I feel so accomplished!

Bread for tomorrow is in the machine. I have dinner kind of planned. (We're having chicken, but I haven't exactly figured out what I want to do with it yet.) The kids and I are eating lunch. I got the fish tank running again yesterday! I am cruising!

I am so glad our friends had bread machines. We had a small one that made mini loaves for two people. It was nice when there were two of us. I'm making bread for Gabe's too now, and I need a bigger loaf. I was doing bread by hand, but it's time consuming with a baby that doesn't want to be put down...ever. Our friends called and said they had an extra and asked if we wanted it. Yes! It's missing a couple of feet, but I figured out I can put a plate under one side and two hot pads under the other. Then it stops shaking during the mix cycle. Hubby says he can make new feet for it. Until we get to that project it's set!

We seem to be a reuse kind of family. Most of our computers are second hand rebuilt. We have several...one upstairs we bought seven years ago with student loan money. It's had many pieces replaced over time, and is mostly used for streaming tv at this point. Downstairs we have my laptop which is an old hand me down from DH's work. If was his work laptop three laptops ago, and they told him he could just keep it at this point. We also have a computer with Linux hooked to our tv. We got rid of satellite in August. The box itself is another take it or it's trash from hubby's work. (He works at and ISP...lots of computers floating around.) We also have a server in the basement. We just upgraded that with a 1Tb hard drive with Christmas money. It holds all (well at some point) of our DVD collection, pictures and music. This was also built with second hand stuff. With the exception of the new big hard drive, and maybe a couple other pieces we have bought over the years. Hubby also has his work laptop. Really it's the newest computer to enter the house in a while. It's at least two years old I would say now.

Our other second hand stuff...our couch we got for free last year. I don't like it the pattern, but at some point it'll get a slip cover. We have two chairs that are second hand. One was my grandmother's then my Dad took, then me. It's old and yellow, and on it's last leg. Perfect kid furniture. In it's prime it was an incredibly comfortable chair. Now it no longer reclines. At some point I'll get a new used one for hubby I think. I could make a huge list of the furniture around our house that works fine, but someone didn't want anymore, and now belongs to us. Tables, chairs, tvs, hell even the fish tank I mentioned before I bought off ebay! It's ninety gallons, and came full of cichlids for 500 dollars! The fish were done in when the cat knocked the fish food into the tank and poisoned them. It sucked!

When our friend moved on Friday she gave me her pots and pans and two storage containers full of flour and sugar. Now I have a set from Ikea, but needed a couple more for bread flour and wheat flour so now I have them! It sucks that she couldn't take them, but I will put them to good use.