Too many bills, too little money! We're down about $2K in monthly income and will be for the foreseeable future. + Medical bills. DS is applying to colleges.

Monday - hotdogs, corn on the cob, sauerkraut, roasted brussel sprouts, salad Tuesday - take out from local restaurant: Baked Rosemary Chickpeas: Slow Roasted with Onion, Garlic and Rosemary for a rich, caramelized, hearty meal. Fennel Pot Pie: Fresh fennel, leaks, carrots and scallions made with phyllo dough for a Veggie-Full version of Spanakopita Wednesday - boneless, skinless chicken breasts, baked; potatoes of some description, salad Thursday - taco night Friday - pasta, salad, Saturday - Trout, sweet potatoes, salad Sunday - breakfast-for-dinner

No. Only recently on FB for a few. I graduated high school 44 years ago. I'm friends with 2 folks from college and have many friends from grad school.

Or Starfall

Frugal score: We bought an upright freezer, in excellent condition, at our local Habitat for Humanity ReStore, for $160.

I have a sister like that. Some of us are ants and some of us are grasshoppers. And, yeah, it's annoying.

I would reschedule.

911

I accidentally paid the health insurance bill twice. We're behind a bit on it, but I wasn't planning on paying a total of $4,000 instead of 2,000. "Ouch" is putting it mildly. We've cut way back on groceries and I am thankful for our local grocery outlet.

And your eldest needs to make a good impression. That could be difficult if s/he is distracted by the younger kids.

Spanish, labor union history, biographies, local culture, politics, and economics

It finally dawned on me to grocery shop on Tuesday, the day the store gives triple gas points. Our gas fill up was 15 cents off per gallon.

DS will be 18 when he starts his senior year of high school. Definitely, we'll still be supporting him!

Not in my experience.

My sympathy to you and yours. I just remembered that we are also way overdue for the opthamalogist and new glasses for all 3 of us. And, yeah, cutting out the garden seeds would be a bad idea. I'm going to look into seed saving this year.

Misery loves company. At least DS is getting some personal finance lessons from our situation.

We love soap from the Slab Soap Company. Tip: regular bar soap can be used as shampoo. Soap is soap. Shampoo bars cost more.

I guess I missed the meal planning thread...

Didn't see a thread for this month yet and figured if I needed it, maybe others did as well. We're eating out of our pantry and freezer for the rest of this month and next, replacing fresh items as needed. We have a grocery outlet and an Aldi's not overly far from us. So, please, I need some inexpensive meal ideas. We have turkey, chicken breasts, and trout in the freezer. Other than the poultry/fish exceptions, we eat vegetarian.

Deductibles for health insurance. $1,000 due before my sleep study can be done. Plus, another $250 for the orthodontist and $500 for HOA dues. And then there's our tax snafu... I've cancelled our Netflix subscription ($9 a month) , our Amazon pantry membership ($4.99 a month), the MISFITS vegetable subscription ($46 a month), and am about to cancel our NYT digital subscription ($9 a month). I'm thankful for our full pantry, full freezer, a grocery outlet near us, and an Aldi's not too far away.

We got some cloths from Mighty Nest and they work well enough, but sometimes I need a bigger towel. Those med surgery towels look great. And they have them on Amazon. I just checked.

Prayers

Three Dog Night music

A real one. We hired a piano mover, who also tuned it.

A grand piano from a local thrift shop.