I've probably mentioned the various people on my street before but not enough to relay any interaction. One to the north likes to mow her lawn to the point of obsession, one to the south is a recluse with a home aid I've not seen in maybe seven years. Three neighbors to the west are people I wouldn't know if I saw them outside of their yards. The one directly behind us we call woodman because there are logs throughout his fence line to block his dogs Ricky and Kevin from escaping. I'm not a dog person so I don't know Ricky and Kevin's breed but they're big, black and bark at other dogs. They used to bark at us but they ceased doing that when the cops spoke to Mr and Mrs woodman a few years back. To the south of woodman are the S's. I know their name from the baseballs they marked as theirs that landed in our yard over the years. S's aren't noticeable aside from the fact they use a riding mower and have a canoe next to their shed. To the north of woodman is the pool people who have used said pool maybe twice in the five years they have lived there. They are loud people.
Across the street from us are the neighbors I'd recognize elsewhere. Never spoke to one family of the five closest of those houses. We call them the renters. They have been there a while. Dude had a different woman friend back in the day for a while then he was alone awhile and now he's with someone at least 3 years since they have 2 kids together. Maybe Mr. renter has been there 5 years? They are our strangest neighbors for a variety of reasons, but they keep to themselves. Mrs. Renter came over as we were in the driveway on Sunday with a pile of clothes she fished out of her car's trunk saying she was gonna donate them but thought they'd look good on our baby. J received the pile graciously and promptly placed in the garage atop the trashcan. They smelled like smoke and needed cleaned. I got around to washing them today, but I felt nauseous opening the washer so I ran the load again.
Am I a bad person for wondering how anyone in their right mind smokes enough to make everything they're near gross?
I wonder if people thought that way of my folks back when I was a kid. They smoked a couple packs each and never went outside to do so.
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Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Boil Water Advisory
Monday we got a text, call, and email from the city warning us about a water main break that required parts of the city to boil their water. We were not part of the city that had to boil, but the whole city has to limit water usage because of the heat and lack of rain.
While we were at the festival, we got a text stating that all of the city was to boil water. Didn't say for how long, but we weren't home, so we didn't have to worry about it at the time.
There was a time where we had a water main break too frequently, so we wised up and put 10 gallons of water away to a not-so-rainy-day. That was back in December of '09, and this is our first need to use the water since we put it aside.
The only time that it makes sense to buy bottled water is when tap water will give you diarrhea.
While we were at the festival, we got a text stating that all of the city was to boil water. Didn't say for how long, but we weren't home, so we didn't have to worry about it at the time.
There was a time where we had a water main break too frequently, so we wised up and put 10 gallons of water away to a not-so-rainy-day. That was back in December of '09, and this is our first need to use the water since we put it aside.
The only time that it makes sense to buy bottled water is when tap water will give you diarrhea.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Saturday Night at the local Kroger
Ever go shopping because you had a coupon that you had to use by a certain date and that particular date was today?
I had a "save $6 off your next purchase of $25 or more" coupon that expired 6/30/12, so I made a dash for the store on a Saturday night.
We're Meijer's people in the sense that we shop there for food more than we do Sam's Club, Target, Walmart, Cub Food, Dot's Market, Health Foods Unlimited, Gordon Food Service or Kroger, but we buy things when they are on sale if we need something and it's convenient trip-wise.
We live in a very food-friendly shopping area, seeing that we have the above places to choose to do our shopping. We get the Sunday paper for the ads, and we comparison shop.
Kroger and Meijer double coupons and give coupons to save on your next visit a lot of the time.
Kroger generally has the best price for Very Vanilla Silk Milk with a price usually under $3 for a half-gallon. Silk soy milk runs for $3.29 at Meijer, and K drinks at least a gallon a week(K grew out of his milk allergy four years ago, but he still doesn't eat anything with cow milk in it).
Our stainless steel Frigidaire side by side refrigerator gets filled easily with the other things we get, so I don't buy more than 2 gallons of K's milk at a time. With my needing to buy an additional $13+ in food, J made a list from the ad we had and gave me appropriate coupons for my "quick" trip to Kroger.
I get to Kroger and notice that there are a lot of people shopping for a Saturday night, but also, the sale prices quoted by J didn't jive. So I called J for a legit reason for once to see if the ad she used was current, and it wasn't.
Kroger's ad runs from Monday through Sunday, while Meijer's ad runs from Sunday to Saturday, thus ads get confusing at times.
Kroger runs crazy ads from time to time, so I bought 10 random items that I, at least, like, thus saved an additional few bucks upon check out in addition to the original $6 coupon.
Upon checking out, I prefer self-service. I really don't like waiting in line, but I had coupons and several bags worth of things, so I picked a human occupied check lane with a conveyor belt and dividers.
There were two of such lanes open. Both were at least three customers deep, but there was a person lingering kinda between them. I had to ask her in which lane she was, and she picked one that looked slower. I shop enough that I have a fairly good instinct for slow lanes. I always avoid lanes with old people because they almost never use debit/credit cards because doing such is frowned upon by certain age groups.
I get cash back rewards and always pay my monthly bill in-full, so I make money when I spend money using my BankAmericard or Chase Freedom card.
The guy in front of me paid for his $62.57 grocery bill with all fives. Who carries around 13 five dollar bills? Are five dollar bills the current standard for tipping bartenders, strippers, waiters, and waitresses now?
Not sure what the woman behind me used to pay, but she was the same person I asked which lane she was using. She either chose poorly or she was a quantum physicist that can be in two places indiscriminately like Brian Green.
I supposedly saved over $16 using my Kroger Plus Card. My total came to $35.10 before giving coupons. I only had to "charge" $27.15.
I say "supposedly" because I bought a few 12 count boxes of Kellog's Pop-tarts for $1.99 that are originally $2.29 when the price for an 8 count box is $2.27.
Grocery shopping is a science not meant for those shopping on an empty stomach.
I had a "save $6 off your next purchase of $25 or more" coupon that expired 6/30/12, so I made a dash for the store on a Saturday night.
We're Meijer's people in the sense that we shop there for food more than we do Sam's Club, Target, Walmart, Cub Food, Dot's Market, Health Foods Unlimited, Gordon Food Service or Kroger, but we buy things when they are on sale if we need something and it's convenient trip-wise.
We live in a very food-friendly shopping area, seeing that we have the above places to choose to do our shopping. We get the Sunday paper for the ads, and we comparison shop.
Kroger and Meijer double coupons and give coupons to save on your next visit a lot of the time.
Kroger generally has the best price for Very Vanilla Silk Milk with a price usually under $3 for a half-gallon. Silk soy milk runs for $3.29 at Meijer, and K drinks at least a gallon a week(K grew out of his milk allergy four years ago, but he still doesn't eat anything with cow milk in it).
Our stainless steel Frigidaire side by side refrigerator gets filled easily with the other things we get, so I don't buy more than 2 gallons of K's milk at a time. With my needing to buy an additional $13+ in food, J made a list from the ad we had and gave me appropriate coupons for my "quick" trip to Kroger.
I get to Kroger and notice that there are a lot of people shopping for a Saturday night, but also, the sale prices quoted by J didn't jive. So I called J for a legit reason for once to see if the ad she used was current, and it wasn't.
Kroger's ad runs from Monday through Sunday, while Meijer's ad runs from Sunday to Saturday, thus ads get confusing at times.
Kroger runs crazy ads from time to time, so I bought 10 random items that I, at least, like, thus saved an additional few bucks upon check out in addition to the original $6 coupon.
Upon checking out, I prefer self-service. I really don't like waiting in line, but I had coupons and several bags worth of things, so I picked a human occupied check lane with a conveyor belt and dividers.
There were two of such lanes open. Both were at least three customers deep, but there was a person lingering kinda between them. I had to ask her in which lane she was, and she picked one that looked slower. I shop enough that I have a fairly good instinct for slow lanes. I always avoid lanes with old people because they almost never use debit/credit cards because doing such is frowned upon by certain age groups.
I get cash back rewards and always pay my monthly bill in-full, so I make money when I spend money using my BankAmericard or Chase Freedom card.
The guy in front of me paid for his $62.57 grocery bill with all fives. Who carries around 13 five dollar bills? Are five dollar bills the current standard for tipping bartenders, strippers, waiters, and waitresses now?
Not sure what the woman behind me used to pay, but she was the same person I asked which lane she was using. She either chose poorly or she was a quantum physicist that can be in two places indiscriminately like Brian Green.
I supposedly saved over $16 using my Kroger Plus Card. My total came to $35.10 before giving coupons. I only had to "charge" $27.15.
I say "supposedly" because I bought a few 12 count boxes of Kellog's Pop-tarts for $1.99 that are originally $2.29 when the price for an 8 count box is $2.27.
Grocery shopping is a science not meant for those shopping on an empty stomach.
Friday, June 15, 2012
"hi"
Explain to me why girls at pools say "hi" and giggle.
While we were walking to the concession stand. K wanted to hold my hand. Not normal since he doesn't like me as much as he likes J, but he's 8 so I'll hold his hand if he wants it. I was holding in my other hand B's Disney Princess tube shaped floatation device.
K was oblivious to his surroundings, as normal, but two girls said "hi" to us as though they knew us. I say us, but they were looking up at me. They were slightly taller than Kid Oblivious and too giggly for any sense of normalcy. Not sure how old they were, but I'd peg them for about K's age. The whole passing moment had to have been a thing of mockery of my existence.
Weird.
While we were walking to the concession stand. K wanted to hold my hand. Not normal since he doesn't like me as much as he likes J, but he's 8 so I'll hold his hand if he wants it. I was holding in my other hand B's Disney Princess tube shaped floatation device.
K was oblivious to his surroundings, as normal, but two girls said "hi" to us as though they knew us. I say us, but they were looking up at me. They were slightly taller than Kid Oblivious and too giggly for any sense of normalcy. Not sure how old they were, but I'd peg them for about K's age. The whole passing moment had to have been a thing of mockery of my existence.
Weird.
Dixie Dairy Dreem
Yesterday, J was hot front not having working A/C, so we went for ice cream.
Normally, we go to Bellbrook and get Dairy Shed, but J had a coupon for Dixie Dairy Dreem, which is also a bit closer to us.
I've driven by Dixie Dairy Dreem hundreds of times, but never thought I'd ever stop there. It's in Moraine, and we never really go to Moraine because it's essentially a wasteland ever since GM left. With the decent jobs gone, so has much of the area.
Even without the coupon, Dixie Dairy Dreem was reasonable on prices. J said it was better tasting than Dairy Queen, but not quite as good as Dairy Shed.I don't care. I like ice cream, but I don't discern much difference between vanilla dipped in chocolate between the three places.
Today, it was MUCH warmer than yesterday. We had the A/C replaced in the afternoon, but the house took a while to cool down.
The Sycamore Trails Aquatic Center was having Twilight Family Fun Night, so I was dragged by J, K, & B to the pool. I don't like pools, but I don't mind S.T.A.C., since it's very close and I can walk home if the situation merited it.
K & I did the water slide in a two-person raft a couple times. Then I hung with B while K went diving with J. Mostly calm and relaxing just keeping an eye on B. K went to the sand area, and the three of us stayed in the shallow area. Eventually we all went to the sand area.
It got darker, and K wanted concessions. I said to him that the money was in the J's purse which was in a locker, but K still went to look. Seeing the prices, I told him that Dixie Dairy Dreem was much cheaper. I said as much to J, so we left for DDD before it closed at ten.
Normally, we go to Bellbrook and get Dairy Shed, but J had a coupon for Dixie Dairy Dreem, which is also a bit closer to us.
I've driven by Dixie Dairy Dreem hundreds of times, but never thought I'd ever stop there. It's in Moraine, and we never really go to Moraine because it's essentially a wasteland ever since GM left. With the decent jobs gone, so has much of the area.
Even without the coupon, Dixie Dairy Dreem was reasonable on prices. J said it was better tasting than Dairy Queen, but not quite as good as Dairy Shed.I don't care. I like ice cream, but I don't discern much difference between vanilla dipped in chocolate between the three places.
Today, it was MUCH warmer than yesterday. We had the A/C replaced in the afternoon, but the house took a while to cool down.
The Sycamore Trails Aquatic Center was having Twilight Family Fun Night, so I was dragged by J, K, & B to the pool. I don't like pools, but I don't mind S.T.A.C., since it's very close and I can walk home if the situation merited it.
K & I did the water slide in a two-person raft a couple times. Then I hung with B while K went diving with J. Mostly calm and relaxing just keeping an eye on B. K went to the sand area, and the three of us stayed in the shallow area. Eventually we all went to the sand area.
It got darker, and K wanted concessions. I said to him that the money was in the J's purse which was in a locker, but K still went to look. Seeing the prices, I told him that Dixie Dairy Dreem was much cheaper. I said as much to J, so we left for DDD before it closed at ten.
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Kids eat free
Being home all the time and not having a taste for food makes dinner a challenge at times. Making others happy about dinner is my primary concern. If I make something that no one wants, then food goes to waste as well as the effort I used to prepare the meal.
I really don't care for chicken, but ground beef isn't good on a daily basis. I need to open up the menu a bit. Lately, we have a marinade chicken on the grill one night, pizza another night, and hamburgers on the grill, spaghetti or beef tacos the other night we eat as a family with me responsible for dinner.
When all is said and done, Saturday we usually end up at Steak'n Shake. Sweetened Iced Tea is only a buck, and most sandwich and fry meals are $3.99. On weekends, kids eat free. Plus, there's always coupons in the paper or weekly mail that knocks off the price of an adult soda, side or a desert. So a family of four can eat for $11.95, if one were bold enough to stiff his waitress. I wouldn't think of it since we eat there so regularly enough that we have gotten good at their claw machine. There's no such thing as a free lunch, but it's affordable and freshly prepared.
Being cheap all the time is hard. It wears on you after a while. It's not hard to eat cheap, if you like things like canned coffee, oatmeal, Wonder Bread, and rice. They make vitamins to help you supplement your lackluster diet. You get what you pay for.
I have a cousin that Tweets about donuts, cupcakes and chocolate daily, and she finds time to drink vitamin fortified water.
I like Totino's pizza 'cause they're cheap. I would rather have Little Caesar's, but I don't splurge on myself the $11.99 for 2 large pizzas and order of crazy bread unless the family is involved.
I really don't care for chicken, but ground beef isn't good on a daily basis. I need to open up the menu a bit. Lately, we have a marinade chicken on the grill one night, pizza another night, and hamburgers on the grill, spaghetti or beef tacos the other night we eat as a family with me responsible for dinner.
When all is said and done, Saturday we usually end up at Steak'n Shake. Sweetened Iced Tea is only a buck, and most sandwich and fry meals are $3.99. On weekends, kids eat free. Plus, there's always coupons in the paper or weekly mail that knocks off the price of an adult soda, side or a desert. So a family of four can eat for $11.95, if one were bold enough to stiff his waitress. I wouldn't think of it since we eat there so regularly enough that we have gotten good at their claw machine. There's no such thing as a free lunch, but it's affordable and freshly prepared.
Being cheap all the time is hard. It wears on you after a while. It's not hard to eat cheap, if you like things like canned coffee, oatmeal, Wonder Bread, and rice. They make vitamins to help you supplement your lackluster diet. You get what you pay for.
I have a cousin that Tweets about donuts, cupcakes and chocolate daily, and she finds time to drink vitamin fortified water.
I like Totino's pizza 'cause they're cheap. I would rather have Little Caesar's, but I don't splurge on myself the $11.99 for 2 large pizzas and order of crazy bread unless the family is involved.
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