Memorial Weekend

I finished my book early this morning. I loved it and didn't want it to end. Thankfully I have books on my shelf that have been waiting for me to read them. I started Cormac McCarthy's The Road. I think it will be a quick read.

What I'm listening to - Bright Eyes
Reading - The Road
Thinking - I should be reading
Wanting - new shorts for summer

I dusted the house on Friday. The guy from dish network came out and I was so embarrassed because when he went to check the box there were dust bunnies everywhere. So I dusted the living room and then the bedroom. I swear out house gets so dusty in just one day.

We don't have any other plans for the weekend. Just lounging around and relaxing. Only 7 more days of school! Yippee!

Wasp Catcher

Now that we have Oscar (puppy) we hangout in the backyard more. Every time I'm out there trying to enjoy my sweet tea the bees and wasps try and get my drink! We bought this wasp catcher at Target today. I think it's really pretty even if it doesn't work. We will put sugar water in it tonight and see how well it works. I also want to get some patio furniture so we can sit and relax out there. Right now all we have is four plastic chairs. Maybe we can find some at a garage sale or something next weekend.

This weekend was very relaxing. We went to my twin sister's house for an early going away party for my brother in law and played Pictionary. The girls won! Woo-hoo!

I also read a lot this weekend. I started The Time Traveler's Wife and love it. I don't want to put it down.

Update on me

Currently listening to : A Fine Frenzy

Reading : History of Love

Watching : Nothing

I really don't have time to watch television during the week. Between dinner, cleaning up, playing with the puppy, and downloading all my songs to my ipod I just don't have time!

Saving money

Now that I may half of what I used to we really need to cut costs. One of the things we decided we needed to cut back on was eating out and junk from the grocery store. We used to spend $250 - $280 every two weeks on groceries and that was just too much. Our goal was to spend $150 when we went yesterday and we did pretty good because we spent $172! Instead of throwing anything into the cart we wrote down meal plans and stuck with it. I think our problem before was that we always bought too many snack foods and not enough meals for the week. I feel really proud of us. We also took all our canvas bags to the store and didn't need to waste more plastic bags. Go us!

Playing outside

IMG_2129, originally uploaded by House on the Corner.

We are still trying to potty train Oscar but he is doing great so far! He loves being in the tall grass and is such a great joy to have.

The house projects are on hold right now but hopefully the floors will be next.