Happy Grandpa!

This is my favorite guy and my favorite set of triplets! Aren't they all just precious?

We are home now and I am spending the day trying to catch up on housework. Then it hits me, I'm retired and not going back to school next week. Don't rush it, do the work right the first time! But I also got up at 4 AM because I'm still on Utah time and so I had many hours to do a lot of things.. During today's morning hours I have made bread, weeded the salad garden and replanted lettuce, lopped off a rose bush and shrub that were trying to take over the house, washed and hung 3 loads of laundry, put all the Utah travel stuff away and took a 15 minute power nap! I also inventoried the garage freezer which leads me to my money saving idea for today. Here you go, enjoy!

I have not been the best at using our food storage. I found that it was easier after work to make something quick and easy and if I needed an ingredient, Dad would pick it up on his way home. But I am challenging myself to not spend a dime on groceries as long as possible. I want to see what I can create from our food storage, from our garden and from my imagination! Tonight we are having a potato/zucchini/chopped chicken/egg scramble that I saw on Instagram. From Becky I got the idea to have more breakfast for dinner foods and tomorrow we will have french toast and bacon. I also have a stir fry, a ham and potato bake and homemade macaroni and cheese on the next week's menu. I will not need to buy anything for this menu! 

It was fun to watch Becky and see how she makes her menus and shop for necessary ingredients. She was an inspiration to me to do better. 

Making a week's worth of menu's is such a money saver and I encourage everyone to try it!