{"id":3033,"date":"2015-04-10T21:31:42","date_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.coffeefreakdesigns.com\/teenstotsandeverythinginbetween\/?p=3033"},"modified":"2015-04-10T21:31:42","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:31:42","slug":"five-things-friday-4102015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=3033","title":{"rendered":"Five Things Friday 4\/10\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So glad that Carla did this post<\/a> today! So I “borrowed” her cute picture and will share my five things!<\/p>\n

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  1. The white van was treated to yet another set of repairs yesterday. A new heater hose and \u00a0air conditioner compressor. This depleted our emergency fund by $450. I am hoping to be able to add a little bit\u00a0 back to the fund this month but even more so am praying that this is the end of repairs at least\u00a0 for a couple of months.<\/li>\n
  2. I was driving the van to cheerleading last night and on the way home suffered an allergy attack. After a little bit of thinking, realized that it was most likely due to “dust” that had accumulated in the air condition system. This morning, Matt spent another $10 to replace the cabin air filters. I am so frustrated with this van at the moment.<\/li>\n
  3. I did have a major success in saving for Groceries. Our menu plan called for Baked Potato on Thursday. \u00a0I realized when getting out the potatoes that I still had about a fourth of bag of potatoes that were starting to spout. In order not to waste food, I filled the crockpot with potatoes, used the remaining ones after dinner to make mashed potatoes. One 2 cup set I will use for “shepherd pie” this weekend and the others (2) \u00a0are frozen for later use. I also started a crock pot with “potato corn chowder” which will be a second meal for the weekend and then at least two additional meals in the future. So I have managed to cook a minimum of 5 meals in one day using crock pots and food on hand.<\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0I am working toward a goal of significantly lowering our grocery cost for the month. To accomplish this I want to stick to shopping at CVS and Aldi, no Costco trips. So far for the month, we have spent $38 on groceries. The goal is to spend less than $50, purchase some landscape items and plants for the square foot garden with another $200 and use the remainder to now cover the unexpected van expense.<\/li>\n
  5. \u00a0In NC on Saturday, the temperature is suppose to be in the low 70s and sunny so we are planning to spend the day working on the Square Foot Garden. I hope to post pictures of all the yard tomorrow.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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