I'm planning to do some burgers and try the recipe that M Ripples posted for Chicken and dumplings. Attempt #2 at crockpots, hope I don't mess this one up as well!
Slowly but surely, I am adjusting to the new schedule of mostly studying, mostly exercising during my time off. It leaves very little time for anything else besides food and entertaining the 4yo "roommate". Which is great! Who needs to spend money when you are busy enough to forget you were supposed to eat 4 hours ago? Oh, yeah. Me. Especially with going back and forth to my dad's and spending money for that household. (Don't worry, it's all in the budget.)
Today I'll try to take a snapshot of my spending for August. It will look unusually high because of the dentist appointment, auto insurance and I overpaid my student loan by $140. Yeah, it will look awfully high, that's for sure! But oh well. Nothing's overdue, nothing was left unpaid or underpaid. It's all good.
Anyone else has big plans for the weekend?
Enjoy your weekend with the family! We don't have any major plans. We'll probably grill some hot dogs and zucchinis from our garden but, mostly, it will be pretty quiet.
ReplyDeleteBecome one with the crock pot. Name it and talk nicely to it and before you know it you will be treating it like your go to person!
ReplyDeleteI do need to name it. After I find it. And clean it. Ha. I do wish I knew how to cook well with them... they match my style to a T for large meals and lots of freezable leftovers with little handling.
DeleteJust trying to stay cool here and come Monday, keep out of the workmen's way as the home repairs start. Oh joy.....lol
ReplyDeleteI don't even want to THINK about August's spending! We'll be lucky if we have any $ leftover when all is paid....and that's not counting the vacation spending which is coming out of savings.
I'm definitely ready for the weekend. I'm so tired and this has not been a fun week at work!
ReplyDeleteMy big plans include housework & sewing.. ;) I'm wild like that...
ReplyDeleteMy 'big' plans are housework and Church.. LOL. Im such a rebel.. LOL.. Sounds like you got your money under control. Your numbers may be high but it was money well spent and thats ALWAYS a good thing!
ReplyDeleteYour rebelliousness reminds me of my Saturday nights and long weekends. Looking at laundry, cleaning, dishes... more cleaning and some cooking!
DeleteNow why didn't we have a cooking lesson when you were here?
ReplyDeleteI know you'll pull off crockpot attempt #2 successfully.
When you get that one down remind me to share with you our Pear/apple crumble in a crockpot recipe. It's fabulous!
I love apple crumb dessert with ice cream... yum. Oh, don't tempt me! I hope it goes well too, otherwise we may not be eating for one of the days.
DeleteHope the chicken and dumplings turn out good. I forgot to mention in the recipe that before serving, use 2 forks to pull apart the chicken into smaller pieces.
ReplyDeleteWe aren't doing much this weekend. Going to an end of Summer pool party so hopefully the weather is nice.