Still Picking up the Pennies

Here is my menu for the next week. Monday-nuttin' Honey Tuesday-sweet and sour chicken Wednesday- pork tenderloin Thursday-soup& grilled cheese Friday HM pizza Saturday burgers Sunday-brats and hot dogs. Been so busy but with a plan I do much better. For more yummy menus hop over to orgjunkie.com Have a great week everyone!!

It is about 9pm here and I am just out of the shower and ready for bed. Today was my first day of being the baker for 55 students and teachers at work. I am working (for now at least) Monday-Friday 7:30am-1pm. I am the baker, today I made onion-dill dinner rolls, peanut butter-butterscotch cookies and zucchini bread. I helped with lunch cooking serving and clean up. And I am completely beat! The boys entered 4 of the chickens in the county fair and all of them won 1st place, the boys were so proud. Busy fun, crazy weekend.I am very happy to report beside the crazy admission fee, we spent NO money. We did make sure we got every cent worth also, enjoyed the horse riding, dog show, music, exhibits, mud bog, and my families favorite the demolition derby. Every day we went, I made sure the cooler was full of cold refillable water bottles, sandwiches and fruit. My youngst with his prise winning chickens. My oldest with his chicken,also award winning.

We are really struggling these past few days. Unemployment check has not hit the bank yet, it was due in on Thursday and the house payment was due on Monday, hopefully it will come soon. I do get paid on Friday but it is not enough to cover the house payment. We went on a 4H bus trip yesterday to Duluth, MN. It was really fun and nice to put our cares aside for one day. My parents paid for the trip and gave me cash for meals. While in Duluth we toured the William Irvin ship, went to Imax and the Lake Superior Zoo. All of the places were very educational and exciting for our family. It did however start raining while we were at the zoo, so we only got to enjoy half of it. Here is a photo of a cake I made for my niece's birthday. Tomorrow I go to the VA hospital to the MOVE clinic, I am going to speak with a dietitian and a nurse. I am hoping they can give me some info on weight loss.

I am in my own little funk. I am having doubts about this entire medical transcription thing, I am doing. All these long ass terms are kicking my butt. and seems like I never have time to study. I am 42% done with the courses and my average is 92%. Job-wise I love my new job, I like working in the kitchen and the gals I work with and it will be nearly full time from mid aug-nov, so I will love that. DH is talking about going to truck driving school, which is NOT ideal but we are getting to the point where things really, REALLY HAVE to change. A new class starts up every 4 weeks so he is thinking of going in mid Sept-mid Oct. The boys are back in school, I will be working a lot and not needing day care. While we are not late on any bills, things are slipping, only one 1/2 way decent vehicle, everything needing to be replaced or fixed around the house. So that is that! Sorry to rant. I am really trying to put on my big girl panties and deal with it. We have a safe, (pretty) secure home, ...

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Crystal, over at Just another modest Mom is having a great Oscar Mayer giveaway! Her giveaways are so much fun, and I am very excited to say that I won the last one she had, (she included great extras! Thanks Crystal!!) Good Luck everyone!!