Another week gone by...

As this week has ended, I look back at the tasks I wanted to accomplish, with the one main task-- of staying on task. LOL! I know it sounds crazy-- yet I don't think I'm the only one that has this issue. Yes, I am self-acclaimed ADD. I'll also admit to being OCD as well. We'll save that for another blog posting! During the next week, you'll find a bit more blogging as I'm writing out my thoughts on frugality, bartering, grocery shopping; as well as recording some of the 'experiments' I'll be performing. ;O) So, lets start with this first experiment-- grocery shopping only 1-2 times per month. This will not include a weekly trip for milk or fresh produce. See, I have the so-called pleasure of being in town on a near daily basis, Monday thru Friday, as I bring the kids to school. So, if I have to stop, I can. I've been doing a fairly good job at not stopping just because and only stopping if I have to have milk, and then I will get any other must-haves, and they must be must-haves. I know what I'm saying is something some of you may have done in the past or are doing currently. So, I have hit on something that could use a fresher idea or you have an idea that I may find encouraging, let me know! The experiment-- For the rest of April, I will buy only what I must have, using up the staples in my pantry. For May--on the first payday/grocery day (general a Friday or Saturday--I will be purchasing the staples that should last a month: TP, soaps, most anything non-perishable. Now, since my DH is a truck driver, this may get split up into 2 times in the month, in the case of that first payday being a low mileage payday. I'll also include a trip to the meat market to get meat for the month. I love the trip to the meat market-- and the only way you can get meat fresher or better for you than that is to raise it yourself. NEVER purchase meat from a mass grocery with their lovely vacuum-packaging and all they inject the meats with so they 'look pretty' for you! The real reason behind this experiment is that I need to get a better handle on our budget, and this is going to be one of the ways to do so... Let me know your ideas & thoughts... In His Grasp--m

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You'll find more in our 'About Me' link... Yet we just wanted to be able to share why Psalm 61:3... Thru Christ we find strength to do anything... everything is possible thru Him! As time travels on and takes us closer to the day we join with our Brothers & Sisters & Our God & King in Heaven, you will find many things on this blog. We pray that God will use this technological opportunity to reach others that may be going thru some of the same things we go thru in our life. May something we share reach out just to you and touch you, to bring you in a closer walk with Jesus. May a comment you leave, do the same for us! We are a husband and wife team, made stronger by God (a strand of 3 is not quickly broken!) We are a truck driver & homemaker, parents of 3 teens. Our home is filled with many challenges: depression, ADHD, ASD, Tourette's, even financial, just to name a few. We live on a hill provided by God with 2 pitbulls, 1 golden retrieve/sharpei mix, 2 kitties, & 3 chickens, along with any other critters God sends to visit us... These are just a few of the things that keep us depending on Our Strong Tower... Stay tuned for more! In His Grasp... m