Living in North Carolina Mountains Getaway blog
This weekend is memorial day weekend. Its suppose to be pretty and clear here in Asheville NC. Temperatures will be in the mid 70s on Saturday. Today, the weather is clear too. Its suppose to be in the mid-70s by this afternoon. Its chilly right now, I had to wear a light jacket to walk my granddaughter to the school bus stop this morning. The weatherman says there is a chance of showers tomorrow.
I never buy small trash bags for the bathroom, bedroom or elsewhere. Instead, I use the plastic bags from the grocery store. In the bathroom, I use the plastic wrap that encases the toilet paper. To clarify, I buy the large economical pack of toilet paper. When I open the pack, I carefully cut the top open so when its through I can use it as a small trash bag to line my bathroom trash can. You can do this with paper towels too or any item you buy that is encased in plastic. Its a small savings, but its a savings. I also reuse bread bags. You can use the bread bag as a short term freezer bag, a lunch bag, a sandwich bag, a storage bag etc. Just be sure to empty out the crumbs before you use it. You can also use a clean empty butter container, coolwhip container etc for food storage or taking leftovers for lunch to work. Be resourceful. Think about what you can use the item for before you throw something away.
I just came back from Harris Teeter grocery store in Asheville NC. I checked the sales before I went. Anyway, today is May 15th so you wont get the sales wrong for the week. The london broil roast and cube steak is buy one get one free. The cube steak is so tender you can cut it with a fork. This is a good deal. I had already stocked up from the last sale so I did not buy this week. Although I was tempted. I had to keep saying to myself its not a deal if you don’t need it.
The weather here in Asheville NC this week has been a bit chilly. Its been raining or drizzling rain all day today. You will need a light jacket, sweater or maybe even a raincoat if you go out today. Its suppose to rain later today and into tomorrow. However, this weekend is suppose to be pretty.
The news said several weeks ago that the tax relief checks should be out by May 9. today’s the 10th and I haven’t recieve it yet. And if you are reading this, then my guess neither have you. So, I checked out the irs website and found the schedule. It appears that the schedule is set to the last 2 digits of your social security number. If you had your tax refund direct deposit then you should have your relief check by May 16th. If your tax refund was by check the earliest date is May 16th and the lastest date is July 11th. It just depends on your social security number. The lower your last two digits of your social security number, the sooner your check will be here. So, if you want to know exactly when your check will be here, go directly to the source and visit irs.gov.