I have to take a variety of meds in the morning within about 10 minutes of waking up. And have tp eat while taking them.  I have been pre-cooking breakfast sandwiches but I get very tired of them and my cholesterol levels have risen a little bit so I need to cut back on the eggs. It needs to be something I can prepare ahead of time and put ...

LindaC-You might also want to consider having a small propane powered camp stove. But great idea about manual can opener.  I think I need to get one. re-tired

Since this s just chatter--I don't have anything to wear for Christmas!  Since I have lost this weight, my Christmas outfit from last year swallows me!  We went Sat afternoon to try and find something but it was not successful.  I wanted a t-shirt type top with something festive on it but they were all for size 4 or 6.  ...

I was surprised when I opened my electric bill today and it was $175.  Ususal winter bill is around $110 or lower.  Then I remembered we have been having 70 and 80 degree weather the last 6 weeks so I have been running the a/c. Our gas bill was reasonable at $58. I am opposite of you BB.  Health issues mean my house has to stay ...

DH finally has a day off so it's date day for us.  Soup and salad at a local restaurant f or me and a ham sandwich fr him ( he LOVES their ham sandwiches).  Then just some running around together.  Probably ride around looking at Christmas lights tonight.  We may stop at the dollar store to see if ceramic mugs are on ...

Just put on a big crockpot of taco soup and will make a pan of cornbread to go with it. re-tired

Hopefully the most difficult and spendy thing today is getting the car washed. I finished lmy Christmas baking last night. Whew. re-tired

I didn't budget anything extra for the month.  I have made it work by using up nearly everything in my freezer by the end of the month.  But that is kind of what I try to do each year.  Start over with my meats and frozen veggies etc. My HBA budget was under this month but the extra went to dog food.  I bought a bigger bag ...

Baked chicken, mac n cheese, green beans. re-tired

I spent $65 at the store today but that should finish us up for the year except for a package of steak.  I got canned chicken (20 cans), milk,cheese, beef bologna, MiracleWhip, bread, brown nserve rolls, olives, sweet relish, canned beans, cherry tomoatoes, green onions and 4 BIG packs of jerky for DH for Christmas.  I had coupons for ...