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Feasting, Craigslist, Vacation Planning

March 16th, 2010 at 02:27 pm

I suppose I am a bit of a whiner. I usually wouldn't peg myself as such. But I have been overly whiny about my house's decor.

Or maybe it just looks like a million bucks now with the new TV.

I had a frugal save!!! Moved down an oak bookcase from our bedroom. I bought it to store books and knick knacks. My list of "books I want to keep forever" is immensely small. Maybe because I mostly read library books. The photo albums could go in our immense closet, and most of the knick knacks I intend to sell. Dh wanted to wait and get his wiring squared away. I told him I just had to see if I liked it downstairs. I really had no idea if I would. I told him I might not keep it there.

SO, we put it downstairs. & I LOVE it. We will have to move it out of the way later, for wiring, but oh well. & the thing fits an obscene number of kids books and such. It's filled to the brim, but fit everything really well.

Better yet, it matches the speakers and suddenly I think the speakers look great in the room. (No new speakers!) For the last decade we have had a dark cherry entertainment center and oak speakers. Not the oak ties in pretty well with our ceiling fan, etc. Less mismatched, that is for sure. Which is all I Really wanted.

In the end, the only thing I really hate in our house is our sectional. I suppose I could get over it. I have been looking at everything with fresh eyes. Dh let me pick out all the wall colors and art work. I suppose I have been a little unfair.

So, I am in love with my house all over again.

I have been eyeing sectional prices and if my bonus if large enough we may just pick something up. Seems like plenty of steals with the economy and all. I just have no idea what color to get. I will post a picture later, for opinions. The walls/drapes are mostly cream. Now, black an light oak furniture. The carpet is kind of stone grey/mauve. I don't want anything too dark or too light. Something to hide the messy kids' stains.

I say, if nothing else, I will get my new couch withing 13 months. Big Grin (Maybe wait for next April).

Anyway, I don't hate my house so I will stop whining.

We moved most of the kids toys upstairs. I'll share pictures later.

I have a LOT of criagslisting to do. I had so little time this weekend I threw everything from the shelves around our bedroom. This weekend I should have some time to start going through it?

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Had a small feast this weekend, since my folks visited. (No one in my house likes salmon).

WE don't have a grill and so gave the "crockpot salmon" a try. OMG. It was SO GOOD. I am sure it could be easily modified to "oven salmon." Thumbs up all around.

I just wanted something besides the plain rice we usually eat. So found the lemon rice pilaf recipe. IT was simple/fast and GOOD.

Text is http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/03/crockpot-sweet-and-spicy-salmon-recipe.html and Link is
http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/2008/03/crockpot-sweet-and-s...

Text is http://www.recipezaar.com/lemon-rice-pilaf-375257 and Link is
http://www.recipezaar.com/lemon-rice-pilaf-375257

Of course, my dad would eat no less than fresh salmon. Sticker shock for me. But I suppose I could splurge on myself once in a while - maybe it's good no one else in the house likes salmon. Big Grin For my parents? Worth every penny.

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My family is taunting me with vacation plans. Oy vey. I just find it hard to get too excited about vacation, knee deep in the craziest time of the year at work.

Probably late June - going to family camp again. I don't know if we will pay for it or not. MIL refused to let us pay last time, but she's pissed at us so LORD KNOWS. Wouldn't have been my choice to spend another $700 this month - with some really large purchases going on here. But, oh well. It doesn't really matter in the big picture. We have the money and figured we'd probably go. Just thought we would pay later.

& if she pays? More cash for Hawaii! Woohoo!

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Anyway, my plans for the week:

1 - Survive work

2 - Try to do some evening walks or bike rides

3 - Star Craigslisting, organizing mess in bedroom

I usually don't work late (much past 5) - I am an early bird instead. But, I was so thrown off yesterday, time change and all, that dh called me around 6:30 and said, "where are you?" LOL. SO, I didn't get to enjoy the sun being out so late, etc. I will try again today! Would love to go on a 5:00 bike ride. But reality is I will probably be working late because I am so slammed. I will appreciate how easy it was to work 1.5 hours more than usual - didn't even notice. Of course, I scrambled because I felt like the day was FLYING by.

If nothing else, I will REALLY enjoy the time change after April 15th. Big Grin

4 Responses to “Feasting, Craigslist, Vacation Planning”

  1. LuckyRobin Says:
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    Oh, that crockpot salmon sounds delicious and so easy. I never even considered making fish in the crockpot before. Did stuff leak out of the foil packets or did it stay in? I imagine if it stayed in clean up was non-existant, which is a huge plus in my book for making fish. I'm totally going to have to spend some time on that crockpot site.

  2. monkeymama Says:
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    Did not leak at all. No clean up - correct. Very simple to keep it all in the foil. Big Grin

  3. LuckyRobin Says:
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    I think I love you for posting about this crockpot lady. I've been devouring her blog and there is just so much of it that I can use. We don't have a stove right now, basically it's the crockpots and the microwave unless I want to go into my mother's portion of the house to use her oven, which can be such a pain and has to be worked around her cooking schedule of course. But with three crockpots available for my use, I can make a main dish and a couple sides and have a lot more available on my own schedule. Oh, and I tried the fish today and it turned out perfectly! Yay! I'm going to the library tomorrow to pick up her cookbook. Thank you so much for posting about her.

  4. monkeymama Says:
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    I actually just saw the link, like last week, in another savingadvice blog. I don't remember who, but yeah, some awesome recipes in there. We had Moroccan bean soup the other night - was pretty good. Though, hard to beat the salmon!

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