Frugal In Florida

Can someone check and see if that's REALLY the right week? Hello? Ummm....never mind ... We got Sonny Boy back to Orlando on Saturday. Fortunately, I didn't become a weeping mess, probably because I was physically exhausted. He had requested the THIRD floor apartment (to eliminate bug issues AND to avoid the party noise on lawns) and well, NO ONE apparently took in to consideration the fact that we had to climb three flights of stairs for each box to move ... good grief Kid! Then his girlfriend, she lives on the 2nd floor of another building (same complex) ... and being a girl, had like, 10 times the amount of stuff, so climbing up and down to her apartment was probably worse than his. Needless to say, I believe I got my exercise in for the day. So, now, we are flat broke, boy-less and can get back in to our usual food groove. Thank you God! Unfortunately, as we were unloading the quick grocery stop (brisket and taters for Sunday's dinner), I noticed a puddle of oil...

As you may have seen, I've had a few rough weeks at work. I mean, heck, we are talking about some heavy duty sh*t going on, commercial deals that involve serious no-compete clauses with inventory issues and so on. And we are not talking 6 figure deals, more like 7 bordering 8 ... amazing stuff but wow. Tedious and mentally draining for me. I don't know how the attorneys stay ahead of it sometimes. Oh wait, thats right, I DO IT for them! In return, though, because I work for some fabulous boys, I get rewarded. It's not that I expect it, but they have always taken care of me, because they KNOW they can count on ME. Not to mention, they also know a week doesn't go by where someone isn't inquiring if I'm ready to make a switch. Uh, no thanks, I really like the people I work for ... This past week was a HUGE reward, and quite honestly, I normally would have protested the check ... but it WAS a huge ordeal, caused me quite a bit of stress and the fact that we all ...

It's been tough around here the past few weeks. Pretty much since I've come back from up North. What's up, you ask? Work. And then more work. I am SLAMMED at the office. To the point where the boys have contacted an outsource company to take some of the slack. I've even told them they could just pay me off and hire this company full time. Not happening, unfortunately. So ... even though I've had my menu plan up (yes, this weeks' is in Que, just got finish, hit post and link) and running, it's not been followed 100%. I know, that's not too unusual, but when Hubby is picking up the slack in the middle of the week, it IS. And because he IS such a great guy (most of the time), and picks up the slack (some of the time), I got to have Blackened Chicken Sandwiches one night last week for dinner. Yes, I did say SANDWICH. As in, squishy white bakery rolls. And they were delicious. OF course, the next day was a little grumbling of the tummy but for the mom...