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Happy first day of school!!! Can't wait to read all the paperwork that gets sent home today..not!
Tonight I will prep food for the week. Boil eggs etc. I think dinner will be ceaser salad and bits of this and that pulled from the freezer. I know we have cooked steak and chicken in there.
Nat-just curious but why can't you turn on the heat? We have needed to start ours this weekend too with low temps in the early morning.
^ Oh, it's possible, but that would be giving up! It's just crazy to think of putting the heat on this early, that's all.
Our furnace just got inspected this morning after the flood. They red flagged it to be replaced and a note about being toxic or something like that. Dh took pictures of the flag, we will send it to out PDAP adjuster tonight. The entire furnace replacement should be covered by the province because we were declared a state of desaster, we just don't know how long it will take before they replace the furnace. A lot of furnaces are being replaced due to the floor and sewer backups. We do have one good area heater from when I was in university, plus running the oven and the dryer will produce some heat. It is starting to get cool outside and colder in the forecast.Quote:
Originally Posted by saundyl
I feel that one day, I'll be one of those people dropping $300 on groceries because we are out of everything or I'm unable to leave the house for some reason and DH has to do all the shopping at the specialty grocery store across the street because it's convenient and there are very short lineups. Right now, our tiny freezer is full of meat we should probably sort through for inventory.Quote:
Originally Posted by lilo0003
I caved to the Sunlight Power Core deal, only because my brother needed laundry detergent. I have been getting rid of our Resolve supply because it doesn't seem to work for me, so he's been slowly taking that as well. Yay, a cleaner laundry room, which DH likes. He dislikes my stockpiles, especially anything on the floor.
@Giseledta : Was the popcorn ceiling removal difficult and did you have to do any work afterwards? Someone told me it was expensive, so I've never asked as we've had other priorities to fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Giseledta
Grabbed the last 6 jars of sauce at Foodland on my way home from work at lunch. Redeemed $10 in airmiles. Received 100 airmiles back and paid $1.95 cash (change from bottom of my purse :) ) Will add to the foodbank box tonight along with pasta I have.
Posted my Tide pods for sale. Apparently they are terrible to use, don't dissolve in coldwater as they claim and the plastic is getting stuck in water pipes. Manufacturers are telling distributers this now. Glad I didn't stock up too much.
It's been an expensive weekend. We purchased two beds for LO and the new sibling, DH bought the most expensive mattress in the store because it was the model the owner brought home for his kids. The bed place would not give us an additional $25 discount because it was per address. He didn't ask for our address though, which seems to imply that it's a discretionary discount. We were tempted to just walk out with one bed since he wasn't willing to give us the discount, but my brother was there to help us move them, so we saved on a delivery charge or the bother of removing two car seats next year. The bed sits on slats, so it should fit into a small car easily. We felt badly about having my brother come all the way, but we did get a chance to have lunch and talk afterwards. He also cleared my stockpile of a lot of toilet paper and paper towels, so the storage room is a little emptier.
We were tempted to go to Ikea because the salesman was so grumpy, but I don't think they have solid wood beds in a twin size for a similar cost.
Now, home insurance is set up to be paid in November, and I'll need to pay the phone bill. I think that's it for now!
DH has always been paying the car insurance himself, but if I calculate my portion back to 2011, that's money we can put into the new baby fund. Hooray! We can finally start that now!
Ask for a rain cheque they are normally good for 1 month and hopefully it works out to your 10% Tuesday dayQuote:
Originally Posted by Angela273
I also made the call to RBC to get a quote on home and car insurance. It was $1500 more than we currently pay now. No new discounts on our home insurance, so I just agreed to pay the renewal price. I try to call around each year, but haven't found anyone that can come any lower on our insurance since 2009. I'm not sure that I will keep looking in future since it's been seven years.
I've been told they've discontinued our insurance policy for new customers, but will keep it active for the customers who have it.
I also must call the shoe store about LO's new shoes. Somehow, they gave me two different sizes.
I have the house back to myself....yippee....
2 loads of laundry are hanging outside, ground beef is thawing for homemade burgers on the bbq, my coupons have all been cut, sorted and in my binder.
I will meal plan tonight for the next 2 weeks as I don't plan on doing any big shops unless it's free or nearly free EXEPTION I need to stockup on toilet paper this month (hopefully).
I'm happy to declare that our garage is decluttered, items were taken the re-use it centre yesterday as well dh went though his items in the storage/stockpile room and got rid of quite a bit....so I will leave him alone.
I want to rejig some items in my stockpile to have them more accessible and better organization, perhaps later this week. I will admit I do know what I have on the shelves, pantry and freezers so that helps in eliminating waste and purchasing items when not needed.
Wishing everyone a wonderful day
Ha too funny, My husband and I had a furnace disagreement yesterday, I refused to turn it on just on the principal of giving in to the cold weather we are having!!! It just seems once it is turned on winter is the next step!! I dug out t fleece for him and he complied!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Natalka
It is going to be a frugal week, just going to IGA for 15% Tuesday to get the air miles on the Purex toilet paper. We have zucchini, cucumbers, fall lettuce, carrots and acorn squash, dill and chard ready to eat in my raised beds and I was gifted a huge bag of potatoes from a friend's garden, so we are set for at least a week. I need to empty my freezers into coolers and defrost before hunting season starts, we did marinated goose breasts on the barbecue last night and they were delicious. Hoping the rest of the month is frugal and we can keep eating from the garden and freezer!!
I don't know how you do it, being sleep deprived with little ones is so tough. Hope you can catch better nights sleep tonight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Angela273
I finally cleaned up my stockpile in the basement too and feel much better knowing what we have and don't need!Quote:
Originally Posted by jasperandchar
I finally received coupons for Dove shampoo so will stock up on that when the sales and PC PT offers line up! My teen boy is worse then a girl in the hair product dept. I tell ya!
-hubby loves his bus run -yeah for that as last year his run was awfull(not the kids but the traffic) and he has been doing it 7 years now
-I stained the gate this morning early before the heat -my stomach feels crappy and still a sore throat-a small bug I presume so hubby went and bought me tim hortons chicken soup -all my freezer stock was used up -when better will have to make more soup
-now just relaxing inside today