I'm a 27 year old, newly married, newly living in Washington, librarian trying to find a job in a library. Meanwhile I'm working as a office assistant while I figure out how to live my new life as a wife.
Geoff, my wonderful, caring husband works with computers and, in his free time, plays with video games, lounges on the couch and cooks with sourdough.
Clarabelle and Hermione are our babies! Hermione, who came to Megg as a kitten, loves playing with fur mice and bottle caps. Clarabelle's hobbies include sleeping, lying in the sun and playing with straws. 
Geoff and Megg met through a mutual friend and spent 4 years dating long distance. They were finally able to live in the same zipcode after what seemed like forever when they got married on January 2, 2010! Soon after they bought a house and have been enjoying the Pacific Northwest together while being both newlyweds and new homeowners!As always, Menu Plan Monday is brought to you by (and inspired by!) Organizing Junkie!
Monday: Creamy tomato soup (crockpot recipe) and grilled cheese
Tuesday: Grilled pork chops, mashed potatoes and tomato mozzarella salad
Wednesday: Chicken stroganoff, crock pot recipe, green salad
Thursday: Progresso soup and tuna-melt sandwiches
Friday: Hamburger helper with ground turkey
Saturday: Homemade chicken margarita pizza with sourdough crust! (I'm extra excited about this one!)
Starting this month, Geoff and I are also sticking with our budget. Since he takes care of most of the bills (power, credit card, car payments etc.) I am keeping track of the one thing I can control: groceries. Our goal is $250 a month, which amounts to about $60 a week. We usually do our shopping on Sundays, together, and today we only spent $56.60! I'm very excited to have come in under budget. My tentative goal is to see how much we spend, trying not to go over $250 and if we can regularly spend less, then we can adjust the budget as needed. Since groceries are one of the few flexible items on the budget (car payment and student loans, for example, are fixed) I'm hoping to save a little money here. So we'll see how it all works out. We are also trying to stock up the freezer with things that are on sale, like meat. Today we bought two whole chickens because they were .79 cents a pound and they're easy to cook. I'll use one of them in a couple weeks when we have a friend visiting and it should stretch far for us. I can't wait to see results in a few weeks...either on our waistline or in the bottom line of our budget!
