I actually know what day it is.

It can be hard getting into new routines and keeping to a budget or any other goals you have made this year. If you have made some goals but havent started dont worry you have a whole year. If you have already messed up thats okay to. I believe in you and you should believe in you too!

Today is Monday. You have no idea how happy I am to know that. My college kiddos have been off for three weeks. my husband has been off for holidays and has worked a few Saturdays and I have not know which way is up. I love them dearly and have actually enjoyed all the extra time we have spent together but I need a good routine to function properly.

You can tell its just hoping to eat one of my babies!

Yesterday I got a few mediocre hawk photos but this time the hawk was in the sky and not in my pigeon loft or chicken coop. Hopefully in the coming weeks my pictures will be a little less mediocre and more fabulous since Mr Ladybug found us a free class on Winter Bird photography at our local Wild Birds Unlimited this Saturday. We are also thinking of joining a photography club to learn so new tricks. You are never to old to learn something new.

The budget is going on week 2 and things are looking great! I have my extra $45 for groceries, We didnt need to put fuel in either cars this week, I used $8 of the clothing budget, spent $12 total from the Christmas fund and $3 from the birthday/special holiday fund on some cute valentines things for my family. FYI Valentines Day is one of my favorite holidays and if you are interested in swapping Valentines Day cards with me let me know. I will be sending out a notice on social media for any friends interested.

I figured that yesterday we harvested 1 cup of greens for our breakfast and dinner meals. Not too bad for January. The lettuce is coming along nicely and its about time to plant some more sprouts since I will be using most of the ones we have going this week in our meals. We have the lettuce on a grow mat but everything else is just under a grow light. Yesterday I planted two small containers of radish sprouts. One I placed under a normal lamp and the other in my kitchen window to see if you could grow them without a grow light for those who may not want to purchase one.

Lettuce

Mirco greens, They grow an inch a day. I am going to harvest the radish in the back and get more planted today. 

Look at the mushrooms. My daughter asked what if we eat them and die. I said we will die happy because we grew mushrooms.

I actually had a longer post today but the cat walked across the keyboard and its all gone. Oh well that my cue to get off here and get busy with other things.

This is last nights dinner. I was so proud of the cost of this. I found  sirloin for $2.99/lb so we had steak, potatoes and salad for around $5 total for 4 people.