hump day musing

Bfast- roast beef sandies with melted cheese, burrito and coffee
Lunch- hoagies, chips and waterbottle (freebie catered food)
Dinner - leftover hoagies potato salad and water (leftover freebies)

read an article today about the Extreme makeover house that went into foreclosure because apparently the owners borrowed against it to fund a failed business. In the same paper I also read that the US guvt is borrowing more money to fund tthe guvt and its projects. Wonder what will happen when the white house is lost to foreclosure amongst the ever growing deficit.. Wont be long.

Trashs advice is to BE Prepared for the future. Watch or torrent some old episodes of the Waltons. Learn self reilance and subsistence living. The skills you learn will help you survive. Use them.

Remember that one of Trash's testaments is live below your means.

Monday. Monday... on Tues

BF- oatmeal, blueberries, toast w strawberry jelly,
LU- Roast beef sandies w cheese. cheetohs water bottle
DI- Tuna salad water bottle
watered heavily yesterday morning as everything is buckling under this heat. And no letup in sight. But we have no global warming. hahahaha. Garden looked better when I got home. Back to ridign bike again as I now have the lock and key which I misplaced. All went to bed fairly early last night. Before Alter-eco was over so by 11pm.

Sunday morning rants

Saturdays menu
breakfast- toast and jelly, coffee
lunch-bologna sandies and green beans/dip, water bottle
dinner--turkey hot dogs w/cheese and green beans w/ dip, kool aid

In the morning made a few bucks on the CL . went over to Starriedollars where i saw a compadre I ride thye bus with hangin out in the AC and WIFI zone.
I spent most of the day watching tv and yard saling. picked up some free books from the book seller dumpie. Junior also picked up another bike ($2) we could use for parts.
the afternoon was so hot and muggy we went to the pool and hung out for a few hours.

Reading the rags this morning about a quick stimulus package that would pay us poor folks for selling our clunkers for scrap to keep them off the road.. HAHA ROFL. For me the clunkers are light use vehicles due to their unreliability and age. Mine gets about 1000 miles a year if that. I wouldnt drive it that far anyhow. Prefer walking or bike and public transport.
Hybrids are a waste of money as the take many years to ROI. And for me, the initial investment of 35k is ridiculous. When you consider I spent 20k for my home. A car should not cost more than your home.
I would sat that if a yuppie wants to turn green it shouldn't take alot of green to accomplish. Give them a buss pass, a bike and a few trips to the dumpsters. The true green would appreciate it. The yuppie will shut up and go back into hiding until the nex fad comes by.

it's Saturday morning

Fridays fare
Breakfast- homemade bean cheese burrito, free donuts and orange, coffee
Lunch-- ramen and frozen veggie soup
Dinner--chicken strips, spanish rice, broccoli

I am reading more and more from these yuppie greens about hybrid cars, green houses, on property gardens etc. While laced with good intentions these all cost lots of money. What about the rest of us.. I cant afford 35000 for a hybrid.
The 85 jeep cherokee (aka Dumpiemobile)(4banger engine) works just fine and is green. It tallies less than 1000 miles a year on the road. My fav means of travel is walk, ride bike or public transport. As for the high dollar bike.. My dumpie bike was a frankenbike made out of parts I have scrounged and found. My luxury Raleigh mountain bikewas a gift (dumpster found by older son and rebuilt). So cant say I have spent more than $20-$25 (mostly on tires and tubes).
Attire for all of us comes from finds. Pre owned and worn in are our mottos. Eco friendly on the cheap because we are saving the stuff from the landfill by reusing it.
As for the green house the old double wide is pure recycleable housing. Aluminum siding and roof, light sheetrock walls with recycled newspaper insulation. All the appliances that have been replaced have been replaced with curb finds or CL freebies. The furniture is also curb found, yard found or thrift store finds.
Our diet is solid and nutritious based on the free/cheap system of acquisition. Cooking methods are simple, BBQ ( curb finds 1gas 1 charcoal)or stove during the summer, alot of crock pot during the winter. whole and in season ingredients . With 3 kids its hard to keep all happy so the occasional SONIC or McD's. My gardening skills are quite amateurish but improving as time goes by. Tomatoes, Zuchs and cukes are in the yard now with assorted herbs. That will add some more variety come August. Right now the greens and dumpie veggies and fruits are wonderful.

It doesnt cost alot of money to be green.It takes ingenuity and a tad of eccentricity to make it work.

Thursday follow-up

breakfast--strawberries and banana, toast and coffee
lunch- leftover chicken, taters and brocolli and water bottle
afternoon snack-- soycream and blueberries
dinner- Sonic burger and strawberry

picked up a 60gb hard drive from a trashed laptopand placed it in an external case. That makes the ti-book now has the 60gb internal and a 60gb external.

a day of wednes

Breakfast-- toast w orange marmalade, orange and coffee
Lunch- leftover chili, bread/butter and water bottle
Dinner- chicken strips, potatos and brocolli
I couldnt post last night due to the electricity going out in the neighborhood around 9pm and not coming backup until about midnight.
Took a walkabout yesterday and found some water bottle packets of water flavorings and a recycled bag from Wholey paycheck. Brought home some more ice cream (the Soy) from the day before. Reading more and more about foreclosures and people falling farther and farther behind. We need to do more to protect what little we have. This is one of the reasons we at the Trash stead live below our means. If times gets tough we can survive.

Tuesday ponderings

Breakfast- dry cereal, powdered milk, coffee
Lunch- leftover roast beef, potatoes and brocolli
Afternoon snack 3 scoop banana sundae
Dinner- homemade chili, bread/butter

All in all a successful day. I brought home leftover whip cream, fresh blueberries,chocolate sauce, hot fudge etc from the ice cream social at work.

Took junior for a swim this evening before dinner. I really enjoy the swim as it saves on bath and shower water. Also if one swims in shorts it als is a sort of clothes washing on the cheap. Usually line dried by the next morning. Anything to save some money.

I was also reading an article this morning about the resurgence of modular homes. Havinf lived in a mobile home for the last 9 years (6 years in an old singlewide) and now 3 years in a double wide with garage I can say that the ROI for inexpensive living is there.