Living Within the Means God has Provided for you.

I have been a stay at home mom since 2003, although living on one fairly small income has been challenging, God has always provided for our family. With a Gross income of aproximately $20,000 we own our own home, actually have two running vehicles and want for very little. Lots of people complain about not having enough money to pay their bills. I have a hard time understanding why. On a monthly basis, we make a mere $1, 356, I had no clue til recently how low that really was. Its funny, but being Poor is more of a mentality than an actuality for most of us.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Spring is in the air

Unfortunately this year I am not likely to be in any shape to actually garden.
Every year since we moved out of apartments we have had at least a few tomato and pepper plants. I have planted from seeds most years but this year was kinda under the weather when it came time to plant. I am considering investing in a Topsy Turvy to plant one plant and hang it, just for that fresh flavor.

Fresh produce is uncomarable to the stuff that you get in the grocery store since for the most part that is not truly local produce. When its been trucked in to your local grocery store its been picked early, and stored for a while, sometimes its been weeks since it was last picked....that actually makes the frozen veggies a better health choice since they are frozen almost immediately after picking to preserve freshness.

It makes our local produce stand that will be opening in about a month and a half seem really really good and worth the sometimes extra expense. They are picked daily and the only transportation they go through is a few miles to get into the city....I can't wait til June.

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