Writer's Block: Small Economies

[blueninja1026]

For better or worse, we didn't have much to cut from our budget. More than a year before the economy started to tank, I'd lost my job. So we've already tightened quite a bit. But I'd be hard-pressed to define luxuries that we had to eliminate.

I can count on one hand the number of times per year that we go out to movies and/or dinner, as a

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[blueninja1026]

I don't mind eggs myself, but the kids aren't too crazy about them and DH has high cholesterol already, so we tend to avoid eggs unless it's egg white. But, yeah, scrambled eggs with onion, tomatoes, peppers...good stuff!

DH never drank sugared soda, only diet and decaf. But it still can't hurt for him to be off it. My mom got the "Danger, Will Robinson!" number on her last blood sugar screening, so she is kicking her Coke habit. ;-) After one month, and a few other dietary modifications, she's down 4 pounds.

I wasn't thinking about Sautter's (although that's probably a good idea!)...I was thinking the Kroger on King...but even that I don't think is 8 miles...it's probably 5 round trip. Over the summer and fall, I frequently walked to the Harroun Road location for odds and ends. It was a solid 45 minute walk and not unpleasant except for ornery geese over by the hospital!

I know I could still do karate, keep in practice on kicks and punches and forms...but it's hard to practice personal defense with no one to use as a punching bag, uh, partner!

[crankyoldgoat]

ah, you're married - you've got a built in punching bag.

and he has to take it.

been adding a variant walk taking me down to Harroun road in the evenings. That makes a total round trip of about 70 minutes.

Goal is to walk to Ciao's some saturday for supper.

In general, if you're substituting eggs for meat, you're balancing the cholesterol intake. Can't do eggs, homefries and sausage, but you can do eggs and homefries.

though they do taste better in sausage fryins than in oil.