Our dogs are asleep and all is quiet in my world for the moment. We have 5 dogs and 1 cat in the house and one unofficial dog and one unofficial cat in the yard. They are strays that has adopted us. It's as if the neighbor animals tell all new comers to go to the house at the curve. She is a sucker for half-starved animals. She will feed you. And like an idiot I do. Their is no telling how many I have taken in since we have lived here at Speake. I guess a lot are dropped here because of being so close to the Bankhead Forest. Its really a shame what folks do to these little fellers. Oh well off my soapbox.
Today is Wednesday and once again they didn't direct deposit Mike's pay check. That means tonight I have to get really inventive with supper. I have no clue as what to cook. We are out of everything just about. I told Mike I am so tired of Pintos and Cornbread and Chicken Dumplings I could scream. It would be so nice to be able to go and buy what we would like instead of what we can afford. Lately I have been spending about $55 each week for groceries for a family of 4. Talking about having to be inventive. By the time I buy Mike's meds, cologne, stickem and denture cleaner, dog and cat food (not cheap by any means), tp, washing detergent, dish detergent there is hardly any left for food. I buy flour canola oil, sweetener, tea, flour, meal, pintos, and a $10 bag of chicken, bread, Ramen for me and the boys to eat during the week, eggs, bologna, and I'm scraping to find more money to pay for the stuff. The boys buy most of their luxury stuff they want to eat like spaghetti and meatballs, ravioli, deli sandwiches, chips etc. which helps out a lot. If they didn't they wouldn't be getting any. The sad part is we don't owe many bills just our monthlies but still I am having a hard time making ends meet. We do have lots of monthly meds to buy and doctor/ex-ray bills lately but even so. What I am doing wrong I have not a clue. Mike makes over $13 an hour and I should be doing better job than what I am currently doing. It's not as if we go buy new clothes, go to the movies, or do anything fun. We pretty much stay at home. I really need to keep praying to God to help me improve in balancing our budget and stretching our dollars.
Please don't get me wrong, I know that it could be so much worse. I don't mean to sound ungrateful for what all God had done for us. He is so much more good to us than we deserve. I just get frustrated at myself because I know that I should be doing a much better job than I am.
One funny note though, I haven't been buying any Paper towels lately and I miss them very badly. Mike came home Saturday afternoon with some tp and Paper towels and I felt like he had bought me home a bouquet of flowers. lol!
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