Monday,Money Saving Madness and progress!

I completed another saving chart over the weekend and I am happy to say I am onto Chart #7 for the year.  I hope to complete that before the end of the month.

I also paid off and cut up the Amazon prime card.  If I need to order something I will use my personal card as it has a much lower interest rate.

I was touched by all the comments about Friday's post.  I know many of you just want to come over here and shake me and I appreciate those feelings.  I know there are blogs that I read or have discontinued reading because I thought  really?  Again? Do you ever learn?  I also sometimes feel a little jealous of people who seem to have no worries and there lives just look perfect and happy all the time.  Like Sluggy you know?

Just know that I am trying.  I realize I should not have taken the boys on Friday, but I do have to say they were angels.  The studio continues to be a nuisance. Until it is paid for I will continue to be available on a limited basis.  I did on Friday hand the owner some costume parts I had not completed, and had another mother complete the Cap't Hook costume.  I was just too tired and too overwhelmed.  Proof that I do say know once in a while.  I do want to teach next year as I miss my kids dreadfully, but it will be with stricter parameters.

     The students that she has teaching the Irish program are both gifted dancers and one is actually on the pro circuit. Unfortunately  one is suffering from Senioritis as I call it.  She is just not pulling her rank.  But she will be gone.  The other is good, but also busy performing and competing and going to school. These two have grown up with me since they could walk and have watched me say, "who has an inspiring piece of music."  We will play it and music talks to me.  I literally see dancing in my head.  I understand the phrasing and what an audience will want to see.  It is a true gift but also one that I have honed for many years.  I did not come out of the womb this way.  I practiced and I listened for over 40 years.  I can take a piece of music and choreograph a dance in an hour.  They want to be able to do that.  They don't realize that at 18 I wasn't able to do this.  I worked at it.  Yes I make it look simple but it is years and years of skill.  So we will need to have a long talk before teaching commences next year. Nuff said.

     Hub's and I will be leaving Wednesday morning to head south to the Boise area.  We need to go and help with his mother and father's 70thWedding Anniversary party.  Also both turn 90.  So it is a huge event.  We will be in Nampa for 6 days.

     After last week , I cancelled watching the babies tomorrow.  I have 11 pairs and pants to hem and one dress to alter today and I will take no more work until I get back.  I took time on Saturday and yesterday to catch up and pay bills  so I am not running with scissors the next two days.  All I will have to do tomorrow besides a 2.5 hour rehearsal is pack and play in the yard.  No sewing.  I just know I need to decompress and I have been spreading myself way too thin.

     I am happy to say I did get  my other really large garden bed cleaned out on Saturday.  Plus my Lil sis and I worked on a really fun project.  It was spur of the moment, but I get so little time to spend with her on fun things.  Our world just revolves around mother and her moods.

     I picked up this piece of yard art at Oui, which is a store that recycles and provides work for the handicapped.  I showed this it my Sister and then we ran all over town thrifting .39 cents glass.  Then we came home and got creative.  Yeah I know I could have been planting my garden but hey a girl needs to have fun.  We created 18 masterpieces or disaster pieces however you look at it.

      Mom was the boss even though she can't see well we had a lot of laughs.  Then Lil sis took Mom for the weekend.  We think we may have found someone to help care for mom two days a week.  We are trying her out this Thurs and Friday.  Say a prayer that this works.

Monday Money Saving Madness:

It was not as good a week as I was so busy I really did not cook much.  I have to admit we went out 2 times once for cheap tacos, $6.69 and once for Pizza $19.97

1. Cooked all but above meals from scratch with food on hand.
2. fed all food scraps to chickens.
3. Made 11 loaves of banana bread with bananas purchased on mark down for .19 a pound.
4. Made dinner for two families with a large package of chicken legs purchased 1/2 price $4.48
5. Turned the collar of an outdoor short sleeve shirt for hubs.  It was wearing through.
6. Made 18 yard ornaments with lil sis.  They will mostly be used as gifts.
7. Cleaned out front flower bed and transplanted many plants to new homes and gave some to neighbors.
8. Hung clothes and bedding to dry when I could with the weather.
9.Picked up $16.46 worth of free food stuffs I won at Albertsons, gravy mix, aspirin, veggies, cheese, air freshener, pasta, yogurt, juice drink
10.Did all my usual money saving things, reused wax wraps, and bowl covers rather than plastic wrap or tinfoil.
11. Paid off a small credit card and destroyed it.
12. Completed another $1000.00 payoff chart.

So I am trying to get my life back to semi normal.  I don't even know if I ever approached semi normal:)

 I love this one as I love green!

                                                                  

I love all of these.

We had so much fun.  Some of these are stunning.

Sis loves Owls.

I think this is my favorite

But I also love this one.

 Which ones to keep?

Have a great and productive day staying positive while in the negative.

Kim