DH came home with 10 loaves of free bread yesterday. The guy he is building for , use to own a restaurant and this was the bread he would serve. I always loved it, so he sent me some. I had some for breakfast and will serve it with our steak dinner tonight. DH had a sandwich with it, for lunch!
We are really enjoying it. Is it ok to freeze it? I don't think we can eat all 10 loaves before it goes bad.

We have lived across the street from the "neighbors from hell" for about 10 years now. It was grandma and teen age grandson. He left the floodlights (outside) on almost every night and they shined in our bedroom windows all night long. He stayed up all night and slept all day. We asked nicely that they be turned off, but they never were.
They moved out 6 months ago and put the house up for sale.
Wonderful, quiet, peaceful and DARK!!

Someone decided to replace the post lights at the end of the drive (about 50 feet from our bedroom window) with HUGE come on at dark, go out in the morning, Post lights!
They are the type of security light you would use at a business in a high crime neighborhood, like Atlanta!
No sleep the first night. I called the realtor. He sent someone to turn it off yesterday, but obviously, she did not. The light came back on at 6 pm.
We got a ladder and tried to cover the lights with black garbage bags.
The lights are so huge, they shone right thru the bags.
What are people thinking of, putting up lights like this??

Someone suggested I get blinds and curtains. I don't like them. Why should I pay thousands of dollars for them?

The lights are out now. Some of you may think this is terrible, but he took a ladder (they are about 10 feet high) and he unscrewed them. We got to sleep. I don't know if I should call the realtor back or not??

Today is the 10th of the month, so i have to go to town to pay all the business bills. I pay them in person to save on stamps.With the price of gas, I probably don't save much, but I have to go right by 2 of the places just to get to work.
I got my husband a new cell phone last week as his was very old and they (the company) was going to discontinue the service next year.
I got the simpliest phone that the store carries, no bells and whistles.
I can not believe the instruction book with the phone. It assumes that you know everything about cell phones, so it does not explain how to do anything that we want to do.
What is explained is things we have no desire to do, like text message?? radio??
I went back to the store and took notes on how to make a call, use the phonebook (never mentioned in booklet) and find a message.
My husband has to carry around notes to use the phone, but so far, it is working well, everyplace but at home.
That is what frustrated us so much the first day, nothing would work.

We have to go outside on the driveway to make calls or listen to messages.
On the good side, the phone was free. But I would not want one if the phone and the service was free for life! I am not a phone person.

My husband bought some new gardening tools, a shovel, hoe, rake, pitchfork. He was repairing the spec property he is building a house on.
Some one (lady driver) decided to drive into the brand new lawn that we had just had hydroseeded. She slid about 50 feet down the hill.
He repaired the yard, but left all his tools in his wheelbarrow behind the house. Someone came and took everything but the wheel barrow.
Things are changing as our little town gets bigger and bigger. That is one of the reasons we left fla. 22 years ago. Our house got robbed. We put up a big fence and got 2 dobermans! Guess it is time for another doberman!

In contrast to yesterday, today is bright and sunny. I went to my bridge lesson this morning. It is the last one until Jan. I need to get my nerve up and go to the lodge where anyone can play, even learners, otherwise, I will just forget what I learned.
What a beautiful day!!!

One of my few no spend days. It was gloomy today, no sunshine at all. I stayed home and spent no money, nor did I use any gas at all.
I paid my personal bills today, otherwise I did not do much. Guess I will have a few dollars to add to my challenge tomorrow.

I was looking at the soup in my pantry. I don't stock up much anymore, cause we eat out all the time.
I found a can of tomato soup dated 1996. wow, I think it is time to clean out the pantry!

We had a pretty cheap dinner out last night. DH is coming down with a cold. He is pretty brave with a cold, but sore throats get to him badly. I have never seen anyone with such bad sore throats. He thought he would have to go to the emergency room last night.(what they would do, I don't know?)
Luckily, I write notes on all his medications when he is sick.
In Feb., he went to the dr. with a cold and sore throat and got some pills.
He took one last night and felt a little better.
All he ordered for supper was a big bowl of chicken soup.
I got a small bowl with my meal, and it was really good! Plus, I did not eat much of my dinner, so I have lunches for two days.
A big bowl of ice cream made him feel a little better too.
You don't think he stayed home sick, do you?
Oh no, he is off to work this morning. He is sanding hardwood floor all day (Just like yesterday), so that won't help his throat either. Poor guy!

The little puppy that was dropped off last sunday, has found a new home. It had a warm place last night after spending Thursday night out in the freezing cold.
My neighbor and I rigged up a bed and some blankets out in the neighbors bushes Thursday night. (the house is vacant)We could not catch the puppy as she hid in the bushes when we approached.The puppy was smart enought to get in that bed too.
Yesterday, my neighbor caught the puppy and a co worker at the bank took it.
I am so happy that the puppy has a home now.

I don't feel that old, but I sure feel that dumb. I have never had a cell phone, never wanted one. My dh got one about 5 years ago and uses it for work.
But we got notice that the phone is old and is being cancelled and got offered a new phone that does everything.
We did not want that, just a simple cell phone. I just got back from radio shack with a simple $20 phone.
I have looked at the booklet they gave me for the phone and I have absolutely no clue how to do anything on it!
Since I had to program the last one, I know dh will have no clue either.
Well, at least I won't have to hear him gripe about how badly his phone works. This one will probably work great, if we can ever figure it out.

Every month I try and do a new worth of my mutual funds and stocks. I don't do it on cash in the banks, because I am constantly using that money to build a spec house.
I am happy to say that my mutual funds and stocks increased by $7658.00 this past month. I am a buy and hold investor, so I don't panic when my holdings go down, but it is nice to see them go up.

I usually enjoy dinner out with my dh. We sit and talk about the day's events. Last night, a party of 13 came into the restaurant. They had to put tables together, so they sat right next to us. I am not saying the children (8 of them) misbehaved, but 13 people talking all at once, sure makes a noisy group.
We waited unti they ate before we ordered, that way we got to eat in peace. I guess we are spoiled living alone for so many years. Hope it is quieter tonight. Anyway, we had a nice dinner and only spent $16 for both of us.

We had a hard freeze last night, so the neighbor and I rigged up a puppy shelter. She had an old dog bed and we put it into the bushes and hung old blankets in front of it.
I just went over with a breakfast of dog food, vienna sausage and hamburger and puppy ate it all. He/she still won't let me get near it.
I can not believe people just throw their animals out. You know he/she was probably not the only one dumped off. It is really sad.

Has this war caused the price of liquor to go up. The type my dh likes just went up about $4 a bottle this past week> I wish he drank the cheap stuff. I like rum, it all tastes the same to me, so the cheaper the better.

The contract on our spec house finally came into the lawyers office this week. I went down to sign, now I am just waiting for my dh to sign. He seems to keep going in when they are closed for lunch.
However, unless something goes wrong, the house is sold and we should have a closing the end of
December. I can't wait for the check, it will be the largest check I have ever had, but it will go to the bank to start earning interest immediately.

Wow, can't believe I am just getting to my favorite site this late in the day. I got up early to take my bridge lesson, then drove to Murphy to buy liquor.I stopped at the store to get stuff for sandwiches, came home and had a late leftovers lunch. I did find a penny at the store.

someone dropped off a puppy this weekend. It is a big puppy, bigger than my dog. Our humane society is full and won't take the puppy, if I could catch it, which I can't.
I thought it went away, but it only moved over to the vacant house next door and is sleeping under the porch.
It came to my back door today and it has lost so much weight. I had to go over and feed it. It won't come near me, hides in bushes, but I can't let it starve. I really don't know what else to do?

We had a great night last night. Talked my husband into dressing up and walking around the square. There were thousands of people there, the kids all getting candy. It was a lot of fun and then we ate out, still in costume.
I don't know how to take pictures, but if anyone wants to see us, someone on the other forum took a pic and posted it today on the other forum.
We even went trick or treating at the neighbors before we went to town.

I wonder how many people my age, are going to go trick or treating tonight?
Our little town started a new tradition of trick or treating on the downtown square last year.
We went out to dinner and I enjoyed seeing all the kids, big and little, walking around, collecting candy.
I have convinced my husband to dress up with me tonight and walk around the square! And to eat out at the restaurant with our costumes on!!
If you knew my dh, you would know he is real conservative and I am the nutty one. I guess he has decided "if you can't beat em, join em"
Sounds like fun tonight!!!

I don't have lunch out often, but it is a lot of fun! I met with 6 other ladies and we laughed and had a good time. I don't like pizza, so I got cheese breadsticks. Boy are they good and I have leftovers for tomorrow. I spent a little under $5 but it was worth it.
The lady in front of me dropped a quarter and she knew it.
She never even bothered to pick it up. After she left, I picked it up!
I can't believe people don't pick up coins on the ground??

We went to a great Halloween party last night. The costumes were fantastic. I really thought my husband should have won first prize, he was the funniest!
My favorite part was getting to dance; they even played my favorite song to dance to, "Wipe Out"!!

By the way, besides having a free evening of food and drink, I won first prize and got a gift certificate to a restaurant.

I thought i would get a roast for sunday, we have not had one in a while. But I find that because steak is on sale, I can get two steaks cheaper than I can buy a roast. Well, I prefer steak over roast, so that is what I bought.
I got N.Y. strip.
I have never bought or eaten sirloin steak cause I thought it might be tough. Does anyone every cook them in a crockpot to get them tender?

When does the time change? It is usually the last sunday (2 am) in October, but it was not in the newspaper and I have not seen anything on tv. I thought I would ask the smartest people, you guys!!

I just read Tina's blog today and I totally agree with what she said. I have always been treated like I was "poor" I used to have bank tellers come into the restaurant and they would hardly speak to me, cause I was the "poor" waitress and they were dressed to the nines!
(Most of them could not afford to leave a tip, they spent all their money on clothes)
I bet my bank account was a lot bigger than any of theirs. Not that I cared, but I don't think you should treat people anyway, but kindly!

I am getting excited about the Halloween party tomorrow. I hope all of this rain does not put a damper on the party.
I need to go and buy a camera to take pictures. We usually buy the one time use camera cause it lasts us about a year. DH likes to take pictures of the houses he builds, to mail to his father.
I am still waiting on a contract for the house we are building. I will feel a lot better when I get that, plus some more deposit.
Keeping my fingers crossed!

I had a great lunch out today. I am on a local forum and we get together for lunch once in a while. It is always nice to meet someone new.
We had a lot of fun and I wore my Halloween hat that lights up!! I know most people won't do something silly like that, but, I am not most people!
I bought lunch for a very nice lady that came over to my house and hooked up my printer!

It is two months from today, christmas eve!!! Wow time is just flying by. Are you ready for the holidays? I am not!

We had a great dinner out last night, the restaurant was mobbed! That seems funny for a Monday night.
We took lots of pictures of the new house and the fall colors this weekend, so we dropped the film off last night at CVS. I need to buy a new throw away camera to take pictures of the Halloween party.
Yesterday was a no spend day except for dinner out.

DH is home and I had to turn on the heat. It is hard to take a shower when it is this cold in the house. It has been a cold, blustery day, but I did not spend a dime today!

We are talking to two couples who want to buy our spec house. They flew in Friday and left today. I told them I wanted a contract, so they went to the bank this morning. Just as I thought, they needed to go to a lawyer, so the bank got them in before they left. No contract yet, but we are supposed to get one this week.
So, we all shook hands and considered the house sold!
I sure hope so, there are so many new houses sitting now, cause no one can sell their houses in Florida!