5-10-14

8:35am

Yay the people showed up for the truck

and hubby and them are on their way to the BMV

to get the title notarized.

Running around like a chicken with it's head cut off

trying to get things ready to go to the lake.

Now we can't find the keys to our vehicle.

Always freaking something.

Still have to go to Kroger to get things

to pack a cooler.

5-9-14

1:50pm

Oh it was a fun evening last night and this morning.

They boys ended up flipping the switch on the wall

which in turn turned off the wireless router

and for some reason after

turning it back on I could not get the wireless router

working after that.  I tried everything from turning them off

again, rebooting, unplugging wires, checking wires, replacing wires,

you name it I did it and nothing worked.

Our wifi wouldn't recognize our router

or would say it was out of range.

Wouldn't even pick it up on any computer.

You would have thought the kids thought it was 

the end of the world by not having internet.

They were begging and pleading with me

to try and get it working today while we were sitting

at the bus stop this morning.

I came back home and tried everything again,

absolutely nothing.

I didn't have money to go out and buy a new wireless router

at $50+ a pop.

Last night mom had called and cancelled our plans

of going yard saling this morning.

Well she called this morning and said 

plans had changed and off to yard sales we went

before it rained.

A couple yard sales in and I find a brand new

wireless router still in it's package for $3.00!

It still had the Best Buy receipt in the box

which showed they paid $50 to $60 for it

about a year ago!!

Oh my goodness.  Someone is sure looking out

for me today!!

I know hardly anything about setting these things up.

Be lucky I figured out the old one we had somehow.

I wasn't even sure if it was the old router that had gone bad.

Heck to me it looked like it was still working.

It had lights and everything on it.

So I unplug that one and put this new one on

and it was very easy.  I changed out a couple ethernet cords

because I bought a couple of new ones at another yard

sale for .25 cents each just in case they were bad.  

Went to Netgear's website

and figured out the security password for it and all that jazz.

WHEW!

Just in the nick of time I had this all put together

and figured out 45 minutes before the kids get home.

I've been working at this for almost 24 hours now!

I dislike trying to figure out electronics!!!

I know we freak out about not having internet.

But when you have things listed on Craigslist trying

to make money and have no internet,

that's not good!

Plus I've been trying to make recipes

for this Eggo contest which is online.  I take my recipe

contests seriously after winning a few over the years!

I see there's a response or two from Craigslist about the truck

and one about the car hood.

Plus we had a couple people stop by last night

and another is supposed to stop by tonight

about the truck.

Waiting patiently for a buyer to come along.

Trying to make a little profit on this truck

to make some extra money around here

to pay off the doctor bills.

The car hood would be total profit considering

we found it in a vacated apartment at hubby's work.
Strange to find a hood in an apartment I know.

Hey if it brings us an extra $150

I'm all for it.

Other things I got at yard sales today...

7.1 megapixel Sanyo digital camera .25 cents

7.2 megapixel Samsung digital camera .25 cents

Yes they do work and are being put back

as Christmas presents for the boys

who've been wanting their own cameras.

Got the boys a shirt and pair of pants .50 cents each.

2 pairs of face masks for the pool .50 cents for both.

For Mother's Day I got 2 cards .50 cents each.

Mom coffee cup .25 cents.

Found in yard sale freebie box...

Large umbrella & wooden window bird feeder.

6:35pm

Got a deposit from someone who wants to buy our truck.

Woo Hoo.  They're coming back tomorrow morning

with the rest of the cash.

Hubby has talked to so many people interested

in the truck that he doesn't remember if he

told these people $1200 or if they are paying

the full price of $1500.  Ahhhh!

Oh well it's all good.

And this wasn't even a Craigslist sale.

It was someone who drives by everyday to

take their child to the Hispanic school

one and a half blocks away.

9:15pm

I might go color my hair while I have a moment.

Guess I'll stick with the red color.

Only this time the color is permanent

and doesn't wash out in so many shampoos.

Yikes.

Then to bed and get up early and hopefully

these people show up for the truck.

Then pack our truck up to go the lake to 

see the in-laws.  Will probably spend the night.

My son got a tent for his birthday and wants

to try it out.  Hmm wonder how long that will last 

before he's back inside.

5-7-14

7:40am

HAPPY 13TH BIRTHDAY TO MY SON!!

Now I have 2 teenagers in the house, YIPEEEEE!

Came home from the bus stop and made a cake.

It's in the oven baking.

My son wants a Better Than Anything Cake

so that's what I'm making.

1:30pm

Working on getting my son's gift wrapped up.

Here is the PS3 we bought yesterday off Craigslist.

The only thing you can't see is

the Minecraft game downloaded on the system.

Hint hint, it's great to buy gifts that the whole

family can use when making a big purchase!

3:15pm


My head is spinning with game systems
I know hardly anything about.
Then trying to figure out and remember
what games everyone likes to play, ha ha ha.
Eyes crossing.  Have no clue.
I keep calling the PS3 an Xbox if that says anything lol.
I do wish they would make educational games
for them like math and different subjects
they have in school.
Make it a fun game that they can learn from
other than all these shooting and killing games.
That just puts wrong ideas in their heads.


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5-6-14

7:20am

Warning,my mind is on overload and in

a rambling mood at the moment because I have

been so stressed over coming up with money for

my son's birthday.

I purchased a PS3 at a yard sale 

and have worried ever since about having it fixed.

Wasn't sure if it would be worth it plus I'd still have

to buy games, an hdmi cord, controllers and what

not for it.  As you can see the cost would keep

going up and up.  I researched that game system

and it seem that model (an older one called fat boy)

has problems and who's to say getting it fixed

would solve the problems it has or if it even has wifi.

Maybe I can sell it and make a little money from it.

I've seen broken ones on Craigslist for $50 to $80.

Even to make a couple of bucks on it would be good.

Sooo...

We've been on the hunt for another one,

preferably one that was newer, the slim model with

more GB's and one that has wifi in it.

Not even sure the model I bought at the yard sale has it.

Nothing like doing a crash course in game systems

at the spur of the moment to learn about them.

I have no clue when it comes to this stuff.

I don't play on them or use them.

I have been searching high and low on Craigslist

for a PS3.  I have called people, left messages and

no one would call us back.  It was getting frustrating

and time is running out to get this birthday gift

for my son.  So me and hubby as a last resort

went to Gamestop last night and bought a used one.

It was a fat boy (older model), is 40gb, has

one wireless controller and a power cord.

That's it.  No games, no extra controller or hdmi cord.

It was MUCH more than I had wanted to pay.

It has not put me in a good mood that's for sure.

I'd still have to buy another controller,

games and an hdmi cord.  I don't want to know

how much those extras cost on top of what

we just paid.  Just felt more sick to my stomach.

But what do you do at the last minute.

I'd have to sacrifice a lot of things to get this.

This morning I'm still searching on Craigslist 

looking at PS3's.  I see one that I called and left a message

about (but no return phone call) had been reposted.

This time around I decided to email them.

It's 6:00am in the morning.

I was very surprised to get responses right away

via email from them that early.

I have it set up to go check it out tonight.

I figure if I can get this PS3 I can return the other

one to Gamestop and get my money back.

It was never opened.

This PS3 I am wanting to buy off Craigslist

is a newer, slim model, is 320GB compared to

the Gamestop's 40 GB one.

It also includes 2 wireless controllers,
2 charging cords for the controllers,

an hdmi cord along with 9 games,

most of which are my son's favorites.

It costs almost $60 less than just buying

the games system and a controller from Gamestop

and I get all the extras and more GB's to go with it!

I just went through and figured out how

much those 9 used games are worth at Gamestop

and those are valued at $122 if I had

bought them separately!!

If I would have bought this Craigslist PS3 used at

Gamestop it would have cost

PS3 slim 320GB $300

9 games $122

Blue wireless controller $40

Hdmi cord $18

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TOTAL $480!!!

And who knows.  Maybe there's a little

wiggle room in price on this Craigslist one.

I'm pretty sure I saw OBO on the previous post they had.

Plus by getting this Craigslist model I can use 2 scrap metal

checks I got to pay for it and have money leftover because of

not having to pay tax on it.  Which would make this free because the scrap metal was free.  The Gamestop one costs $66 over

and beyond 2 scrap metal checks!

Now I can apply extra money towards supper

at Texas Roadhouse tomorrow.

Which me and mom figured out a much cheaper

route for the both of us to eat out for my son's birthday.

Instead of us taking him out one day and her

taking him out to eat another day,

we're all going out together to Roadhouse

and splitting the check.

So this whole PS3 deal and Texas Roadhouse meal

will cost me about $32 out of pocket after applying

the free 2 scrap metal checks.

My brain hurts from trying to figure out

how to make this all work out

at the littlest cost.

I think I've done it but now I'm wore out.

To be frugal sure takes a lot of work!


10:15pm


I'm tired of driving.
Went to Circleville to get this PS3.
Ended up with 12 games instead of 9!!
:0)
Nothing like doing things last minute.
But it wasn't my fault.
My son decided like Sat or Sun that
he wanted a PS3 for his birthday
which didn't give me much time to find
a deal on one.

5-4-14

8:00am

Just once it would be nice to be able to sleep in

on the weekend.  I get as far as 6:30 - 7:30am

and have to get up because my back hurts.

Yesterday me and hubby went grocery shopping.

I didn't really have a list and was on the hunt for some

mark downs to make meals out of.

We spent $60 and I'm hoping that will last

for 3 weeks of meals.

These aren't in any particular order as to when

we will have them.

There will still be extra expenses for more milk, pop,

eggs, etc.  By making a meal menu for a week to three

weeks in advance then I feel it saves money

and trips to the grocery store.

Included with my menu I've posted

any mark downs I found at Kroger)

SUPPERS

Week #1

1.  Cheddar brats with french fries.

2.  Irish O'garlic sausage ($2.49) with bell peppers & onions

and scalloped potatoes

3.  Beer brats ($2.59), macaroni & cheese and corn 

4.  Potato soup

($2.49 for a pound of cubed ham)

5.  Salisbury steak ($2.19), mashed potatoes & gravy,

& green beans

6.  Texas Roadhouse (birthday dinner from us)

7.  Ihops (birthday dinner from grandma)

Week #2

1.   Chicken quesadillas 

(part of a 10 pound bag of chicken quarters $6.89)

2.  Tuna melts (tuna .50 cents a can)

3.  Tuna & noodles

4.  Spaghetti

5.  Chili ($1.69 for 12 ounce turkey sausage links,

29 ounce can tomato puree .99 cents)

6.   Chicken parmesan

7.  Breakfast casserole with hash browns, eggs,

sausage ($2.50 pound sale), cheese

WEEK #3

1.  Chicken & homemade noodle soup with dumplings

(part of a 10 pound bag of chicken quarters $6.89)

2.  Sausage, gravy & biscuits

(ground sausage on sale for $2.50 a pound)

3.  Steak shish kebobs

(Steak $2.39, Pkg of shish kabob veggies which

included mushrooms, green bell peppers, zucchini,

red bell peppers, onions and yellow squash $1.99)

4.  Pizza 2 pack Mama Rosa ($3.29 for 2)

5.  Little Ceasers ($10 for 2)

6.  Stove top chicken bake

(part of a 10 pound bag of chicken quarters $6.89)

BREAKFASTS

Egg sandwiches,

Scrambled eggs,

Waffles,

Pancakes,

LUNCHES

Fried bologna sandwiches,

Tuna fish sandwiches,

Chicken patty sandwiches

SNACKS

Broccoli, carrots & ranch dip,

(.99 x's 2 for large containers of mixed fresh veggies)

Chocolate teddy grahams,

(.50 cents for large boxes)

PB & J graham crackers,

($1.29 x's 2 for boxes of graham crackers)

hot air popped popcorn,

birthday cake & ice cream,

Cheese danishes.

DRINKS

Hi-C juice 

(40 pack of juice boxes $4.39)

Chocolate milk (.39 cents a quart x's 4)

Capri Sun juice pouches

($1.19 for 10 pouches)

Pop

Milk 

Coffee

8:00pm

I'm too pooped to pop.

We went for a double hike this afternoon.

Legs are a hurtin.

Still trying to do laundry.

I think I'm done with it til tomorrow.

Got one load left in washer and dryer.

5-3-14

5:00pm

It's been slow going around here.

For the last 3 weeks I've been experiencing diarrhea once again.

I started taking Isotonix about 3 days ago and it's

now back to normal.

Whew.  I get worried when I have diarrhea for long

periods of time because I usually end up in the ER from it.

That's Crohn's for ya.

Hubby took yesterday off so me, him and mom

went yard saling.  It was ok.  

I got an OSU tote for a buck,

OSU playing cards for .25 cents each,

2 OSU stadium blankets $3.00 each,

4 OSU bath towels .50 cents each,

OSU polo shirt $1.00,

Turtle Beach head set .25 cents,

new curtain hooks that hold your curtains back .25 cents.

Then today we went to a couple of neighborhood yard sales

and a church sale

Only found a few things of interest.

Not much going on out there it seems in the

way of yard sales just yet :(

It was a little chilly, windy with spits of rain.

3 Sheer Cover mineral face powders .25 cents each

Tub of St Ives clay face mask .25 cents

2 Loreal tube hair conditioners (like from a hair color box)

.10 cents each.

2 bulletin boards $2.00 each.

It was just something to do instead of sitting around the house

being bored.  Me and hubby already did our weekly chores

yesterday so we were all caught up except laundry.

We were a week behind due to him being on call last week.

My one son's birthday is coming up so we've been trying

to find ways of making extra money

for gifts and a dinner out at Texas Roadhouse, 

his request for where to eat.

Went to the scrap place this morning and made

almost $90 from that.

Plus I still have another scrap check for $80 some dollars.

All free money.

4-28-14

7:30am

It felt good to get a little bit of sleep last night.

I did wake up a couple of times throughout the night

but that's probably because my brain didn't shut down lol.

Constant thoughts going through my head

and worrying that darn pager would go off.

Our last page out last night was from 7:30 to 9:30pm.

That's when we took the truck to hubby's work

to get the wingback chairs while out on call.

They are still in the truck.

We didn't get much done around the house

in the way of cleaning this weekend.

We did get the yard mowed and weed whipped.

I got some laundry done.  Enough to get us by

for the next couple of days.

So I'm thinking today is my day off, woo hoo.

That's what I call Mondays after spending the

weekend with family and doing chores

and all the running around we have to do.

Stay at home moms and housewives need

a day off too because we work 24-7-365.

Need time to rest up for the upcoming week.

Well that isn't quite working out for me this morning.

Mom just called and me and her are going to church

to make sandwiches and food for homeless people.

My step-dad couldn't go because he has a cold

and doesn't want to work around food so I got

called in to take his place.

No rest for the weary because I'm constantly trying

to do things for others.  I help when and where I can

no matter how tired I am.

11:00am


Went over to the church and once we had a system going
we were able to make about 400 sandwiches in about 
20 minutes.  That's 20 sandwiches a minute!
I was kickin' butt!  LOL.
Got plenty of experience from being a mom,
working in a daycare for 6 years and
a couple of years there I was the cook.
Then another job I had was making
vending machine sandwiches.

I tried to come back home and lay down and take a 
nap after this weekend.  That didn't happen.
I got as far as laying down and that must of triggered
a sensor somewhere for people to start calling me.
I don't think the phone has stopped ringing lol.
I just got back up and started supper
of bbq pork ribs in the crock.
Now I'm sitting here chilling.