9-23-13

8:10AM

Brrr, a little chilly this morning.

Have yet to turn the furnace on but

I did go out and warm the truck a few

minutes before leaving this morning.

I've got a crock pot going with some

water, chicken boullion, a little onion soup mix

and some chicken gizzards.

In two other smaller crocks (not turned on)

I have beans soaking.

One has red kidney and pinto beans for some chili.

In the other crock soaking is

pinto & great northern beans and lentils

for some ham and bean soup.

Oh, I also added a little baking soda to the

beans while they are soaking.

It helps to soften them and is supposed

to make the beans cause less gas and bloating

after eating them.

I have all kinds of beans and rice stored in the basement

pantry so figured why not turn those into some meals

or even freezer meals.

3:00pm

I don't know if cooler weather is to blame

or what but my lower backs, hips, legs

and legs sockets of all things are hurting pretty good at the moment.

I'm about ready to go take me a very hot bath.

Out comes a freezer meal for supper

because I don't want to stand too much in the

kitchen preparing it tonight.

I'll be having rice & shredded deer burritos

with salsa and shredded cheese.

While the deer and rice just needs to be warmed

up I still need to wrap it in flour tortillas

and put the toppings on them.

Still a big time saver!

While baking my burritos I made up a couple

batches of whole wheat noodles.

Homemade noodles are so easy to make

and for these I didn't use a pasta maker or cutter.

1 cup flour (all purpose or whole wheat)

1 egg

couple dashes of salt

seasoning if desired (ex. garlic powder)

2 tablespoons water.

Mix together.

I just pinched off about a couple tablespoons of

dough once made and rolled it around

and pressed it out with my palm and fingers on the counter.

I then picked it up and cut off strips

with a pair of scissors and placed the pasta

on a cooling rack.  Once dry I put in the refrigerator

til tomorrow when I'll boil them up in some

homemade chicken broth and then will add

some of my precooked cut up chicken breasts

I have in the freezer.

Hubby has the on call emergency pager this week.

It's always so stressful the week of having it

but we have to remind ourselves that it's

more money in the bank.

He gets a $25 gas check for the week of on call

plus any over time.  They've been getting stricter

with overtime so he may only be allowed 10 hours

of it.  Any more than that they send him home

early at the end of the pay period.

I've been trying to save up some money to 

put in the bank and hopefully this weekend

we'll have another run to the scrap metal place.

So far I've saved up the money from fixing our

friend's dryer, money from taking a kid to

and from the bus stop and money from

some kind of refund that our mail order

pharmacy sent us.  So far I've saved up $82.43

plus whatever we get at the scrap place to go in the bank.

Our insurance said the mail order company overcharged us

for some prescriptions  So far it's been from prescriptions

for hubby and one child.

I keep having my fingers crossed that they'll

reimburse me $100 for my prescription

that went up that much the last time I got it.

So far no such luck.

I keep hoping it was an error but who knows.

8:25pm

Went over to hubby's work.

I guess they had a resident who skipped out

on their apartment and left a few things behind.

I got a truck full.  Mostly cleaning, bathroom items,

curtains and rods, a mini rose plant, aloe vera plant 

(something I've been wanting!), a 5 pound box of oatmeal!, etc.  Most of it is still in the truck

because I don't feel like messing with it tonight.

I'm just glad the acetaminophin I took earlier

has taken the edge off the pain I'm having.

Don't want to push it any further tonight.