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by SandiSAHM
Wed Dec 27, 2023 12:50 pm
Forum: Chat room
Topic: Daily Check-in December 27, 2023
Replies: 28
Views: 17062

Re: Daily Check-in December 27, 2023

I think the check-in is one of the best parts of the forum - most of the time it's just a quick "touch base" kind of thing, but it helps keep me grounded. My IRL friends are some of the dearest people... and they are also some of the worst when it comes to financial management (and many of...
by SandiSAHM
Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:20 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: 2023 at Sandi's
Replies: 39
Views: 187494

Re: 2023 at Sandi's

DH is cooking today...mostly. I'll likely end up making the vegan gravy. We're also getting up earlier than we might otherwise tomorrow, to make veg dishes for a Christmas lunch at a friend's house. I think 4 families will be there, down from 5 as one family, the Mom is a Nurse Practitioner and her ...
by SandiSAHM
Sun Dec 24, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: 2023 at Sandi's
Replies: 39
Views: 187494

Re: 2023 at Sandi's

How are the kids with stews (lentil, vegetable?), stir frys, tacos/burritos? They can be made in large batches and it would break up some of the repetition. I'm not sure what I do with lentils and veggies qualifies as soup or stew. I love thick soups so they may verge on stew. DD is currently cravi...
by SandiSAHM
Wed Dec 20, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: Chat room
Topic: Daily check in Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023
Replies: 24
Views: 11273

Re: Daily check in Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023

Logics, I took 50% of our coffee mugs to Goodwill and haven't missed them at all. I'm the only coffee drinker and DS drinks a mug of cocoa somewhat regularly. Even the eight remaining mugs are a few too many I could get behind a split of port as a gift! :-D Coffee mugs are the bane of our dish stor...
by SandiSAHM
Mon Dec 18, 2023 6:10 pm
Forum: Challenges
Topic: 2023 at Sandi's
Replies: 39
Views: 187494

Re: 2023 at Sandi's

Sometimes I lose track of what I'm doing. I'm sure this comes as no surprise ;) We'd spent so much on 'unusual' large purchases this year I didn't realize that we'll end the year having 191% of the savings we had going into the year (this is liquid savings that I do a weird thing with... I save it, ...
by SandiSAHM
Sat Dec 16, 2023 7:59 pm
Forum: Chat room
Topic: Daily Check In December 16, 2023
Replies: 43
Views: 32479

Re: Daily Check In December 16, 2023

The 'big' appliance vs little appliance thing had me thinking... We use the big oven in winter. Try to batch things - bake pizza, then cookies, whatever 'stuff' is needed from the over for 2-3 days, then turn it off & open the door to augment the heat in the house. Summer, we 'bake' a lot outsid...