December 9, 2009

BlogBullying: Back. Off.

Editor’s Note: Issue resolved & closed now.

November 25, 2009

Eating on a budget in Hawaii

Thanks to our generous living arrangements, my travel companions and I economized on the food budget by taking advantage of the local Safeway two miles down the road, and the kitchen stocked with cooking supplies.

We made more than one grocery run but the first $250 worth of groceries yielded three days’ meals for three to five people.

I cooked dinner for five on Sunday night: green salad dressed with a balsamic spritzer, green beans and red potatoes, baked basa (fish) with roasted tomatoes and pesto. The leftover fish made excellent fish sandwiches the next day with a dab of mayo, a couple slices of cheddar and crispy lettuce.

I cooked lemon chicken to go with rice pilaf, steamed broccoli, and used the remaining potatoes and green beans. Groceries are remarkably expensive. Even on sale, we paid $1.99 a pound for chicken! Three half breasts and seven thigh pieces yielded six dinner servings and a chicken sandwich lunch.

 More on the expenses of eating out in Hawaii next!

October 11, 2009

Instead of studying for my quiz … groceries!

444 Express’s post on How the Poor Stay Poor made me laugh because a) my dad’s smoking addiction drives me up the wall — I’m sure that he’s going to get sick on me next, and financially it’s terrible, and b) I was inordinately proud of my grocery basket contents today. 

For under $15, I came home with:
(2) 10-ct boxes of instant oatmeal
(1) 6-ct package of whole wheat English muffins
(1) loaf of 100% whole wheat bread
(1) Jonathan apple
(4) Bartlett pears
(1) 12-ct package of string cheese

I know the comparison of cheap fast foods and expensive wholesome food is made constantly, but I really like that, if you look at it, shop sales, and use coupons, nutritious foods can be had for not too much more than a few fast food meals.  For the record, the string cheese was my splurge at $4.99 for a package of Precious brand cheese + a peelie coupon for $1 off.  I miss peelies!

Oh, and there is a meal combination in that list because I’ve been buying two cans of tuna fish every time they were on sale for the past year. We now have a stockpile of tuna tucked away in every corner of the kitchen. It’s ’bout time I started eating it!  My friend suggested that I dice some apple into the tuna salad, and it tastes delicious!

Now, time to crack the books!

September 9, 2009

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March 4, 2009

Flowers for you

These are the flowers my friend should be receiving this afternoon, and I thought I’d share a little of their gorgeous cheer.

January 20, 2009

Inauguration Tuesday

Only a few people got the day off today – I’m not one of them – so I got to watch the inauguration events via MSNBC’s video link.

Hope all who attended, or stayed home to watch, were warm, hydrated, and as comfortable as could be!

December 26, 2008

Happy Boxing Day!

Since I missed wishing everyone a Merry Christmas or Happy Hannukah, I’m wishing you all a happy, prosperous, generous new year instead!

I had a wonderful Christmas spending time with best friend’s family. My own family isn’t up to the holidays, generally, so since I missed Thanksgiving with them, the surrogate family got me for Christmas. Absolutely relaxing, and full of hilarity. Glad I went – definitely glad I didn’t have much in the way of presents because I was really just there for the company and it was so much more fun to bop around chatting and clearing up the wrapping paper as they opened gifts.

Today, I knocked out three medical appointments, and came home with some skin creams, and a new eyeglass prescription. Will be reusing my old frames for non-bifocals, this should be a relief because the bifocals make my eyes feel like they’re crossing.

California budget crisis: Well, crap, you know, I was kidding! I said that I wasn’t going to depend on unemployment if I haven’t lined another job lined up before the ax falls because California wasn’t going to have any money left, but I didn’t expect it to happen by February!

Evidently, corporations aren’t the only ones who are asking employees to take unpaid leave to alleviate budgetary burdens, Governor Schwarzenegger has issued an executive order to all state employees: they must take two unpaid days off per month.

Checks are in the bank, sans a bonus check -frown- so the accounts are in pretty good shape and almost ready for a snapshot inspection.