December 14, 2008
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Our Daily Bread
We’ve gotten into a routine of large Sunday dinners served mid afternoon and then a dessert in the evening. For the past several weeks, I’ve been setting out frozen dough to rise and bake into the rolls to accompany our weekly indulgence. (We also indulge in Breakfast on Saturday mornings and we have date night on Friday, so we are really about our indulgences).
Today I decided to make extra rolls so instead of 6, I put 18 little dough blobs in the oven. I took them out, set them aside to cool for a moment while I finished the rest of the food. (Today we had hamburger stroganhoff, mini penne pasta, salad of romaine, orange slices, walnuts and poppy seed dressing, and acorn squash baked with a little brown sugar and cinnamon.) When I was ready to call the boys to the table, I noticed that the bread basket looked odd. When I checked there were only 6 rolls instead of 18.
“What happened?” (me)
“I don’t know mom. I was walking by, and I smelled them, and the next thing I knew there were a whole bunch of rolls gone.” (Tucker)
(me)“Um, they were really good, and soft, and hot … ” (Tucker)
(me)“Um, do I have to eat the squash? I’m suddenly not very hungry.” (Tucker)
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I’m feeling better. My Dr. told me to cease and desist from the Naproxen immediately, which settled my stomach right down. I’ve been taking extra strength Tylenol which isn’t helping my leg as much as the Naproxen did, but I’m not throwing up and I am walking so I can live with medium help. Thank you for your prayers and good wishes.
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I’ve started a new SIMS 2 game. I keep thinking I’m going to outgrow SIMS, but really I love this game. I created one family. Just a little man and a little woman. And boy howdy do they like each other. A lot. He’s got thinning hair, glasses, a full beard, a little belly … And she thinks he’s the hottest thing since fresh baked bread.
I’m gonna have to create another little family because these guys are obviously having a honeymoon and they aren’t doing anything to get out and meet their neighbors.
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I’ve been reading the newspapers. Lord, have mercy. We have some really stupid people making comments out there. My fav stupid comment from the past week, (no its not the Gov of Illinois, he’s already been dealt with in late night jokes) comes from Charles Krauthammer who called the link between the US Economy and Health Care a “Non Sequitur”.
It doesn’t make sense to Mr. Krauthammer that there’s any link between the two. Apparently the fact that health care costs have so far outpaced the rate of inflation that even the largest of companies are struggling to provide insurance for their employees hasn’t registered on his radar. Apparently the fact that more than half the hospitals in this nation are on the brink of financial collapse due to the tidal wave of uninsured patients coming through their door doesn’t seem like an issue to him. Apparently the inadequate supply of Doctors, nurses, radiology technicians, physical therapists … name a health care occupation and I’ll show you an occupation with a need for more trained workers than we can foresee having even if enrollment rates in these courses doubled for each of the next three years… doesn’t bother him, or at least doesn’t strike him as an economic problem.
We have a Trillion Dollar industry struggling with demand that can’t be supplied and supply that isn’t getting paid. Seems like that’s a huge economic problem to me.
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There are about 8 “how to handle your money in seriously sucky times” blogs that I’m dying to write. Or maybe it’s a book, with chapters and not many pictures. But in truth, I think it’s too late for a lot of people. The money management they haven’t been practicing for the past 10 years is about to have them for lunch with a side of “sucks to be you.”
I’m there too. My monetary position took a serious blow last summer. I’m lucky that I’m not totally broke. But in spite of years of my Maggie MacFrugal lifestyle, I can see broke from here. It’s scary.
Comments (13)
Little boys. Judi
@jassmine - Giggles, he isn’t going to be little for long if he keeps eating a dozen rolls at a time. We’re having cherry pie with ice cream here in an hour or so, I’ll bet his appetite is back for that.
That is for sure. But I remember my brother when he was a teenager used to drink a gallon of milk, and a loaf of bread all by himself and was never fat. lol. Judi
I never did get into Sims2 But Sims1 is a different story. I’ve weaned myself from it but the urge to put the desk into the computer is getting greater.
I love all the sims……….addicted here………..LOL……….hugs.
yep Know that bun type story all too well. SIMS 2 is so intoxication I don’t need drugs.
Glad you’re feeling better. Tucker tucking into those rolls made me smile
I’m glad you are feeling better! The Tuck and rolls thing… sounds like something my husband would do and say! Or my son for that matter. They both love rolls. But then, I could see myself attacking them before dinner too! LOL
On the financial front, UGH! I think that pretty much sums up my thoughts on the subject. I’ve never been wealthy by any stretch of the immagination. In fact, I’ve always struggled and been one missed paycheck away from homelessness. Much of it is my money management, at least in years past, but in the past 3 years I’ve made a lot of progress with assessing my priorities and paying my bills. I don’t use checking accounts anymore. Sure, I pay 50 cents to a money order for every bill that has to go out, and another 50 cents to mail it out, but less than $5 a month in fees to pay my bills is far less than I would pay for one overdraft per month. And with my history, I would likely have more than one each and every month. It’s saved me OODLES of money over the past 3 years and I know it. I learned NOT to EVER take out a ”pay day loan” unless perhaps it were a life and death emergency, but I just can’t seem to think of a circumstance that would justify it where I couldn’t get help from somewhere other than an over-glorified loan shark. If it’s true life and death the ER has to take you whether you have insurance or a partial payment or not. If it’s a utility issue, there is the Salvation Army and other charities that can help you keep your utilities on. Homelessness is not a life or death issue. If I couldn’t pay my rent or housepayment (if I someday manage to do buy a home) I would think of ways to earn extra money, put off the loan company as long as I could, and seek out shelter options with family and even public shelters if I had to. I think I would honestly live in a public shelter before taking out a pay day loan again. LOL I have learned a lot about money management through making many mistakes first hand. I learned even more in a recent counseling session about taking out student loans. I am looking forward to your financial posts. I believe it’s never too late to learn, even if it doesn’t help a person today, it may help them (and me) in the future. I can’t wait to hear your insights on the subject! <3 SuZ
There’s so much good stuff in this blog. But I’ll stick with the “hot fresh baked bread” comment. There aren’t many guys hotter than that
Could you please send your email address? I hope you still have mine. I have a job for you if you want it.
Perhaps I should explain that my email provider changed all email to outlook and I can’t figure out how to call up my addresses or do a search. Help.
I think you can gear a book to help people get back on their feet in these times, and then form good habits for staying on them.
And if you can sell enough of them………
IF you’re feeling adventurous, put a recipe for curry chicken here http://www.xanga.com/travelerblue/686058072/item.html
i now work picking up blood & urine from doctors and taking it to the lab @ the hospital, and the other day i noticed that what they charge as a co-pay is what our family doc used to charge for a visit, which half the time, included the medication he’d give us. Krauthammer is one of those hardcore Reich-wingers that doesn’t see that the whole Reaganomic model is FLAWED…why do you think we’re in the mess we are now???
What needs to be done is re-enact the Fairness Doctrine in Broadcasting…it’ll put Limbaugh and Fox “news” out of business…que sera, sera
HOLY SHEEP!! He didn’t save any rolls fer me!