Super Doubles start tomorrow at Harris Teeter. This is when they double coupons up to $1.98, so you can get all of those coupons for $1 and $1.50 doubled. Someone has already figured out where the best deals are, as usual. Check it out here. Or read this post.
It sounds like the deals are not as good as they could be, but I’ll be taking this opportunity to use all of my higher value coupons for things I need. After all, $3 off is always going to be better than $1.50 off!
We rarely have time for a big breakfast at my house. But every now and then, I get a craving for eggs and sausage. That’s when I pull out this recipe and make up a big casserole that I can eat on for several days. I just stick it in the fridge and cut off a piece in the morning and heat it up. It’s perfect for a brunch crowd!
This dish serves 12. It’s high in protein, which was great for me in the initial post-partum days when I really needed that boost. It’s also high in fat, though. I have substituted low fat (or fat-free) sour cream and low fat turkey sausage and it doesn’t alter the taste in any major way, but I haven’t tried substituting reduced fat cheese since it doesn’t always melt as well.
Today is the day I can log in to Blackboard and start my fall classes. On tap this semester is a math class and a computer class. I’m no math whiz, but I have always been able to get through with an A or B. (Except pre-calc…I got a low C and was just thrilled I didn’t fail completely. Still don’t understand the concepts.) And computers…well, clearly I’m comfortable with those.
And yet, when I logged in this morning and read the syllabi (syllabuses?) I started having a panic attack. And just in case this doesn’t sound familiar to you, I assure you it happened last semester, too. When I read about writing papers! and taking tests! I had the OMG, why did I think I could do this??? panic attack and almost withdrew right then and there.
We all know how that one turned out, though. If you don’t, you can go back to this post and see. Yeah, there was no reason to worry. But the Fear and Self-Doubt are back and compounded by the “I budgeted money for books but then had to pay to get the car fixed and thought I could do without them but looks like I can’t” problem. I need to come up with about $200 (and yes, I checked other sources to see if I could get them cheaper…not by much, and then I have to pay shipping) or pray that someone on FreeCycle has some they can offer me. God has provided before and I believe He will again, but the worry of that and everything else has had my heart pounding and my stomach rolling all morning long.
When I called my husband and proceeded to tell him that there was a final exam that I have to take on campus WITHOUT the book and that I hadn’t done math in over 10 years and there was NO WAY I could pass this class, he (I assume, because I know him so well!) rolled his eyes and said “Don’t you have an entire semester to learn how to do this stuff before the final?” Um, yeah…I guess I do.
Let the learning commence. It’s a new semester!
Now that Violet’s crawling, I’m constantly looking around to figure out what she can get her hands on. My goal this week is to get down on her level and see things as she’ll see them and make sure there’s nothing dangerous where she can get to it! Since not everybody has a baby that has just become mobile, this week’s task is to do a general safety check of your home. This site has some good checklists. Though the site is about kids, a lot of the info is good for any home.
Become a fan of iTunes on Facebook and receive 20 free songs by indie artists. I’ll be honest and tell you that most of the music was not my style (including one rap song that freely used the n-word over and over and over again, so be careful before listening in front of your kids) but there were several that I liked and a couple of new songs I hadn’t heard before from artists I already like. I’m all about the indie music AND the free, so I’m a happy girl tonight!
