I came home and saw one crawling along the window of the inside of our house. Stealthily I slipped my shoe off and smashed the sucker into the glass. Cristian came running up the stairs probably afraid if I went after the other one the glass would break. LOL. He killed it and then we set up a spider trap by the door. (I also plan on spraying the doors and windows with something that will assure their deaths) It's a really old house so there are cracks under all the doors and the windows are not in the best condition. That's fine. But doesn't mean I'm willing to let these disgusting creatures become a part of our home. :D
I'm just so glad he's killing them now. Before he had this weird thing about it. "Well, they're not hurting anyone". Actually. Yes. They are. Me in fact. They are hurting ME. I pulled the "well you're going to have to start killing them unless you want your wife and daughter to be bitten..." act on him and since then he's responded wonderfully. :D
I wanted to do a little update on our budget system were working into place.
We're going to start with the envelope system. It's worked well for my parents and I think it would work well for him since you can physically see the money depleting as you go through each envelope. I think the problem with him using a card is you really don't see the money, you just slide and swipe and go about on your little way. I'm also trying to help him understand that just knowing how much is in our checking isn't budgeting. It's about planning where the money from each pay check goes, and once you're out-you can't buy anything or dip into emergency funds. I think this will work. If it doesn't I have some other ideas in mind. Of course I'm open to ideas if any of you have them. We definitely need to get this under control though.
Yesterday I went to a cooking circut with mum. It was awesome. We talked about salads and were provided with a few recipes. Also, we were able to try 2 of them. My favorite was the Greek Salad. I'm hopefully going to purchase the ingredients for it today and all the fixings for the dressing.
Here's the recipe:
Ingredients
Spinach
Tomatoes, diced
Cucumbers, sliced
Red onions, sliced paper-thin
Feta cheese
Sunflower seeds
Olives, pitted
Pepperoncinis
Vinaigrette Suggestion
1/2 C Olive oil
1/4 C red wine vinegar
1 t garlic powder
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1/4 C lemon juice
Salt and pepper
Directions
Combine all salad ingredients in the proportion that you like.
Whisk oil, vinegar, garlic powder, oregano, lemon juice in bowl to blend.
Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Add a little vinaigrette to salad and toss to coat.
Seriously could have eat a HUGE bowl of this. Delicious. And totally healthy!
In other news I think it's high time we purchase Cristian some cologne. He would be embarrassed about me sharing this but I think it's hilarious. I've been wondering what he's been wearing because the smell has been really familiar. For whatever reason I couldn't place it and this morning I discovered what he's been doing. We have an air freshner in our room that has a timer to spray every 36 minutes ( strange time I know). He's been taking it out of the sprayer every morning and using that to "freshen up" as opposed to some legitimate cologne. Maybe I should feel sad at the lengths we're both going to in order to save money for a little family but I just laughed and laughed... I'm still laughing. So after work today we're going to sort that out (poor guy) and hopefully we'll have a few minutes to look around at scales.
I'm really looking forward to moving around again and being more physical once Violet has made her appearance. I've been looking up workouts I can do from home, and some that even incorporate her into them. It'll be good to have that to work on. I'm also on this cook of looking up some healthier meals for us to eat and that are within our budget. Good things ahead.
I'm out at my parents posting this. The mama bird is still on her little next by the front door. She has 4-5 eggs in there! I can't wait to see some baby birds chirping in that thing! So cute!
Saw this, so true :D
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