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January 22, 2007 The $1.35 lunch
WOW, that's all lunch cost for Sunshine and I today. I made a HUGE pot of chicken noodle soup. And I must say it is bland, but very good. We had grilled cheese with it and Sunshine had peanut butter and crackers and we both had juice. Good lunch for only $1.35. Cha-ching. Okay, just wanted to gloat a little..gotta go for now, perhaps more later if time permits. I have so much to do since I'll have people over all day tomorrow in the afternoon and I have an exercise date at 8:30 am.

January 21, 2007 And the snow has arrived
It finally looks like winter in Indiana or at least where we are. We got about 2 inches or so of snow. Duck went out once today, but the rest of us stayed cozy in the house. I cooked chicken breast for lunch today, we shared one, didn't even eat the whole thing. I used the left over and other 3 halves to start my soup. I boiled the bones, but I'm bummed that I didn't get to finish it. I have to wait for the fat to harden on top so I can scrap it off. I was hoping to be able to finish it today and do the turkey tomorrow. We put the turkey in the freezer and I'll probably take it back out tomorrow to thaw. Yes our fridge is really small, just this side of a camper fridge, maybe a little bigger. Tonight I'm going to re-arrange the living room and try to do some power cleaning. MC just went down and Sunshine is still up since he took a late nap. I'm going to get him back up at 8 tomorrow at the latest. Since he has been saying so many new words this weekend we are going to go to the next letter of the alphabet and go around the house and name everything we can find. Okay, well I'm going to go clean so I can put sunshine to bed and go to sleep myself. 3 quick things:
Last night I tried to go to bed upstairs with Duck, that didn't last because MC just cried and cried. In the little time we were up there, MC was in his crib and Sunshine was in his toddler bed. He had his Chicken Elmo, one button does the chicken dance and the other goes "bauck bauck bauck" while Elmo's head rolls around in a circle. He'd hit the button and listen and then say, "I know", and again, and again and so on. We were laughing so hard.
Today he kept asking Duck, "Why, Why, Why, WHY" it was adorable, I know that I will only think that for a while.
After his nap today Duck was holding MC and asked Sunshine if he loved the baby he said, "no, no, no". Then he asked him if he wanted to kiss the baby and again he said, "no, no, no". He then told him that mommy and daddy loved the baby and he didn't say anything else. He then asked him again if he loved the baby and he said, "no, no, no". I certainly hope this isn't a sign of things to come! I know that he will love his brother, especially when he can play with him.
Good night,
Katy

January 20, 2007 Our journey to Walley World
Today we went to WalMart after Duck got off of work. I wanted to pick up a stock pot....YIPEEE I finally got one! I'm very excited. I'm going to make Chicken noodle soup and Turkey Rice Soup...It's going to be GREAT!... I'm going to go shopping with K on Wednesday. The two of us and the babies. It's going to be fun, educational and adult! I'm also going to make up 6 lasagnas and 6 meat loafs. This is going to be great, it is going to cost us about $135.00 next month for groceries, granted I have most of it here so I will have some extra money when the sales hit. I know that we are always going to use certain things like cheese etc. We also got cloth diapers. I called ahead to make sure they had the plastics to go over them and she said yes they did. Next time I will know better, ask if they have a particular size. The smallest they had was 18 months. I guess I will have to go to Big Lots. I don't know what else I am going to do if I can't find them in his size.
Okay, going to watch a movie with my hubby, relax and get ready for tomorrow. A day of cooking!
Night!
Katy

January 19, 2007 More of today
Duck just headed off to bed. I'm so proud of him. If it weren't for his hard work (50 + hours a week) I would not beable to stay at home with our children. He is working a ton of overtime...granted he hates it, grumbles all the time, but the money is coming greatly in handy. I will wait to find a part time job until after he is done with the overtime. It doesn't make sense to me to work at a job making 6 dollars an hour when he is making nearly 3 times that much. I'm preparing a shopping list for February's groceries. Some things at Aldi, Sams, Walmart and the rest at either Save-A-Lot or as they come on sale at Kroger or IGA. I watch the ads very closely and since Duck don't work far from Kroger he can stop and pick some things up. He will also pick up all the bread that we need in 6 loaf increments since I don't have enough room in the deep freezer. I am also going to see if I can pick apart K's brain to get some recipes and tips. She has no idea how much she has helped me. She is like a angel from God. It is amazing how we met...have I told everyone the story??? We belong to this group called freecycle.org. It is a wonderful group of people who offer things that they no longer need or want to everyone. They pick who they want to give them to and so on. We have rec'd several things of use from there including clothing and a pool table. We have also given a ton of stuff away. Anyhow she posted a message on there and I got curious. When I worked at SRI in Indy I worked with a lady by the same name. She was in her mid-40's and could never get pregnant. I felt really sorry for her, because you can tell that she would have always been a good mother. Anyhow, before I left, she became pregnant and I wondered if it was her. It took me writing and canceling several emails to finally decide to hit the send button. I thought, what the heck, she'll either be the same person or she'll think that I'm a psychotic freak who is stalking her. I'm not sure if she thinks I'm psychotic, but she isn't the same person. Some how we got on the topic of breast feeding and babies and found out that we were due a week apart. I started asking questions about breastfeeding since I really wanted to succeed with MC. She was very helpful and then she gave me many more ideas. Such as saving money by going to cloth diapers, planned meals and shopping on a strict budget. Although she will never turn me onto the idea of slaughtering chickens or eating opossum. Sorry K! She met my Dad when MC and I were in the hospital and seemed to spark an interest in him also. He made a few comments about her and has asked how she has been doing and about the baby. She is the only person that we have trusted with our Sunshine to stay over night. Like I said she is an angel. Without her pearls of wisdom I would have never been able to stay at home as a stay at home mom/wife. Thank you...sorry if you need a tissue...I just appreciate all that you have done for me and my family. We will forever be indebted to you.
Okay, I need to go Sunshine wants to play with me.
Love to all and God Bless!
Katy

January 19, 2007 Today...
was pretty lazy, I fold some clothes, emptied the dish washer and made meals for us. I was hoping to go to the store today, but Duck ran a friend home to Paris. He was here to pick up the stove and help with the car. Good news we hope...it's the coil packs or at least he thinks. I picked up my script today for the breast infection. I don't think that I have an infection anymore, but I am going to take it. Both ears hurt and my throat is very raw. Par for the course since I live in Indiana. We went to the store today and got some sale items. We did very well. I am going to make Chicken Noodle Soup instead of buying Aldi's. I'll let you all know how it goes. We did eat out tonight and spent nearly $20.00 OUCH...
more later if I can