We Made It

We have finally finished the month of October!

My first month of work is done. I am finally able to relax and eat some candy!

The kid gathered quite the haul!

I am not going to think about Thanksgiving today. Or the kid's birthday. Or Christmas.

Today, I am going to go to work and think about work.

It might be hard, especially with all that sugar, but that is what I am going to do.

By the way, those vitamins I got a few weeks ago are AMAZING!

I finally feel like I am back to my old self again. 

Have a happy Halloween hangover day - you've earned it Mommas!

Let's Do This Thing

Z's costume is finally completed.

I think she looks awesome.

I finished the Hubs cape.

He doesn't know what he will be yet.

I bet you would like some explanation on her costume.

"Z, what would you like to be for Halloween?"

"Dorothy. But Dorothy would like to be Red Riding Hood."

So I made it. And I think it is the best costume I have ever made.

Next year, she says she wants to be a rock star.

I think she already is.

This sentence kind of seals it.

"Momma, when you said I couldn't have anything else to eat or drink, did you mean my boogers too?"

Broke Is Not A Joke

I got a job at the beginning of this month. It is a government job.

I get paid on the last day of the month.

That means that aside from a couple of part-time paychecks and some very light Hubs checks, we have had no income this month.

I made it home from work on Friday which was a feat onto itself.

There is no gas in my gas tank.

Walking into the door, I realized that I had very little in the way of food in our house. Something that had not occurred to me until I got home.

I had two frozen chicken drumsticks, a half bag of frozen peas, a half bag of frozen corn and some egg noodles. I succeeded in making the best chicken noodle soup that we have ever tasted. The kid is still raving about that dinner.

Amazing. I am so glad that I did not ruin it. There wasn't really any other options.

This morning, I woke up and realized that we had nothing left in the way of breakfast. No cereal, no oatmeal, no eggs, no margarine.

Z and I whipped together some chocolate chip muffins concocted with a half bag of chocolate chips that I had tucked away in the back of the pantry.

There seems to be a theme with half used items in our home. Thank God.

I also learned that I could substitute an egg with 2 tablespoons of light corn syrup and a third cup of oil. In case you every need that tidbit.

We will make it through this weekend.

We most definitely will not starve.

I can't wait until pay day.