Thankful for Savings - October 2014 Frugal chatter thread

[coupon girl]

ahhh wish your son a happy birthday nat -you and your hubby have raised a lovely young man

[sweet sparrow]

I voted first thing yesterday morning, not that it did much good. The useless counsellor got re-elected. Sigh.

I'm sorry you didn't get whom you wanted to see elected. Ithink all votes count though. Even if it's a spoilt ballot, those votes get counted too. You can never tell when it's going to be a close vote and maybe someday, it might come down to yours. Please don't give up on our voting system!

Thank you to everyone who made it out to make your voice heard on election day.

Busy day here today - it's our son's 23rd birthday, so I have a cake to bake and have to do some cleaning/clearing before he comes over for supper.

Gosh, these years have flown by SO quickly. Those of you with little ones, cherish EVERY minute! (yes, even the ones which are difficult!)

I had gone into the hospital the evening before he was born, for the first induction, but that didn't work. They put me on the drip the next morning, I was in labour all day, then had to have an emergency c-section because his heartrate was too low. All was fine, but the cord was wrapped twice around him - so very grateful all turned out well! He was born just before 6 p.m.

The Sunday when I went into the hospital, we had walked over - our apartment building was just a field over, so we walked over green lawn.
However during that Monday, it snowed and snowed - it was absolutely crazy how much piled on through the day - so much so that my Mom couldn't come travel to see us til that Wednesday, and my sisters a few days later.

So here's my boy, as a little one and now:

Happy birthday, Milan! What a cutie when he was little. Awwww!!

I keep telling LO to stop getting older, but she is being very disobedient in this. Soon, I won't be able to pick her up anymore. She is getting heavier and heavier.

[Frugalbigmama]

We are disappointed with the way the election went here too At least we voted and tried for a change.

[Crochetlady]

Happy Birthday to Milan. Such a cutie!

Went to London to see the kidney specialist this morning. He was mostly pleased with my progress. Had to get more bloodwork for the water intake study. We stopped in Dublin for lunch but the restaurant was full so we just came home. I`m still having a lot of pain so I`m off to bed.

[cdngal75]

TGIF- I am like SA and feel the need to have lots of money saved. I don't have any debt so this works for me.

No debt, that's awesome. Can't wait til our mortgage is paid off so I can say the same thing

[jasperandchar]

Natalka Milan is very handsome, enjoy your birthday celebrations this evening!

[jasperandchar]

Crochetlady hope you feel better, hun - take care of yourself!

[jasperandchar]

Still looking for name suggestions until tomorrow night (Wednesday October 29th)

[jasperandchar]

Hi All,

The new back door is in , dh just needs to put more spray foam on the inside (between the shims & 2x4's). Dh is going to locate the wood that he will be installing as the outdoor trim around the door, I will bring them inside so that they dry out and I can stain them and then he can put them up.

The inside around the door is a whole other story, dh needs to do some drywall work, trim etc but Jaden's future bedroom is a much bigger priority so the door stuff will get done over the winter or so that's my plan .

Having ham tonight for supper and whatever leftovers is they are no in the mood for ham.

Dh is picking Jaden and his friend up from football for the next few days, last game is Wednesday.

As well tonight Jaden and his buddy will be getting a drive by dh to attend a free movie night at school (free movie, free popcorn) and bring a drink from home, he said they are selling drinks at the movie/school but I'll bring 1 from home so I don't have to buy 1 . They are slowly realizing that everything costs $ and $ doesn't go that far .

Well off to get started on a few things before Logan gets home.

PS tonight is Jill's wedding from 19 kids and counting starts at 8PM - folks, can't wait.

[MrsSunshine]

Im SO glad you reminded us of Jill's wedding. i forgot..
busy day today. was off to my parents early to sort through their root cellar. got half done, they keep all their christmas and canned stuff in their.
2 bags to our church bazaar, one bag to donation. small pile for me. will add to it tomorrow.
came home to clean up house. fix it guy coming in to do some work.
if i have the energy going to make some banana loaves tonite.
otherwise i'll just relax and do laundry while watching tv.

[coupon girl]

-crochet lady take it easy
-well we watched the funeral in hamilton today on t.v(chch)nathan cirillo-it was beautifull I shed a tear or two

-then I went over to fortinos wanted to take advantage of shopper and fortinos points this week as they were awesome ones that were sent to me
-then after I went to the bank and donated some of the money I made off kijiji yesterday(from my old fall /winter coats)(in trust for his llttle boy-marcus)
-it feels good to donate
-thanks for the reminder cant wait to see jll's wedding tonight 8-10.00 -gee I have to babysit and getup and leave by 600a.m hope it doesnt make me tired on Wednesday oh well hubby is coming over after his morning run at 9.30 he will play with her and I can rest for a bit

[momof5boys]

Wow, I can't believe one particular person got voted to serve Toronto again.....do people have such short memories in the East lol Rainy day here on the west coast - feeling rather blue and need motivation. Thankful for a warm home and low costs to heat!! Our gas consumption costs actually went down for this winter - how rare is that!

[Frugalbigmama]

Didn't have a plan for dinner and starting to not feel well and almost picked up takeout. But skipped that to make something. Had buns left from weekend so put potato puffs in oven ( free Cavendish) pulled homemade burger patties from freezer and sliced up cucumber for veggie. Everyone is happy. Took a whole chicken out of freezer and have defrosting. Will get ready for crockpot in the morning. Will serve with mashed potatoes, gravy and fresh asparagus sautéed with garlic. All on hand so no shopping needed.

[momof5boys]

not sure where to post name ideas for November.... November Frugality

[momof5boys]

Good morning, everyone!

Busy day here today - it's our son's 23rd birthday, so I have a cake to bake and have to do some cleaning/clearing before he comes over for supper.

Gosh, these years have flown by SO quickly. Those of you with little ones, cherish EVERY minute! (yes, even the ones which are difficult!)

I had gone into the hospital the evening before he was born, for the first induction, but that didn't work. They put me on the drip the next morning, I was in labour all day, then had to have an emergency c-section because his heartrate was too low. All was fine, but the cord was wrapped twice around him - so very grateful all turned out well! He was born just before 6 p.m.

The Sunday when I went into the hospital, we had walked over - our apartment building was just a field over, so we walked over green lawn.
However during that Monday, it snowed and snowed - it was absolutely crazy how much piled on through the day - so much so that my Mom couldn't come travel to see us til that Wednesday, and my sisters a few days later.

So here's my boy, as a little one and now:

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So wonderful! Is he a mechanic? I have one mechanic and one in training to be a mechanic Nice to have handy sons eh?