Monday, May 21, 2007

Menu Plan Monday

Wow, I can't believe so much time has gone by since my last entry. I've been keeping busy:
  • following up on the pending sale of the Kernersville house. Negotiating with the buyers over repair costs; faxing urgent paperwork; keeping FedEx and UPS in business with overnight mailings. Still no closing date, but it can't come too soon!
  • keeping my house cleaning business going until the job at CMS comes through
  • submitting my application for the job at CMS (a story in itself, and probably not very entertaining except to those involved). I had an interview scheduled last Friday, but at the last minute, the manager had to cancel. Tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday (two days).
  • organizing my finances in Quicken (checking account, VISA) and working out a budget. This was a lot of work, and this story needs to be told, as I hope others can benefit from some of my ideas -- separate post to follow in the next couple weeks.

Without further ado, this is what we have planned for this week. All the dishes were cooked yesterday, as usual, so we should stick to the plan, since all the hard work is done!

Monday: Szechuan beef stir fry ; rice; Indian-spiced green beans


Tuesday: Sausage and herb lasagna; tossed salad

Wednesday: Chicken Breasts with Italian Dressing; tossed salad

Thursday: Leftover stir fry

Friday: Leftover lasagna

And for dessert this week: Apple cranberry crisp

For more meal ideas, click here! to go to the Organizing Junkie's blog. Scroll down to "Menu Plan Monday" to see her menus for this week, and for links to see what some of the other ladies will be dishing up.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Soon we'll be "house poor" no more!

Jerry and I have a signed offer to purchase our house in Kernersville! Wait, it gets better... there are no contingencies and the buyer is pre-approved for financing, so this looks like a "done deal"! Can I get a "Whoo-hoo!"?

The contract states that the home inspection will take place by May 11, and we don't expect any surprises from that (except for maybe teensy ones). Remember last fall before we put the house on the market, we had a thorough inspection done and spent $$$$ to repair and spruce up the place.

It's too far off to have a closing date yet, but the contract anticipates closing by May 25. So it looks like, by end of this month, we'll be "house poor" no more! (And with the proceeds from the sale, I should be able to pay off my credit card debt, which I ran up to $$$$ while I wasn't working last year.) Thank Heaven!