I am getting there

Tomarrow I get to take the cans in to cash them in.  I will let you know in how much that was stock piled here in the mud room.  All I can do is laugh at some who do not take the cans in for what they paid for them now a days.  You already pay the nickle may as well take them back in what you paid into them.  Pluss not only that I am figureing about 25 dollars so far in cans it maybe more than what I think is out there also.  So it will not be bad when I go back to cash them in for the rest of this month also.  There are so many extras that it isen't even funny during the holidays.  And I am thinking of course of what else to get besides the Cool Whip for the pies and cake for Thursday.  Aldi's has helped a whole lot when I was there on Friday.  It is a very funny thing when you try to do everything on a strict budget year after year.  And you get cheaper thru the years also.  Or maybe it is just me doing the very tight budget for the holidays for food wise.  Granted I saved 2 dollars yesterday over at Smokin Joes for smokes.  Even the girl said 2 dollars is 2 dollars.  Here in NY State it is even worse trying to get the saveings in.  The one news place has a news for the money segment 5 days a week and I have most of the Tips that they all shown beat to a pulp around here.  And what they shown on the news is old news and an old habbit here with me.  Four of the light bulbs that are the squiggies as I call them have lasted over 10 years already.  They are the CFL light bulbs.  The trick is not to have all the lights burning at once in the place.  Pluss school days are a nice thing with the kids becuase, they are not home during the week most weeks for about 8 hrs a day.  Granted it is a bit unnerving at first with a bone quiet place but once you get use to it it is heaven on wheels.  Now yesterday while I was out I stoped at a pet store with birds dogs and cats.  I wanted to laugh at one Buddgie and coulden't at all.  The bird said F***ing pretty.  I understood why he was in the back room after that statement out of the bird.  Not good for the kids/tape recorders ears at all.  And all the birds were somewhat loud yesterday and dogs/puppies were even in a good mood also.  Now I don't know how many folks are use to the African Parrots but the bigger they are the louder they are also.  Now I have a Quaker Parrot here at my place he/she can get loud.  I call him Olliver becuase that is what the bird responds to.  Now my old Red Back Parrot was named Bruttis and fit her very well.  Becuase she was a brute in the household.  Some folks do not realize that some dogs will just down right tease birds if you have both in the household.  Bruty would dive bomb the dogs at all times.  Olliver wont bomb the dog but loves to bomb the cat.  Never a dull moment around here let me tell you.  Now after we got Olliver for the most part straighten out and bulked up he has had less problems here than at his privious owners place.  Olliver has seazures becuase of lack of eatting and bad meds.  The woman who had him also Clipped his beak way to short to my standards.  Now Olliver is eatting better and has torn up one box(munchin noodles box).  He doesen't eat what he tears up at all.  So now more will go into his cage for food over the hollidays to see what Olliver eats and doesen't eat.  He can have milk as long as it is cooked.  And a few things will be kept back so he can eat thru the hollidays also.  I know he likes his tuna fish.  So now to start fixing the other stuff also for the hollidays once again.  And lets see where I get at thru the week also.  I know wensday is gonna be just a tourcher day.