Rising school lunch prices

Typically I don't get so frustrated with my school system. Of course it may not just be mine, could be yours to. But today I found out in our local newspaper that they were going to raise the school lunch prices next year by another 10 cent. I know many may look at this as nothing, but since my oldest daughter has been in school I have slowly watched it raise more and more. It is frustrating to all of us struggling parents. I mean come on, must of us already can barely afford it as it is. I feel that within a couple more years school lunches here will be 3.00! Me personally I think that is crazy. I agree that kids should be served healthy and delicious meals, but at what price? The reasoning they gave was to back one of the programs they had for the district. Yes it is a good cause, but by taking more from parents pockets to help a cause, will lead to even more parents to have to be on the program.

Parents are already having issues with schools serving disgusting food. I have seen the photos that have gone viral and I am disgusted! For the price we are paying now a days for food kids deserve better! If they bought from the local markets around here there would be a huge price cut. More fresh veggies and lean meats. There are plenty of farms around here that could benefit from the business. Just think of the benefits from buying locally. Helps the school and helps businesses. Maybe one day soon they will open their eyes and realize this.

Personal Saturday entry....

Today has been a very peaceful and relaxing day here at the house. Husband let me sleep in, then we all got ready and went grocery shopping. I couldn't ask for a more perfect start to my day. Plus I did a bit of organization to the laundry room. I'm stock piled on laundry detergent from the coupon hauls that I do at Harris Teeter. I also tried out a new crock pot recipe, turned out pretty delish. Here is the link if you are interested in trying it.

 

 

But eventually toward the start of the evening I felt crappy. My whole body is achy and I feel fatigued. This has been going on for quite some time. My back starts hurting and moves down to my knees. By 8pm I'm laying in bed in tears. It's either I disappear into my room or I get moody. Anyways sorry for the whoa is me banter but it feels good to write down what Is going on in my head. Hope everyone is having a great weekend. Please feel free to leave a comment or two, let me know what you cooked over the weekend. Or if you just feel like ranting like I did go ahead lol.

 

 

Rained out Halloween....

Well....we were hoping for a nice night of trick or treating but mother nature had something else in mind. So I fed the girls a quick and easy supper then proceeded to get them into costumes. Both girls were excited and dancing around the room. Kaylan my little lady bug kept her antennas on for maybe part of the trip. So like I was saying we headed off to our favorite spot to get mounds of candy. Got there right when houses were starting to turn porch lights on. Which gave me plenty of time to run down the rules with Meghan. The rules are as followed 1. Stay with me 2. you only take what they give you, don't get stingy 3.I repeat stay with me! 4. stay off the grass.

Finally we got the stroller out and headed off on our merry way. Sadly we made it to our 8th house I felt sprinkles. Im thinking oh crap we have got to turn around now and power walk back to the vehicle which is a good walk back. Yes it was only sprinkling but it was cold and I knew that it was about to be a downpour. Needless to say as we made it back to the Tahoe, the rain was picking up a little more. Meghan was fine but Kaylan was not happy that she was being removed from happy time in the dark to getting stuck back in a car seat. By the time we dodged mindless parents who was just not wanting to move out of the road and out of the neighborhood it was pouring! I think out of both kids, I was the most disappointed. I really wanted a huge hall of candy for my own guilty pleasure lol.

How was your Halloween? Any good stories? Please feel free to comment below.

No kids meal at taco bell??!!

Ok so I went to taco bell to get us all something for supper. Right when I say I want two kids meals they say sorry we don't have them anymore. I'm thinking wtf???? Now I'm gonna have to order all their food in separate things ummmm yeah....no thanks. Needless to say I had to go to two separate places.