It's cold here in Central Illinois with a few snow flurries. Guess it is to be expected since we are truly in winter.
Here are the books I've read so far in 2015:
Book #1: "Almost True Confessions" by Jane O'Connor. Murder mystery by the same author of the "Fancy Nancy" series.
Book #2: "Kitchen Organization Tips and Secrets" by Deniece Schofield.
Book #3: "Top Secret Twenty One" by Janet Evanovich.
I won't finish a book today. After church, spent most of the day doing housework. That darn maid, laundress, and cook did not show up at the house yet again!
We did make it to the library yesterday and I checked out a couple more books and some magazines. I most certainly get my tax dollars' worth out of the library.
I did splurge this week. I wanted new curtains for my bathroom. It has a small window. I was very frustrated that so many places don't carry anything but 84 inch panels. I refuse to go to Wal-Mart because I consider it the evil empire. Our K-Mart is barely hanging in there, but they did have a set of two short panels and valance for the pricely sum of $13 with tax. I think I paid $9 for the ones I had been using over 10 years ago, so I think I got my money's worth out of them. I shoved them in the laundry and they will be washed, dried, and folded in case I want or need them for something else.
Last summer we went to a garage sale and someone had two sets of sheers for $1 each. They were just what I was looking for to put in my husband's den. I tend to re-purpose our curtains. The ones in our computer room had at one time been in the living room for a number of years. I still have some of them in the linen closet in case I need them for something else. A couple we know thinks we are super stingy when it comes to spending. I spend money, I just hate to spend it foolishly. They had their curtains custom made to the tune of $1500. Wow...I told them I don't think I've spent $1500 on all the curtains in my house, including the ones sitting in the linen closet. Of course this couple complains about not having money...golly, wonder why!
A friend of mine also does a lot of cooking like I do. We were comparing notes about menus and it was funny, we both planned a couple of the same meals. Maybe great minds do think alike!
A little this and that on a cold January day
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Meal plans:
Scrambled eggs, sausage patties, cheesy grits, toast, fruit salad
Turkey tenderloins, macaroni and cheese, green beans, cottage cheese
Pork tenderloin with carrots, onions, mushroom,and celery, baked sweet potatoes, roasted zucchini and squash, fruit salad
Oven baked chicken, baked potatoes, green beans, cottage cheese, fruit salad
Pork stew (made with leftover pork and vegetables)
Cube steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, creamed corn
Omelet with sausage (leftover) and cheese, toast, fruit salad
Turkey pot pie (made with leftover turkey)
I trim the chicken and use the "trimmings" to make chicken broth with some herbs and vegetables. I freeze what I don't use. My husband kids me that I rework leftovers so much that he isn't sure if he's eating the original or a leftover. But, it saves money and we gets lots of suppers and lunches out of stuff.
Sorry, Buendia, that your maid, laundress, and cook didn't show there either...guess "good" help is hard to find. LOL
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