I started to get a scratchy throat and pretty good head cold Saturday. The day before I actually came home from work early with a stomach ache. I spent Sunday and Monday resting and recuperating. By Monday evening the sinus pressure in my face finally waned and I started to feel better. I haven't been this sick for quite a while and I always feel bad missing work, but this time it couldn't be helped.
I headed back to work on Tuesday and that was about all I could manage. Thankfully one of my daughter's friends was able to help me with getting her to the charity concert she performed in that night. I didn't dare go to the concert and cough my way through the performances. Not at all what the audience came to hear.
Wednesday I brought home from work a zippered vinyl bag that a wheelchair cushion came in. I saved it from the trash and plan to reuse it for organized storage at home. Particularly for some upcoming projects I hope to dive into soon.
I made my daughter's doctor a batch of Death By Chocolate cookies and took them to him at her appointment this week. I included a thank you card with a sticky bow on the envelope, both from my stash too. He is such a wonderful man and he was pretty excited about those cookies.
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| Beautiful! And she has a very proud mama too! |
My youngest had an out of town dance competition Saturday. My goal was to be extra careful with our fuel in the car and only use a half tank so I would have enough to go to the competition. I budgeted for a tank and a half of gas this month for our car and as it turned out I had just a hair above the halfway mark. I topped up the tank and off we went.
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| My very small grocery haul Friday night |
To save even more I packed our small cooler with food from the pantry and fridge to take with us for our meals so we didn't need to eat out or buy concessions. I also packed some water bottles we filled at home. The night before I made ham salad and we packed that along with crackers, yogurt, veggies & salad dressing, sliced cheese, almonds and apples. It worked out really well. When we got home that evening it was fairly late. We were able to reheat leftovers for a super quick supper.
It was the perfect week to pull things from our freezer since I didn't feel much like cooking. I took out leftover lasagna which fed my youngest two suppers and one lunch, chicken broth which I made into egg drop soup, burrito filling which I sent my oldest back to college with and enchilada sauce to make a small pan of beef enchiladas with. I baked the enchiladas Friday evening and we had leftovers for the weekend ahead which came in very handy. I put Keto "Crack" Chicken in the slow cooker one day and a batch of chili on another day. We also made sure to eat up our leftovers. It seemed like a lot of cooking last week, but it was super easy and didn't require much in the way of effort or cleanup.
Even though I was sick all last week I was still able to keep up on my housekeeping. Some of the 15 Minute Chores I accomplished to keep my home in order:
Laundry Room & Half Bathroom - tidied laundry room, vacuumed floors, scrubbed sink, washed rug. Daily swish & swipe.
Dining Room - vacuumed floor.
Kitchen - vacuumed & spot mopped the floor, cleaned microwave, cleaned & bleached sink.
Bedrooms & Main Bathroom - Cleaned mirror, washed rug, scrubbed tub & toilet. Daily swish & swipe.
Other - two loads of laundry, vacuumed living room, hallway & entry, cleaned fireplace. Swept front porch.
How was your thrifty week?
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