A Cup of CassAng.

Hello. It is Friday!

And a happy Friday it is, too. I finally get my haircut today, LOL! Except Mama wanted to go to ACMoore. Sigh. Because right after the haircut, I have to blow back to a boy scout leader meeting on the other side of town. No ACMoore for me. Darn it.

Also, I apologize for giving you a panic attack this morning. I had misread, and it is 1200 calories, not 1000. And I already knew those cuts would have to come from the wine and popcorn. There is NOWHERE else to cut and still eat a sustainable diet. Yes, I also know that I kept saying 1000. That’s because I was reading the notes I took when I misread. I found the error when I went back to re-do the research based on your reaction to 1000. So, thanks for that.

Also, based on the budget cuts, I am again rethinking our menus. I used to shop a lot more frugally than I do now, and I need to get back to that. In times past, I have drawn the line at 10 cents per ounce on all but meat and dairy. If I go back to that, then a lot of the convenience foods I now buy will no longer be coming home with me. That seems sad, but in reality, it is not. What can come home will have less added fats and sugars. PLUS, I can put some of the cost of those foods into more fresh fruit and veggies. I don’t know what my cut-off is going to be on meat and dairy, I’ll have to look at that when I go to the store again, but I am thinking 2 bucks a pound on the meat, and 3 on cheese. I wish we had Aldi’s and SavALot here.

I know it seems like i am obsessing over food lately, and in truth, I have been giving it quite a bit of attention. Reducing the food budget, finding out I need to watch the cholesterol (byebye eggs, which are a great cheap protein source, likewise hamburger meat), and then reducing the food budget again, all while trying to lose weight have meant I had to think about food a lot more than I normally would have. It’s an area I needed to get under contol anyway. In my free time.

And speaking of free time, mine is over until Thanksgiving. First games are tomorrow, and I will be at the ballpark from 8am until 8pm. Yeah, there goes my food budget, LOL. I’ll be looking for cheap options, and now we have come pretty much full circle.

Also, you can expect to see a lot of this post expanded on Cass Cooks, Too!

Dreary Thursday

I have been busy today. I have already done chores, washed my face, picked up the living room and dining room, cleared off the vanity in the bathroom and vacuumed the living room. I really want to get this downstairs cleaned today this morning so I can cast on those socks this afternoon. Plus I already have an opp reserved and some PU2B links to write up. So cleaning this morning and blogging and knitting this afternoon. And I also need to call and apologize to Allison. I will probably try to do that directly so it isn’t hanging over my head all dang day. Also I want to check in on Jules today. And finish making my grocery list. OH! I am considering changing my shopping day to Monday. I want to be able to clean the house good on Friday and that can’t happen if I shop. So, I think in the next few weeks I will be switching the day. Okay, that is all. I am done.

Deserted on the Day of the Camel

So, here I am on Wednesday morning, and you are gone! I am glad you are getting a chance to get out, though I do understand how hard it can be to put yourself out there

Today is Wednesday, and I will be working after I get my blogging done. My desk needs cleared, my email needs cleared and I have a to-do list a mile long. Oh. And it’s Wednesday so my mom will be expecting me for dinner. I guess I need to set a plan now….. I think I will work on getting some dye slots up on Knits. People can’t buy what I don’t have listed. Then, I will need to add myself as a yarnie on rav. Lovin’ the rav.

Also, I really want to take a day and just create. That would be sewing or beading, because fibe projects just take time. But I don’t see any free days in my immediate future.

And two weeks from tomorrow, I leave for Orlando!

Haha Tuesday

because we were so busy talking we forgot to post!

I finished Belle’s blanket, I cleaned my room, I did school.  I am sitting here trying to work, but wastin alot of time over on Ravelry.  And also, I have knit-itis right now, i just want to be creating!

Monday, Monday

Wooh!  It’s the start of a new week.  And right up until I started this post I was aggravated about that.  But suddenly (praise God) I am glad that it is Monday, and I have my tasks clearly set out before me.  That is totally a God thing, because you know how lazy and slacking I am!

Today, the house is a sty, seriously.  Saturday the fam was on the fly, and I was gone all day yesterday, so it needs some intensive effort.  I’ve already started a load of towels, including some new ones my mom brought me, the kitchen needs a good go through and the living room does, too.  And today is the day I clean my bathroom and change DaBaby’s sheets.

Then there is the blogging.  Poor me, so sad.  I have to post about a bunch of new beads.  Don’t you feel sorry for me?   Well, me either, but.

We have sports practice tonight, and Country has gone with dh today so he can get her to the doctor about her blood draw.  I need to get a youth calendar ready for the next three months, and I need to call Aunt Lady about tomorrow’s court date.  I may be leaving here in midafternoon today for that.

K, that’s about it for me, except that I think I will be finishing the blanket during school today!