pumpkin!

Today I turned a pumpkin from our garden into bread, puree, and toasted seeds. There was no reason to think I couldn't do that, but I never have before, and I'm quite impressed with myself.

answer revealed

My collection of Ken dolls!

This doll is the only one which increased in value since 1993. The others are pretty much all worth the same as they were at the time of purchase, $8-10.

I only have eyes

for Q.

We've reached the responsive stage where Quinn and I can "chat." Poor Henry. The baby is so engrossing and fascinating it's difficult to make time for another round of Kid K'nex building rocket ships or hot wheels racing.

comfort food

Kraft mac & cheese with a can of tuna mixed in.

Can I get a hells yeah?!?

unemployment

Today is the day I was to return to the Attorney General's office, but I'm home. I began my 3rd first day as a stay at home parent (I've had two prior stents at home) as if it was my job. I got up at 7, showered, cooked a hearty breakfast of oatmeal (the 5 minute kind) and frozen strawberries from this summer, ate with Henry, practiced letters with Henry, and packed Bob lunch. Cooking at home and packing a lunch will be part of a shift to more frugalness. With two working professionals I did not pay any attention to how much I spent on food. I bought what I felt like, I didn't meal plan, and we ate out a lot. Sometimes we both ate out 3 meals a day! As you can guess that led to a lot of waste and inflated food spending.

So as part of staying home I need to plan & decide where the food money goes rather than by whim. You can help my leaving a comment with your favorite frugal blogs for me to add to my feed reader. Please and thank you!

Why did I decide to stay home again? First and foremost, the cost of daycare for 2, switching to formula, eating out, and gas would eat up my ENTIRE paycheck. But second, look at this face!

guessing game

So if Bob has moved a Walgreens receipt and a dozen magazines from dorm to dorm and house to house for 18 years, guess what entirely useless collection I have done the same with for 16 years.

Answer revealed Monday morning.

In all fairness,

attached to the reciept was a wax paper envelope containing the negative of Bob's senior picture, so I'm not throwing it away either. I'm tossing it into the unsorted photo box which contains a jumble of photographs and negatives from 1989 to 2004.

Henry woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I fixed it with scrambled eggs and peaches for breakfast.