I am so, happy! That happy came from reading the blogs. All of you make me happy. I love sharing your lives, finding out your goals and what you are doing. I love your reminders and the frugal things you do. I am reminded to be grateful, that I have so much, in fact way too much, and more than I deserve.
It snowed here plenty in the last 24 hours and Hubs is out shoveling like crazy. It is not enough to get out the snowblower or the new plow, so it is just the shovel.
I went to Joanns last night and paid almost 25 dollars for 4 zippers. They were coat zippers but really? That is just a ridiculous mark up. It makes me fume. SO I just ordered 13 zippers from a wholesale house for under 50 dollars. Throwing away a coat and getting new one every time the zipper blows is just one more way this society is wasteful.
I am going to get things to make egg rolls tonight, I was inspired by Lori. The ingredients are not expensiveness and they are so good with rice.
I wanted to have prime rib for New Years but I can't find one at any price, so I might have to rethink the menu. Dang. Oh well it might just be pot roast and that is okay.
Still working on the front room have a lot of small boxes to put away and then a good vacuum. That will just leave me a little Christmas up and I can handle that.
I have been mulling plans for the new year. Like goals I want to make ( and then break :)) I have many financial plans for this next year. I just have to get them down on paper. And then stick to the plans I make to achieve them which is the hardest part.
I did not tell you about the gift my son in law Nate gave me for Christmas. It was so funny and cute. Nate is a terrible tease, and he loves to get me. Nothing makes him happier. I think he spends hours thinking up things to get my goat. He also know how excited I get when I find money. SO he bought me this large red coca-cola bank. I had seen these at Christmas and almost bought myself one. But then I thought my pig bank is fine, although I worry that I will eventually break it, with the weight of the money. Last year I beleive it was almost full and it was hard to get the money out.
Anyway, I did not buy one and here he comes Christmas eve with this bank. Then he hid $10.00 in quarters all over the house. I was finding them all evening and it took me a minute to realize that they were planted. The snake. But I am still finding them and it is such a fun gift.
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So this year I will save all my change in this bottle. It will be fun to see how full I can get it. I text him every time I find another quarter.
I have this hidden behind a table in the family room so it is easy to add to.
Well I am off to finish a few things:
1. put boxes I can away in Living room
2. vacuum living room
3. get a few groceries
4. search for a prime rib I can afford
5. get some sewing done
6. fold a little laundry
7. Be happy with what I have and count my blessings
Do the blogs make you happy? DO they help you?
Have a great and productive day staying positive while you are in the negative.
kim
The bank is a great gift but the hidden quarters part of the gift is the absolute bomb! Perfect! I love reading the blogs I read. Sometimes they make me laugh, occasionally cry, andante in a while leave me shaking my head. But I still enjoy reading and becoming friends with people I have never met.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a great gift idea!
I thought you were going to say that he put $10 in quarters in the bank to start you off. I was not expecting you to say that he hid them around the house for you to find. Genius!!
Sluggy is going to be do jealous! 😂😂😂
You & Sluggy need to have a competition to see who finds more money in 2022.
Keep looking for those quarters……I’d laugh if Nate secretly planted ANOTHER $10 worth of quarters and didn’t tell you!!
You know when we are together, we do have a contest and it is fun. However when Sissie is with us she helps Slugs and that is not fair.
DeleteWhat a wonderful gift, hiding the money around the house was a great idea and keeps you on your toes.
ReplyDeleteYes all the blogs I read and visit make me happy. Being even in a small part of peoples lives helped me through the pandemic so far, and I am pretty sure will keep right on helping me and giving me loads of ideas.
God bless.
You know I never thought about the pandemic, I guess it has been with us so long that you just take it for granted, but it has been a life line.
DeleteI seriously laughed out loud when I read that he hid quarters all over. That is priceless. I love the blogs I read and the people that have become blogger friends. I can't imagine how difficult the last two years would have been without you all.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy the eggrolls!!
We did, Hubs just ate, and ate and this morning he was having leftover eggrolls and rice for breakfast. I said to him, "You didn't like that did you?" Thanks for the recipe.
DeleteMy go to Blog. Here in Northern Ireland it is bedtime when it arrives so the last thing i do before getting into bed.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Kim x
Sylvia
That is nice, you go to bed with Blogs instead of sugar plums dancing in your head.
DeleteNate's a good Son in law, very funny. I like that you appreciate it. I just read your comment on my blog and will try and follow your advice. If you don't find prime rib, a delicious roast with a nice au jus would be phenomenal.
ReplyDeleteI know, I just love him to death. You know our ancestors were raised on a diet of almost all dairy. Look at the recipes. It seemed to work for them, they were mostly a tall slim people. SO what happened to us? I got short and squatty. But this has always worked for me.
DeleteFunny. I had one of those for years and finally the bottom fell out when I lifted it (full). Oh my!!! LOL
ReplyDeleteYou might be better off to go get a bunch of used coats at a thrift store and remove the zippers from them to use.
I have thought of that, but they want as much for a coat as they do for a new zipper and then I would have the work of tearing out the old. Now if the coats were free heck yeah!
DeleteYour son in law has a good sense of humor! Your blog and a few others have seen me through this pandemic and some family losses. I hope this new year brings you much happiness. Celie
ReplyDeleteWell thanks Celie. Last year was tough on many of us. But we have each other and that means a lot.
DeleteI am so jealous though the gods have been good to me lately in the change finding department. lolz
ReplyDeleteAnd just so you know Missy, Sissie gave me a passing grade on the clean up so Pppphhhhhhttttt! ;-)
DeleteWell, she likes you better than she likes me. I am going to work on that.
DeleteOh, that was a very thoughtful gift from your son in law. How neat to find the money hidden throughout the house.
ReplyDeleteI like ordering sewing supplies from the warehouse too.
He is a hoot I tell you.
DeleteI like blogs. they do make me happy or puzzled, but I do like the people writing. I have wanted one of those red Coke bottles, but they were more than I wanted to spend.
ReplyDeleteWell it was a swell gift and I love it.
DeleteI read quite a lot of blogs but I don't necessarily read every post, even in the ones I follow. I like happy blogs rather than ranting ones. That gift of money hidden is a really happy thought - all those smiles as you find each coin!
ReplyDeleteIt is fun, I read my regulars and then try to find new to add.
DeleteWhat a great gift! I love reading blogs. They always inspire me in many ways.
ReplyDeleteI do too, they help me realize I am not alone in many of my problems.
DeleteI agree you and Sluggy need a contest.
ReplyDeleteI like reading blogs.
I am still floating goals for 2022
I too am floating many, it is hard to sit down and write it all out with Hub's mom here, I just can't relax and think. Slugs and I do have a contest when we are together which is not enough.
DeleteOoh... I love your Christmas gift.
ReplyDeleteLove the gift! So well in touch with you & what you enjoy! I also love reading blogs & learning from others, as well as cheering people on.
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