January Change

I wasn't one of the ones who got in on the Sealed Pot Challenge. Not to say that I couldn't have, but I just..........didn't. I don't think I have it in me to wait a whole year to find out  :P  I am one who uses their rolled change regularly for different savings or debt goals. I look forward to those moments a lot. The sound of the change as it slides out of the jar and onto the bed. The methodical and soothing sorting of the coins. The smell of the crisp preformed little coin roller. The smile as one is full and the end all squished down. The site of it in the bottom of my drawer as it hibernates until it's time to go with his rolled friends to the bank.

So instead I will tally up what I have for rolled change at the end of each month and talk about where it is going.

Here is my change for January:


I have $50 lovely dollars to go to the bank.
1 roll of loonies - $25
2 rolls of quarters - $20
1 roll of dimes - $10


I won 't get to the bank today but I am hoping to go tomorrow. Where is it going? Why to my next goal, of course :-)

Really????

Ok so I have been trying hard to be so good. Plan menu. shop wisely. use what we have etc.

So last night I dutifully pack up what was left of my Chinese food into a microwavable container to take for lunch today. Hubby notices the take out container in the trash last night while I was doing dishes and I mention that I have packed it for lunch.

Fast foward to this morning and I go to the fridge and my container is gone. I check again. nope

I call DH's cell as ask if he took my lunch.

Oh it wasn't my lunch it was his (uhm it was my food while he was away ice fishing)
Oh he didn't know (uhm we talked about it last night)
How was he to know? (uhm it was transferred out of the take out container to a container for work)

Did I get a sorry? no
Did I get a whoops my bad? no

I got a 'too bad! take something else'!!

And for an observer, it speaks loud as to his character and general philiosophy in life.

grrrrrr

Monday Menu Plan

It worked well for me last week and helped me feel more organized and less stressed. Looking at your menus, mine feels very very peasant class and plain, but then, I am very plain :-)

Monday - chicken quesadillas
Tueday - sloppy joes and garden salad
Wednesday - Soup and grill cheese for a night with a very short supper window
Thursday - Moose Sausage and roasted vegggies (that we ended up not having last week)
Friday - Herbed Pork Chops with pasta

Sunday Night Chit Chat

Thanks to Carla again for a lovely way to sum up a weekend.

Reading - A Sudden Change of Heart by Barbara Bradford Taylor.

Watching - I watched The Hangover last night. Hadn't seen it before. Actually watched the whole thing which surprised me as these kinds of movies aren't always my cup of tea.

Listening to - Tales of DS2's weekend with his friends

Cooking/Baking - Nothing this weekend. Bad jolie

Happy you accomplished this week - Met another goal! nuff said.

Looking forward to next week - Seeing if I can maintain a good use of my time. It made me much calmer.

Thankful for today - I was healthy enough to go on a 90 min (each way) road trip and not have to panic overly at where I could stop for a bathroom emergency. I haven't been out of town since before Halloween because it quite simply wasn't safe for me to do so.

Sensational Sunday (and another goal met)

What another wonderfully quiet Sunday morning. I have to admit it is very odd not having children in the house. If this is what it is going to be like when they are done high school, I need to get me a life so that I have things of my OWN to do.

I had a very mellow Saturday. I went for my oil change to a quickie place. They DO charge more. $53 instead of the $42 it costs at the dealership where I got my vehicle. While I was in and out in under 10 minutes, I had the unfortunate luck to be 'served' by a former parent from our school who ..........who.............. who in the past needed escort out of the building by people of authority.  It was nothing against me, but I won't go to that place again to avoid the awkwardness.

I then proceded to have a heated argument with myself over going to the school to work. I had absolutely NO reason not to go. I NEEDED to go. I just didn 't really want to. I wanted to go home and read and watch TV. So I forced myself to go, pausing in my arguments at red lights where vehicles beside me might grow concerned to see me heated talking to myself :-)

I am glad I went. Did I get everything done? Hell no. It's never done. But I got surfaces tidied and I got things put away and got some things ready for the week to come. I spent 5 hours there and I self talked a lot. I seem to do that a lot LOL  Teaching the same kids a lot of different subjects means there are piles of things everywhere and unless I force myself, things never get put away properly.

I came home to read TWO 'beach read' fun books. No deep and heavy thoughts. Just fun. I haven't done that in awhile and it felt very good and incredibly decadent.  I was alone for supper and remembered a gift certificate from a great family for a chinese food combo so I ordered  it. Free supper!!

Today I have to head off to pick up DS2 from his weekend. It's about a 90 min drive to get there. I may hit a couple stores with a couple of my christmas gift cards. We shall see. DS and his friend took a lot of stuff for this weekend and I don't think I have a whole lot of free vehicle space for shopping bags.

Now on to my goal accomplished........................

Between snowflakes and a bit set aside from my January paycheque, I have now met my goal of $1000 for Summer 2012!!!! It will feel so good to post this blog entry then go make my progress bar all happy green to show it is completed. Two goals done in the first month is very good. I have to take advantage of January as it's traditionally one of my most motivating and successful months.

What goal is next you ask? I've been ruminating on this for quite some time, changed my mind a few times, did some math calculations and what ifs and..................I'll let ya know Tuesday :P next week sometime