Slightly cooler, maybe some rain, maybe. Yesterday was nice. Hot, sunny, but nice compared to Hell or Cincinnati. Didn’t do any work in the attic though, I’m not a mad dog, or Englishman.
Did do some stuff around the house. Not as much as I’d hoped. Had some interruptions that knocked me off track and limited what I was willing to start. Did get the coffee machine fixed, so that will leave the kitchen and go to the ebay pile. Now to do the same with the other, bigger one.
D1 has a birthday sometime in this last week or next, so we’re going to do some birthday activities today, while her friends are available. With the school year ending this week, and the start of summer activities, there won’t be much time to get all of them in one place. There is a bunch of stuff for her sitting around until her birthday party and getting that cleared up will help with the stuff in the house too.
I forgot to mention my trip to the grocery store on Friday. Lots of gaps on the shelves. One thing they were out of is the eye drops I use. I’ve got more in the stacks but like to replace what I use when I use it. I don’t have to try to find a new supply right away if I have them on the shelf. That’s why we prep. I also didn’t see as many discount coupons, and the stuff I bought wasn’t on sale. I saved only about 2.5% vs my normal 10-12% by using store coupons and closeout discounts. If this turns into a trend, we’re in even bigger trouble.
This past week I spent a lot on eating out, and prepared meals. Normally I try to cook most nights but between school stuff and general malaise, I wasn’t able or wasn’t willing to cook dinner. The difference in cost is getting to be quite large. I’ve started pulling back by preference but if this keeps up, we’ll NEED to pull back. Since we are in good shape, I can’t imagine what people less well off or well prepared are faced with. IDK if they are continuing to spend out of habit, and eating up savings or going into debt, or if they are faced with pulling way back, and suddenly (like the lady I mentioned previously that had to choose a hamburger helper meal for the first time). For most people I think there comes a point where it suddenly and undeniably comes to their attention, and they HAVE to make big changes, or go broke. What are you guys seeing? Are you cutting spending? Is it out of prudence or need?
It’s late to start stacking, because costs have gone up and choices are down. With that, I’m tempted to start eating down my stacks to save money, but for what and when? I still think it is a good idea to be building up reserves and the time to be using them is yet to come. So keep stacking, when and what you can, and let me know when you think the time is right to start using what you are setting aside.
nick
oh yeah, the title. Second to last time I was up at the BOL, I really didn’t expect to see camels mating. But I did. And yeah, it really is as awkward as you think it must be.