Whew - busy week last week. Grandkids, Daughter, Friends, Work; those four kept me hopping! I'm hoping for a quieter week to come (but not counting on it 
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We managed to get my co-worker Buddy mostly moved into his new house yesterday - I had to take a couple hours off to run grab the boys - but we already had the furniture and most of the other stuff loaded in the U-Haul by that time. Luckily, one of our co-worker's daughter had some young male friends who were looking to earn some money, so they did most of the heavy lifting while the rest of us packed and toted smaller boxes/items out. We sat the things Buddy no longer wanted out by the road with a free sign and all but one chair disappeared pretty quick.
Based on the stack of boxes on the kitchen island, sometime in the chaos of last week I managed to add 2 cases of 'cooking' soup (cream of chicken, cream of mushroom) to the pantry, a case of chicken noodle soup in case of illness/colds, and a case of assorted condensed bean/pea soup for Hubby's lunches as well. The local grocery store had Campbell's Chunky soup on sale in it's midweek ad for $1.19/can and I had 4 - $1/4 cans coupons, then was able to print 6 - $1/5 cans; have added 21 cans of that to Hubby's soup stash so far and will try to use up the other 5 coupons prior to the sale's end on Tuesday. I have to admit to feeling guilty feeding him processed soup, but if he likes it and isn't complaining, then I'm not going to complain too much either I've assigned Hubby a 4' length (2' depth) of one end of the 2nd highest shelf in the upstairs pantry for his lunch items - I can't see what's up there, but he's a foot taller than I am so can easily see and reach whatever he puts on 'his' shelf.
I hit 2 different Dollar General stores on the way home yesterday - one grandson was riding the float from his church based after school program in yesterday's parade and was supposed to bring 2 bags of candy to toss but I'd sent 8 in case some of the other kids didn't have any; they ran out before the end of the parade... So, armed with a $5 off $25 coupon for each store, I picked up 6 bags at one store and 7 at the other (good thing I got conned into that overtime shift last week) for him to take to this week's parade. Last week's parade was for a festival that drew in a ton of out of towners; this week's is Homecoming so there will be fewer people - maybe the candy will last the whole route!
Once I get my (and the boys') laundry done today, we will head to daughter's to put together beds, hook up appliances, and unpack at least enough kitchen boxes so that she has pots 'n pans to cook in - I bought a giant package of paper plates and some paper bowls to get her through until she can get dishes and things set to rights. I plan to escape by 3pm so that I can hit the pool before it closes at 5pm.
A quick peek at Buddy's newspapers yesterday showed a $1 Purex coupon, and both CVS and Walgreen's have it on sale for $1.99 this week, so I will pick up as many jugs as I have coupons for - I'm going to be able to clear at least one shelf in the utility closet in the basement by taking the scented detergent I pick up for daughter to her house, so will have room for the Purex.
Other plans for the week ahead:
Pool Monday/Thursday/Friday mornings
Work Tuesday/Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday
Snacks to school Monday?
Can applesauce Thursday/Friday
Parade Thursday afternoon
Football game Friday
Make a pot of cheesy chicken veggie soup or chili to carry in lunch
Pull dried beans and put in basket in basement stairwell to shell
Gather zinnia and bee balm seed
Flag garlic so it doesn't get tilled under
Gather more persimmons
Start switching out boys' summer clothes for fall/winter
Dang, I think I need to go take a nap now
Take care all; stay safe, stay happy!
)We managed to get my co-worker Buddy mostly moved into his new house yesterday - I had to take a couple hours off to run grab the boys - but we already had the furniture and most of the other stuff loaded in the U-Haul by that time. Luckily, one of our co-worker's daughter had some young male friends who were looking to earn some money, so they did most of the heavy lifting while the rest of us packed and toted smaller boxes/items out. We sat the things Buddy no longer wanted out by the road with a free sign and all but one chair disappeared pretty quick.
Based on the stack of boxes on the kitchen island, sometime in the chaos of last week I managed to add 2 cases of 'cooking' soup (cream of chicken, cream of mushroom) to the pantry, a case of chicken noodle soup in case of illness/colds, and a case of assorted condensed bean/pea soup for Hubby's lunches as well. The local grocery store had Campbell's Chunky soup on sale in it's midweek ad for $1.19/can and I had 4 - $1/4 cans coupons, then was able to print 6 - $1/5 cans; have added 21 cans of that to Hubby's soup stash so far and will try to use up the other 5 coupons prior to the sale's end on Tuesday. I have to admit to feeling guilty feeding him processed soup, but if he likes it and isn't complaining, then I'm not going to complain too much either
I've assigned Hubby a 4' length (2' depth) of one end of the 2nd highest shelf in the upstairs pantry for his lunch items - I can't see what's up there, but he's a foot taller than I am so can easily see and reach whatever he puts on 'his' shelf.I hit 2 different Dollar General stores on the way home yesterday - one grandson was riding the float from his church based after school program in yesterday's parade and was supposed to bring 2 bags of candy to toss but I'd sent 8 in case some of the other kids didn't have any; they ran out before the end of the parade... So, armed with a $5 off $25 coupon for each store, I picked up 6 bags at one store and 7 at the other (good thing I got conned into that overtime shift last week) for him to take to this week's parade. Last week's parade was for a festival that drew in a ton of out of towners; this week's is Homecoming so there will be fewer people - maybe the candy will last the whole route!
Once I get my (and the boys') laundry done today, we will head to daughter's to put together beds, hook up appliances, and unpack at least enough kitchen boxes so that she has pots 'n pans to cook in - I bought a giant package of paper plates and some paper bowls to get her through until she can get dishes and things set to rights. I plan to escape by 3pm so that I can hit the pool before it closes at 5pm.
A quick peek at Buddy's newspapers yesterday showed a $1 Purex coupon, and both CVS and Walgreen's have it on sale for $1.99 this week, so I will pick up as many jugs as I have coupons for - I'm going to be able to clear at least one shelf in the utility closet in the basement by taking the scented detergent I pick up for daughter to her house, so will have room for the Purex.
Other plans for the week ahead:
Pool Monday/Thursday/Friday mornings
Work Tuesday/Wednesday/Saturday/Sunday
Snacks to school Monday?
Can applesauce Thursday/Friday
Parade Thursday afternoon
Football game Friday
Make a pot of cheesy chicken veggie soup or chili to carry in lunch
Pull dried beans and put in basket in basement stairwell to shell
Gather zinnia and bee balm seed
Flag garlic so it doesn't get tilled under
Gather more persimmons
Start switching out boys' summer clothes for fall/winter
Dang, I think I need to go take a nap now
Take care all; stay safe, stay happy!
I got a call from CVS yesterday to tell me that my prescription was ready; guess I'll stop by and see what he put me on to replace it 