Monthly Archives: October 2007

Day 60

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 31, 2007

Doctor’s Office — $25.00 Our co-pay under our new insurance is $5.00 higher than it used to be but I’ve seen the full bill for these visits so I’m not going to complain too much. This was a quickie visit — The Daughter had her second of three Gardasil shots. They are very painful. I’m not [...]

Day 59

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 30, 2007

Let’s be honest here. I don’t know about you but I can go only so long being frugal and keeping to bare-bones purchases. But eventually, the dam breaks and I finally break down and make purchases that I’ve been pondering or putting off as non-essential. And when the dam breaks, it’s usually not a single, [...]

Day 58

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 29, 2007

Whole Foods — $19.89 A quick stop for dinner-fixings on the way home from taking The Daughter to practice tonight. The Son had his first lesson in making a white sauce/gravy. We baked the chicken breasts in the white sauce then served it over noodles. We also baked sweet potatoes. And served a salad. A little [...]

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Re-arranging the Furniture…

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 29, 2007

in figurative sense, that is. I really wanted two side columns but like the color and layout that I had. So I’ve found a template with 3 columns and now I’m trying to get the colors and layout right. Please bear with me. And get used to things changing. It’s [...]

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Home Improvements Hell

By Suburban Wife | Published: October 28, 2007

I took a short trip to Home Improvement Hell today. If you own a home, you’ve been there and will know what I’m talking about. We desperately need to get our house painted. We also need to have our gutters repaired and our deck repaired and refinished. And we’re quickly running out of warm weather in which [...]

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