Mattie Cooks...Frugally

New month, still hard to believe.  Yesterday was good -- productive, lots of work, but a bit stressful.  Oi.  This morning I woke up at the buttcrack of dawn and went to Acme in Fairlawn -- pop and other stuff was on sale; I spent a lot but I also got all of the stuff I needed for a Polish Festival basket that uses the $2 chip clips I won (my sense of economics is often faulty).  I saw pasta and sauce was on sale, so I bought one of each -- it has been years since I made it, and I wanted to buy ground meat, like Mom did... it is quite pricey, so much so I didn't.  Rather, I thawed some frozen shrimp and veggies, cut them both up, and made a pasta primavera with shrimp.  My Mom, were she alive, would have accused me of cooking that way on purpose, and I will neither confirm nor deny that.  I have three more servings of pasta, and half a jar of sauce; I think I have another box of pasta somewhere, so we will be eating that for a while.

Funny, because last week (ok, Sunday) I pulled some chicken thighs out of my freezer, thawed them, added some sliced veggies, and baked them for a couple of hours in the oven.  It was quite delicious -- I should have added more veggies -- and I ended up getting six servings out of it.  I bought it at 28 cents a pound as a manager special, so... methinks I need to shop at the GE more.

I thought the Vance speech was quite awesome, and if we can make some inroads into the Jewish vote... it seems a more natural constituency for us.  Less good -- the war in Iran continues, gas prices are high, and Trump is sitting on his cash.  In a blue wave it will probably not matter, but... I suspect this whole thing has been poorly managed, and we -- and the country -- will suffer for it.

UCLA has a seat on the Big Ten gravy train, so why are its finances such a mess? - The Athletic
Interesting?  Odd?  It does seem that not owning the stadium is a bigger issue than expected...

Penn State to open Paterno Family Football Experience Room inside Beaver Stadium - The Athletic
I can't wait for the ostrich exhibit to open, too!