2009 has begun!

Well, I can't believe it is already 2009.  Wow, the time has flown by.  For 2008 my New Years resolution was to start a blog page.  Well I did it.  After looking over my blog, I posted a new message 10 out of 12 months.  Actaully that is probably the best I have ever done with any resolution I have made in the past.  Hopefully I can keep it going.  It is funny, I often think about what I am going to write about as thoughts pass through my head.... then I sit down at the computer at night and read other blogs or get involved in something else and I forget to do my thing.  My New Years resolution in 2009 is to become a little bit more thrifty.  I started in the middle of December, clipping coupons, looking for the good deals etc.  And as always I am trying to lose weight.  I am already starving and it is January 2nd.  I swear my stomach is like a black hole, it never gets full.  

I talked with a lady I met at work and she has got me turned on to the coupons.  I guess Harris Tetter, a local grocery store does triple coupons about three to four times a year.  I have my coupons ready and I am going to the store tomorrow.  I saw her receipts from how much money she saves.  Incredible is all I can say.  She invests a lot of time in researching the grocery stores and clipping coupons, I know I will never be as good as her, but saving any amount of money will be good.  Hopefully I will blog again soon to let you know I do tomorrow.  Maggie, the lady I met, said I wouldn't save as much as her because I generally by all brand name items. But I can still try to save everything penny I can.  

I also hope we eat at home more.  I think this would help both New Years resolutions.  The thing that kills me and our budget when cooking at home, is I don't like leftovers.  I throw everything away that we don't eat at that setting.  I think it is from being in the restaraunt buisness for so long.  At both stores I have worked, you throw out food anywhere from 24-48 hours after is has been prepped.  I also would do better at cooking meals if Chad and I had halfway normal schedules.  

Speaking of Chad....He got promoted!! I am so proud of him.  He had to switch shifts which kind of sucks, but he has been working very hard for this and I couldn't be any prouder.  Hopefully I will "blog" again soon!

Til' next time