Guess I'l the laggard

You two seem to be communicating much better than I these days.  I know what you mean about the money running out before the month does, Cathy.  July had to be the longest month in years. fortunately, august is a little shorter, and we had a little extra money with me doing so well in Pinawa.  But--with so many long months lately, and our plans to clean out the freezer, we have needed to do a lot--lots and lots--of grocery shopping and storing up on essentials. ( anyone need toilet paper?).

Yesterday there were some good sales.  I was able to stock up on sewing supplies, and there were some grocery bargains to be had.  We started at the Credit union where we transferred the money we planned to spend from our savings account.  We shopped, and came home absolutely exhausted.  We totaled it all up and then David went back to the credit union and transferred more money.  The girls there were teasing him about having an expensive day. We processed some of the goods yesterday into hamburger patties and meat balls, and then got up today prepared to do the rest.  We now have spaghetti sauce and chili in the two largest slow cookers, and four lasagnes in the freezer already.  Thursday we had tried Jim's Lazy Cabbage Roll recipe.  We had filled one of the slow cookers, hoping to get a couple of meals out of it.  Well, we ate well and there are now 6--count'em--six meals of Lazy Cabbage Rolls in the freezer.

I think we got a little carried away with the shopping, as they had day old bananas on for half price and we bought a bunch of those as well.  I usually make 3-4 loaves of banana bread and freeze them.  Forgot we had a couple still in the freezer from last time. I guess it's the time of year when women stock pile food for the coming winter.  Not that it's really needed anymore, but we grew up in a family that saw the depression, and now it must be built into our genetic memory.

Tuesday we have been invited out to a pig roast b-b-q.  Gail's son John is visiting from New Zealand, and this is the only opportunity for all of the family to get together.  At least that's their story and they're sticking to it.  Loren has now told us that he has been following the planning etc of this event on Facebook. and most of his generation isn't going to make it. The fellow at whose house it is can't even make it. Loren has contacted John privately to see if there might be time for them to get together for a drink while he's here.  They both had the common experience of boarding school, and had been closer than Loren is with some of the others.
We'll have to see what happens, but don't plan to stay too long in any case.