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I live in a cozy old home in the Piney Woods of east Texas. This is my journal Follow me on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/stacy.kappelmanbruce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefunkyfrugalista

Day #71 – Weapons

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Donny and I decided to have a date night. I have been wanting to see the movie Weapons since I first saw the trailer months ago. Tonight was the last night it would be showing at The Morris Theatre. I knew Jackson wanted to see it also, but he and his friends had already made plans to see it Saturday in Kilgore. The Morris has short runs of movies because they only have 2 screens so if we want to see a movie there we have to go pretty quickly.

The drive to Daingerfield is so pretty.

I love the lakes.

We got there very early. When I know we’re coming the The Morris I don’t eat dinner because I love their popcorn. If you know me, you know just how much I love popcorn and they have some of the best.

No idea why Donny looks so spooky in that picture. I think I love this theatre so much because it just feels so nostalgic It reminds me so much of the theatre that I used to go to as a little girl. Our parents would just drop us off on Saturdays with our 2 dollars and we would get a ticket and snacks. There were no cell phones back then so we would just wait outside for our parents to come pick us up after the movie was over.

It was only the 4 of us for a long time. They do not show movie previews, just commercials for different businesses in town. By the time the movie started there were 14 of us total. I was a little worried that Donny wouldn’t like it, but he actually enjoyed it. I absolutely love Julia Garner and will see anything she is in. It wasn’t exactly a horror movie because it had some really funny parts. I highly recommend it.

By the time we were leaving they had already changed the marquee.

Now I just need to find someone to see the Conjuring with me since Donny and Jackson are definitely out on that one. I cannot wait to see it!!!!

On the way home I noticed that our headlights were extremely bright and asked Donny if he had the high beams on. He didn’t but said that we might be one of those annoying cars with the really bright headlights. I hope we aren’t. Maybe it just that I was used to my slightly cloudy dim lights on my little hatchback which I miss. Especially my CD player.

Day #70 – Black Beans

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I love beans. I, however, do not like canned beans. To me they just have a metallic taste to them. When I used to make beans in either my crockpot or on the stove top, it really only depended on if I remembered to soak them the night before. Ever since I got my Instant Pot I always seem to have beans ready to go. It’s so easy. You just have to rinse your beans, put them in the pot. I add about an inch and a half of water. My secret weapon are these.

I add a couple of spoonfuls of the chicken bouillon and then a generous sprinkling of the Badia. Set the manual time to 70 minutes and do a natural release.

I made these ahead of time because I was also making the meat in the instant pot. We got the burria roast from Aldi. It was so good. I just added about a cup and a half of water and put the meat in for 85 minutes with a natural release. It was so tender. I just made a bowl with the beans, some chopped onions, meat and shredded Monterey Jack. If you like refried beans, you just cook the pinto beans the same way and use an immersion blender to emulsify them. You can also use a blender.

I’m so picky about the meat I eat and this had almost no fat on it.

On another note, the oil face wash I made also makes an excellent moisturizer. I’ve been using it at night and my skin feels so soft. I still use my Mad Hippie Triple C night cream, but sometimes I feel like I just need a good oil.

Day #69 – Supplements

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This morning I decided to take an inventory of our supplements. I haven’t been consistent with taking them like I used to be and I can tell.

There’s a lot. Some are Donny’s that he takes. I just wanted to make sure that the ones I put back into rotation were the ones that I will benefit the most from.

I love this book.

I narrowed it down to these.

Because I despise swallowing pills I had to break them down into 3 groups: morning, afternoon and night.

And because I didn’t want to have to lift every single bottle to find the right one, I labeled the tops.

I’m trying to eat more and cleaner. It’s hard because sometimes after I make everyone else’s food I just don’t feel like making my own so it ends up being a slice of cheese or something along those lines. Today this is what I had.

Breakfast: Greek Yogurt and granola

Lunch: eggs and avocado

I snacked on some sunflower seeds and then for dinner I had an apple and some peanut butter.

I always buy cosmic crisp apples. They are sweet and go well with my peanut butter. This one was not like that. It was either just really sour or poisoned. I hoping for the first choice. I guess we’ll know tomorrow if I don’t post it was the latter. At least today I didn’t skip a meal and actually feel good.

Day #68 – Pushing Through

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I’m still not feeling great. I felt better when I was consistently taking my supplements and have been slipping lately. Tomorrow I’ll go through them and start the regime back up again. I had no choice but to go to the store because we were out of milk and almost out of cat food.

Jackson and I hit the dollar store to see if there were any cat toys for the kitten. She has a windup chicken that is not a cat toy. She loves hair ties, bottle tops, pretty much anything that isn’t for cats.

At first Baby Ruth looked at me like I was crazy when I gave her the toys. Later on we found her favorites were the sushi ones. She likes to slide them along the floor and toss them into the air.

Even though I knew it was Monday and sheet changing day I almost talked myself out of it. Just one more day won’t hurt, but I knew it would bug me if I didn’t just get it done. That’s also what this 100 day accountability is about: doing things that I really don’t feel like doing but will improve my life. So I got out new sheets and threw the old ones in the wash so they just won’t pile up.

I did take breaks throughout the day because I can’t overwork my body right now. Because the temperature was only in the high 80″s I thought it would be a good idea to vacuum out the car. We have an asphalt driveway that is narrow and we track dead grass onto the floorboards and it drives me nuts. I almost couldn’t finish because I was sweating so badly. We’re talking rivers of sweat. Another symptom I have.

Luckily I have thrown caution to the wind and was wearing a tank top. I detest strapless bras. When I was cleaning out Hannah’s room I found this awesome mustard color bralette. She doesn’t like that color so I took it. It’s so comfortable and the straps are cute and supposed to show.

i’m hoping once I get back on my supplements I’ll feel better.

Oh, I’ve also decided to embrace myself, wrinkles and all. I hate foundation so I decided I’m not going to wear it anymore. If I want to wear brighter lipstick, that’s what I’m going to do. My hair gets wild and curly, so be it. I just want to love life, have the best time and not care what anyone thinks. The end. LOL

Day #67 – Flair Ups

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I felt like I’ve been having a Hashi’s flair up for a few days now. I’ve been taking my thyroid medicine, but sometimes it just happens out of the blue. I also now know that I can’t eat chili with out having an “I don’t have a gallbladder” flair up also. It’s called a bile dump and it’s a gross as it sounds. It also makes you feel nauseous and just yucky.

I did get something done today though. We have a sock box. I don’t know if anyone else does, but it’s a box where all the unmatched socks go to die, or at least hopefully one day find their mate.

Some were lucky and found their sole mate, but alas, some did not.

I don’t know why it’s been so hard for me to throw them away. Some have literally been in there for years. I did keep a few that I’m pretty sure the mates are hanging around under a bed or jammed in a drawer somewhere.

Tonight I went to get a glass out of the cabinet.

The wood on the shelf is completely smooth, right? Well I found the one place that it wasn’t and shoved a splinter down into my nail bed. My finger immediately got hot and started throbbing. I couldn’t grab hold of it so I had to cut my nail off into the quick to be able to use the tweezers to get the very top of the splinter.

I would never survive the torture where they shove sticks under your nails. I’d give up whatever information they wanted. All they would have to do is show me the stick.

And just because they looked so cute laying on the bed.

The kitten is getting so big. She’s still a troublemaker, but we all love her. Milo is just a big ole sweetie, but still scared of ceiling fans although last night he snuck in and slept on the foot of our bed.

Day #66 – Just A Rainy Saturday

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It has been raining for the past two days. It’s cooled everything off so much. If the weather report is correct we aren’t supposed to get into the 90’s for at least 10 days.

Since it had been a crazy week I took advantage of the lull the weather provided and cleaned the house. Hannah was away, Donny was at work so it was just Jackson and myself.

I try to do laundry every other day, but last week we were still getting into the groove of the new schedules so laundry got pushed to the wayside.

My laundry room is outside. It’s very small but efficient.

During the rounds of laundry there was some of this.

I like to watch a lifetime-ish movie while I fold laundry. Today I watched Summer House. It was okay, nothing special. I did start The Monkey last night and finished it this morning while I had breakfast. It was pretty good, especially if you like the comedy horror genre.

I do love how when it’s dark and rainy outside you can just turn on a lamp and it makes everything so cozy.

Because we are nearing the end of summer, I decided to light my peach nectarine candle. During the fall/winter months I prefer my cinnamon, nutmeg or vanilla candles.

Now that the house is clean, it’s time to relax and do a little reading. I hope everyone had a very restful day.

Day #65 – Haircut

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It poured all day. I was so ready to get my haircut. I don’t know what I’ll do if Desiree ever stops being a hair stylist. She’s the only one I trust cutting my hair.

I kind of wish I would have gotten a little more taken off the length, but my layers are so much better now. I still wear it curly everyday, but we wanted to see what it would look like a little straighter.

Please excuse the no makeup I’ve been in the rain all day look. We really need the rain though.

Also, we think a hawk tried to get one of our chickens today. There were a lot of feathers, but luckily they are all still there.

Day #64 – Meal Planning

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This week has worn me out. This is Donny’s only full day off this week because of Labor Day. I really did not feel like doing a meal plan, but we needed to go grocery shopping and without having a list, that can get dangerous. So I made myself sit down and write out a list and plan out 11 meals.

Are they all completely healthy? No, but I know the kids will eat these meals and most of them are quick-ish. I grabbed my list and off we went to Aldi.

Because I am a control freak in Aldi, this was very hard for me. I have a certain way that I like to scan and bag the items. I’m proud to say I didn’t say a word and he did a good job. We spent right at $140 which I thought was pretty good for everything we bought. I feel like we save so much money eating at home. This also includes breakfasts and lunches. I also always have staples on hand.

When we got home I had to clean out the fridge. I should have done it before we left, but Hannah’s boyfriend had gone to campus to pick her up after her class. She had forgotten her phone and he couldn’t find her. After over an hour he finally found her in the library thanks to Jackson’s suggestion. I did get the fridge cleaned out though.

It was like playing Jenga.

Much better.

Tonight I decided to make pepperoni rolls.

Look at that pretty dough.My popcorn bowl is the perfect proofing bowl for this dough.

They turned out pretty good.

I made a big salad and ranch for dipping. I unfortunately can’t eat the dough so I had a pepperoni salad.

Then a huge thunderstorm blew through. I had to go outside and move some plants. It was pouring!!!

Tomorrow is my hair appointment and I cannot wait. I need my layers cut so badly.

Slinky came out early tonight. He looked like he swam across a lake, poor thing. He took a little nap under my car, ate and then went on his way. It’s too dark out tonight, but first thing tomorrow I’m going to check on all the plants and hope they didn’t get too damaged by the wind and rain.

Day #63 – If You Can’t Fix It Duck It

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I really love my wicker patio chairs. They are just so comfortable. We bought the little bistro set 8 years ago at an estate sale. Well for the past few months the wicker has been unraveling. It’s not fixable, at least as far as reweaving it. When you sit in the chair I sit in, the wicker will poke you in the back of the legs.

I saw a video where someone wrapped Saran wrap around their chair. I decided I would try something like that. I found some terracotta tape at Michael’s and decided to just wrap that seat.

I honestly thought about cutting a wood seat out, but I just seriously did not feel like taking the time to measure and then i’d still have to make a seat cover. (Cut my Crocs some slack, I had been mowing all day) So, I just wrapped that seat one way and they wrapped it the other way.

It might look redneck as hell, but I’m here to tell you this chair has never been more comfortable.

So I will 100% stand by my decision to wrap my chair. The other one is pulling apart also, but it’s not that bad. And yes, I could buy more wicker chairs, heck I have extra chairs in the shed, but these chairs are so comfortable I will do anything to fix them. Obviously LOL

Day 62 – A Day in the Life

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Day starts at 5 am. Make coffee, feed cats, take some deep breaths.

6:15 – wake Hannah up, make her breakfast, clean up kitchen, get dressed and ready to go

7:45 – grab a spoonful of peanut butter and drive to Kilgore. Drop Hannah off and remind her to go to her advisor to get her schedule changed if they are able to.

9:00 – get home, make Jackson breakfast, Donny only works 1/2 a day due to Labor Day. Eat a slice of cheese. Make Tea. Clean kitchen and the rest of the house.

12:15 – grab a couple of rice crackers and hummus, head to Kilgore with Jackson.

12:45 – Find Hannah. She is looking around all of the tents the different organizations have set up. Completely forgot about talking to advisor. Find said advisor in the library and find out she isn’t able to switch classed because the time frames don’t fit.

1:15 – Head to Michael’s to buy the gigantic art tablet that they both need. Find more supplies they will need. See truck that reminds me of Final Destination.

2:00 – Finally make it home. Donny is also home. We run to the grocery store to get some things I need for dinner.

2:50 – Leave for Hannah’s hair appointment

3:45 – decided to stop by Ross. Hannah finds a pair of boots, but not luck on the small sketch pad we need.

4:30 – Throw a roast in the instant pot. Donny, Jackson and I go to Hobby Lobby to find sketch pads. Not only do we find sketch pads, but we find the gigantic ones for 10 dollars cheaper than we paid at Michael’s. Buy the gigantic ones plus other supplies they are going to need ( these art classes are $$$) While at Hobby Lobby I start shaking and feeling sick. Donny gets me a cinnamon lollypop. and I feel better.

5:15 – Throw veggies in the oven and Donny and I head to Michael’s to return the way overpriced gigantic tablets.

7:00 – Food is finally ready and I get to eat.

I am hoping by next week we have got it more down pat. I now know I need to have snacks in the car so I don’t make myself sick by forgetting to eat. The first week is always the hardest right?