A big Behind

I get more and more behind and keep putting my writing of menu details off. Anyway, I'll tell you a couple of things we had to get us to the point we are at now... day 22.
We have had Hawaiian haystacks (minus the pineapple which makes them non-hawaiian haystacks), chicken salad sandwiches (again), baked potatoes, spaghetti, Viola chicken and cheese pasta (in the freezer section, so good), chicken nuggets and french fries, yummy salads with lettuce, cheese, croutons, cucumbers, etc., pizza an IOU from the neighbors, cold cereal, waffles, french toast, and some left overs thrown in there.
That gets us to this point and I have been really good about not buying groceries. I even went to the forbidden Walmart and only purchased a few gifts for Ty's B-day party.
So proud.

GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

GROSGRAIN MINI STORE OPENING NOVEMBER 6!!!!! AND BIG PREVIEW GIVEAWAY!!!!

Friendship is Good

Friendship improves happiness and abates misery by doubling our joys and dividing our grief.
-Joseph Addison

Thank goodness for good friends.
I am so grateful for them.

10 and 11

Well it's been very uneventful with the 30 day challenge and quite frankly I cheated, but I'm not falling off the wagon completely. Yesterday we ended up having leftovers which was just fine, however, I did go to the grocery store and for the most part kept myself in the egg, dairy aisle, then I saw the cold cereal. It is incredibly difficult to live in this house without access to cereal, so I did purchase 5 of the big Malt-o-Meal bags, and I don't really feel bad about it. But I am confessing!
Tonight... Ramen! Gross!

Quilt Giveaway

There is a great quilt giveaway at the blog http://pigtailsandsnails.blogspot.com/ I would love, love, love to win!

Seven eight and nine

On with the challenge. It's getting so boring, but I do have to admit that I am having to plan and think of dinner, therefore we're having it. Bonus! Anyway, day seven was spaghetti with rolls, day eight was Chickenbean tacos (I purposely left out the space between chicken and bean.) This recipe includes a can of chicken, two cans of black beans (drained) and taco seasoning to taste. It was very yummy served on flour tortillas with lettuce, cheese, sour cream and salsa. Tonight we had baked ziti which is basically just cheesy spaghetti so I was coming close to food collision by having pasta twice already this week. Again, I am flailing (is that how you spell it?). What to fix tomorrow. It will have to be creative as I am at a roadblock. It's possible it will be leftovers.

Days 3-6

So... one night, we ate baked pototoes (that I dug-up myself, thank you very much). That's the perk of living in the potato state. The next night we had shoppers chicken with left over potatoes (fried up by Stanley). Saturday we had French toast and hashbrowns and today we had chili with left over chicken. Tomorrow is spaghetti and garlic rolls and then I'm at a crossroads. Hopefully something comes to mind because otherwise we will starve. I guess there's always Raman!

Day 2

So, I don't know if I broke the rules, but maybe... kind of.

Anyway, I did go to the store today and bought a couple of things to do some crafting with. While there I purchased some Nutrigrain bars (on sale) and some chocolate chips (also on sale). I ended up spending about $30 total.

Tonight for dinner. Left over chicken. Fettucini alfredo (from a box). Salad. Left over pizza for those who didn't want chicken.

Tomorrow, I'm thinking shoppers chicken. Basically chicken with sour cream served with rice. I will also bust out the rest of the peaches we have in the fridge.

the very Beginning... a very good place to start

Well, I have been putting off starting this blog, basically because I don,t really know how to start it. Anyway, I'll give it a go and just start with today.
Jeff and I challenged each other yesterday to not go to the grocery store for 30 days except for milk, (I told him we could use powdered. He wasn't excited.) fruits and veggies and eggs. Everything else, EVERYTHING else, we make or do without.
So... he packed his little lunch today to go to work and so far (it's been a total of 12 hours) I have not gone to the grocery store.
I guess we'll see how we survive on our food storage, and I'm also excited to see how much we save. I am purposely putting this on my blog so I have to report every day or so. Hopefully this will keep me on track.
I am planning on making chicken salad sandwiches tonight (canned chicken, celery and grapes) garden carrots and lemonade.
Also, it's my mother-in-law's birthday so I will be making a vanilla cake and top it with peaches that I picked from my neighbors tree (with her permission... remember when I was 6?)