The Plan

Like the title states the plan, I plan on writing a 6 page paper for a class, I plan on going grocery shopping, I plan on planning a menu for the week. I have a lot of plans, it does not seem like much written down, but getting started is always the hardest part.

I have been blog surfing to figure out what is the best way to go about planning a grocery list, so that I can take advantage of my sales and coupons. I planned to put what I found on the blogs on my site, but I erased it by accident I printed it out, but I am too lazy to retype it. However, common sense with money has some of the Walmart deals posted on her site.

In my blog surfing I found I'm an Organizing Junkie. This site has meal plan Monday. I did not post anything on hers or my blog, but I did look through a lot of the links and from those who did post links, and I made a created a menu. I know that's cheating, but I did plan out what my family will be eating this week.

Now for my paper...procrastinate? Ok I don't have a plan, but I need one.

Its been a while

Well Elijah and I both started school August 24th. I am taking a full load and he's in 5th grade. I am in the last semester and in December I will have a Bachelors of Arts in History. I am so excited now lets hope I can find a job. The strangest thing happens every time I get distracted from doing my studies...instinctively I start humming that song by Europe, "The Final Countdown" I know so corny right. Well it works. I get back on task and finish what I have to do. Lately its been a little harder to focus. I have to keep up with school, balance the finances, and act like none of this is a challenge.


Well my husband's job instead of laying people off started reducing pay. Pro he still has a job. Con it would have been nice to have a little notice. Pro we still have insurance. We were also lucky his pay only went down $2 an hour, and his is on the low end of the pay cuts. Some employees' pay went down as much as $8 an hour. The pay cuts are supposed to be temporary but my husband is looking for a part-time job. Next week my husband will get his last pay check at the old rate, so I need to be careful how I budget the money.


My dad always says, "don't get angry when you have to spend money unexpectedly, but be grateful you have it to spend." And today I was thinking that as I took my chihuahua, Pee Wee, to the vet for worms. Well he's 9 years old in human years and the vet said something that I knew was coming. "Pee Wee is getting older." Today I left the vet with 5 medications for 1 9lb dog and special instructions. According to the vet, Pee Wee's back knees are messed up, he has back problems, and something is wrong with his eyes, thankfully he is not going blind. Well all of his ailments have medical names, but unfortunately I do not remember them.

I discovered some blogs on this lovely blog spot to help me out with the finances some are already posted on my site. I found this one yesterday, because I was looking for a blog with a coupon match up for HEB, Freaky Deals and Moms by Heart. In the left sidebar there is a link to $0.50 shopping on Moms by Heart. Need I say more?