Frugal Living Ideas

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Now I'm thinking more about the food dehydrator because I'd like to make dried pineapple and dried mangoes. They are expensive to buy. Hmm, it would be good to have them as a snack for the flight if possible! I ordered it from eBay.

I filled out the form for my Italian class in Sardinia. I'll need to go to the bank for the bank transfer, so I'll wait to order my euros until I have to go over there for that. No, they said that I could use a credit card, so I'd rather do that.

Now I'm thinking that I should find the time to food prep after I get back from Sardinia. I would save a lot of money that way. Saturdays I'm usually too tired to clean or garden anyway, so that would be a good day for it. Note to self: Healthy Meal Prep Ideas And I'd need to grocery shop on Fridays or place an order for groceries.

Hmm. I need to buy some small bottles of soda for the bus ride to the airport. I'll add it to my grocery list.

Woke up a little after my alarm at 6:30 AM. Took the dogs out. It’s gray and rainy and I’m going to go back to sleep for a half hour. The dogs were play fighting, so I kicked Bella out. Well, I slept longer and overslept work a little. Damn rainy days. Yeah, Adrienne, blame the weather :)

I'm getting a lot of good ideas from the Frugal Living Facebook group. I wishlisted a clothes drying rack for outside. I do have clothesline posts in the back yard, but the garage will get in the way of it. It would be better for the environment too. I ordered more storage containers for food prepping. And the clothesline rack.

Tested my microphone and set up for our presentation after lunch. For a moment, I had thought that Gracie had chewed up my headset, but that was the previous one that she had chewed. The perils of working from home with pets. I'm going to have to kick Gracie out because she's barking at the cats.

I was feeding the critters and it was a three-ring circus. Bella really, really likes hot dogs, and I hide Gracie’s meds in hot dog pieces. Bella kept on trying to grab Gracie’s hot dogs. I finally gave Bella the rest of the hot dog to distract her.

The presentation went okay. I closed the door to keep the critters out of my home office, but didn't realize that Lily was already up here! She walked on my desk while I was talking but didn't disturb anything. Whew.

I need to check on how much a cab from the airport in Sardinia will be. The hotel has a shuttle, but I'd like a backup. And I'll need to take a cab from my hotel to the train station.

Had my therapy session today. She said that I'll probably have to lawyer up to get answers from the trust. I already had emailed my dad asking what type of lawyer I should contact. We got into talking about my food prep plans. She loves her InstaPot, so I just bought one. She said to make sure that I'm making food that I really like.

Fed us all. I’m going to take a nap. Slept until 4:30 AM.