1-31-13

 

6:05am

Yup typical Ohio weather.

1-25  About 4 inches of snow. Schools let out early.

1-29  Snow melts and it's 67 degrees. No school because of no power.  Didn't run furnace most of the day.

1-30  Temps around 65 degrees.

Another day of not running the furnace during daylight hours.

1-31  Snow flurries 26 degrees with a 13 degree wind chill.

Starting to feel aches in my lower back and legs.  

Let the throbbing begin.

The other day while strolling through Kroger I picked

up a 2013 Farmer's Almanac and browsed through it.

I saw predictions for a lot of rainy weather this year

with some severe storms

and a hazy, hot and humid August.

Snow flurries for November and snow for December. 

Yup that's about normal.


For supper tonight I'm thinking about making
some crockpot salisbury steak.

My tweaks to the below recipe is I will

be using cream of mushroom soup instead of cream of chicken and

will add a packet of country gravy mix instead of au jus mix
and are using deer burger instead of hamburger.

Only because it's what I have on hand.

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9:00am

I might go lay back down now.

I ate some jelly toast and it didn't sit too well in my stomach

plus the heating pad is calling my name

with all the throbbing from my lower back and legs. 


12:50pm


Up from my nap and are feeling better after laying
with the heating pad.
I got salisbury steak made up and in the crock pot.

5:30pm


I've been a busy little camper this afternoon
with making salisbury steak, finishing a sewing project,
getting dishes done and just now serving supper.

 9:45pm


Hubby told me tonight that he doesn't think
we'll be able to make our Michigan trip this year
due to being invited to his sister's wedding in West Virginia this year also.  He doesn't think we can afford both trips.  
Might not be able to afford the third possible one either.  

Hubby told me how much his paycheck would be tomorrow after taxes and what not.  He did get a bonus and 
over time on this check.  Taxes killed us! 
His take home pay is half of what he made!
That seems a bit much if ya ask me.
  
I know the price of things this year
are only going to get worse.  Gas the other day
was $3.59 a jump of about .30 cents overnight.
Once it starts climbing again the price will
be reflected onto food and other goods.
You shouldn't assume that all is well
because it is not.  You need to plan ahead and not
wait til it happens.  Spend wisely now.
Don't say I didn't tell ya so when the time comes
because I've been reading a lot about it
so prepare for it now.
The Droughts Impact on Food Prices.