These next few weeks are all about saving money for me. I've been working really hard to put any extra money towards paying off my two credit cards (they're really not that high of balances, I just hate debt). I will have them paid off within two months. Honestly, my issue with spending money is at the grocery store! I know we've got enough food to last us for well more than two weeks, we've just gotten so used to eating what we're craving that day rather than what's in the house. I need to get us back to when we used to only spend $50 (max $75) on groceries each week. How the heck did we used to do that?! I seriously just spent $200 on groceries. For TWO people. Granted, it included some medications and popsicles, but still. $200...yikes.
My next paycheck is going to be minus 2 1/2 days though...I sprained my finger (while seriously taking my pants off. Yup. Darn straight legged jeans.) and went to the doctor for 1/2 day to get it x-rayed, then the other two days are due to Tim. He's had a lot of chest pain lately, so his doctor ordered a bunch of tests and we went up to Traverse City last week for the day, then this coming Thursday, he's getting all of his wisdom teeth out....good grief, I swear our family is falling apart. Oh, and I had strep throat this weekend as well. Thank goodness we decided to pay more this year for the better option of insurance! This whole past weekend was spent on the couch. And in the tub. I felt awful. I definitely watched my share of movies!
This was my view while watching "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel" haha. I think kitty was wishing she could dance during this part. Excellent movie, so is the first one!
Gesine Bullock-Prado's recipe for scones I made since I had heavy cream that was expired...I tried experimenting with adding blueberries and raspberries which you can see are the ones on the right-Note to self: don't try to make a recipe better that's already great :)
I'm working on creating a menu for Valentine's Day for us, and so far I have mashed potatoes and pudding haha-I probably picked the worst weekend for him to get his wisdom teeth taken out :)
I've read two books this past week. And it feels awesome. The first was a recommendation by a coworker, "Room", by Emma Donoghue. I'm sure you've seen the trailer for the movie; but if not, it's about a woman who gets kidnapped at 19 and is held in the guy's storage shed in his backyard for 7 years. She has a son, and this story is told from his perspective, at the age of 5. I took this book with me to the hospital last Thursday and finished it that night. It was excellent.
The second book I started after work yesterday and did not move off the couch until I finished it at 11pm, "Me Before You", by Jojo Moyes. I had seen the trailer for this last weekend; and when I saw it was a book, immediately put it on hold at the library. I got the email notification that it was in right after work yesterday and immediately went to get it. Ugh, what a GREAT book. I definitely cried. This is about a 26-year-old girl who just lost her job, and ends up getting a job caring for a 35-year-old quadriplegic. She lives an ordinary life, and he used to live life to the extreme but now cannot. After working for him for awhile, she secretly learns that he has decided that he wants to die in 6 months, so she sets out to show him that life is still worth living. Seriously a great book. And I just found out there's a second book! I'm sure it won't be as good as the first book, but there's nothing better than actually being able to read how your favorite character's are doing after. When I like a book, I normally just buy it immediately off of Amazon, but since I'm trying to save money, I put it on hold at the library instead. Honestly, it's kind of fun waiting in anticipation for it!
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