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Hope all the USA buddies had a good fourth. Ours was nicd. Hubby had to work at 6am so opted for smores and hotdogs over the firepit with some kid friendly stuff and watching what neighbors set off. Been biking an hour on the 6th resistance setting this last week. Hard to believe how easy the first setting feels now when I could get so worn out on it 6 months ago. Thinking about changing to increasing resistance twice a month and maxing it out by the end of the year. Might be fun to see if I can.
Financially we are struggling between medical, attoney fees and what these squatters have and are stealing from us. I don't get it. Steal $2k from a store? Garnishment &/or Jail. Landlord? Ignore the court serve & you're scot free. I've worked things out mostly but it's meant cutting back. Among other things took Groceries from $75/week for our family of 4 to $50. Rough when our oldest has been hospitalized w/ lungs collapsing as a wheat allergy reaction. Allergy free food is epensive & we already use all the tips & tricks for saving. Another reason I'm miffed on the 1lb weight gain this week; as, hubby and I both have been eating sparingly. We did get lucky and found 12 boxes of cocoa GF cereal for $1 each at Big Lots. Will really help. Anyways, July & August will be tight- but should be ok. It's Sept I'm worried about financially.
Speaking about Sept- we start school the first Monday in Sept, the 1st this year. Finances made buying curriculum worrisome but we've earned lots of co-op points from referrals & purchases the last 2yrs. Redeemable for specific products w/ shipping & co-op fee. The Bright Ideas line is included in the points program. So I used almost all the points we had saved (85k) and spent $19 after shipping & the co-op fee for around $700 worth of curriculum. Feeling grateful for that!
Happy weekend everyone!
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Hi, my thoughts are with you!!!! How on earth do you spend $50 / week on groceries? I need a lesson on that if you feel like messaging me! Happy 4th of July!
05 Jul 14 by member: Tulipgirl6
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Tulip, I'm honestly normally amazed at how much some people spend or when people say that the welfare $35 a person is too little. $75 a week is pretty easy for us and we have to buy gf bread at $4 a loaf for our boys, but $50 is only possible right now because of having freeze n bake meals saved up in the deep freeze. That extra $25 makes a big difference. If you go to our family blog (not a commercial blog, I promise) lifeokay (dot) blogspot (dot) com and on the Yummy! Tab under the header I dida couple freeze n bake meal break downs after a sister in law asked me too. When you can do dinner for around $5 a day it drastically reins in the grocery bill. It means your meals change as sales and prices change, but that's ok ;-)
05 Jul 14 by member: FitOKay
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