More Changes

HEN TO CHANGE...

Food and other essentials are way up there almost out of reach and rent is getting there also.  An Apartment in South FL costs $6,000 a month????

I am so happy I own my home and I own the home my son lives in.  We would  both be shown the street in today's economy...I have family thru marriage in Great Britain.  Im not in touch with any of them since my husband and I divorced and now he  has passed away...and so have most of his siblings...but one thing I learned from them is; my inlaw aunt used to buy only what she could comfortably carry home from shops that were in the area...She rarely went by car.  It's a little different here as the nearest food shop is 12 miles round trip and I could not do that in this heat, not at my age and my conditioning...BUT I can buy less...and that is what Im doing...Its repetitive eating but so what.  If I get "fixins" for salad and one other entre enough to last 5 days. Its cheaper than having all those choices...so I have changed the way I shop.  Now this could come back to bite me if supplies in the store disappear...but if  you don't have the money you just don't have it!

My little garden is so small only because I can't protect it from predators!! Even a handful of green beans per day tossed on some red potato is an excellent side dish.  I am growing Basil and it's great on a piece of crusty bread with some tomato from the garden too when they ripen.  Sometimes I get only one cherry tomato ripe per day slice it up and on a piece of bread with basil and EVVO it's a delightful lunch!  I buy banana and almond milk and I whip it up into a smoothy with a little maple syrup...Perfect for breakfast..and one carton of milk lasts 2 weeks...

my Zukes are starting to form on the bush and I have 4 bushes if they all continue to do good...and I have at least one winter squash on the vine already and I have 3 of those vines, and 2 types of hot pepper...are already giving me veg.  There is small cucumbers on the vine, and the Eggplant is blooming.  The Peas are mostly done they burnt up pretty much once it got above 90 still have a few hanging on.  Recall I had to replant them due to that late frost we had that killed them!...So they did good to last this long.  I got a good handful each day from those...Just 3) 12 inch pots of peas.  Im going to try growing lettuce in 4 inch pots on the ledge on the North facing  window inside the house; maybe  I can fool it into thinking its cool...I will leave the pots outside to sprout then bring them inside.  Lettuce is a fall/winter crop in my area...but I think this could work! 

So Im only buying what I need for a week at a time...My freezer is not full, my pantry is not stacked, and I am able to buy gas and food  to do me as long as I don't go far...
All I know is you can't live like a King on a pauper's budget! 

I'm helping out my sis with some of her Etsy Store listings, she helps me so much because she has more means than I do so this is a way for me to help her...I feel so good about that. And it gets me away from Youtube and other nonsense.  

My hip did not improve much this week...I still have hope, had an appt yesterday it was not as satisfactory as the other one, So Im doing more stretching on my own...I do think it will eventually BE okay.