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  • Birthday 05/26/1967

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    Canadian in the US
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    Busy Momma to 3
  1. I have six at the table.....four 'adults' and two kids. I spend about 12% of net income on groceries. ...and I agree with other posters.....percent doesn't always reflect the info you are looking for. I also agree that my goal isn't always to spend as little as possible on food.....we need it to be good enough quality to nourish us and that is easier in some locations and times of the year thathers. I hope you can find some balance.
  2. Thank you. My daughter is starting 9th grade and I am learning about course descriptions right now. What a scary process.
  3. I know I have to tackle my desk and that dang laundry basket I filled with random stuff last spring. I don't want to. The week after next is TKD camp for all of my kids which leaves me with four hours of freedom for four days (a few of which I will have lunch with my husband). The next week we start. I don't have a clue where to begin organizing our work load and day because my daughter is officially in high school now. I have read so many books about how to plan a day with multiple students but none of it comes back to me when I need it the most. I am in....reluctantly. I will be back with a picture or two. My book shelves are in the basement and the kids have desks in their rooms this year so you will get my newly organized desk......we rearranged two weeks ago to move the piano to the other side of the family room. We will get the work does even if my arrangement isn't perfect, right?
  4. Alejandratv makes me feel that way but I am just disfunctional enough to return again and again. The good thing is that I need the info about organizing because I want and need to be organized more and do not have the skills naturally. She seems like a positive healthy person so I don't mind coming up short for the most part. It isn't like she is trying to make me feel inadequate enough on purpose. Lol She does not homeschool or have kids so I have a secret ace or two up my sleeve. Good greif......she isn't my age either so I have twenty years of tired on her.
  5. I have several friends that have one person do Fedex morning shift.....getting it off the plane, maybe sorting etc.
  6. I like to watch little preK and K run around playing soccer. They are soooo stinking cute!! Maybe that makes me a classic soccer mom? I am not competitive at all and do not wish to watch others play competitive sports. I only enjoy watching because they are my kids. lol
  7. I am all ears.....I have been thinking about this lately too.....just saw a sign on a bill board today. I have one troublesome spot that I wish I could have surgery on...I don't because I feel that our money should be spent on other more "worthy" pursuits....lol. A wrap is still cheaper than a tummy tuck!!! Safer too!!! (I think.)
  8. I have shared things privately in PMs, too. I also know people irl that surf the boards which I would never confide even slightly private things to (just not that close or supportive). I often find I want feed back about something that *may be* a really big deal and I would like a heads up first before I go telling people in real life because then I can brace for the fall out....whatever that may be. Also, the boards offer a much wider life experience and perspective so when considering some things that would be valuable. My irl friends might also want to be kind to me rather than honest and I know that some posters here would be honest in a kind way. When you are really worried about something then you need to know that the honesty is genuine....and if someone is unkind on forums then you can just shrug it off and turn off the computer. I can see why someone would reduce their public posts about private things and also seek members of this forum out for perspective. I really really appreciated the private help I received once and it helped me seek help irl from another person in a good position to help me dive into it. It took me almost a year to talk to a real live friend about it because I was worried that it was bigger than our irl friendship.
  9. My backround isn't poor but I have known hunger or food scarcity/insecurity. My mother use to hide food and was not a good home economist. She had enough money but tended to make bad choices which we not appetizing or filling. I look back at pictures of me when I was younger and am startled at how thin and small I looked back then. I think at the time I thought she was just clueless but as time goes on and life gave me more experience I see there was probably some favortism going on or mind games. After I married (a grad student) and moved out of my home country to an expensive town/state with a very limited income and few skills at budgeting it all became very real and over whelming. Getting food on the table for the least amount of money consumed my daily thoughts. We had $50 a week for food for three for years. Every cent I spent above that was long term debt. I still do not know how I survived those years amd I know I am a different person because of it. I don't food hoard but I always have a plan for long term food needs. It isn't enough to buy a pound of rice I need to buy a 50 bag. I use it all....nothing gets wasted etc etc. And managing resources is my weird hobby. I was not hungry to the point of starvation or health issues so that I can be thankful for. My husband and I were chatting about this on the way home from church. I love giving food to people....whether they appear to need it or not......it is some sort of weirdness on my part. I know that I looked normal on the outside.....from a stable family that looked like it had enough. Even when I was married....we looked like people that were not afraid....my husband was accomplished...we had a future...etc etc. I know that these things can be hidden very well so I never assume that my meal or loaf of bread is unneccessary. There was one person in particular that was very generous to us during those tight years and I will never forget her kindness. She might have had an idea of how needed the food/leftovers were but I doubt she knew the full extent. I never had the courage to tell her either. We qualified for wik and food stamps but because were not American citizens we could not receive them. Those were humbling years but I learned alot....like I would rather eat rice and beans than chicken liver/kidneys......that a special treat for a birthday could be bringing home an appetizer and adding plain rice and cut veggies.....that water is a reasonable drink when you are thirsty ......that you can make your own baked beans for less.....wasting food is a grievous misdeed. Recently I have been hearing about hunger being linked to obesity......it think there is something to that. There is a great documentary called Dive about food wastage that goes along with this whole topic of hunger/unnecessary hunger.
  10. Thanks for the link, ladies! Been thinking about buying a "squatty potty" and this adds another reason.
  11. I used washclothes for hands and faces when my kids were younger....changed them at the end of each day...they would sit on the chair at the table until needed again during that day. As they got older and did not need a wet one for eating I made some cotton ones from fat quarters and we have a basket with folded ones in a piece of furniture beside our dining table. Many many washclothes were down graded to kitchen counter clothes. When something is gross or staining I just throw it out after I am done. If not, I have a bowl I hang it on (over the edge not in a ball) to be added when we do laundry once a week. I only use papertowels for 4h events, greasing my bread pans and seasoning my castiron pot with oil. I buy bulk at Sam's maybe once a year for paper towels. My drying dishclothes are gifts I have received over the years and second hand ones my mother passed along to me when I married.......18yrs ago. It is actually something I keep meaning to buy. I try to get seasonal once the week after the season is over.....Christmas, fall, Easter etc. I have been forgetting lately. I have bought a few nice ones from Pampered Chef and Norwex but the kitchen items always seem to get damaged by my kids on baking day with chocolate batter. Once I bought premade flannel ones on Ebay with surged edges (I do not have a surger) and it was expensive but I bring them out occassionally as pretty soft absorbable versions of my fat quarter ones.
  12. I heard once that peeing in a squat position in the shower helps more than kegels.....so there it is....I just embarrassed myself.
  13. What grade levels would these links be good for? Thanks for posting these!
  14. Carnegie hours require me to learn a new way of coping.

  15. OK Please don't think me gross Doritos Cheeze Whiz on popcorn Lava cakes every day! Chocolate chip cookies every meal!! Chocolate milk all day!!! Mashed potaotes with whipping cream and a ton of butter Whipping cream on all fruit I ever ate. Sigh. It sucks getting older.
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