Didn't quite get this in under the wire so it will post as Friday but its Thursday's stuff.

First savings: Today was the day of the weekly auto transfer of $10 to savings, bringing that account to $587.56. Just $12.44 shy of $600, which I'll go over tomorrow when I deposit the $56.44 I owe to that account. We'll see if there is any more left after paying the bills that can be squeezed out for savings.

Today (8/10) was Rose's 10th birthday. It was a relatively good day. She got 2 Mermaidia Barbie dolls, a magnetic tin with magnetic car games like tic tac toe, checkers, pyramid solataire and lots of writing paper in it for hangman or other games, and a basketball. She also got 4 books, 2 of them Judy Blume ones that I read as a kid.

When her dad gets back he is going to take her to get a used Game Cube. She is paying half with birthday money she got from the grandparents. My parents also gave her a rabbit she made with my mother at the Build a Bear Workshop. Not sure what the other set of grandparents will do. They bought my son a bigger bike as he had grown two sizes from the one he had, but they did that in June and his birthday was in March.

Rose does not need a new bike. Though by the time they get around to buying one for her, she might. They are notoriously late, though generous. I'm still waiting for what I asked for when she asked me what I wanted for my birthday in February which was a hard anodized caphalon 12 inch skillet. Not a whole set or anything, just the one pan. It'll come, though. Some day. LOL

Tomorrow is payday and grocery day. I will be making a smaller Costco run as I only need a few items, but I really NEED the few items that I need. Definitely under $100 there. Probably closer to $50. I also have to go to Fred Meyer and Haggen. Maybe Cost Cutter, too, I haven't had a chance to look over their flyer. Fortunately, I can do a loop route as they are all within a three mile circle. I'm only buying loss leaders and sale items at the 3 regular grocery stores.

I hope to hit the farm stand on my way home and get more cherries. And possibly go to one of the farms where they grow kohlrabi. My second planting of it got wiped out by the 90 to 100 degree heatwave last month. Hopefully, their's didn't. I love kohlrabi. It is my favorite vegetable. And very low on the glycemic index, too. Have to watch stuff like that as Rose is prediabetic. She loves kohlrabi, too. Maybe I should try one more planting. If September stays hot...they could make it and if not, they're only seeds.

I picked 2 gallons of blueberries from one of my mother's trees (yes, trees, I call them, they are 6 feet tall). I only managed to clear about 2/3 of the one tree. I hope to pick more tomorrow. The other tree is heavily loaded, too but I don't know if I'll be able to get to it before the birds, do.

I did pick a quart size baggy for my dad. He can't see well enough to go out and pick some each morning for his cereal like he used to. He's not blind, but his brain no longer processes images properly so he doesn't see what is right in front of him. It's been bad as he can no longer read and if you knew my dad, well...that is heart-breaking. Add that to the mid-level dementia that is creeping forward. Well, a few berries seems like not enough to do for him. I do read to him when I can. And Rose has started to, also.

Wow, I got chatty tonight. And way off the point of blogs. Well, the berries are free food, so that is saving money, right?