just pre-ordered the revised copy of "Possum Living - How to Live Well with (Almost) No Money" on Amazon - should be available January 1st! YES! :)

working on ways to save money on living expenses.

dave's brother called him tonight and asked if we were having marital problems due to some of the posts i've been putting up lately. i have deleted them and would like to publicly apologize to my husband for the mean things i said about him on this blog this weekend. he doesn't deserve that and i would never say those things in public. i got carried away and said them on the internet instead. just last week i said some very nice, loving things about him yet none of those can make up for the bad things i said. i'm embarrassed for not being a good wife and i hope you all will forgive me.

the new bar counter...not done, obviously

pretending that our kitchen is done...

Dave's "Management Buck"

Dave went hunting with our friend Shawn today here in Boone County. They were only out there about 30 minutes when he got this large (large body...took 3 grown men to drag him out of a waterway), 6 point asymmetrical buck. He's not the most beautiful thing we've seen...but since it's his first deer, he wasn't going to be picky. Furthermore, he was doing all the other hunters a favor so this deer with poor genes can't reproduce (that's why it's called a "Management Buck"). Anyways, we are going to have lots and lots of meat. Glad we got our freezer last weekend!!

Gun season officially opened in Indiana today at 6:54 a.m. and Dave shot this at 7:09 a.m., 15 minutes into season! Yay! I'm so proud of him.

In an hour and a half they saw 2 coyotes and 4 bucks (2 of them were VERY NICE). No does. He will hopefully get a doe on Monday. (He's taking off work and heading over to Parke County for another hunting adventure.)

By the way, isn't my David handsome???

this is the exit wound. dave wanted to make sure we shared this photo.

udpate

got this text from dave..."7:09...buck down" after he'd been hunting for about an hour and a half. i can't wait to hear all the details.

while the sink is soaking in bleach water, i'm reorganizing some things...just cleaned up my purse a bit. got an idea this week while randomly searching the web about how to clean and organize my house...i went around the house and gathered up all the little cloth makeup bag type things that i could find that zip closed. then i repurposed them from whatever their old purpose used to be (whether it be to hold things in the medicine cabinet or just collect dust...) and i used them to organize the random items jumbled up in my purse. now i have it very organized.

• there one bag for hairspray, comb, lipstick, chapstick, nail clippers, tide pen, mirror
  
• another bag for checkbooks, money envelopes and ID and insurance cards, and debit card inside the FPU "use this card at your own risk" or whatever holder
  
• another bag for other random cards (gift cards, library cards, etc.)
• another bag for toothbrush and toothpaste
• feminine products in the pocket
• pens in the outside pocket
• keys go in a pocket inside
• cell phone goes in a pocket inside.
  
• the only things loose in the purse now are gum and the defender flashlight.
  

i am VERY pleased with this little project. it is SO MUCH EASIER to find stuff now. hopefully i will be able to keep this up.

now, i mentioned that i stole a zippered bag out of the medicine cabinet. so i displaced the nail filer, clippers, etc. i put those things in a glass jam jar. i already had my toothbrush and toothpaste in a pint size glass jar. so then i looked at it and was unpleased with having my hairbands and bobby pins in a plastic spreadable butter container. so i dumped them out of there and put them in another jam jar. it all looks so pretty now.

i really want to take pictures of these 2 projects but i know that would definitely sidetrack me more than i am already sidetracked and the buzzer just rang. it's time to go bleach the other side of the sink. this sink shining is taking longer than it needs to since i only have one plug for the sink instead of 2. can only plug one side at a time.

stuff

• updated the real slim katie blog...
• headed back to the chiropractor today, then babysitting for a friend and having dinner with my old roommates, one of whom just announced she is pregnant. total shock to me! so, looking forward to all our talks tonight.
• i feel like a bunch of work-related doors were closing in my face yesterday, and yet dave keeps getting more work (and he's stressed and exhausted as it is!). i am very confused about what i am supposed to be doing right now. thinking of cold-calling some people about working for them - an organizing business and a financial counselor (dave ramsey ELP)...these are 2 things i would definitely feel passionate about.
• had a ton of dreams last night about travelling with large groups, dealing with luggage, and having to go to the bathroom. dave woke me up in the middle of one dream at 2:30 a.m. to tell me that coyotes were yelping outside. they were really loud.
• well, i guess i better get going on the laundry. it's laundry day and that's one day that i can't shirk responsibilies on or we won't have anything to wear!

dinners

apparently i need to go to the grocery. i have almost NOTHING to make a meal with. tonight we're having potato soup. made from potatoes i've had at least 6 weeks that were growing all kinds of fuzzy things out of them. the last one i threw in the pot had the consistency of a sponge. i figured, well, it'll cook and you won't know the difference. ha! i hope dave doesn't read this blog...

monday night wasn't much better. made chicken fajitas from leftover "mystery" chicken, as dave called it. and leftover rice and beans (as dave affectionately called "paste"). he didn't even eat an entire fajita that night and we both normally eat 2. i admit, i only had the one. ugh. i guess this is one way to diet. fix absolutely disgusting food, huh?

all i know is i had a very, very strong urge to just go to a restaurant tonight...and maybe i still will if dave comes in and says the soup smells like rotten potatoes...

i went to the chiropractor today and i'm headed back again tomorrow. my neck and trap muscle are really messed up. i still haven't taken any painkiller but getting very close to it.

the lunch did not result in a job offer or anything, as the work isn't there to do, but i did get offers for 2 great gentlemen to be references and i found out about a local government job opening. so...hopefully i will find something soon. i am going to keep in touch with them though because it sounds like should some work start up for them, part time would be a good option. very happy about that. it was such a nice lunch, like getting together with old friends, talking about mission trips and my old boss wants dave to work on his cars now too. i would not say it was a waste of time at all. :)

my first piano student will be in a recital this saturday. nervous for him...

Four jobs you have had in your life (in chronological order):

1. Indy Star newspaper delivery
2. Papa John's pizza delivery
3. Structurepoint - Engineer
4. Nanny
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Twister
2. any of the Love Comes Softly movies
3. any Little House on the Prairie episode
4. The Notebook
Four places you have lived:
1. Urbana
2. "The West Side" of Indianapolis
3. West Lafayette
4. Whitestown

Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. anything on HGTV
2. The Biggest Loser
3. The Baby Story
4. Little House on the Prairie

Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Cumberland Falls, KY
2. Savannah
3. Shipshewana
4. Branson
Four of my favorite foods:
1. chocolate, which I can't really have right now
2. bananas, lately...though not always
3. mini bagels
4. shrimp

Four websites I visit daily:
1. our blogs
2. facebook
3. gmail
4. ??
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. in the bathtub, getting ready for bed...yep. i realize it's only 5:30 but i'm exhausted
2. at a restaurant, since i really don't feel like cooking dinner
3. on a beach
4. with our families eating dinner :)