Geeze, I feel like I've totally wasted this day. I got up early and milked, even though I was planning to go in late to work today. Got DH off and waited, and waited, for the septic crew. I finally gave up and got ready for work. Just as I was walking out the door - at 9am - they drive up. I showed them around, answered their questions and got 'em all lined out by about 9:30. I get ready to jump in the car when I looked down at my feet - my sandaled feet - covered in grass from mowing....itty bitty pieces of grass everywhere. GRRRRRRRR,,, so I go back in the house - dragging grass everywhere and rinse my grungy feet off.
I planned on being at the office for a couple hours. We're just starting a report that takes a couple months to do and we have to gather about 100 pieces of information on about 130 kids...it really is crazy. We usually spend a couple hours a day on it - and it takes three of us huddled together in my office all with our bits of info - to accomplish this. I get in and one of my co-workers is off on a mission to help a student and my other co-worker has a family in her office for an advising session. We didn't even get a chance to get started on the report. I worked on my budget for this year and came headed home around noon.
Stopped by the feed store and the grocery store and got totally depressed at the price of everything! Things go up from day to day - what I bought last week has already increased in price. Where will it end?????? DH and I were talking yesterday about rising prices and also about our pantry. It's hard for just the two of us to make a dent and keep things rotated well. It was much easier when more people lived/ate here, lol. Soooooo, I made a motion that we try very, very hard to eat just from the pantry for at least a month. That would give us an idea of what it would be like, what we want more of - or less of, it would certainly help rotate stock, AND it would save money. I'm up for trying it, at least. October first is our start date. I'll have to be very creative cooking healthy meals for a diabetic strictly out of the pantry. Ok, it won't be strictly out of the pantry, cuz we'll have fresh eggs, milk, and kefir. The mainstay of his diet is fresh salads, fish and soups. The pantry has plenty of soups, tuna and
sardines. I guess I need to check and see if there are any health risks, like mercury or something, associated with canned fish. Life is just not simple anymore is it?
Septic crew just left and there is a mountain of extra dirt in my back yard. I can use it but what I really can use is a piece of power equipment to move it with. They'll spread a bunch of it for me, but I really need some under my shed in the back yard and they can't get their equipment under there. My neighbor brought in about 10 loads of dirt a couple years ago and my shed has flooded ever since.... gotta love them neighbors, huh?
Gosh, just read back through this and I've done nothing but whine...sorry ya'll!
All this talk of food... and I'm still waiting on my supper to get done! 
If I can get him out of bed I think he should go lounge for awhile.
