Haven't done much this weekend. Yesterday I went to church in the morning, but was so tired that I went straight home (didn't stay for potluck.) I slept pretty hard for a few hours, and then gave J a call (the lady I lived with for a few months two years ago.) She's a month out from her second knee surgery and is recovering pretty well from it. She was happy to hear about NE and I. Then it was time for my weekly call to grandma. Pretty much same conversation per usual.
I slept a bit more, then got up and caught up on about frugal forums (hadn't read in over a month!) Did some laundry too.
** Oh, I had to fill up before heading to church. I was on fumes again. Last tank was 34.4 mpg, even with the fast driving. $37.39 for 10.489 gallons
This morning I was supposed to go walking, but both people wimped out on me. I was going to make ableskebers for my two sometimes walking partners this morning, but shortly before heading over to Ns place to make them, I realized I didn't have buttermilk, good butter (all my tubs were dried out ...), salt or sugar!! So I had to go to the expensive mom and pop store and pick that stuff up (no buttermilk, but did get lemon juice --- didn't quite achieve the right results using rice milk ...)About $10. Ouch.
The first two batches didn't turn out great, but luckily by the third batch they were working out better. The ladies told me that it was my practice run for making them for NE. (I hadn't made them in practically 3 years .. so was a little rusty.)
I redeemed swagbucks for a $15 AGC yesterday. Now have enough for my June 5 $5's.
Tomorrow I have a babysitting gig. The mom wrote me to let me know that her dh won't be going on the trip he was thinking about doing, but they'd like to spend some quality time together tomorrow.
I can't seem to shake this tiredness, no matter how much I'm sleeping/lazing. I will be seeing my doctor again on Friday for retesting bloodwork (thyroid.) I'm hoping she can offer me some ideas on what is going on. Tired of being tired.
Almost forgot - got a call this pm from one of my walking partners about the loose neighborhood dog who always comes with us on our walks. She (the dog) has been accused of biting a child. Witnesses (all kids under ten ..) say that it was actually the child's dog that bit her after being sat on by the child ... but the child claims it was neighborhood dog. Only consequence right now is that nd is going to have to be tied up all the time (which her owners have tried to do, but she constantly gets off the tie out.) The owner asked if we'd write a note to animal control stating that nd is NOT aggressive. She isn't - so I will be doing that.
Lazy Weekend
May 27th, 2013 at 03:37 am
May 27th, 2013 at 05:33 am 1369629202
Are the videos and such safe to do? I am always afraid I am going to get a virus. Would love if you would share some secrets.
May 27th, 2013 at 05:44 am 1369629882
I do the daily points - poll, NOSO, toolbar. Then I also do the SBTV mobile (50pts) and sometimes the games if I need the points (10 pts). The videos on the site are safe. I sometimes go for surveys, but not all that often (since I rarely qualify.) Most offers are pretty safe, just stay away from anything that requires a download. (Be sure to get a number from Google Voice or k7.net to use on offers which require a phone number.)
I also check in on the FB page to be alerted to any codes or good crediting special offers.
May 27th, 2013 at 03:16 pm 1369664164
@Kristina, agreed that SBTV videos are safe as are other two & one point videos that come up. You can generally get two to three search wins per day. If you have a virus protection program on your computer it will alert you to anything that may be unsafe.
May 27th, 2013 at 04:22 pm 1369668133
May 27th, 2013 at 05:21 pm 1369671676
Snafu - I know I'm playing with fire, especially here with so many miles between gas stations, letting myself go to fumes. I usually don't do that, I just have done it two times in a row now though!
Ableskebers (spelled many different ways) are Danish pancake balls. Here's the recipe I've developed over the years (to make it slightly healthier)
http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1318
May 27th, 2013 at 07:31 pm 1369679484
I fill up my car every Sunday regardless of what the tanks says. In my old car (2002 Elantra) I allowed myself one tank of gas a week, regardless of what was going on. In the new Prius it takes me two to three weeks to use a full tank but I still fill up every Sunday. After almost 20 years it is a hard habit to break. It started when I went to college in San Francisco. I wanted to know that I always had enough gas in the old car to get home if there was an earthquake and no place to fill up.
I was also told by my mechanic (from whom I bought my first car when I was 16) to never get below a quarter of a tank as it can stir up sediment and potentially damage the engine. Not sure if it was true 22 years ago but that has stayed in mind.
May 28th, 2013 at 01:15 am 1369700154