Friday Celebration Post -the first!

[jamethiel]

I start early because I am early! It's the end of the week! Let Joy and Celebration be unconfined!

Come and tell me--what progress have you made towards your goals this week? Finances OR frugal living, or even buying something that you've saved up towards!

Comments

[lasergirl]

Oh, man, that's a good question.

Hmm. I have received the last T4 I needed so I can get my tax stuff together...

I started a new job and I'm getting paid the first payment next week... but I have to spend $120 on materials for the project out of my own pocket...

I also finished another contract that will pay $230 towards my unpaid bills.

I.. learned how to cook wontons this week so I don't have to do order-out Chinese anymore! That sounds nice and positive.

[jamethiel]

I don't know what a T4 is, but preparation is great! Sometimes it's the tedious organisational stuff that stops you from doing something, so getting it out of the way is huge! Also, yay for paying off bills.

Mmm, wontons! You'll have to share the recipe!

[lasergirl]

T4s are the forms Canadians get when they work as many jobs as I do a year - it's a record of all your hours, wages, position, etc. Theoretically I could also save them for Unemployment but as they never amount to the minimum required (900+ hours) that's kind of a bust.

Anyway... I need them for taxes because my life is complicated.

[holyschist]

Oooh, wontons! Did you make them from scratch? Soup or fried?

I adore wonton soup and have never been able to get the hang of making it (plus I don't much like frozen wontons, so I'd have to learn to make the wontons AND the broth).

[lasergirl]

Well I wanted to see how those wonton wrappers worked, so I bought a package... everything else I did from scratch (including farmer's market "happy" pork).

There's an entry on my journal, go HERE to check it out.

I used mushrooms and green onions for the broth (with the help of some soya sauce and sesame oil) so it's a little darker than the usual takeout.... but it is LOADS OF DELICIOUS.

I figure you can also make veggie wontons with TVP provided you still use egg white as a binder and make really sure that your pockets are sealed.

[holyschist]

Oooh, that looks fantastic. *memories*

[lasergirl]

It's always worth adding a new recipe whenever you start feeling bleah about your cooking... it sure perked me right up!! I'm still obviously not a meat-eater though... I hardly ever cook it, and I've made wontons two weeks in a row and boy, my stomach can tell the difference....