Thursday, Thursday

Wow, it's been so quiet other than the dogs barking at the mailmen. The girls are still gone. Lexi has called because she misses momma (she does this every night when shes gone) and Shiloh acts as if prison just broke out and shes happier than a clam to be gone. I love my daughters, just one loves me more than the other I think sometimes.
I woke up quite groggy this morning and didn't really want to stay up, but I did. Once that alarm goes off, I'm awake. Haven't take a real nap since my babies were babies other than having surgery 3 weeks ago. I don't consider that a nap, I consider that a pill nap having to take pain medication. Any hoo, I get up and lay on the couch for about 10 minutes before Chuck leaves for work. The dogs run and act crazy in the yard before coming in to nap again. They pass the food bowl with their noses up as if I served them catfood. How rude. Sorry that kibbles and bits are not surf and turf in this house, poochies.
The motivation has not exactly hit me to get up and do much since the girls aren't here. I sit on the couch with the laptop checking emails and sipping my coffee and before I know it's 10:00. The little pang of hunger finally hits me. I find some bagels in the fridge and toast a mini bagel, spread some honey nut cream cheese. I also slice 1/2 banana in half and try out a little of the cream cheese on it. Not too bad, but not as good as peanut butter on it. Either way, a small breakfast fits the little tummy talking. It's just now 11:30, and I still haven't gotten up but to let the dogs go prance away in the yard and bark at the girl dog next door. They come in and yet take another nap. This house needs alot of beauty sleep obviously, other than me guess I should follow that lead and see if I slip back into looking like my daughters for a day. Even though it's this close to lunchtime, I don't exactly have a hunger pain, especially since I just ate. Good thing I don't just go by time rather than hunger like my oldest daughter. Lexi has a self set schedule when it comes to meals. If things aren't on time, she gets a little worried and acts quite dramatic. If dinner isn't on the table at least by 6:30, the questions start rolling. Quite funny.
It's on today to finish up laundry, do the dishes and mop floors. Chuck possibly may not be home until after 8 tonight from working late, but it may be tomorrow night instead. Honestly, I haven't laid anything out for dinner yet, due to the not knowing. If he works late, I may heat up meatloaf from last night and have a meatloaf sandwich. I may have left over tuna mixture and cover in cheese and bread crumbs to make a small casserole for myself. Guess I will just have to see what my tummy decides later on. Off to do some housework and get ready for my girls to come home later on.

Mopping takes alot out of you when you have only carpet in select rooms. So, to quench my thirst, instead of reaching for a bottled water like I usually do or a diet soda (I'm not much of a soda fan) I decided to make myself a little afternoon treat with some of my items from the refrigerator that needed to be used up. I had about 1/2 cup of strawberries left over from Saturday's party, already sliced and maserated in about 2 tbsp. of sugar for a few days. Quite sweet! I then took two 4 oz. cups of vanilla activa light yogurt cups, 4 peach slices with no added sugar, the other half of the banana from breakfast, 1/2 tbsp. honey and 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract combined in the blender. WA-lah! Instant heathier afternoon pick me up smoothie. Quite the sweet tooth craving without all of the calories, fat and sugar to add to my hips from the lips. The tartness of the yogurt and strawberries combined with the sweetness of the banana and peaches make a great combination and even better in my mind that I know I didn't hop in the car and go pick up a price adding, pound adding milkshake or sundae from the local ice cream shop. GO ME!! Still, I'm not in the lunch mood, so it's already 2:00 p.m., why eat now? Even if Chuck doesn't come home at the usual 5:30, I can still have a later dinner tonight. I am now going through my pantry list to see if there is anything to wake up my meatloaf instead of the previous idea of a meatloaf sandwich.. we will see how this goes!

Well, after a long afternoon of cleaning the house, I decided to get online and think up ideas of what I could do with leftover meatloaf. I decided upon sloppy joes using the meatloaf ground up, added 1/4 cup green bell peppers and 1 tbsp. worchestershire sauce. Saute until warm and add 1 small 10 oz (I think it's 10??) can of tomato sauce, 2 tbsp. light brown sugar and a 1/2 tsp. yellow mustard. These are the best and less sodium than traditional canned sloppy joe sauces. I'm going to add Alexia waffle fries I got at Meijer on Sunday for $1.19 after $1.00 coupon, baking them in the oven instead of frying for fat content and adding alot of seasonings! Magnifique! No one in my house ever resists sloppy joes momma style. I, personally, like to take the fries, omit bun and put the sloppy joe on top of the fries, top with shredded cheese and melt for 25 seconds. I also like to add some diced yellow onion and sometimes bread and butter pickles diced. My own little creation that is yummy.

Woo, the day closes to an end almost for me now at 11:30 p.m. The meatloaf/sloppy joes were a hit with the family, and even had enough leftover for two of Chuck's friends who happened to have stopped by for a little while. All of the meatloaf is gone, 2 meals out of one pound of hamburger feeding 8 people, not bad at all I do declare! I went afterwards and conflicted with Best Buys warranty policy on this laptop. I don't get it, but who am I to say what is covered and shipping costs should be. OH WELL, guess I can deal with one broken key until I decide to splurge on myself and get it fixed. Afterwards, I stopped at Targ'et, hehe, in desperate need of electronics cleaner and had to compare prices between 60 multi-purpose wipes out of the computer department for $7.99 or a BIG bottle of pledge multi-surface cleaner for $3.99, I went with the latter of course considering if you take one wipe out, it will just dry up. My little laptop only needs a little squirt to clean the screen so, I figure it will save me in the long run. I spent $4.26, unfortunately, I did not have any coupons. I feel sad when I don't have a coupon, but it's not $100.00, so I guess I can live with a "non" bargain product once.

I end my stops at Blockbuster and get a movie for my honey to watch on the couch together while the girls decided to wind down for the night. I, however, am the only one who wants to pay attention to the movie. HMMM, oh well. We both wanted to see it, but unfortunately I am the only one who watched the whole movie. His loss, good movie. I had a little craving that hit me in the tums about 9:00 that led me back to this mornings cream cheese, ummmm, and a few ritz honey butter crackers. I did not over do it, so the guilt hasn't set in on the thighs yet. All in all, it was a productive day cleaning and getting some much needed stuff done around the house. I have a busy Friday ahead of me but I will NOT be broken of spending wisely no matter if I am out or not. I never do except for an occasional milkshake on a hot day. As long as I keep telling myself that I am going to stay in my size 3 jeans I think I may be able to pass them by like anything else I don't need in my life. Good night to all, early risers must rise again for another day of living the life. OH, my where are my manners? My grand total for Thursday would be (insert drum roll here).... $9.63. I am not sure if I am supposed to factor in the cost of movies, but I will add it just in case. Plus, I had to buy my youngest daughter a "high school musical 3" poster at Blockbuster, it was only .99 and she is a huge fan. More bargains to everyone!