On Food

The more wonderful things that we eat, the harder it is to go back...

Friday night, I didn't so much feel like cooking, so we ordered pizza (Papa Johns). The only thing that was really good was the breadsticks. It wasn't bad, it just wasn't good. And expensive too. The joy of not leaving the house wasn't quite worth the price of ordering in.

Hopefully the next time I have the desire to order out, I'll remember this. Not that there is anything wrong with pizza, I love pizza. Its just that between the sauce (too...sweet?), the crust, and the toppings (just didn't seem done enough)...I really need a trip to Great Plains Sauce and Dough.

Yesterday, we went grocery shopping and after whittling down our stores, because of the recent strain, we're slowly putting things back to rights. The Freezer is full of meat again, the cupboard is no longer bare. Things are feeling much better.

On Money

It is hard to make a budget when the amount of money that comes in ranges so much. Mine is fairly consistent...the only time it really changes is when the pharmacy takes money out of my paycheck (usually about every 3 months or so), Shannon's varies quite a bit. Lets say that X is Shannon's take home pay. for a particular time period. This last paycheck, she got 1.2X..but there are times where she gets 0.7X. It's hard to budget around...ahh but so it goes. Things look like they are turning back around, for the long road out of where we both have dug ourselves into. Oh well... We do have each other. And it is nice to know, that my parents are there. Their advice and soothing words have been invaluable.

On Home

James came by the house yesterday morning and fixed the small leak in the roof. It was nice to see him again. Apparently the caulk he used, recommended by one of the fine folks at Home Depot, was less then decent, and was breaking apart. New caulk applied, rain this morning, an no leak. this certainly takes off a lot of the pressure that we were feeling.