Who said the garbage disposal doesn't work?

With all the changes at work we've had to take on a lot more printer work. Taking on this printer work has overloaded the crappy copy machine we had. Our new manager made the arrangements to get a new, beast of a copier. In order to support this new machine they had to pull power from other areas of the office. So, now we can't use the toaster oven at the same time as the microwave, the desk behind me has no power, and the garbage disposal doesn't work anymore.
After our potluck Melissa was washing dishes and trying really hard not to get any food in the drain. No luck, the water backed up. Becky, Melissa and myself were running around the office looking for extension cords because the outlet on the other side of the room still works. The pictures below are the result: notice the cord floating off the ground because it's stretched.

But, ya know what??? It worked! We don't have to worry so much about food in the drain now because we can MAKE it work.

Another yummy potluck

We had a fiesta for Cinco de Mayo. It never fails that we have such yummy food. Kristie decorated and it was so cute - as usual!!

Shhhh....don't tell Mel I posted this picture. If we can get a picture of her, it's usually of her covering her face or hiding from us. In this picture she threw her arms up and was so excited, so I HAD to take the photo as fast as I could.

Who wants more FREE food??

The Frugal Coupon Mom isn't helping me get away from posting about food. I just checked out her blog and found THIS for free MARS candy bars and THIS for Free Cinnabon for nurses.

Her website has so much stuff! She gives the link for free Walmart samples - which I sign up for occasionally; it's fun to try new products and get them for free.

And more food....

FREE 2 piece grilled chicken meal at KFC... Oprah's link

Good through the 19th!!

Daydreaming

My motorcycle permit expired last year, but the weather is so nice today that I've been daydreaming about motorcycles... these aren't any bikes in particular, but they're pretty!

Another broken binding machine

I wish I had pictures to go along with this post, but all I have is the web picture of the machine we took apart.

Despite the warnings on the top of the machine about only putting 2 pieces of plastic in at a time, 4 pieces of plastic and 4 sheets of card stock type paper were put in at once.

(No, I didn't break it this time - when I break stuff it's broken and I mean BROKEN).

The plan was to bring in tools the next morning and literally take the machine apart. So that's just what Melissa and I did. We pulled this $2000 machine apart and after much laughter we got the paper and plastic out of it. We knew EXACTLY how to put it back together...yeah sure. Well, after A LOT more laughing and greasy hands, we put enough of it together to make sure it was going to work. IT DID!! We got it all back together and even had extra parts. We figured it doesn't need those parts and the next time we have to take it apart we'll figure out where the parts go. Melissa and I are one in the same, meaning we love to take stuff apart, figure it out and then put it back together. I mean really, if its already broken, why not take it apart??? My parents taught me that you either pay someone else to fix it or you learn to do it yourself.

Just when I thought I posted enough about food

There is a Strawberry Festival in Roseville this weekend!! FUN!!! Here is the link for the event.

Can Storage

I’ve been looking for a can storage rack for a while now and after reading reviews on Amazon – I love Amazon for the reviews they have. Just about every time I’m going to buy something and I’m unsure about the price or quality, I’ll go to Amazon to check prices and reviews. – Okay, back to my rack!! HAHA!!! **Crackin’ myself up** I read reviews and checked prices of these:

They are made by Neu Home and they are pricier than the plastic type, but well worth it; they hold just about any size can and have an adjustable arm in between the rows, but it's almost unnecessary. I was able to clear off almost 2 shelves in our pantry. They don’t fit on our pantry shelves, but they fit nicely on the floor under the bottom shelf. You can save $4 by ordering them on Amazon, but then pay shipping. I bought them at Organize It for $39.99 each. I have to also add that going into an organizing store is BAD NEWS! Okay, it’s really good because I love all the stuff I can use to organize, but the checking account isn’t a fan (Doug said we could fit 2 more on the floor and now I want 2 more!!). And poor Doug has to deal with me organizing and rearranging over and over again. We had a role reversal last night while making our breakfast dinner. I couldn’t find a dish and DOUG knew where it was! It must be time to rearrange the kitchen again! Don’t worry Doug, I won’t do it.

Weekly Meals

Since I was on a food kick in our blog, I thought I’d share our new meal schedule.

I heard that making weekly menus can save money.

I was at Michael’s a couple weeks ago and found a meal schedule pad of paper. It really works. What’s really nice is we don’t have to play the “what do you want” game. I’m sure you all know how to play that game, the next move is “I don’t know” followed by a roll of the dice and “what do you want?”

We will plan our next week’s schedule on Saturday or Sunday. Then all we have to do is pull meat from the freezer on a particular day or buy the few things we might need for the week, like a bag of salad, rice or a side dish to go with the meal.

It’s been really nice not having to think about what we want to eat and we’ve been thinking of different things to eat instead of having the “normal” foods we’ve been making for months now.

Last night was breakfast night – French toast and bacon – followed by Doug’s comment “Yeah!”

Marrow Donor

Doug was able to donate to help someone who needed marrow a few years ago. And just a year ago he was also able to give a booster as the gentleman was getting sick again.

How he's gotten a second call in his lifetime is just crazy to me!

He had blood drawn a week ago to see if he's a match for a 6 year old girl. We haven't heard if he is a match or not, but if he is it will more than likely be a direct bone draw this time.