadly, they just throw it away.  This is a pretty regular thing for my "condition".  Though in the past I have always felt fine afterward, this time I did not feel good, and felt pretty wrung out Thursday as well.  I don't remember having that reaction before, but I'm drinking extra fluids (as I have been for the past week).  I'm not upping intake of red meat or green vegetables, because I don't need any more iron, that's why I had to give up the blood in the first place.  Have to keep the amounts pretty consistently balanced since I'm also on blood thinner for yet another "condition". 

    Essential self care is frugal when it reduces the risk of organ damage (in my case).  My mother had lost eighty percent of her liver function before she ever went to the doctor.  They never diagnosed her with what I have, but since they can tell that I got the same mutated gene from each of my parents, I suspect that she did, since liver damage is a not-infrequent result, and mom was essentially a teetotaler.

2.  I have not given up Sonic ice, but I've given up getting it from my local drive-in where the customer service is sorely lacking.  I only stop by ones in other communities when I have a valid reason to be there.  That means the frequency and ice outlay has been drastically reduced.

    (Attention Gina:  this is one of those times my mother would say, "You would bite off your nose to spite your face!)  😉

3.  Today is book club, and this time it is in the city.  Carpooling with friends.

4.  Saw a new book is coming out in September that I know Carey would like.  I don't want to pay full price for pre-ordering, so I added it to my book wish list on Amazon so I won't forget about it.  I'll cross my fingers that it is on Amazon First Reads, but if it's not I'll see if the library will order it, or barring all else I will get it for him for Christmas.

5.  Menu planned and placed grocery order.  Easier to resist takeout when a plan is in place and groceries in the pantry/fridge.

This week we ate:

Saturday:  Chicken Burgers and leftover Tomato Pie

Sunday:  Sunday family supper at Kasey & Beau's

Monday:  Spanish Rice    

Tuesday:  **frozen eggplant parmesan w/ salad

Wednesday:  takeout Schlotzky sandwiches

Thursday: grocery store sushi

Friday:  potluck for me, baseball park hot dogs for C

**designates meatless meal