Posts by michelle524

Over the weekend, I gave away 41 magazines, returned a bag of books and a box of records, cleared 2 piles of paper, 2 piles of work stuff back to the office, 26 dvds and cds sold, 1 cardboard box used for shipping and one big wad of...

With Thanksgiving a few days away, I'm getting ready for the leftovers! Is it possible to freeze the already cooked turkey meat? We usually end up pitching some b/c it goes bad before we can finish. Also, do you make a soup with...

11/18 - No spend I had to go to a Baptism Luncheon yesterday and I bought a card and put $20 in it, but I'm counting it as no spend b/c I took it from the gift budget. I bought mints for myself, but I'm taking that out of my mad...

Quote: Originally Posted by ajohnson45 I think I've reached my goal, and some. My goal was 450. I had a proffesional organizer come over and we unloaded sooooo much junk. We rearranged 2 of my kiddos rooms, organized...

UGH. We had friends over last night for dinner. They always want to cook, never want to get take out. In fact, they are often snotty about take out, as thought it's beneath them. Well, now the woman in the couple is preg and guess...

Quote: Originally Posted by SugarAndSun UUUHHH! I am so mad. I left my wallet in my shopping cart at the foodstore and someone took it before I got back and took the money out of it. : Man, I wish I got a coffee first,...

We got the pizza last night. I finally tallied my receipts from the last 10 days. Here's where I stand: $23.73/$50 mad money $319.81/$300 groceries $174.06/$200 eating out Not sure what else I was tracking. We will go over...

Since my last post, I've gotten rid of 8 pantry items. Tonight should be good. I have friends coming over and they will be forced to take back their big box of records and big bag of books that are in my garage. Also, we give them...

Please - someone stop me from ordering pizza tonight!!! DS has been screaming all afternoon. He's got some "digestive troubles" and a wicked diaper rash now on top of it. He can't stop going and everytime he does it must...

Well, if your first 2 priorities are meal planning and home up-keep, here's what I'd suggest (of course, I just b/c a PT WAHM from being a FT WOHM, and my kid's only 10 months, so as you can see, it's been a year of change for me and my...