36 Hour Work Week: Frugality

Frugality

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H
appy days are here. Days off, here I come. I am off from working for three days starting today. I look forward to this just like everybody else. I do like my job but I can use a break away from the numerous tubes at work be it breathing tube, oxygen tube, foley catheter, nasal gastric tube . . .

No outdoor activity on this snow day this week. I don't do anything snow--skiing, snowboarding, and such. Many years ago, I took my kids (now teens) sledding, but that's about it. So what did we do on this snow day? Paul and I went . . .

. . . to the grocery store.

With open enthusiasm, I got up early from bed yesterday on a Thanksgiving Day greeted by a twin sink still with dirty dishes from last night and old food drying out. My son “did” the dishes last night as the assigned task for the day. He did a partial job, only filling the dishwasher halfway. I also found smashed flashlight that I saw still intact before. The bulb now lies on the carpet and the other parts scattered. I am not gonna lose, I am not gonna lose it . . .

I assume he got mad because I took his phone last night until he started working in the sink to do the dishes.

“It was an accident.”

“Accident? The next time we have an accident in your hands, I will file charges against you. You cannot stay here at home with me and ruin stuff. You still have not fixed the two holes in the wall you made.” Ok, now stop. Keep the lecture short, Carin.

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ith my tight budget (burdened more by my teens’ legal fees lately), I have less money to spend on extras like holiday meals. Lavish Thanksgiving will not be served for Diaz’s meal this year. However, we can still—and should—feast a little bit. We just had to play scavenger hunt in our pantry. The menu I came up with help us have at least six servings of food with plenty of leftovers.