Really Dog?

So we are two days into our "30 day challenge" and we have been doing well.  Yesterday we ate leftovers from earlier this week, and I made chicken sandwiches for my husband from the left over barbecued chicken from our son's first birthday party.  So we have done really well so far at not spending money eating out (Though I do have winning peal off tickets for sandwiches from a major food chain.  Free is good.  Free means not spending money eating out.)

We discovered a traitor in our midst yesterday morning when we woke up.  Apparently our dog, Axe, decided he needed a snack during the night and couldn't wait for his morning meal.  Axe took not only the Mango I had just brought home from the grocery store that day, but the Sweet Potato as well.  He demolished them, leaving the hard center of the Mango and small chunks of Sweet Potato scattered across the living room floor.  Really?!  To be honest I'm just glad he didn't snatch the bunch of Bananas and tear into them leaving only the peels behind...yes, I am speaking from experience.  He has also been known to unscrew the lids of jars of Peanut Butter and even the Protein powder a house guest had left on the counter.  Let me tell you Protein powder is not good for your floors or your dog!  And you can forget about leaving snacks in your backpack.  In all seriousness, Axe does know how to unzip a zipper, leaving zero damage to the backpack or zipper, and then he will devour the edible, and sometimes inedible contents.  He has eaten batteries, prescription medication that was in the bottom of a box after we moved years ago when he was puppy, and even a telephone.  He will snatch the baby's diapers if we are not careful.  Sometimes he is just a bad, bad dog!  So now I am down a Mango and a Sweet Potato.

But there is good news!  My strawberry plants are doing well, even some of the ones that I thought were dead started sprouting new little green heads.  My Tomato plant seems to be hanging in there (quite literally since it is in one of those Topsy Turvy hanging grow bags.)  And both the Raspberries and Blueberries seem to be hanging in there.  I have some herbs to plant in my cute pots that made the move with us, and I bought some seeds to plant with my four year old son.  I just need to figure out how to grow some of these plants in containers.  We do have a nasty mud patch next to our back porch where the previous tenants had apparently put down some square outdoor tiles, but only a couple are still there leaving a grass-less area which turns into a disaster when it rains.  Maybe I can talk my special someone into building a little raised garden bed there.

So far, so good.  We have an out of town wedding to go to in two and a half weeks, so I need to figure out a plan for that time.  But I know we will have a great time, and I promise myself that I will keep track of what we spend!  "Healthy choices, healthy choices, healthy choices..." is going to be my inner voice reminding me this month of what we need to do.  Thank you for spending some times with us!
love, Katie