8-22-11

8:05am

The first day of school for Columbus

is Wednesday.  Going to spend the next

two days doing laundry.

If I find time I might start matching up

some outfits for the kids ahead of time

and putting them on one hanger so they

can just grab it and get dressed.

This will include the socks and undies as well.

This is such a time saver for those

rushed mornings!

The junior high will not allow the students

to wear any shirts that are solid red or blue!

They did not give a reason why in their

newsletter but my guess is that it is

probably gang colors.  Well ain't that nice

to worry about in schools now, the color

your child wears on his/her clothing!

Need to find book bags and

stock them with basic school supplies from

my stockpile that I got last year.

Things like spiral notebook paper,

pencils, pens, glue sticks and markers

or colored pencils.  I think I read in another

school letter that they don't want the

kids to have markers and use colored pencils

instead. But why not?

I love when they come home with

homemade tattoos from markers

all over their face, hands, arms and legs

and leave the parents to figure out

how to remove them!

Why are they just now figuring out

that markers are a bad idea?

And next thing I need to worry about is food.

I'm going to have to pack the kids lunches

til I hear if we qualified for reduced lunches.

I'm sure we do since we've been getting

it ever since they were in kindergarten.

It's a pain though because they hem haw

around about telling you, sometimes 

they don't even let you know and you have to 

call or go to the school to find out.

In the meanwhile your packing lunches for

a couple months only to have them

say, oh you qualified 6 weeks ago.

Well that would have been nice to know!!

This makes my grocery budget go up

during that time!  

I also need to figure out breakfasts for the kids

each morning.  I try to feed them at home

even though everyone gets free breakfasts at school.

Who's to say that they are eating at school

or just horsing around with friends instead.

If I feed them at home I know they

are starting off the day with something

in their belly.

 8:20am

Lol, I got a call on my cell phone

and the lady says, I'm calling about

the craigslist ad you had for childcare.

Sorry wrong number!!!

I think I've done enough babysitting

over the Summer for everyone elses

child that wanted to come hang out

here for hours on end!!

I'm one of those parents looking

forward to kids going back to school

just to get a break, lol.

I've had a couple people around here 

ask me if I would babysit their

children before and after school.

I turn them down. 

Yeah I'm a stay at home mom or

housewife, yes I am home most of the day,

yes I am conveniently in the same

neighborhood as them,

BUT that does not make me available

for babysitting, geesh!

 This is my time to clean house,

cut coupons, make a grocery list,

search for deals on the internet for

coupon match ups,

go grocery shopping, make daily meals,

 make freezer meals, do laundry, clean dishes,
take a nap, then 

worry about getting my kids on and off 

a bus and seeing to it they get their homework

done. And they do get quite a bit of

homework that I wonder what the

teachers are doing in school that

the average working parent has this

on their shoulders now.  I don't

remember having that much homework!

After school I see so many kids

running the neighborhood playing outside

from the time they get off the bus til dark.

When do they do homework?

They don't.  Some parents don't care.

I learn that these kids are failing

and are doing Summer school.

I hear these kids also talk about

going home and playing games systems

or fiddling with cell phones.

For starters my kids are not allowed

to have cell phones til they are old

enough to get a job to cover that cost!

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Blogger has totally screwed up my blog
for today.  Things disappeared that I posted.
I am so tired of this happening!
You work hard at a blog and
this is what you get.  
I think I'm done for today
unless I feel like trying later on
tonight once we get home from
the Clipper's game.
Right now I just don't feel like posting
stuff that disappears for no reason.

8-21-11

9:30am

Pictures of the hall bench I found yesterday.

One of my favorite things found.

This will be so nice to have to put book bags,

and outdoor attire in like gloves, boots, hats, etc.

Oh yeah, the antique Martha Washington

sewing table next to the bench was also found 

earlier this year along.  I also found

the fake plant that I forgot about since

I had put it inside the bench.

That little bugger still had the price

tag of $15 on it.

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 11:50am

I just sent The People of Walmart
a photo I took last year that I thought
was funny.  I've been meaning to do it
but couldn't come up with a saying
for it til now.

One of these things is not like the others,
One of these things just doesn't belong,
Can you tell which thing is not like the others
By the time I finish my song? 

(from Sesame Street)

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1:20pm

Got a batch of banana breads in the oven.
I used mini loaf tins to make a variety
of quick breads.
I made up the banana bread like
usual then divided it among three bowls.
In the first bowl I added 1/4 cup
strawberry syrup, in another I added
3 tablespoons chocolate pudding mix
and the last I left as is.

I placed dollops of assorted batter
in the bottom of the loaf pan
then swirled with a toothpick.
I then added another layer to
make the pan half way full.

I was just experimenting with
different flavors
like banana & chocolate swirl
and strawberry banana swirl
and neapolitan. 






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1:40pm

Fresh baked banana bread of
a different color and flavor.

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Went and took a drive over to UV
apartments again this afternoon, lol.
I told Tony I had seen his friend there
yesterday that we all used to work with.
So we entered the property from the
backside and found his friend which
is a contractor for replacing the floors there.
I found our friend parked in front
of a dumpster which was by a garage
where he was cutting vinyl for a floor.
Well about 10 minutes go by with
chatting with our friend and out of nowhere
comes Dickhead with a capital "D".  
Remember him from
yesterday that was very rude to me?
He says very rudely again,
you back again after I told you no dumpster
diving!!
I said we were here talking
to a friend of ours, I told you yesterday
that I knew people here.
He then says,
I told you yesterday that you were not
allowed to dumpster dive here
and you still continued to do so yesterday
and now you are back again today.
Oh boy was I pissed worse than
a rattle snake on an attack!!
I got into a confrontation with him
and told him I did leave yesterday
and I did NOT continue to dumpster dive!!!
He's trying to make me out to be a liar
with everything I said to him!
Tony jumped in pissed off because
I told him yesterday how this man 
treated me and he saw it for himself today.
A couple choice words were used.
Something like calling him a dick
and a-hole, LOL!
This guy was that rude and obnoxious.
The guy then told us that if he saw us
again he would be calling the police.
I'm such a criminal aren't I, LOL!!!
I have a clean police record and I could
see a dumpster diving offense on there, LOL!!
People have nothing better to do
than to harass me.
Heck once I got caught by security in
a shopping center.  I swear all I was doing
was getting some empty boxes to start my
basement clean up and I told security that.
I got told to leave because I was
stealing boxes!!
And we wonder what is wrong
with America.  Harass the innocent
and let the criminals run free.

Anyways I told y'all yesterday that
I had my hands on a vacuum that
I desperately needed and didn't get
because of that idiot.
Well guess what I came home with today???
EVIL LAUGH!!!

We also drove through a couple
other complexes and the only thing
we found was one of those long,
orange, outdoor, heavy duty extension cords.
Good thing no dumpster diving 
police were around, LOL! 


Heard this song on the radio shortly
after leaving UV. 
Perfect!

8-20-11

1:35pm

Me, mom and the kids did some DDn

at an apartment complex this morning

that house lots of college students.

We left around 11:00am.

I was lost without my camera this weekend

so asked to borrow mom's.

Here's the freebies we found-

32? inch flat screen tv

Drum

Cleaning & beauty supplies

along with jewelry.

Misc.

Notebooks with paper.

Always looking out for school supplies.

Food

Seat covers.  These will work

well in the Suburban that has torn leather seats!

Clip on fan

Battery charge and a bunch of cords.

These might come in handy should

we find things missing cords.

Book bags and purse

& barbie mermaid doll.

Picture frame.  I told Tony I'd find

him a frame to put his nascar ticket stubs

and paper mementos in from the race.

Large bag of mens & womens clothes

New set of gloves, hat & scarf

Afterwards we stopped in Kroger

on Olentangy.  I needed some cream

cheese to make my banana bread

which I had forgotten it the other day.

It was manager special heaven in there today!

I got 5 loaves of bread and

mom got the other 5 left on the shelf.

Was .79 cents

Paid .39 cents each

pkg of black and bleu burgers

was $2.87

paid $2.00

pkg of bacon cheddar burgers

was $2.87

paid $2.29

1 pound pkg ham

was ?

paid $2.29

Beef bottom round steak

was .95 cents

paid .66 cents

2 one pound rolls bob evans sausage

was $3.99

paid $2.49

can of spaghetti sauce

was .95 cents

paid .45 cents

Baked beans

was $1.73

paid .89 cents

2 cans dinty moore beef stew

was $2.29 each

paid $1.19 each

Canned peaches

was $1.19

paid .59 cents

Chicken boullion

was $1.79

paid .89 cents

3 pkgs Kroger spanish rice

was .89 cents each

paid .49 cents each

Knorr chicken rice

was $1.00

paid .49 cents

Onion soup mix

was $1.39

paid .69 cents

Large bag of stuffing

was $2.00

paid .99 cents

Freezer bags
was $1.29
paid .69 cents


Here was my pantry before-

And after.
Spent $37 at Kroger which included
all the mark downs, meats, fridge items,
bread & toilet paper.
Plus all the food finds are in there as well.

Will make a second trip back
over to the apartments later on this evening.


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5:00pm


I have not had a very good day.
It seems like whatever I do is wrong
or doesn't seem to want to go my way.
I have had little sleep so that might
have something to do with it.

Let's back up and start with last night.
I was talking to Tony when his phone
just cut off and I couldn't call him til today.  

I then see on the news that
there was a fatal shooting 2 blocks from
here and the shooter is unknown and
not found. At around 11pm I had kids
and myself in bed when I heard this
really loud POW! outside that could
have been a gunshot.  That freaked me out
to the point of not even checking to 
see what it was outside for fear a gunman
was running loose in the neighborhood
looking for a place to hide.
I grabbed Christopher out of his bedroom
and me and the kids hunkered down
in the dark in Jonathan's bedroom til
I didn't hear any more noises.
I'm by myself with kids and no one
here to protect us so I was literally
shaking from arms, hands and legs!
I know what fireworks sound like
and it sure didn't sound like one outside
last night!
Anyways when I gave the kids the 
all clear we all slept in my bed.

Now let's move onto to the afternoon. Once I saw
that the truck race was finished I called Tony.
He called during the race and it was
very hard to hear him!
I find out he forgot to take the camera
to the race!!  I'll let y'all imagine how
I felt about that because it took
me about an hour to calm down, lol.


Next Tony told me that his coworker
that drove him up to the race
and the one that he got the tickets from,
ended up not going to the race
because he fell ill and ended up in the
emergency room due to a relapse of
problems he had a month or so ago
when he spent a week in the hospital.
I'm not sure what was wrong.
Something about bleeding out his
bottom and in the past he has dealt
with constant vomiting and diarrhea.
Anyway Tony and about 6 others 
still went to see the race while
this coworker and his wife was in the hospital.
The coworker is out of the hospital
but don't know the results.


Ok moving onto later this afternoon.
I call mom up and want to know
if she's ready to make another
trip over to the college apartments.
She said yes, but with a twist,
my step-dad wanted to go.
I said he could go but leave everything
to me and the kids.
If you know my step-dad you'd know
I couldn't picture him going on a
DDn run with me and the kids!


We enter the property, where we used
to work, know the property manager,
know other employees and know the
owner personally.
I make it to the middle lot when
I spy a vacuum that I really, really need!
I had my hands on it but I didn't end up with it :0(
Some jerk off in the middle lot
near where they keep the apartment's busses
starts whistling at me to get my attention.
He yells, this is private property and
and you are not allowed to dumpster dive!!
I yell back and said I have permission
from the property manager and told 
him her name.  He was a real dick
acting like a big bad ass to the point
I was nervous and shaking.
He then tells me come here and we'll
go talk to the property manager.
So I drive over there and instead of
going to see her he says he's going to
call her instead.  I told him my name
and my husbands and even my father-in-laws
name because we all used to work there
and we know everyone.
His nasty comment back to me was I don't
care who you are or if you worked
here you are not allowed to dumpster dive.
He gets on his phone and supposedly
called the property manager which
we've known for 15 to 20 years.
He slaps his phone back shut and says
to me, you don't have permission to be here!
I have no idea if he really called her,
if she even remembered my name or what,
but I've been doing this for 14 years
at this property with no problem what so ever!!
I tracked down another employee
we also know that was on the property.
I actually called him on the cell phone
and asked him to find out for me
what in the world is going on!
So awaiting to here something because
at the moment I am so confused.
He knows I literally live and depend
upon the things we find there every year
just to survive!

I called Tony once back home.
He said he will take care of it
and call the property manager
BUT he only has one bar on his
phone, in Michigan, and can't find
his charger.  So I'm hoping that
once he returns tomorrow
we'll go back over there and maybe
he can talk to her.
I hope we can figure something out.
I don't ask for much.  Let me have my camera,
which is a prized possession of mine,
and the only other thing I ask to do
is go DDn at college move out time because
I am the mom and know what it
takes to keep this family going
with little money.  
I am so heart broke, and so humiliated
by those people today telling
me I couldn't DD and treating me like
total crap that I'm ready to crawl back
into bed and sleep the rest of my day away!
I could literally cry if I find out
I can't DD over there no more!!

But hey, I did manage to get three 
things before going home.
No actual pics at this time because
mom's camera battery died.
I got a pair of tennis shoes,
a nice broom for my kitchen
and a hall storage bench that kinda
looks like this one only mine
has spindles on the back.

Please someone tell me what the harm
is by recycling things that people throw
away???  Poor families could get so
much use out of those wasted items!
Why do some people have to be such
jerks and ruin someone's day?
They don't have to survive like
we do and make do with the little
things in life.  I'm so tired of people
that have it all or know it all
and belittle others lower than their
income or standards!!!


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7:30pm

Well I think I'm going to retire early
tonight.  Body hurts and I just took
some ibuprofen.  My hips feel like they
are on fire and feels like someone has beaten
them with a hammer!
A little rest and staying off my feet
will help for tonight.