October Frugal Chatter - Harvest the Savings

[Frugalbigmama]

well whatcha waiting for.. get on er.. u know once you get going.....
i was the same yesterday... then i just started. got so many things done..
today is garbage/recycle day. can't wait to clear the living room of all that junk..

Work gets in the way lol. Will start something tonight

[MrsSunshine]

dang work eh...
oh gosh, thats ok.. i was just teasing ya..

[Angela273]

oh and my guys love smoothies now too so I try and mix it up for them so they don't get bored of the same thing everyday.

My 13 month old son loves my strawberry fruit smoothie. It's handy right now because he isn't eating much since he got sick on Friday.

[Angela273]

A school just called and booked me to teach this Friday morning in a Grade 4 classroom. It is a .59 day at that school. The interesting thing is that this October is the first time that I have taught at this school and it happens to be the school that is closest to my house. They have booked me for 6 separate days this month...my busiest school so far this fall. Hopefully LO is feeling better by then because he will need to be at daycare that morning.

[cath007]

I had second inspection they see nothing changed in their head,I have explain the change i made and that i have no helps they dont care and they where so arrogant,problem with familly and my pc broke...i want to be in bed again.......

[cath007]

no stockpile is allowed,not behind a window if they have to destroy it,and anywhere,i will have to get rib of my stuff...so much efforts ruined

[Frugalbigmama]

I know lol. I wish I could spend 2 weeks at home just to get stuff done but I like to use my vacation time to vacation lol

dang work eh...
oh gosh, thats ok.. i was just teasing ya..

[MrsSunshine]

whats a .59 day??

well was supposed to go and get milk...
instead i conquered my sons room.. well started to anyway..
im really hoping to get him on board with getting of 3/4 of everything.. he only really needs his bed, clothes and computer..
theres probably 1000 lbs of metal (speakers, wheels) yes he has issues.
i thought tonite was garbage night.. so now its all still sitting in living room, until tomorrow *sigh*
well at least will be fully prepared.

[cath007]

I could certainnly take vacations right now if that was possible

[MaddensMomma]

Well got done 2 appointments today, lunch done and cleaned and tidied up the house (with the exception of the dining room table which DS has crafts sprawled out all over).

Going to list a couple things on my Facebook free groups and a couple on Kijiji I no longer need and get veggies ready for spaghetti tonight since it will be a quick dinner after getting the new car back from the shop when DH is done work.


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[coupon girl]

tonight left over turkey /French fries -just got back from target -really saved using their coupon and mine saved 33.43-gotta love that savings-stopped into see my moms girlfriend she is 70 had a nice chat a couple cups of tea

[Frugalbigmama]

whats a .59 day??

well was supposed to go and get milk...
instead i conquered my sons room.. well started to anyway..
im really hoping to get him on board with getting of 3/4 of everything.. he only really needs his bed, clothes and computer..
theres probably 1000 lbs of metal (speakers, wheels) yes he has issues.
i thought tonite was garbage night.. so now its all still sitting in living room, until tomorrow *sigh*
well at least will be fully prepared.

Good Job! I hope to get something done tonight after I cook dinner and have a visit with my sister.

[Angela273]

whats a .59 day??

Teachers do not get paid by the hour. Since I am a substitute teacher my pay is based on the portion of a day worked. The school that booked my to teach only needs me to work during the morning. The length of their morning is worth .59 (or 59%) of a teaching day. I will get paid .59 of a day. The substitute teacher rate in this school division is based on a basic first year teacher's pay.
I hope that helps.

[Frugalbigmama]

Off home to start dinner. Butterflying boneless skinless chicken for the bbq with rice/perogies and veggies (cleaning out the fridge so onion, peppers, mushrooms and asparagus with garlic )
Enjoy the evening everyone! Hope to report later tonight that I got something extra done other then the regular daily stuff

[saundyl]

I seriously wish my kids would wake up and smell the coffee.. be a hell of a lot cheaper than buying bags upon bags of milk each week.. not too mention the family size ++ boxes of cereal they devour like its free..
then when dh goes for breakfast.. nadda..
someday they will see the light!!

anyway.. i guess im going back out today to pick up some more groceries.. anyone know where i can find a money tree to plant in my backyard

The boys go crazy over cereal and milk here. We limit them to 1-2 glasses of milk a day or they'd each drink a gallon of it a day rather than drinking water too.

heh Mama.. come November we usually do that.. dh bought these little anchor dishes with lids. he makes batches on Sunday.. fills them with berries, raisins, brown sugar.. take er or starve kids..
thankfully they are like their Dad and luv oatmeal.. me not so much i gag on it.
with them it seems if its not heated up or served on a plate to them.. they don't eat.. i would love to spend a sunday with them making these ahead of time just so they see how much work is involved but also how easy it is to grab one and eat.

I prefer red river cereal or "sunny boy" over Oatmeal

Yes, lol they think the food just magically appears ready to eat. I think my DS expects to open the fridge and have platters just ready to heat up and eat. My goal this fall is to get him in the kitchen more so he can be more self efficient.

Sometimes I'm the one in our house that opens the fridge and expects food to just be there....theres almost always leftovers of some sort in there for my lunch at noon!


I saw a pair of boots a the store today and i fell in love. I think it was a good thing i was cardless and cashless or there would have been a spur of the moment boot purchase made. I'm having a hard time now that I'm away from them justifying the extra 65 dollars in the budget for them.