Buying a Car

Steven and I have been very blessed this past week. I received a promotion at work which gave me almost a 3 dollar raise, and Steven was hired to work in an electronic department. In just a few days we doubled our salary! This is great news for us, but left us with one challenge. We needed another car, and we needed it quick! We have been looking for cars for a while, but it was difficult to find what we were looking for. A car with low miles, a body that is in good shape, and a great price! Last Thursday we found just the car though. It is a 1995 with only 80,000 miles on it! The body is in great shape and it runs really well. The weird part about it though is that it is the EXACT same car that we already had. A white 4 door Chevy cavalier. We bought it and are very happy with our purchase, but today's task has been trying to find auto insurance for a reasonable rate. I don't know anything about insurance at all, but I do know that we have cars that are 12 and 15 years old, so it isn't really worth it to put a whole lot of coverage on them. Does anyone know what is needed, or what company is good to work with. I've been entering data into a lot of different companies websites to compare rates and so far Progressive seems to have the best rates. Anyone heard anything about them?

What's For Dinner Tomorrow?

A couple of times each week Steven's youngest sister comes over to spend some time with us, keep in mind she is four and will talk your ear off, but she asks me the same question every night she is here and sees me cooking dinner. What's for dinner tomorrow? Today is clearly taken care of because she sees me cooking, but she's already looking ahead at tomorrow. I never have an answer for her and it makes me think that I should really plan our meals better. My mom threw meals together every night and always seemed to have everything she needed at all times. It also seemed that as long as she had hamburger to brown anything was possible. I've tried this approach and it pretty much leads me to burgers, tacos, spaghetti, or sloppy joes, each and every time. So my question is how do you go about planning meals better and what are the pantry staples that make creative cooking possible. Keep in mind we grocery shop on a budget and I can't buy everything under the sun. I just need the core essentials. My poor lack of meal planning often leads to us just eating out because by the time I get home at 7pm each night it's far too late to thaw out meat, and my desire to run to the grocery store to pick up the missing pieces is never there. This whole thing leaves me lost and looking for answers. I have the desire to make better dinners!

Big Blog Beginnings!

I know my audience isn't huge by any means, but I want to get back into blogging again and I want to cover more than the ups and downs of the week. I want to create a place to share together and to voice opinions. For the new overhaul I started with a new background. I have a list of ideas in my head that I want to cover, but I would like to hear your ideas too! More to come very soon!