Animal cookies

I was eating frosted animal cookies today...and you know what... The white ones taste better.

The problem with going to the store

In efforts to save money, Jeff does most of the shopping. He runs after wendys or occasionally on a day off to pick up only the things we have to have ie milk and bread. He does also get the weekly sale items that are too good to pass up (like the chocolate chex for 1.48 a box he got today). With Jeff doing the shopping we end up with no real food in the house. You end up lacking food ideas when you dont have cream or chix, sour cream, cheese, etc. So I went and wondered down each isle looking for things that we dont have and need. I managed to get out of the store not having spent too much.

But then today happened. Lets have hamburgers.....ok easy. When you actually have food in the house hamburgers isnt easy any more. Suddenly there are toppings. Well we have onion to caramelize, and bacon would be good on top too, oh and a jalapeno, tomato, lettuce, cheese, and all on grilled toast (since we dont have ham buns). Well it becomes a production ending up with a 20-30 point burger that could rival even Carl Jrs finniest.

Dont get me wrong, Im not complaining about making dinner for my family, but an 88cent box of hamburger helper and steamed broccoli or pancakes have far less clean up then a real meal. You are probably thinking Im crazy to complain about the normal hamburger toppings, but when you dont have them cause bacon, onions, jalapenos arent something to waste money on, and the lettuce and tomatoes are usually all gone on the days we decided on hamburgers - you begin to appreciate things like that.

Ok crazy little rant over. On another note we got the hospital and surgeon bills totalling just about 4500. It took them less then two weeks to send those out. We have decided to pull out our tiny 401 k which after fees and taxes will give us enough to just pay off the surgeon and the new computer. Then well just figure out how to pay the hospital something each month. Jeff and I are very pleasently suprised at the churches new employment provident living site. It is far better then the old one and seems to have more jobs posted. Maybe something will come from that.

Christmas and Newyears

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A long time

Well life is crazy and I have to admit slightly depressing. I started watching a baby named Cash to help pay for the new computer (ours is infected and keeps crashing and is trying to steal my identity, but hey now I have no excuse to not blog more). He is a very sweet 2-3 month old, but there is an added stress to watching another child. Along with Cash there was my personal information being stolen (with a bit of help from my stupidity)but nothing has happened and I have contacted who needs to be contacted so no one can do anything with my information. Next there was the fact that Tim told me he was fired and until his first check comes from the army I will not get any child support. OK 600 dollars I needed-gone. Then Jeff went to the hospital and had his appendix out. He is doing fine and though he has no appitite he is recovering well. After calling and finding out for sure our insurance wont cover it- and getting estimates from everyone we are looking at about 5000-6000 dollars. Im trying not to think about it until the bills start comming. I just cant imagin why the sergon alone is charging 1900 for 40 minutes of work... Next I took Jack in for his six month well check and low and behold he hasnt gained any weight and I need to begin weaning him and need to shove food down his throat. Needless to say weaning is hard enough but knowing he hasnt been getting what he needs for the last month or more makes this soo much harder. He hates formula and after a nursing we can only get like 2 oz down him and that is with the occasional help of a medicine dropper.

So summery: Im tending a baby, we still have no money or job, Tim is still a punk, Jeff had an appendisitis, we are now in debt to the hospital, and Jack has been listed as borderline failure to thrive. I can say that I have had alot of love and support from family and our wonderful ward. Your prayers will continue to be appriciated.