"Travel has a way of stretching the mind. The stretch comes not from travel's immediate rewards, the inevitable myriad new sights, smells and sounds, but with experiencing firsthand how others do differently what we believed to be the right and only way." -Ralph Crawshaw
We had seen this on facebook and we are taking this challenge. Money is tight and we are getting ready for our summer "REBUILD our funds because WINTER ate it all up" makeup challenge.
We don't smoke, we don't drink coffee, we don't shop for anything outside of fabrics and foods - so for us the challenge will be tuff. But we are up for doing this. The total saved could purchase a house full of furniture for us when we get our new home or new rental because Lord help us we can not/will not rent from here again (landlord is nice) but the heating prices are not worth the rental - not when we are paying more for heat then the rent itself.
Take the challenge - maybe this could be used for your Christmas fund or that mini vacation you wanted... Or make a donation to a great cause...
We are still doing all we can to cut our spending and it's been one month since our new plan for our 1-year plan. Not a huge savings, but a tiny something put away. We did wonderful for our budget and stayed to the plan.
However with this new medical insurance from the Obama care has us a paddling backwards to now make more cuts so we can afford this forced bill on us. And this will come out of our food bill - so now it's $100 a month for food. SCARY???? Of sorts yes, but its a challenge we have to take on.
So here is my wife's bread that cost about .40 to make - I kid you not.
4 cups flour
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Soda
1/2 Teaspoon Baking Powder
2 Tablespoon Vinegar
2 Tablespoon onion chips
About a Cup and some Water
About a hand full of Cheese
Pinch of salt
kneed and ball it and bake it for 40 minutes and yummy - great with left over Soup from Sunday. And now my wife will make bread daily with a different method each time to spice things up. FYI we normally spend about $3.00 for fancy bread - NOT any more....
Just before baking
I couldn't wait for the bread to cool off - and oh my my my goooooooooood stuff...
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Would like to thank my loving wife for being a super cook and for doing all she can and then some to help us reach our goal.
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Your going to hear a lot about savings from me for the next year - because if God's grace happens, we'll be able to buy a home for us. A dream that is not a dream but a full time job with plenty of over time. The more I talk about it the more motivated I become....
America's Cheapest Family is my new role model.
Cut Your Grocery Bill in Half with America's Cheapest Family is a book we are looking for at the cheap end of any book store and is a goal of our this week - first to see if our local library or any of our friends have it - because FREE can't hurt us but only help us. Spend less than you earn....
My wife, who is ALWAYs looking for ways to save us money, has hit the jackpot this week. She's done some research and made some calls. And we calculated, that we'll save over $120 a week compared to last years daily driving back and forth to the post office and the in between shopping for fabric supplies and by all means "FOOD".
First of all, your car costs a lot more than you think. Gas is just the start. You also have maintenance, tires, insurance, license, registration, taxes, depreciation, and finance charges (if you have a car loan). According to AAA’s estimates on driving costs, if you drive a medium sedan 10,000 miles per year, the cost per mile figuring in all of those factors is 70.2 cents per mile. Now keep in mind our car is a 40 gallon and with the cost of gas at $3.36 (the closest gas station to us) and to the city is approx 25 miles (yep, I kid you not). Our car goes 12-15 miles per gallon.
You saved $ Riding THEBus ........ Can you believe that?? 1 year savings...... It was real easy of sorts for us. We drove to the gas station and parked our car in the designated area for folks like us, we then called the bus (most area's don't have to call, but since we are in the BOONDOCKS, we are required to call or they won't stop to fetch us)... We made our call this morning and sat in some very comfy seats and took in the views as we headed to town.
THE KICKER of THIS is???? FREE.... FREE.... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE... FREE!
So help savethe planet by dumping your car keys for a bus, ... Ride your bike to subway or rail stations rather than driving. ... My wife counting the folks on the bus and whispered to me, do you realized that this bus took, 28 crazy people off the road?? I had to so laugh, it's one way to look at I guess. But, really if your wanting to cut down on some of your travel cost, this is the way to go!!
The bus drivers, have been most helpful and so where the folks riding it, they seemed to love to help outsiders find their way around and we couldn't thank them more. People seem to fear the bus system, thinking they are dirty and the people are weird. Not true at all, we seen business folks, students and well if you think we are strange then yes, some (and I state SOME) strange people. It took the stress of us 100% because now we can enjoy the ride and no we can count on the transportation.
www.idahocitylink.com -------> WOW WOW WOW.... You do amazing things for your state!! Pride and wanting to help people. A job done well, a big thank you!!
