Having a great week! Got some wonderful free local produce given to us. Plus, I have a chance to get out to the country Sat to get 5 gal bucket of free apples. I want to make apple butter again. I did it in the crock pot. The hardest part is the cutting up of the apples. And canning is a lot of work too. So, this week we ate leftovers and used meat out of the freezer and saved a trip to grocery. Blew the grocery budget last week, nearly $200 at Aldi's. Who does that? I need to get better about planning and using what is offered for the weekly sales and supplement produce with farmers market in season. But, I shopped free, pantry and freezer this week.
I am getting over the huge hit to my budget I took this past weekend. Very much a want, not a need. Oh well. I have worked a lot of overtime this summer, so no big deal. I just dug a little deeper into what things I could pare down and came up with a few more things to list on ebay, Craigslist, FB marketplace and Poshmark. Everythng is so SLOW right now to sell, it seems like. But, today I finally made an ebay sale. Often a sale will seem to spur other sales.
I have been feeling really good after having a bad week last week. Have a challenging medical condition. I pay attention to food, supplements, stress, rest and medication. I have been on some really serious medicine for it since mid June. Side effects include my hair getting really brittle and falling out, mouth sores and muscle soreness. I think side effects are better. I feel either really good or really bad, no middle ground. I have given up soda (1 year), dairy (2 years) and artificial sweeteners (6 months). I try to eat only once or twice a day and have smoothies the other meal/s. I only have coffee on weekends. I have black tea during the week.
Fall and cooler weather makes me happy. We turned our AC off last night and opened the windows. I walked with my friend and enjoyed our chat. Then went home and relaxed last night. I love the chill in the air. Have a great weekend!
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