Meanwhile Back At The Ranch

We've had a quiet weekend around here. Yesterday was wonderful weather, today not so much. We ran a few errands, did a few chores around the house, and spent time hanging out with the fur babies.

I decided that we needed to do something about the cat box situation in the laundry room. Cleo goes wild with her kicking and can pretty much empty out half the litter on the floor by herself. We looked around the stores for a larger, covered box and then remembered that we already had one tucked up in the rafters of the garage (why?) so, we pulled it down to use. I'm thinking we should have done this in the beginning!

Some squirrels chewed holes in the bird feeders, too. We found a couple new ones that are supposed to deter them, plus are metal and so should be a bit harder to chew through. Within a half hour of putting them up, a squirrel was already hanging on one, and feasting away. Bruce then moved that feeder to a higher branch with a longer cord. We'll see.

Grandma Gloria was in a good mood today. I'm not sure she knew who we were, but she seemed happy to have visitors. She also seemed to be enjoying her split pea and ham soup for lunch.

The seeded zinnias are starting to sprout. It's hard to imagine that they'll ever be as large as the packet says they will, but wouldn't it be cool if they could thrive. Plus, it will be a big savings over buying ones all ready to plant!

I'm sticking with my plan to cook most meals at home. Tonight was a slow cooked meal of kielbasa, potatoes, onions, carrots, and cabbage. (with even enough leftovers for lunch.) At some point we'll sit down and tally up a total of how much we've spent in the last year eating out. We'll then have a baseline to work with when we decide what our goal for spending is this year. Embracing frugality, that's the plan. I think it's workable.