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Iron

Do different cuts of red meat contain more iron?
Legalism is taking that which God has given to you freely and acting as if you need to earn it (and imposing that upon others)

Thurs 1/19/17

530 Get up early

545 get dressed

550 Sort & fold laundry

600 Prep pasta for the kids’ lunch & Pack their lunches & Pack my lunch

615 Make sure kids school stuff is in backpacks

620 Finish Getting ready & say goodbye to girls

625 Grab stuff to bring to work – bags and leave early

1/16

25min

Call Annie to talk

How can she make it through – email thoughtfully – choice – can rely on God or yourself. He offers to help, but you have to receive it. Also people and choosing to take a day at a time and stay positive. 

Utilities and Food

Utilities Costs from Judy:

Property Insurance: $174.50 (covered by D&J until we start investing in the property, then T&T will pay the percentage cooresponding to the amount invested in the property.)

Property Tax: $300.00 (covered by D&J until we start investing in the property, then T&T will pay the percentage cooresponding to the amount invested in the property.)

Satellite Internet: $90.00 (D&J $45.00, T&T $45.00)

Garbage: $30.86 (D&J $15.50, T&T $15.50)

Propane: $145.59 (D&J $73.00, T&T $73.00)

PG&E Primary: $95.83 (D&J $48.00, T&T $48.00)

PG&E Pump: $12.50 (D&J $6.25, T&T $6.25)

Septic: $30.00 (Not sure what this is exactly, if it is something like the tax and insurance or if it is a utility bill.  If it is a utility bill, then, D&J $15.00, T&T $15.00)

So, for utilities, which does not include property tax or insurance, but does include Septic, the average cost looks like it should be the following based on last year’s figures. However, PG&E and Propane may have increased some due to T&T moving in, so costs may be adjusted. In fact, the Sept.-Dec. months while we lived here have an average of PG&E -$110.00, so it appears that we added an average of $14-15/ month.  Perhaps we should split the original total, then we add the $15 on to it to cover our extra costs. So, that would be $48+15=$63 and D&J $48+any costs added by the heater as Judy mentioned that they thought that increased the cost. Maybe using a % would be easier, so, if we owe $15 extra of a $110 bill, that is

$154.75 + primary PG&E ($150.00 max)

Food: (Dinner) (When Tawnya purchases dinners for all, it is essentially buying for 6 adults instead of 4, since each child eats about 1/2 an adult portion), so it’s actually 50% more, or 1/3 (33%) of the actual expenses.  Below I lay out a week of dinner costs.) 

T – $13+2+3 = $18

W – $13+5+3+1= $22

Th – $1+13+1= $15

F – leftovers $4

Sa – $7+6+2+3+2+4= $24

Su – leftovers

M – $7+7+3+3+3 = $23

— $106

T – $45+2+3= $50

W – $4+2+2= $8

Th – $20+6+3+2+2+3= $36

F – $3+3+5+4=$18

Sa – $5+3+2+4+5+2= $21

Su – leftovers

M – $40+2+2+3+2+2= $51

— $184
106+184=290+290= as much as $580/month on dinners

$580÷28=$20.71 = $3.45/adult or $1.73/child

So, maybe on average we only spend $630/month on dinner averaging 30.5 days)

So $630÷3= $210 for D&J/month.  I know sometimes they buy food, so if they buy 5x/month at an average of $20/meal = spending $100 X .67=$67, so $210-67= $143.

(*Days we pick up food at a restaurant- adds a lot.)

T – $3+2+3+2= $10 

W – meatloaf – $10+3+4= $17

1. Mixed green salad, sliced pear, sliced avocado, shaved parmesan, strips of steak or strips of pan fried chicken, maybe croutons

Grilled asparagus

2. Chicken pieces, artichoke, boiled potatoes, canteloupe

3. Steak, avocado, spinach risotto

4. Fajitas with pulled pork, onion, bell pepper, zucchini

5. Whole chicken, stir fry veggies, quinoa

6. Baked potato with toppings – broccoli, cheese, bacon, ham, cauliflower, butter, sour cream, sweet beans, and salad on the side as option

7. 

Tomorrow 

Gather returns 

Make Mac n cheese for lunch

Boil eggs

Look at purchased gifts

Place card order

Prep dinner meat – tacos 

Dishes 

Sort laundry 
Ob, Band-Aids, eyeliner 

Update for Ama’s party: Party 330-730ish (snacks, baking, allowing for cooking time, games/activities, pizza, eating of the baked treats…) Moms, you are welcome to stay, but don’t feel obligated to. 

Wall Art

Sometimes 

God 

calms the storm 

but 
sometimes 

He lets the storm rage 

and calms his child (instead)

12/11/16 Thoughts 

Taco meat – make 3 meals worth and freeze once cooked

Spaghetti meat / plain ground beef – make 3 packages and freeze

Whole chicken – cook 2

Then soup for lunches – cook extra to freeze

Chicken tacos or risotto

Chicken lasagna or casserole or pot pie to put in oven 

Prep on one day. 

Chicken enchiladas casserole 

Boil eggs

Prep for pizzas?
Maybe mom come Wed and I do meals Monday. 
Ama cheese

Buy 2 more casserole dishes

Xmas cards – family, friends, church family 

Ava: Mermaid blanket , Ballerina doll, Clothing 

Adi: Mermaid blanket , shopkins, Clothing 

Ama: Mermaid blanket , Doll?, Clothing 

Azri: Shark blanket?, Airplane, clothing 

Hunter

Kaylee 

Milah 

Maddox

Nichole 

Tiffany 

Jon

Judy

(Nana, Papa, Mom, Dad)

Stocking stuffers – fruit

Stuff for Trev

Communicate what I want – piano, Glock, classes, phone case,

Returns to Walmart, Target, and other places 
Meals:

Beef and bean burrito/the

Chicken enchilada casserole 

Chicken 

Chicken soup

Bacon and potato soup 

Toscana soup

Minestrone soup – bean, tomato, herbs, quinoa, zucchini, chicken stock 

Beef, diced tomato, zucchini, corn burrito (black beans)

Chicken and veggie lasagna (park, cottage cheese, mozzarella, zucchini, spinach, carrot, broccoli, cauliflower, lasagna noodles or pasta casserole pasta
Lunch:

Mac and cheese

Eggs

Soup -chicken 

Bacon and potato soup 

Costco:

2 whole chickens 

Spinach 

Zucchini 

Eggs

Butter

Flour

Sugar 

Chocolate balls 

Tortillas – flour and corn

Celery 

Chicken stock 

Rice

Freezer gallon Ziploc bags 

Cream of chicken soup 

Diced green chilies 

Ama’s cheese 
Peace – experience the goodness of God regardless of what is going on around. 

Anxiety 

Supplements 

Toenail fungus

Breast size and self exams 

Scab on head

Bumps – black blood blisters?  Look like ticks

Hair loss