I started out the day at the computer, as usual. Gotta get in my fix. I paid off DH's business account. I had $5,000 in my checking account for about 2 minutes. *sigh* But alas, it was never mine. It was mostly to pay for the hotel and plane for business. But we did get to keep $1,500 of it, which I immediately transferred to savings. So our savings is looking up and I am about $4,000 away from my goal on the F/A.

What did I do that was frugal today? I made my homemade chicken soup. I put in too much barley which soaked up 95% of the stock. It was very flavorful, but low on the liquid. I ended up adding 3 full cans of chicken broth, which is something I keep on hand only for when I'm in a pinch as I usually make my own. The soup was delicious and I have enough for about 4 meals for 4 people. Not bad for an easy meal to fix in the first place and all from one chicken and a few vegetables!

I'm continuing to collect my drippy faucet water. I hope our bill is down this month so I can add more money to the "new faucet fund".

I cooled the office down by placing a fan behind the A/C vent so that the air doesn't get trapped under the desk that sits over it. Ahhhhhhh...it feels really nice. Of course it's 11:30 PM and the air in the house is set to go down to 68 at night, so the true test will be tomorrow when it goes back up to 72. I realize both numbers sound plenty cool, but it's terrible upstairs and the office is so bad I sometimes thing I'd like a window unit.

That's all I can think of for tonight's update. Still chugging along.