Monday

I have been so busy that it seems I never have time to catch up on here but have been trying to be frugal:

Sunday was my dd's birthday, we drove down to her house on Saturday.  I took her candles, jelly, jam and Pineapple Ice Cream Topping that I had made earlier this summer.  Alex's birthday is tomorrow and I bought him a giant Rice Krispy Treat bar and gave him money since it's hard to know what he's into.  He turned 12.  It was a beautiful day, we resisted the temptation of buying fast food though dh was awfully grumpy coming home without eating since breakfast. We came home and made pizza's instead of caving and ordering a pizza for pick up on the way home.

On Sunday CWA had their annual Cat Caper 5k Run.  As you know from reading my post on here I spent a lot of time doing fund raising for the raffle.  We ended up with 57 prizes, combining one huge lot of gift certificates totalling $300 in one gift along with tons of other gift cards and items that were donated.  We actually sold out of raffle tickets.  Peggy my former boss made a run and bought another roll so we could continue to sell tickets.  I don't know what we made but I know people were buying tons of tickets, they were priced very cheaply $1 a ticket, $5 for 8 tickets.  Wow, what a turn out and great weather.  I had a wonderful time took 97 pictures LOL! My Vet and his wife were there which was nice.

Windi our dog has been very sick for over a week with a bleeding ulcer in her tummy so I've been spending a lot of time with her.  I gave her a warm water enema this morning and she finally after a week had a large bowel movement, solid waste so I am thanking God today for his guidance and wisdom to not allow us to cave in and have her put down.  We have had Windi since she was a puppy and she is 13 years old now, love her more than anything in this world as I do my other doggy babies.  God guides me in my travels through this earth and has given me the guidance to buy certain things that prepared us for this time like rubber gloves, the enema kit (emptied and used just warm water), those sheets that are plastic for adult's who have accidents in bed, can't think what they are called but I give credit to God for telling me to buy them at the thrift store for 99 cents and put them back for the "what if's".  He often speaks quietly to us, we just have to listen.

Frugal this week is continuing to stock up on food, from what the Farmers Almanac is saying we are going to have another very bad winter so making sure we have ample food in our home.

Another frugal is I quit smoking last week.  I am using the ecigarette and am not missing cigarettes very much, they now smell awful to me and taste pretty nasty too.  Dd and her husband were both smoking Saturday and I had no desire to light up a real cigarette.  Eventually I'm sure I'll let go of the ecigarette too.

Have a great week everyone.

Anna