This was me today. It's been a rough few weeks! Ryan has been working major OT and has been out of town working for the past week. Took the baby to the ER with a high fever last weekend and had to keep her home so I called in sick at work which means I am no longer in contention for earning 4 personal days. But I can still get 2 days if I use less than 5 sick days in the year, so I took today off and went to the chiropractor for an adjustment that's been about a year over due! It was so nice to be alone after being a single mom all week!! Four more work days until Spring Break!
I have also been busy with my little business ventures with DoTerra and Stampin Up! My first event was a great success and tomorrow is my first paper craft workshop.
We drove to where Ryan is staying Saturday night so we could visit him. I took care of his grocery shopping and laundry and we got to do a little swimming. The place we went also had an awesome Dollar Tree nearby so I stocked up on some great finds!
I made these amazing homemade peanut butter eggs and took some to Ryan. They were unbelievably delish!!
Link to the recipe here The only thing I did differently was add coconut oil to the chocolate instead of shortening.
Savings for the past few weeks:
*Baked pancakes, muffins, wheat and French bread
*Made granola bars, dry soup mix, and pancake mix
*Trimmed my bangs, forget saving $, I don't have time for a hair cut anyway
*Austin has been wanting sack lunch 3 days a week now so that saves $9 per week on hot lunch
*Made sugar scrubs and gave them to some of my coworkers.
*Made lip balm with my new lime and citrus bliss oils
*I gave up diet Pepsi and have been off it for three weeks!
*Made homemade tortillas
*Friday nights have become pizza and movie/Wii dance party night
*Made a big pot of potato soup and froze some in jars so I have some decent lunches at work this week
*Ryan bought some jeans and work shirts before he left town at Kohl's. He earned $30 in Kohl's cash which I used to put toward his birthday gift. He is getting ANOTHER wedding band since the original was lost in the ocean last summer and the one he got for Christmas is too big. This time he tried a few on so they fit and he will be surprised with which one I chose for him.
*Been using a blend of oregano and melaleuca essential oils diluted with fractionated coconut oil for Austin's wart on this thumb. Hoping it will finally get rid of it!
*I have been rubbing Breathe essential oil blend on the kids every night and diffusing it in their rooms while they sleep and have not needed to break out the allergy meds. For me, a dab of lavender on my nose keeps the sneezes away. Much cheaper than Allegra!
*I have been diffusing On Guard blend in the house afterschool and Purify on the weekends to clean the air in the house and support our immune systems.
*For myself, I put 2 drops of each: oregano, On Guard, and Melaleuca in a veggie cap every night because I cannot afford to get sick right now!
Menu for the week:
Last week was a bit of a disaster with being on my own, so nothing was organized. However, I am back on track so that my kids don't get too attached to mac and cheese and chicken nuggets!
Monday: tonight we had italian casserole and I froze half of the ground beef
Tuesday: we are eating out so that my clean house is not destroyed for my Stampin Up workshop
Wednesday: tacos with the frozen beef
Thursday: one pot pasta with chicken
Friday: pizza
Saturday: chicken and noodles with vegetables in the crockpot, I use the same chicken and dumplings recipe but use whole wheat egg noodles instead and it is equally as good
Sunday: we are going to visit daddy and start our SPRING BREAK!!
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