Frugal In Florida

Let's be honest, sometimes you have to make an effort to be happy. Yeah, I get it, the car wouldn't start, the sink clogged up, the air conditioning bit the dust, you got behind the biggest jerk on the interstate ... and all those things just make for a pretty shitty day and attitude. I get it. Believe me, I really do. BUT ... everyday, there is SOMETHING out there that makes you happy. Sometimes, you don't even realize it as everything else just takes over. Real Life is difficult, I know. So. I propose to do 100 Days of Happiness.  Basically, just post something (most likely just a picture with a little caption as I don't think I can dedicate the time to do a whole post daily!) and most likely, that picture taken with the cell phone ...  Some things will be materialistic (sorry), other things will be nature, animals, doings, people, etc. It just depends on what pops up in my day to day happenings :-)  I am honestly hoping that I have more than ONE thin...

Let's be honest, sometimes you have to make an effort to be happy. Yeah, I get it, the car wouldn't start, the sink clogged up, the air conditioning bit the dust, you got behind the biggest jerk on the interstate ... and all those things just make for a pretty shitty day and attitude. I get it. Believe me, I really do. BUT ... everyday, there is SOMETHING out there that makes you happy. Sometimes, you don't even realize it as everything else just takes over. Real Life is difficult, I know. So. I propose to do 100 Days of Happiness.  Basically, just post something (most likely just a picture with a little caption as I don't think I can dedicate the time to do a whole post daily!) and most likely, that picture taken with the cell phone ...  Some things will be materialistic (sorry), other things will be nature, animals, doings, people, etc. It just depends on what pops up in my day to day happenings :-)  I am honestly hoping that I have more than ONE thin...

Let's be honest, sometimes you have to make an effort to be happy. Yeah, I get it, the car wouldn't start, the sink clogged up, the air conditioning bit the dust, you got behind the biggest jerk on the interstate ... and all those things just make for a pretty shitty day and attitude. I get it. Believe me, I really do. BUT ... everyday, there is SOMETHING out there that makes you happy. Sometimes, you don't even realize it as everything else just takes over. Real Life is difficult, I know. So. I propose to do 100 Days of Happiness.  Basically, just post something (most likely just a picture with a little caption as I don't think I can dedicate the time to do a whole post daily!) and most likely, that picture taken with the cell phone ...  Some things will be materialistic (sorry), other things will be nature, animals, doings, people, etc. It just depends on what pops up in my day to day happenings :-)  I am honestly hoping that I have more than ONE thin...

I'm willing to bet that 50% of you know who Michelle is over at Nom Nom Paleo , and the other 50% are probably thinking "hmmm....that sounds vaguely familiar" ... am I right?? So yeah, she makes some stuff that I've not ventured into as of yet (bone broth, organs, etc.) but some of her other stuff I have tried and well, yeah, it's pretty tasty ... but I've yet to find something to say Damn Fine, and I know Hubby would certainly back me up on that! So what the heck, let's give this here Damn Fine Chicken recipe a shot and see if we have a winner, shall we? It should be noted that this was really supposed to be served up on Thursday night according to the menu plan , but being a 'single girl' has enabled me to eat popcorn on Monday night, out with the Princess for a quick bite at my favorite pub (was to be with girlfriend but she got tied up earlier in the day), out to dinner with kids AGAIN on Wednesday, visit with Dad on Thursday (dinne...

Let's be honest, sometimes you have to make an effort to be happy. Yeah, I get it, the car wouldn't start, the sink clogged up, the air conditioning bit the dust, you got behind the biggest jerk on the interstate ... and all those things just make for a pretty shitty day and attitude. I get it. Believe me, I really do. BUT ... everyday, there is SOMETHING out there that makes you happy. Sometimes, you don't even realize it as everything else just takes over. Real Life is difficult, I know. So. I propose to do 100 Days of Happiness.  Basically, just post something (most likely just a picture with a little caption as I don't think I can dedicate the time to do a whole post daily!) and most likely, that picture taken with the cell phone ...  Some things will be materialistic (sorry), other things will be nature, animals, doings, people, etc. It just depends on what pops up in my day to day happenings :-)  I am honestly hoping that I have more than ONE thin...

It's that time of week again! Hubby finally gets home on Wednesday ... whew. I've had all kinds of exciting adventures while he's been gone ... a few nights were dealing with wildlife that has no business in MY house and the cats have been thoroughly talked to. It apparently doesn't make a difference as a tree frog was being chased around the TV in the bedroom at 5am Sunday morning. Thankfully a shoebox over him in the hallway (they jump pretty damn high!) managed to let me go back to sleep for an hour before having to deal directly with him. Damn cats. And of course, there was the 2 dinners out with the kids, night out with girlfriend on Friday and then Saturday night had a different girlfriend over til 11:30 enjoying refreshing adult beverages. I obviously have NOT gotten a whole lot done on my list of things I wanted to do (clean out freezers, pantry, sock drawer, dresser, etc.). I still have a few days to accomplish some of these tasks, but I'm not very co...

I really like doing this post each week as it keeps me accountable and does make me think twice about some things :-) Hubby has been gone all week long. And he's still gone ... the Menu Plan was a great idea and all but in reality, I've had popcorn for dinner, out two nights with each kid, out with my girlfriend and a quick (!) stop at Costco to pick up a few things for my dad and our household. Uh huh.  I plan on making the Damn Fine Chicken today and hopefully I can get a post and review up this weekend! I don't know if I should go with the NON Frugal Activities first or not as it might appear to be a very unfrugal week here! Uggg! I was doing so well, so I thought! Oh ... I finally pulled out the $5 savings container and counted how much was in there on June 1st.  $247.00 total. Wow. This has $20's, $10's, lots of $5's and a few $1 bills in there.  I've made it a point to empty out my wallet on Friday night before adding my new cash in for the we...