Healthy Cheap Food

I was just thinking, this site is becoming more and more relevent as the finacial crisis deepens. Anyway, thats all I have to say.

Okay, so my year in review post was a bit late this year, but lets take a look at some of the healthy (and not so healthy) cheap recipes of the year:

Ramaghetti

The Cheap Mac and Cheese

BBQ Pork

Corned Beef and Potatoes

Great Brownies

My Favourite Cookies

Grits Rice Porridge

Beef Chilli

I hope you enjoyed them!

Life doesn’t have to be as difficult as some people make it out to be. Some people think that life has to be difficult or not very fun at times, but that doesn’t have to be the case. There is real joy in life if we seek it out. This joy can become a part of lives and the lives of our family.

Easy living isn’t just about lots of money, it’s about low stress and trying to make our lives easier and less complicated. There is a lot of happiness in easy living and I am glad to have found it.

One of the toughest things that I deal with on a daily basis is uninformed people. Now, I don’t blame someone if they do not understand something or do not have all the information they need to make a decision about something. That’s ok.

What I do have a problem with is people who think they are informed about an issue or situation, but in reality have never taken the time to be informed. In other words, they are ignorant and don’t even care that they are. That’s kind of sad isn’t it?

Sometimes it pays to check out the source of information online. I was reading some reviews online the other day and I found out that the reviews were being written by the marketing department of the site. Needless to say, I wasn’t happy about it.

I much prefer reading what bloggers have to say about a product or service, even if the post is being sponsored. Why? Bloggers will look at a product or service and only write about it if they believe that the product or service is decent, no matter how much money is through into the equation.

Another thing, I really trust bloggers. I can relate to them because they are like me. It’s all about sharing ideas and values.

Being educated means knowing manners and the correct way of behaving. It seems like modern society has forgotten this concept. It seems like people want to have everyone respect them, but they are unwilling or unable to respect others. Being educated means being able to show concerns for the feelings of others and make decisions based on these concerns for others.

Since parents don’t seem to want to teach their kids manners, they only teach them how to be self absorbed. I wish schools could teach them, but we can’t or else we get complaining parents.

My husband and I have started a brand new website project. I have alluded to it in past posts, but now we have a new website to join our list of joint projects. First we had home weather stations, but now we have a new one, herbal natural remedies.

It’s going to differ from other sites we have done because this one will have a series of herbal informational pages as its main site and then be supported by the herbal natural remedies blog. This should make it sufficiently popular. I am anxious to see people take advantage of information about herbal remedies that we have collected over the years. It’s going to be great. See you there!

A friend of mine is getting ready to move at the end of the school year. Basically, her and her husband are waiting for their kids to get out of school before they move. They are moving to Iowa of all places.

They’ve been having a tough time economically with high mortgage payments, a lot of debt, and cutbacks at her husband’s work. They are moving to a new job opportunity in Iowa. It should be good for them and their kids. They have a chance to increase their income and have better opportunities.

I wonder how many other people will be relocating to better opportunities this summer?

I have been thinking a lot recently about the way we are living. My family and I are truly living the new way. We have quite far and I know we have a lot further to go, but through it all we have kept our closeness as a family. I never expected that my family life could be this great.

The great family life we have is based on mutual trust and understanding. It’s something that we strive to build upon each and every day. I know we can reach out and have success and I owe to living the new way.

I am starting to get tired of hearing nice platitudes. Sure, liberal usage of platitudes is how I was taught to write essays in school, but the truth is that they really mean nothing. Now, I am getting to the point of getting irritated every time I hear someone talking about the nice platitudes but lacking in substance.

Nice platitudes aren’t just the domain of Presidential candidates supported by Oprah. Many people use them without even thinking twice. I saw a quote when I was reading an article on Forbes just today. It said that “no one is a failure who had fun in life.” Ah, how sweet and nice. Unfortunately, it is far from the truth. A failure can have a lot of fun in life, in fact, depending on your definition of fun, a failure can have more fun than a successful person.