Day 41, end of the 3rd quarter, a school half day, 4 of us get out of Dodge, and a treasure hunt

Everything started off in a hurry, with Kate and the twins finishing their packing, Kate and Trudy gathering up their final projects of the quarter.  I ended up driving them all to school, so my day was changed up.  Noah didn't have kindergarten today, so he and I went to the grocery store on the way back home.

 We are experiencing reduced numbers around here!  Rodger packed up to head to the men's retreat at camp Wooten, where he hopes to see lots of friends from around the state.  Kate will be competing at Knowledge bowl in Spokane, and Mercy and Charity are spending the next week with Jane and Ray.  That is 10 minus 4, which makes only 6 of us at home.

But since everybody ate breakfast and Rodger was home for lunch with us, I'm not sure exactly how much is the right budget amount.  We did okay though, just about right.

Rodger bought me some pretty mums this week.  He knows I love flowers.

Here is our yummy concoction made of macaroni and gravy leftovers, with bread and salad.

We ate organic today.  Organic cookies...with chocolate chips.  Look at that price tag!  These cookies were in the mark-down bin, so although they weren't planned, we were happy to have such a yummy treat for the snack for all of us stay-at-homes.

I remembered only too late about the cinnamon rolls Trudy baked last night, so I couldn't send them along with the travelers.  Oh, well, we just had to make do and eat them ourselves.  By the time I took this picture we had already remembered them and converted 7 of them into our bedtime snacks.

breakfast menu (for 10):  frosted mini wheats and milk

Cost:  $2.00

lunch menu:  leftover macaroni and cheese, carrots, whole wheat bread and butter

Cost:  $.73

macaroni and cheese:  n/c, calculated into last night's meal

carrots, 16 oz:  .27

1 boule homemade whole wheat bread:  .33

1/2 cube butter:  .13

snacks for 10:  popcorn leftover from yesterday for travelers, crackers and cheese for Rodger, organic cookies for everybody else

Cost:  $2.08

rodger's crackers:  .99

rodger's cheese:  .10

organic cookie package:  .99

popcorn:  n'c, paid for yesterday

treasure for the treasure hunt:  crackers and cheese

Cost:  $1.62

 one package crackers: $.99

 3 oz gouda cheese:  .63 

supper:  hamburger-stroganoff goolosh creation, green salad, whole wheat bread, cinnamon rolls, and butter

Cost:  $2.26

1 pound lean hamburger meat, fried:  .99

 (that was the price for ground beef value packs at the store.  I just stumbled across it, and wish I had bought more)

macaroni and cheese leftovers, about a cereal-bowl full:  n/c, accounted for in yesterday's budget

hamburger gravy, about 1 1/2 cup, leftover from earlier in the week:  n/c

1 carrot, for salad:  .04

1 heart romaine:  .42

1 loaf my bread:  .33

6 pats of butter for the bread:  .06

7 cinnamon rolls (at bedtime), @ about 4 cents each:  .32

7 pats of butter for the rolls:  .09

Today's total, including the treasure hunt:  $9.22