How is it possible this year is half over:shock: .
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How is it possible this year is half over:shock: .
Morning Happy Canada day
I just put in an order to gap (if you use the code addon it gives an extra 15% off it worked for me today ,may work for others also)
I got my nefew,s little girl a 10.00 denium jacket reg 45.00
Cara a dress for her birthday in nov velvet 39.99 i paid 8.49
pair of legging for ashlyn old navy 1.97 yellow but hey great for spring next year
Teen age mutant ninja t-shirt for sebastian 29.99 i paid 12.49
Gotta love online deals and extra codes plus 12 % raketan back.I got back $3.86.
My son picked me up a larger folgers coffee from costco 9.99 as i never seem to find them on sale cheap anymore. know there was folgers coupons out there but none to be found .He said i didnt have to pay him ,nice son .So i gave him 20.00 to spend on the girls when they go away up north .
Good Morning Everyone,
WOW, half the year gone. As insane as life has been it does not feel like it should be July yet, I feel like it should be May.
Yesterday I cleaned the bathroom except the floor, Mom was still in bed and I know she has been having a lot of trouble sleeping lately so I did not want to wake her.
Then I cleaned out the fridge and we did some of our prep. Mom was helping me and using both sides of the sink so I still need to wash and prep all the new produce and I need to do some cooking today for the week. Last weekend I focused on my prep as we both weren't feeling well and I am pretty sure that was from not eating properly so I need to focus on having foods I can grab.
After cleaning out the fridge yesterday I think a few things for this week, found a few things that need to be used up.
Also still working on the budget, I am super happy, even with the convenience foods I have only spent about 60% of our grocery budget. Also shocking but true, I checked, we only had take-out once in the last 3 months :lol: , I am shocked. Now Costco is going to be the issue, I overspent but I think if I juggle a few things around all will be good. As much as I want to panic about it, I am also slightly proud of myself in a weird way because I haven't been restricting to not have to rebuy. Plus not to make excuses but to see that by spending a little more on groceries we did not have take-out is a win in my books.
Need to get moving and get things done. Happy Monday and Happy Canada Day everyone.
Good morning.
Out of bed at 5am but awake most of the night :yikes:. Not a good night last night. Oh well, today’s another day.
Dh and I went on a ride yesterday which was my first ride after being cleared by my PT. I did go longer than she recommended but I felt great. I was only supposed to go 8 km the first ride and build from there but we did 22.5 km :rolleyes:. Oops, sometimes I get my numbers confused ;)
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Resisted the temptation to go out to eat after our ride. Came home and helped clean out the fridge so that was a nice savings.
We’re headed to the gym in a few minutes and then the plan for the rest of the day is my FREE Starbucks, FREE gift from Sephora and my RMT appointment which is “technically” free due to insurance.
Hope everyone has a fantastic long weekend.
Thank you @lilo0003 for starting the July thread.
Time did fly this year.
@harbie , those photos are gorgeous. LOL on the 8 vs 22.5.
Found 10kg bag of sugar, forgotten in the Walmart parking lot. I probably haven't even eaten a single pound of white sugar over the last 30 years, but I couldn't bear to see it go to waste. So, I picked it up and began the 10k journey home. About 3/4 of the way home, I stopped into another Walmart and found that the paper sack was now leaking sugar all over the place. Sigh, try to do a good thing and be defeated by poor quality construction. I was hoping to parcel the sugar out to the neighbourhood. (I think that many of the grandmothers still bake for their grandkids.) Alas, I threw the mess into a nearby garbage can.
Things went from bad to worse. I came home to find that I had forgotten to turn off lawn-watering and left it run for 5 hours, as I walked. Most of it probably went down the storm drain. When it rains, it pours. What a waste. :(
I've been watching some jam making and canning videos, i don't want to use pectin and i like the instruction video from america test kitchen so far.
question for those who do canning, is it worth it? I'm only interested in canning strawberry jam at this time. TIA
Morning! Happy Tuesday!!
July already!!!! Have to cherish each summer day!!! Beach this week for sure. We plan to start going after work during the work week- It really is a great way to end the day!
Puttering in the garage this week is the plan. The bbq needs a good clean too to keep it looking nice and new. I have some boxes that I can go through and toss so that will free up some space.
I need to look at the calendar and plan some time off before it is October and I am trying to book 4 weeks of vacation time just for the sake of using it up.
Thinking a road trip is in order next week!
Have a fantastic week!
I just went through a "pile" of things and was able to recycle so many boxes.
Youngest DS has a rubbermaid bin of clean clothes folded and ready to put away. I need him to go through it and give me the stuff he doesn't want anymore so I can add it to the donation pile. Will move that to my car and then drop off later this week in my travels.
Ok I have been putting off cleaning out the fridge but the time has come!
Fridge is clean! Sausage and burger patties put in the freezer. Leftover cooked chicken in the freezer (for future chicken fried rice!)
Tossed old fruit :( Have 2 containers of cut watermelon that needs to be eaten. Just need to remind the youngest- between him and I we can finish tonight hopefully. I plan on buying another watermelon today :).
We don't really need much for groceries- plan meals from freezer- they are both full so just grabbing fresh stuff as needed is the plan.
I just went to drop off some wood from the trees at the recycle center .
Then popped into lococos i got
delicious apples .99 a pound =1.58
a quarter of a seedless watermelon on sale 4.50
blackberries .99
strawberries 4.99 not running here and there with my mobility so i still got strawberries as i love them.
plus my ginger root 1.85 for my smoothies
I wanted to pop out to Walmart to get the Sunflower Crunch salad that is my staple!
Ended up buying a bunch of the different Helman's squeeze flavours (Burger sauce/Garlic etc) on for $3.27 then used $1 off coupon.
Strawberries.
Then hit No Frills for Rye bread, burger buns, CB cheese slices (since on sale and had coupon and have Dec expiry)
On way home thinking maybe yes burgers did sound good for dinner tonight so needed to pick up lettuce (I need lettuce for my burger lol) so stopped at RCSS.
Now I am thinking I need green onion because egg salad sandwiches sound great for the beach this week.
Hello to all the day before Southern Ontario bakes again in humidity...
Happy to see a bottle filling station/water fountain at my local library today. It's been over 15 years since branch had one and the outdoor Shorty Green fountain in front of municipal centre has not been on in recent years.
You bet I am glad the long weekend is over as three days of fireworks but only yesterday was the legal day.someone set some off before 1am early Sunday morning.
Amazon prime days are on July16 to 17.
Good Morning!
Dinner last night was French toast with a pile of fresh strawberries. Was very good. Made leftovers for the fridge for the taking. (changed mind on the burger that I thought was a good idea earlier) Others had burgers but I just wasn't feeling it.
It is windy and overcast. Yesterday showed rain this afternoon.
DS will cut our grass tomorrow after work and then I would like him to power wash the BBQ grates.
Our fridge is wonderfully clean and organized. Kitchen is clean. I have no plan for dinner yet. Salad possibly. We also have all the fixings for ceaser salad including the super yummy dressing picked up at out of town restaurant. I don't want to take anything out since I don't know who will be home for dinner so will just leave it as a fend for yourself night.
Laundry should happen today or tomorrow. Will see if I find any ambition.
Have a $5 Marketplace sale scheduled for pick up this morning. I really need to get posting!
Have a great day!
Morning did a load and hung it out to dry before our rain this afternoon.
My brother is coming to visit Younger brother ,he always brings hubby a coffee.
Then we will pop over to sons house and feed "penny" the hamster and water their potted plants outside .
Good Morning! Thursday already!
My BIL called me yesterday morning asking if I wanted their dog for a few days and I said of course! He was in a town 20 mins from me for work so he dropped him off to me. We just returned from our morning walk and it is heating up out there already. So many things I want to do outside today but thinking I better make it an inside day since I can already feel the thick air in my lungs :(
Yesterday I cooked up all the fixings to make a nice pasta dish (and to use up the veggies in the fridge) At 4pm I started cooking and cooked up steak strips, peppers, onions and mushrooms. I also cooked up bacon and chopped up romaine. Then I cooked a pot of pasta. Put everything in its own container and washed all the pots. Then when we were hungry I pulled all the containers from the fridge and made pasta to order with a side ceaser salad. It was a hit!
Washed up all the dishes once done so just put them away this morning (after drying on the counter all night) So another start to the day with a clean kitchen...I love it!
Breakfast will be egg and cheese on a toasted English muffin and then will clean the dishes so it is spotless.
Dinner- Think tonight will be fend for yourself since that was suppose to be yesterday but then I found ambition to cook. May be a good night for the men to bbq burgers and sausage since we have buns for both.
Shopping- Just a few fresh things I plan on picking up. We don't really need anything and the flyers aren't showing anything I feel the need to stock up on.
Have a great day!
Laundry is on the go! Load in the dryer that I will fold and put on DS's bed for him to put away.
Load in the washer that I will hang to dry.
Breakfast done and just have to wash a few dishes now. Then clean kitchen.
Have downtime for work (waiting on people to finish their thing so I can do mine!) So going to pick drawer and clean it out!
Good morning. It’s going to be a hot one today and then only get hotter!
Off to work shortly and then instead of an outdoor run or ride I think I’ll hit up the gym. Not only because of the heat but also there a bear in our neighborhood :love::love::girl_hug::girl_hug: ( yes I wish I could hug the bear)
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I love nature.
Anyways have a great day and stay cool
Well went to the doctors today ,i am on a new plan for pain we will see where this goes.
Then popped over to shoppers a block away ,got milk ,salad and the hit of the month softsoap refill 4.50.
I always feel like we have packed so much to move out and then it barely makes a dent. We received the replacement for the broken table from Canadian Tire while we were away so that has been assembled and I think Friday we start the gazebo. I wish my youngest was here. He has a knack for this stuff.
Refilled the fridge today and used 150.00 in PCO and earned 20000 back so that was not a bad deal. No meat in this so hopefully the local butcher has a deal this weekend.
Good Morning and TGIF!!
Took the pup for a walk this morning and it is already hot hot hot out there! He is getting comfy under my desk now :)
Started the work day early so I can shut down early. Pretty sure we will head to my sister's and return the pup later this afternoon. Busy weekend and we will all be gone tomorrow evening so don't want him to be home alone. And my sister and niece return home tomorrow from Niagara Falls (they are there with my sister's childhood friend that is visiting from South Africa!) My niece will be happy to have her puppy home.
We wanted to go to the beach yesterday early evening but the sun disappeared so hopefully we can go tomorrow afternoon before our gathering tomorrow night or go Sunday. Will pick up green onion later today and boil some eggs so I can make egg salad sandwiches :) My fav beach food! With fresh cut up fruit. Yum!!
Have a wonderful weekend!
I am meeting a very close girlfriend for lunch ,she has always been so supportive .Her birthday was the end of june so i am giving her a small gift (candle ,pair of socks and shower gel )nice to give .Plus i am treating her .
We picked either kelseys or montanas around the corner from me.
Just had a $20 Marketplace pick up! Added it to my "junk sold" envelope.
Only had the one ad up and have a 2nd one for sale but will delete it now and repost Sunday night (I arrange pick up for when I am home working- not going to play that game on the weekend!!)
Sunday I will organize and post lots for sale with hopefully pickups during the week.
Had a lovely meal at montanas for lunch yesterday ,tiny 1/3 piece of chicken wrap ,small bowl of tomato soup and a garden salad 12.99 my friend got the same ,Then we came back to my house for coffee and watermelon and strawberries .Got scene points plus saved $2.60 (10%)from CAA.
I am dealing with pain ,so i am doing small excercises and its helping .Knee pain ,so i am not running (havent done that in a few years ).
I have adjusted my diet and dropped 10 pounds ,so happy about that .
Just not going here and there for the deals ,i cant .
Just glad i have a small stockpile ,i try to add to it but prices are not where i would love to see them .Mind you i did get 4 bottles of shower gel last week as they were on for 3.99 softsoap.
Good Morning Everyone,
Another insane week but should I expect any less at this point???
I did get held "hostage" by our plant manager which I expected but it was a bit more chaotic than I expected because I was also training and it was a short week so needless to say by the time I got home I was done.
The plan Thursday night was to grocery shop my way home but that did not happen for 2 reasons, the big one being I did not feel like it. The second reason being there really wasn't a lot in the flyers, don't get wrong there were a few things I would grab plus there are a few just need to grab things but there was nothing we needed for the weekend. So I did not grocery shop.
I did stop at Dollarama because we needed new Dish Cloths, I have crochet ones I make but Mom like a cloth one and a crochet one and all of our cloth ones were falling apart. Well I was there I also grabbed more of the Bins I have been using in the dining room because they finally had more of them. Plus I grabbed some pencil crayons for Mom they have these tins Mom likes so I grabbed 4 packs with different colours.
Then I ran into Staples to get some stuff I needed for a work project, they have a notebook I use when I am tracking my projects and I needed more, we used to buy them in bulk but have stopped so I just grabbed a few for myself.
Yesterday I did work from home but I did not get as much done as I had hoped so I was going to try to get some work done over the weekend but I woke up to an email that they forgot to tell us the plant is going down for maintenance which means the power is being turned off so the servers will be down. The servers went down before I woke up so I did not get a chance to pull my files from the server before we went down.
So now I need to come up with a plan B for today, not that I don't have a million other things I need to get done but was kind of looking forward to binge-watching a show and working on my work, so we shall see.
Happy Saturday Everyone.
Today i took a small ride out in the country and went to a local store .
I got fresh ontario strawberries so big 5.99 (this may just be the last of them)
3 huge chicken breasts 4.99 a pound
romaine 1.69 for one (remember i am supporting local farmers at this store)
Everything is so fresh
Plus a few other items -i didnt buy any bakery items -i would have loved to but i need to watch what i eat.
It’s a very rainy weekend here, yesterday we spent some time checking stuff off our long to do list, then went to a potluck at my brothers. Today will be more to do list and maybe my book. Sadly tomorrow is back to work. It was nice to have a week off.
Good Morning Everyone,.
Trying to get my morning started but I have to admit the ambition level is not there today.
I know I have so much to get done but thinking maybe I just need to take this weekend off.
The servers did not come back up until 8:30 last night so I did not get my work done. I should work on that today but we will see.
Trying to use up some of the stuff in our fridge so last night Dinner was a baked Chicken Breast with Smashed Baby Potatoes and then we have a bunch of grilled veggies in the fridge we reheated and served on the side, oh my it was so easy to make but oh so good.
This morning I am having a bagel with Bacon, Cheese and Tomato as we have Bacon in the fridge and tomatoes to use up.
I will clean out the fridge and take out the garbage at some point today, I do not think there is much to go but I think there we are few things some leftover rice, a bit of a salad kit.
I should also write a meal plan for this week, I think most of the week I will be working from home (Happy Dance, I need to reorganize my life and hopefully let go of it sense of going in 500 directions at once which will hopefully help me to not feel so anxious as right now I am so focused on everything I am not getting done vs what I am getting done). A few ideas I have based on cravings and things in the fridge are:
Slow Cooker Shawarma (Craving)
Chicken Parm (Have some Pasta sauce in the fridge to use up)
Ribs with Mac & Cheese (we have a frozen Mac & Cheese we can pull from the freezer and Mom has mentioned she is craving ribs)
Egg Roll in a Bowl (I have some Napa Cabbage to use up, plus I am craving those Asian flavours)
Thinking maybe I will put a movie on and try to get some work done.
Happy Sunday Everyone.
Another scorcher today so laying low until the sun cools off a bit. I really want to check out Homesense but I have a feeling it will be packed and I'm not into that. I really don't need anything but I have this urge to browse in case I find something :shrug:. Probably best to stay away and save $$$$. Mind you there's always Amazon :lolsign:
No grocery shopping needed as we are well stocked except for soap from Costco (on sale) and my parents want frozen strawberries.
Stay cool everyone
My daughter just made me cry ,tears of joy.
So i am turning 65 in sept she booked 2 nights for us in toronto end of august at a hotel ,then we will have a spa day she said this is a(
birthday and mothers day combined gift she said)I will pay for brunch one day .
I am so touched a girls weekend ,hope my arthritis is managable .Something to look forward too.
Went to my sons today for a few hours to see the girls and i went in his portable hot tub ,really helped with my achy joints.
