The bed...

It's funny how your dog can look or act just like its owner...

GI Joe and I recently got a King size bed. It wasn't too recent. We didn't buy it yesterday. But. If you look at the length of our lives--uhh...that would be 21 years--we haven't had our bed for a tremendous long time.

We used to sleep in a queen. Per person. This is before we lived together. (But after we were married...backwards and confusing. I know) and GI Joe said we need a King. He said I sleep funny. And crooked. And manage to take up the entire bed. And I don't know what he's talking about. I weigh somewhere between 100 and 200 pounds. There's no way I take up the bed. But he says I do it. I think the bed isn't big enough. But he assures me it is. If I slept properly.

Now there's the dog. When we got the puppy we thought she would grow to about 80 pounds. So we bought her an extra large dog bed that's suitable for a dog weighing up to 100 pounds. Breckles barely comes in at 45 pounds. And unless she gets fat, she's pretty much stopped growing. And today I catch her sleeping on her bed like this. She's all funny and crooked and sidewise and thinks her bed isn't big enough. But I assure you it is. If she sleeps properly.

Who does she look like? I wish GI Joe took a picture of the way I sleep and you'd laugh. I promise you would. (You might just be laughing at my messy hair and drool...maybe I don't want him taking these pictures)

Cows don't drink milk!

I ran out of milk....so I put ice cream in my coffee :)

Zero Day

As I near my no spend month, I'd like to tell you I've done some preparations to help me with the process....like freeze my credit card in a block of ice.

However, no such thing is true.

Like I mentioned before, I'm not going to go on a grocery shopping spree to keep me through the end of the month with fresh diary, produce, and meats. I do plan on going tomorrow, and picking up a few things, but nothing I wouldn't normally pick up on a Sunday.

While I realize most of you do not care what I have in my kitchen (and therefore I'm not going into an exhaustive list) I wanted to point out the major staples I do have, so no one thinks I cheated and went grocery shopping.

Meats:
2 chicken breasts (which I intend on cooking tomorrow, Sep 30, the day before my no spend starts)
2 mackerel filets
Less than 2 cups of Mexican style shredded beef
A few pouches of tuna
Some homemade chicken ravioli in the freezer
Some seaweed beef soup in the freezer

Fresh Fruits veggies:
3 pears
2 bananas
some celery
some carrots
a head of cauliflower
a head of cabbage
a few potatoes
onions
garlic
a bit of kale
a bit of spinach
I intend to pick up some cucumbers

Dairy:
some cheddar
some mozzerella
some parmesean
some butter, and some non-dairy spread
a few wedges of spreadable cheese
1 container of greek yogurt
I intend to pick up 1 pint of milk

I have over a dozen eggs in the fridge, along with dried beans in my pantry. I have an assortment of condiments, but not a lot of canned and non-perishable goods. Only 2 cans of tomato sauce, 1 can of tomato paste, 2 cans of chicken soup, 0 packages of ramen. I do have a good amount of rice, and with those eggs and the flour I have in my cupboard, I can make noodles. Potentially I could make bread, because I have yeast, but my bread endeavors don't seem to turn out ok. I also have tortillas and some mexican rice I made earlier this week.

Tomorrow, I'm making some buffalo chicken garbage bread; which is basically a buffalo chicken calzone, but instead of making cute half moon pockets, you roll it all up before baking. I anticipate having some left overs I can eat during the month of October.

Wish me luck :)

My no spend month

On pinterest the other day I came across a pin for a no spend month....the premise was as simple as it sounds. Don't spend money

...well the pinterest no spend month allowed for some spending, only 250$ for a family of 3. That included gas, food, entertainment.

And I thought to myself...what a wonderful world...I see skies are blue...heheh

I thought it was a good idea and I'd try it for the month of October, but I really want to spend more close to nothing. And for those of you who know me, you know I can't commit to anything for more than 10 days...but what's the hurt in trying? At least that will be 10 days I didn't spend money :)

Here are my made up rules that I made up for myself.

I will pay for:
Utility bills
Gas
Any health issues, including puppy meds and puppy food
Any emergency things...a sale at the mall unfortunately does NOT constitute an emergency
Ongoing payments (like loans, gym membership and Netflix, but I already got rid of cable)
Mailing things, because of someone wants to buy my junk on eBay, I'm not going to wait to ship it in November

I will not pay for:
Food. I will only eat what I have, what I forage/grow/hunt/fish for. Being invited to dinner is not cheating as long as
I'm not paying. Making a huge grocery shopping trip on the 30th of September is cheating, anyone can stock up for a month.
The mortgage...I'm kind of cheating here because coincidentally I have no mortgage payment in October ;)
Toys, for myself or puppy
Movies and entertainment.
And anything else that's not on the first list :)

I really hope I don't resort to rating ramen noodles for the last 2 weeks.

In fact in writing this I realize I have no red meat in my freezer...I might, involuntarily, resort to vegetarianism...should be interesting. I'll try my hardest to post the recipes of things I come up with (even if I don't get around to posing pictures)

:D

I realize that this experiment will be easier for me than most...namely because i live by myself. It's just me that must live off of ramen noodles, not a family of 4. But a dollar saved is still a dollar saved.

My little angel

...I love coming home to find out puppy managed to boo whip me! I thought her puppy play pen would keep her out of trouble...I was wrong

Will the tooth fairy visit puppies?

Breck lost her first tooth.

Puppy Dreams

Breck wants to grow up to be a race car driver