Day 151 - May 31

I got laughed at to take this picture, because I did the shopping yesterday and had to drag everything out.   This particular selection of stuff was only 25 bucks.  Chicken & corn were on super sale.  Pasta was free with coupons & sale.  Everything else was a combination of sales & coupons stacked together.  It was my last super cheap cat food week, so that was nice.  There were originally more ears of corn but I gave Sarah some as a parting gift last night because we forgot to cook it and we can't eat that much alone! :)

Day 150 - May 30

It's in! My car has a home now.  It is happy.  Just in time to make room for visitors in the driveway, too.  :)

Day 149 - May 29

I spent HOURS weeding today.  Hours.  Just about 5.  In my travels, I came across this totally different rose growing amongst the hot pink wild rose bush.  The salmon rose is more "typical" of what you would see if you went to buy roses.  The two rosebushes we have are wild roses (I'm sure there are official names for all these things, but I'm going on prior knowledge here!)  and look and act differently.  It was a surprise to see this other kind of rose appear.  I need to read about roses so I don't kill this bush.

Day 148 - May 28

Look what I found! My spoon and fork windchime!  It's living outside now.  Hopefully it doesn't fall apart.

Day 147 - May 27

For the first time in a long time, I read 2 books in 2 days.  Sure, they're chapter books aimed at 12 year olds, but I'll take what I can get.

I loved this book.  It was better than yesterday's.  Captain Nobody starts off as Newt(on), a regular ole 10 year old who happens to be the little brother of the star of the local high school football team.  Most of the story unfolds after an accident at the big football game and Captain Nobody is born out of a halloween costume.

It's a realistic fiction story*, no superheros, just a kid who finds strength behind a mask. 

*Ok, mostly realistic, because I doubt parents would let a 10 year old stay home alone for days while they were off at the hospital taking care of the big brother.  But other than THAT, it's realistic. :)

Day 146 - May 26

I read this book today.  It's on the grades 4-6 chapter book "Black Eyed Susan" list for next year.

To sum up the book in 2 words I'll just say ... "Groundhog Day."

It was good, and I think the kids will like it.  But it wasn't orginal.

Day 145 - May 25

Had some good coupon/sale matchups this week.  All this stuff was 17 bucks.  Did I need 3 containers of ice cream?  No.  But it made the yogurt free and we'll eat it eventually!

I have one more week of almost free cat food.  I don't plan on buying that stuff for months!