Muffie's Place: Someone Stole a Day

Friday, December 7, 2012

Someone Stole a Day

That is my story and I am sticking to it. Seriously I have lost a day this week. I was thinking I had one more day before the Sunday School Christmas party Friday night. Well SURPRISE today is Friday and I didn't make it to the grocery store to get the items I did not have on hand...like cucumbers and more cream cheese. Cucumbers don't last long in my house one - two days max.

So at 6:00 this morning when hubby walked out the door to go to work after reminding me to be ready when he got home I went into panic mode...oh dear oh dear what ever will I fix. Being in a new area and having never been to a church social I have no idea what these people like to eat.

So I started digging to see what I had and went online to Kraft recipes and found a cheese ball recipe. I didn't have enough cream cheese for a whole recipe so I am making a small snowman cheese ball (http://www.kraftrecipes.com/recipes/snowman-cheese-ball-64889.aspx) I don't know if people like cheese balls hey but what is a Christmas party without a cheese ball LOL.

Then I found chicken breast in the freezer. My guys love my homemade chicken nuggets and they are easy peasy. I dice up the chicken in to bite size pieces and put in a zip lock bag then I add about a 1/4 cup of honey mustard and seal the bag. Mush the nuggets around until they are coated and place in the refrigerator for an hour or so. Then I roll them in bread crumbs and bake on a foil lined cookie sheet at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes. See like I said easy peasy.

Now with the cookies I have made I am all set. YAY me, now all I need to do is shower and be ready to go when hubby gets home.

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Hello and welcome to Muffie’s place. I am a wife, mother, daughter, and sister who has, yet again, entered a new chapter of her life...the empty nest. Hubby and I are enjoying each other and getting to know each other again...We are finally able to look across the table and talk about something other than school, sports activities or the boys in general. We miss our boys dearly but rest in the knowledge that we did our best to rear Godly men and instill in them not only the head knowledge of God but the heart knowledge as well. Now momma has to let go and release them back into God's hands, all I can do now is pray.

Today Life is Good and God is Great. So come along on the journey as I strive to balance work, the empty nest, preparing for retirement and yet finding time to be barefoot and play in my garden. However, in order to live this dream life I have to adhere to a strict budget. This is how I deal with a one salary household (even though we both work we are striving to live on one salary), budget constraints, feed my man that has a manual labor job and at times is a bottomless pit. Bottomless equals empty pantry and freezer, thank goodness it comes in spurts and I get a chance to restock. Also on this strict budget I strive to clothe both of us and buy steel toed work boots (*faint) for as little as possible. Since we have moved to a different region we have a distinct winter and summer so one wardrobe does not work any more. We have to have winter clothes and summer clothes. I have to learn to manage all of this and still make time to have my fun too.

With the boys are all grown and on their own means I can clean my house and it doesn’t look like a locker room or dorm room at the end of the day. You know, I miss that just not the smell. We still get those frantic calls when their month is more than their bank accounts. Hey what is a mom to do let her babies starve? I remember how it was when we first started out, rent, food student loans and the car always breaking down. Life it is full of surprises and in this economy usually those surprises are not that good.

I used to joke that I was born a decade too late that I should've been a hippie but my best friend tells me I am too conservative to be a hippie that I am just a little ol' earth muffin. I have been married to my soul mate over half my life and we have three wonder sons and three beautiful daughters (in-laws.) Most of all I refuse to grow old. So grab a cup of coffee and come along on the journey of budgets, natural herbs and essential oils; living green and leaving a small eco footprint. Oh and lending a helping hand when needed.