{"id":8580,"date":"2022-02-17T20:56:32","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=8580"},"modified":"2022-02-17T20:56:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:56:32","slug":"thursday-thoughts-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teenstotsandeverythinginbetween.com\/?p=8580","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thoughts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>\u00a0I was able to see our electric bill for the month of February on the app this week. $301.49.\u00a0 This is definitely the highest bill in recent memory, but I am also thinking all time high as well. It is also $40 over what I budget each month to cover the electricity.<\/li>\n<li>I made a trip to the grocery store to mainly pick up salad supplies and fruits for the kids to use for lunches next week.\u00a0 I also grab to loaves of French bread at $1.00 each. My plan is to make a batch of French toast on Saturday with adding some in the freezer for quick breakfast. Total spent 21.47 which brings our monthly grocery total to $127 before Amazon. I will add in Amazon at the end of the month when it is billed.\u00a0 I will need to stop at Aldi or Food Lion to pick up eggs tomorrow as we are down to 18 eggs and with plans for French toast those will be gone quickly!<\/li>\n<li>We ended up ordering Zach an electric toothbrush this week, which was totally unplanned, but the hope is that he will use this regularly!<\/li>\n<li>I found a single steak in our black freezer and had put on the menu to make steak fried rice today. It turned out AMAZING!\u00a0 \u00a0We had enough for all 6 of us (Mom provided desert) both Zach and Matt have already been back for seconds, and we still have one serving left for leftovers.<\/li>\n<li>I have a list on the side of the whiteboard of items that I want to put on the menu in the next week or so in order for us to continue to eat out of our freezer.\u00a0 I am trying to use at least one item a week that is not a preferred items in order to make things go easier.<\/li>\n<li>I decided to go ahead and put some eggs in the insta pot so I could use those on salads next week.\u00a0 \u00a0I ended up making egg salad for Zach as he wants to take it for lunch tomorrow. I may have to have an egg salad sandwich for breakfast.<\/li>\n<li>When we first went into COVID lockdown, I was able to purchase air filters for ninety-seven cent each. I purchased six or seven case. We usually change at least 2 a month. Sadly, we only have 6 filters left. I am not at all hopeful to find this type of deal again.<\/li>\n<li>After months of turning down extra work in Guam, I have agreed to take on four more schools.\u00a0 I am hopefully to maintain only working 2 nights a week, but this will be a significant boast in income that should allow us to continue to live comfortably the remainder of the year and cover some unexpected medical expenses as well as tax payment that is needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0I was able to see our electric bill for the month of February on the app this week. $301.49.\u00a0 This is definitely the highest bill in recent memory, but I am also thinking all time high as well. 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