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How We Are Going To Spend Our Stimulus

UPDATE: I have to apologize to everyone who left comments the past week while I was doing the pantry. I never checked them and when I looked a while ago I was surprised at how many there were. I just wanted to let you know that I have responded to them all.   

Have you thought about how you are going to spend your stimulus? I am sure there are as many answers as I have readers.

I realize that some people who have been laid off from work will use it to try to survive. I pray for you and your families every day.

I have seen people say they are going to save it.

Since it is meant to stimulate the economy, we are going to spend it. I will tell you how we are going to spend it and you can tell me what you are going to do with it. 

Hubby and I were pretty prepared for this pandemic. For that I have to thank a Mormon online friend and a couple of friends from Arizona. I always kept a small pantry but nothing like I do now until I learned how the Mormons did it and why they did it. It made a lot of sense to me.

So in Arizona, I started keeping a moderate sized stockpile. I did not have a freezer when we lived there because the only place we had to put it was in the garage and with temps from 100 to 125 from March until October, it would have cost a fortune in electricity to run it. So I only had the freezer in my refrigerator. When we lived for 34 years in Eastern New York, we had a large freezer in our basement and that saved our family of 4 a lot of money on meat, veggies, fruit, French fry’s, and ice cream because I always bought these things on rock bottom prices.

When we moved back to New York, we purchased a 7 cu ft. freezer figuring it was big enough for the two of us which most of the time, it is. However when it dies, I will buy a larger one. Hubby helped with getting shelving for the pantry.


Getting back to being prepared, we were. When everyone was looking for toilet paper, we had it. We had masks, disposable gloves, and some sanitizer but not much. I had lots of Lysol and Clorox wipes but no Lysol Sprays. All of these things were purchased many years before the pandemic. I am an asthmatic so I have always kept a few masks. I am severely allergic to dust which is another reason we keep them. I always kept a little Purell near the sinks in our home and a small one in the car. But I only do this in the winter. So when it looked like we were going to get many cases of this virus, I was able to snag 4 bottles of sanitizer at Walmart. I shared one with a son and his family. The other son said he needed none. 

We had plenty of food and an almost full freezer when this virus hit because of my stockpiling. We have eaten a lot of it since.

So we will spend it to replenish our freezer and stockpile. I have learned through this pandemic where my holes are in the pantry so I have a handle on what I should be stockpiling. That way we will be prepared again if the virus comes back next Fall or Winter or if there is some other emergency. 

Being in the high risk category, we will wait until it looks safer to even think about restocking. Right now, as you all know, it is difficult to get a pickup or delivery order. At least it is here. A lot of things are out of stock. So we will do the best we can when we can actually safely shop again.

I finally finished moving everything back into the pantry yesterday as you can see in the photo above.
It was huge job which took me a week. But now I am inventoried. That will help me a lot when it comes time to restock.

So I am curious, how will you be spending your stimulus? Feel free to leave a comment and share with all of us. 

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Walmart Grocery Pickup

I picked up my grocery haul about 10am. I don’t think I was in the parking space for more than 5 minutes when they brought it to the car. It is quite the system they have. Seven of the items I ordered were out of stock including my Skinny Pop popcorn but at least they had Hubby’s snacks. I did get myself some Quest protein chips. Also I have to get credit for the yellow pepper. When I was cutting the peppers up into strips to freeze, it was rotten. I am so thrilled with all of the produce! We were almost out of fresh veggies and fruits.

Not everything is pictured here. I got a bunch of personal care items and had already sanitized them and put them to sit around the soaking tub in the bathroom.  As you can see I got messed up when I was stacking it so the popcorn, Popables and Grooves are in a couple of pictures. I spent a total of $211.51.

I woke up very tired this morning and am completely exhausted now. By the time I got done sanitizing all the items, washed my clothes, and sanitized everything I touched in the car, garage, and house, I was beat. I feel like I need a nap but since it is almost 3PM, I will just go to bed early tonight.

Hubby finished the carpet on the right hand side of the wall in the pantry while I was out. So just the freezer area needs to be done when my son is able to come here again. 

So my plan tomorrow is to continue working to put everything back in the pantry including all the shelving units. I will take pictures when I get done.

What are you working on today?

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Well, The Best Laid Plans Didn’t Happen

I had planned on doing a long post this morning but Hubby had different plans for me today. I helped him put down the carpet tiles in the pantry. He still has a few small strips to fill in up to the wall on the right side.

Except for the area under the freezer, the floor will be done tomorrow. We need help from our son to move it and put the carpet tile down under it and then move the freezer back. Until this coronavirus is done, we will not see him.

As you can see I have been moving things back in slowly but surely. I am taking my time to make sure that everything is very organized and that I leave space for future purchases. We still have 3 shelving units to move back in when the carpet is done on the right. We also have two roll around origami carts on wheels to put back. 

So I have a lot of work ahead of me to get all of the food, HBA, and household goods back in the pantry. It will take me a few days especially since I am taking inventory of everything as I put it back to double check the numbers I have at the moment.

Also after almost three weeks of trying to get a Walmart pickup order I finally got a slot and I am picking it up tomorrow. I will show it to you and then wipe every item down and the counter I use to do it. Then we put it all on the breakfast bar and game table to dry and sit for a few days. Everything except for refrigerated or frozen items that need to get put away.

I will write the post after I take my shower and wash the clothes I have on to pick up the order. So it will be later in the day. 

So if I am not around for a while after that, it is because I am working very hard to get the pantry set up again.  Plus I will give Hubby some help measuring the last few tiles he has to cut.

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Happy Easter

Happy Easter to you all! I wish you all the blessings that go with this holiday. I know it doesn’t seem like the usual Easter with circumstances what they are. But try to enjoy it with your family that lives with you and make the best of it for your children. 

I will miss having grandchildren here and the Easter egg hunt that would have been. But we will have our own family celebration when we can all be together again.

We are planning on grilling filet mignon for dinner tonight. Having purchased a whole tenderloin last Fall when the price was $ 6.99 a lb. has allowed us to have this wonderful steak many times since. We are very blessed. 

I have been doing some more cleaning for spring. I have another 2 rooms done. Hubby hurt his back when we were washing the concrete floor in our basement. So he has been in too much pain to work on the carpeting. Hopefully, we will be able to get to it soon. 

I will be back with a longer blog post tomorrow. Enjoy your day!

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Tuesday & Wednesday – April 7 & 8, Our Frugality

I didn’t write yesterday because I was busy trying to get the rest of the windows washed and all of the window tracks and sills cleaned. Just look at those dirty tracks from this past winter. UGH. We have well over 20 windows in our home and it is quite a chore to clean all of them every year.

They are a lot cleaner now. The best part, they are all done.

Not only that but I didn’t have much else to say besides meals and exercise.

Yesterday, we ate sausage and eggs again for breakfast, no lunch, and chicken fajitas for dinner. I had mine in a bowl with a little sour cream and Hubby had his in a wrap. We were all out of peppers both fresh and frozen so we just cooked up onions with the chicken.

I did the treadmill and the bike yesterday and today. I need to stay fit. Sitting around all day is not good for me or anyone else.

We also spent a bit of time in the yard both days. Hubby trimmed back some rosebushes and raked some thatch in a few areas of the yard. We planned on having a fire in our outdoor fireplace but, alas, it rained. It just feels so good to get outside in the fresh air.

Last night I started a list of all of the items that we use on a regular basis for food, household products, and health and beauty aids. Since I know how much we use at a meal and how many HBA and household goods we use in a month, it was easy to figure out how much we would need for a year’s supply of items. I am still working on this list and will do more tonight. I want a complete list to shop from and watch for sales on those items after our country gets back to normal. 

As soon as all of my stockpile is moved back into the pantry, I will know how many items I need to buy to have a year’s worth. I had a few Mormon friends back in Arizona and I learned well from them. Because of them, I had more than enough food to get through this crisis even if I didn’t get a pickup and a delivery for fresh items. It will take a few months to replenish things.

Let me update you on the basement pantry. The contractor I called was out of town and then the coronavirus happened. So since Hubby was waiting to have the contractor put up walls, I decided that we don’t need them anymore. I already have two large walls and the stairwell cuts off one side. It is all framed in but I really don’t need the sheet rock. So that will be many $$$$.’s saved. Hubby decided to prepare the floor for the carpet tiles. I had vacuumed the concrete really well and he had filled a crack in there. But he said he wanted to wash the concrete floor really well before he did the carpet. 

So this morning, after I finished the last few windows, Hubby and I washed the floor in the pantry. We just have to wait a couple of days for the floor to dry and then Hubby can lay the carpet tiles everywhere except under the freezer. We have to wait until our son is able to visit us again to move the freezer so that Hubby can do that. But that is only a few squares. I only have a 7 cu. ft. freezer. It will be much easier to move when it is emptier too. 

In between all of these things, I have put new sheets on our bed and washed the sheets I took off of it. I also did my normal daily load of towels.

You all know that we hire a landscape company to take care of our property for us. We paid them for all of 2020 already because we get a discount if we do that. Well they called yesterday and they are coming on Tuesday to do the spring cleanup. They told us that because of only essential businesses(they are considered essential) being able to work, they could not get mulch. So they would not be able to top dress our gardens. Hubby told them that was fine. 

Fortunately, Hubby bought 9 bags of mulch last year when Home Depot had it on sale. So the day after the landscape company does their work, we will top dress the gardens. The landscape company doesn’t charge us for mulch till they see how much we need so that is more $$$’s saved.

Today, I had scrambled eggs and an avocado for breakfast. 

Tonight for dinner we had something that I haven’t had in a very long time. Diet Coke and pizza! Yes, we have worked so hard this week that I went off my diet for this meal. I think I have had pizza once in the last 13 months and one Diet Coke in 3 years. So this was a special treat. The pizza was homemade. I made a tossed salad to go with it. It was all delicious.

Hubby and I watched “Gorky Park” for entertainment. We had seen it before many years ago in the theater. I also have been watching a new You Tube Channel. I am always trying to learn new things. So I have been watching “Different Russia”. It is very interesting to see how average people live there. 

Tonight is my usual Wednesday evening telephone call with my sister which I am looking forward to.

I hope you are all still healthy and safe. I hope you have a terrific evening.    

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Frugal Doings – April 6

These are the things we have done today:

– Even though I was terrified to go out today, I did. We had 4 prescriptions sitting at the Pharmacy that needed to be picked up. I went to the drive thru and used vinyl gloves to put the payment in the tray and take the package from the cashier. Then I put the gloves in a ziploc to throw away when I got home. Next I sanitized my hands.

– Next I put on my mask, goggles and a new pair of gloves because I needed to go to the gas station to fill up the car and a gas can for the lawn mower. I keep hearing about these low gasoline prices. Ours was at $2.35 a gallon. I had no gas points because I have not been shopping. I was happy to see that everyone was social distancing their cars(this was at 8:30am).

– When I was done I put all of those items(except the goggles) in a large ziploc to dispose of when I got home. I put the goggles in a separate bag so that I could clean them at home.

– When I got home, I disposed of the garbage and took the drugs in the house to sit for a few days before we touch them again. I took the gasoline can out of the car and wiped the handle with a Clorox wipe and anything else I had touched on it. I wiped down every door handle inside and outside that I had touched, the gear shift, the remote for the garage door, the window lock that lets you put the window up and down, and the visor.

– Then I disinfected the door knob inside and outside of the house that I had used ans sanitized my googles and washed my hands really well. Next it was time to take a shower and put on new clothes. The clothes I had been wearing including my coat went immediately into the washer. Since I had three loads to do, I used the dryer today except for 5 things that I never put in the dryer. I sanitized each load. 

– Then I made a nice breakfast for Hubby and I. We had sausage and scrambled eggs with melted cheese. I cooked up the entire roll of sausage so we have enough for two more breakfasts. I love cooking once and eating 2 or 3 times. It saves time and energy.

– At breakfast I told Hubby I am not going out again until this virus is mostly gone. I was terrified that someone would be on top of me at the gas pump. Fortunately that was not the case. We both now have 90 days or more of drugs. If we run out of cleaners, we will substitute. If we run out of a food item, we will substitute or go without. If I can’t have it delivered, we are not getting it.

– Hubby and I did the breakfast dishes and then he went outside to move our grill and furniture out of the shed onto the patios. Then he moved the snow blower into the shed. Next he mowed the lawn. We had so much rain that it was getting very long. Our lawn doesn’t look too bad after the winter. Hopefully they will come soon to fertilize it.

– While Hubby worked outside, I worked inside washing windows and doors. I did about 1/4 of them. We have a lot.

– We have lowered our heat about 2 degrees at night and during the day, although in the daytime, it doesn’t run too often right now. Hopefully in another 6-8 weeks we can shut it off.

– Hubby got our Cable TV, Internet and Telephone bill online yesterday. They raised us $30. a month saying the discount plan we were on had expired. I am not happy that we are now paying over $200. a month so will be rethinking it. First I will try to get it lowered.  

– We are having the same dinner that we had the other night tonight. We always eat our leftovers. To throw them out is such a waste of money. So here is my plate from the other night; spinach and a lamb chop. I am hungrier today, so I will probably have 2 small lamb chops instead of 1.

– I placed an order with Amazon two weeks ago. It has been coming piece meal. Hubby had mentioned that he wanted something sweet and salty. So I got the above pictured cookies and Cheez It assortment for him. UPS just delivered it. Hubby is very happy. 

– Tonight, I will watch some You Tube and Hubby will watch some TV.

That is it for today. How is your day going?  

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People Are Under a Lot of Stress Right Now

We are all feeling the stress of what is happening to our country right now. I do, you do, and so does everyone else. It is hard not to when you know that there is a virus out there that can kill you.

I am seeing a lot of fear that is being caused by You Tube videos, the media, the underground, my state leaders (one of whom has his mug on TV every day), and many other sources. They are all trying to control you. 

When people can’t have control, they get frightened. It is natural for you and I to want to control our lives and that is not happening right now. 

So what you do to cut down on your stress and fear is to control what you can control. Turn the news off! Don’t have it on day in and day out. The only news we watch here is the President and his task force once a day. If we happen to miss it, we know that we can catch it later on You Tube. Other than that, we just look at the NYS map online to see how many new cases there are in our area.
 
We don’t watch the underground and the conspiracy theorists on You Tube. They love to incite fear.

We go about our days the way we always have but without leaving the house. I actually have taken this time to spring clean my home. This is the time of year I would be doing it anyhow. When the sun is shining like it is today, it gives me the perfect mood to work on it. I put on some music we love and we go about our day. Hubby isn’t sure when our landscaping people will be allowed to come so he is doing a little trimming outside himself. Both of these things keep us busy. Mindless work is good for everyone. 

I always cook a nice meal twice a day and I continue to do that. Last night we had a sheet pan meal of loin pork chops(Hubby had been begging for pork chops) and potatoes. I actually have not eaten a potato in over 13 months. They tasted so good. All I did was put the chops and the large diced potatoes on a greased sheet pan. I seasoned everything with olive oil, salt, pepper, oregano, and parmesan cheese. I roasted it all in a 400 degree oven for 40 minutes. The chops were thick but everything came out perfectly done. The loin chops were so juicy because I coated them with the olive oil before I seasoned them. We chose not to have anything else with it. The chops were so big that we only ate half. It will make a nice brunch today. We have big salads a lot for brunch which we did yesterday so we had our daily allotment of veggies. 

Another stress reliever for us is to watch movies, work on a jigsaw puzzle, read a book, do some crossword puzzles, or play a card or board game.

A big stress reliever for me is to exercise whether that be the bike, treadmill or with a video. I always feel so much better afterwards.

On the nice days, we try to get outside in the yard. Yesterday we sat outside for a bit and watched the neighbor kids enjoying a game of catch. It was nice to see kids outside playing and enjoying themselves. 

If you are working from home, go outside with your kids during your free time or lunch time. Take a quick walk. They need to get outside after being cooped up all day doing their classes online. 

I have lived a very long time. I am on my way to mid 70’s. It’s a rough time for our country but we have been through many rough times before. Americans are resilient and we will get through it together! 

Many people are unemployed temporarily. Many are being paid to work from home and many who are being paid are not working at home. Many people have seen their 401K’s and their savings  tanking. We all have different circumstances. But we all are praying and hoping that there will be an end to this soon. That this nasty virus will peak and then eventually go away.

Thousands of healthcare workers go to work everyday to help the sick. They are the real heroes here. Their selflessness is to be praised. I pray for them every day.

There will be an end to this. The country will get back to normal. Our economy will recover and we will get back to our normal lives. Of that I am sure. 

So if you haven’t already, open your curtains and blinds, let that beautiful sunshine in! Get outside today and breathe in that fresh air.

I am hoping you all have a good one!

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The Things We Have Learned Because of This Virus

Those of you who have only kept a few days to a week of household cleaning products, water, and food in their homes have learned that you can’t do that. You always need to be prepared for an emergency. 

Our supermarkets, warehouse stores, and even Super Walmart only keep on average a 3 days supply in their stores. You saw what happened when people who had no stockpile went to the stores. They stripped everything. Many items have never really recovered. As soon as toilet paper or other necessities are put back on the shelves, they disappear again. It has caused the stores to put limits on items. It also has caused prices to go up because the demand is so high.

So those people who had a stockpile to last you for months were all set. Those people who didn’t went into panic mode. 

I know there are people who will say that they make so little that they can’t afford to stockpile. But anyone can spend $1.00 to $5.00 or more if you have it to stock up each week. Buy a few extra cans of things. Buy 2 or 3 bags of frozen veggies. After a number of months doing this, you will have a stockpile started. 


If you are paid working from home, you are not losing any money unless there is a chance that you will end up being furloughed after a while. So really think about spending the money the government is sending you to build a stockpile so that if this happens again or any emergency does, you will not be caught unprepared again. 

Even my sons have made fun of my stockpile over the years but guess who had to run out and buy food. Yup, one of them. Because they only bought a week’s worth of food, toilet paper etc. at a time. He couldn’t believe that he couldn’t find chicken or pork anywhere. Guess who was laughing then!    

This virus will eventually go away. I pray that will be sooner rather than later. However there is a good possibility that it will come back in the Fall or Winter. Get your stockpiles built so that you will be prepared!

I know some will say they are worried about doing that because they don’t want to waste food. If you spend the time to rotate(last in put in the back; pull your items from the front), you won’t waste anything. Arrange your freezers so that you are using the oldest first. I rarely find anything expired and even if I did, I realize that sell or best buy dates don’t mean much. Many things keep for a very long time.


That said, I found gaps in my stockpile. Things that I never thought about. So take the time while you are sitting home now to make a plan of what you need to get and where your gaps are. An example for us was Distilled Water. Hubby sleeps with a C Pap machine. I had just purchased 2 gallons of it when he opened that last gallon he had. That was just before the shelves got stripped. I never even gave a thought to buying more than that.

Well what happened is people, who found that the regular water had been depleted, purchased all the distilled water knowing they could drink it. It has been hard to find ever since. My sister told me her BIL couldn’t find it anywhere. People with these machines need distilled water. You can’t put anything else in them.  

I looked online quite a few places and couldn’t find it in stock. However, when I placed my Walmart pickup order, they had it, limit 2. I got those 2 because I can’t have Hubby run out and I don’t know how long this epidemic will last. You can bet that I will buy more than two when this is over.

I had many other gaps too. I will run out of Lysol wipes, paper towels, dish liquid and dishwasher tabs soon. I need to stock up on more frozen veggies. They can take the place of having to buy fresh every week or two. Many other items come to mind. The one thing that I had plenty of was meat. 

I pretty much know how much of things I use weekly and you most likely do too. So lets say you know that you use spaghetti sauce once a week. You want to stockpile for 6 months. So you would build your stockpile by buying 26 jars when you see a great sale or if you make homemade, buy the canned tomato and paste amount that you need. You can do this for every product you use. When you stockpile on sales, you don’t have to pay the price increases when something happens like this again.

I already have my list ready and will spend the money to fill in my gaps for the next time so that I don’t ever have to leave our home. 

So did you have gaps that you know you have to fill for the next time? Share with us what you ran short of.      

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Frugal Things – April 1

So it’s April Fool’s Day and I am sure there will be a lot of jokes out so there I won’t bore you with one. I am just happy that the nice weather seems to be coming. Sunshine and warmth would be quite welcome.

I ended my blog post without putting up a picture of my dinner plate last night. So that is the picture above. The filet mignon was so tender and delicious. Thanks to having some fresh things right now, I was able to saute up some mushrooms to go with it. Have I told you how much I love brussel sprouts? I could eat them for an entire week and I just might. Hubby cooked the filets in the air fryer to perfection.

Tonight, we finished up the package of hot dogs that we opened the other night. We do not want to waste any food so I keep on top of it. We have only enough chili left for two dogs. But I will dice up some onions, put out the mustards, and pickle relish and we will have our choice. 

For breakfast this morning, we had our choice again of scrambled eggs, bacon, and coffee cake.

Right after the breakfast dishes were washed, I went down and did my walking on the treadmill. Exercise always lets me get my day off to a great start. It gives me so much energy. 

Hubby and I took a leisurely walk around our property seeing what trees are budding up and the flowering bushes coming to life again. It looks like everything weathered the winter well. Our neighbor has beautiful white and purple crocuses in full bloom. It seems like it is a few weeks early for those here.

We also designed a plan to plant some more perennial flowers this spring.

Hubby watched a movie again this afternoon. I did some reading.

I watched our governor give a Covid 19 update. We have 56 cases in our small county with quite a few in our little town. The county 1 mile south of me has 582 cases. Both places have been blowing up the last few days. But we are nowhere near as bad as NYC. Having lived through many viral epidemics in my life I have never seen anything like this. I pray for all of the people who are sick and dying everyday. 

I treated our pipes with the above to keep them free and clear. We do this on the first of every month to keep Roto Rooter away. Since we have had clogs in the pipe going to the road more than once the last couple of years, we decided this treatment was well worth the cost.

Our shampoo bottle in the shower only had a little bit left in it so I put a new one in it. I brought the other bottle out and turned it upside down near the kitchen sink. I am using the last few drops to wash our hands. 

I also cut the top off the toothpaste tube and will be scraping up the last of it to use over the next few days. Waste not want not.  

Tonight, my sister who lives in the southern part of NY will be calling for our usual Wednesday evening chat. Her family were coming to visit on April 13th for a few days and I cancelled them to protect them and us. Hopefully, in a few months, they will be able to visit. I haven’t seen her in two years. 

What did you do frugally today?

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Frugal Things March 31

These are the things frugal and not that we did today:

– With the guidelines to stay home another month because of the coronavirus, I figure the grocery stores will get stripped again this weekend. So I decided to place a large pickup order. Because the Instacart people walked out in various places, I was not able to place a pickup or delivery order at my local chain grocery store. That just leaves us with Super Walmart pickup. I had not been able to get a slot for a Walmart pickup for the last 2 and 1/2 weeks. So I tried a few times yesterday and was finally able to get one. This morning I picked up an order of things like fresh produce, dairy, a boneless ham, some bread products for Hubby, and some other things. No one seems to have flour and I am very low. I would rather bake bread but was happy to be able to get some bread. I think we now have enough for the month of April. If I forgot something, my neighbor will pick it up for me. I don’t mind them getting a little something when I need it but I don’t want them to have to shop for a large order for me especially when stores have limits. 


– I unbagged everything in the garage, wiped the items down with disinfectant, and brought them into the house to sit on our game table for a few days before I put them away. Only exception was the frozen items that needed to go in the freezer. Then I disinfected the car(steering wheel and signals, gear shifter, door handles, etc) and disinfected the doorknob that I used to come in the house and threw the box that I had the pickup guy put everything in into the recyclable bin. My hands were washed really well a number of times and the counters in the kitchen were sprayed and I let them dry. I will do the same to the table when I move the items into pantries. I know how infectious this disease is and I am very, very careful. 
  
– Hubby wanted deli meats and Walmart had none available except the ones you have sliced at the deli. I did not want to get those for many reasons. So I bought a boneless ham that we sliced on our meat slicer. Some was put in the fridge and the rest in packages in the freezer to use a package at a time. It isn’t the variety that he would have liked but he does love ham. 

– I spring cleaned a guest bedroom today. I even did the windows on the inside. I was happy to get all of the dust off the ceiling fan.

– Hubby and I had dentist appointments scheduled for the beginning of April which weren’t going to happen. The office manager called and rescheduled us for mid May. Let’s hope that we will be able to do that. Our dental plan was for just one year and is up in June so we need to get this done. Time will tell.

– When I was spring cleaning I found the above. Do you remember the Slob Sisters? I think I got this back in the 80’s. It’s a cleaning and organizing system. It’s very old school! I think I will listen to the tapes starting tomorrow while I am on the treadmill. I am not sure that we even own a VCR anymore. Then I will either sell it or give it away. 

– Meals today were our choice of coffee cake, eggs, and/or bacon for breakfast. We ate no lunch. Hubby will be grilling filet mignons in the air fryer oven. I bought a whole filet at the end of the summer for either $ 5.99 or $6.99 a lb. We sliced it up so that we would have a number of meals. If you have never done a nice steak in the air fryer, you are missing out. They are delicious. Hubby will have a salad with his and I will have brussel sprouts left from dinner last night.

– I got my exercise on the bike for 30 minutes.

– The sun is finally coming out after a few days of rain. I am hoping it stays out for a few days. It’s so much nicer spring cleaning with the sun shining. 


– Hubby watched some “Manifest” shows. He also loves the show ” Home Town” which he has been binge watching. I think he is enjoying the scenery of the city of Laurel, Mississippi. That is where his father was born. 


After I got done cleaning, I took a much needed nap.


That is it for today. What did you do today which was frugal or not? Please feel free to tell us in the comments.