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Posted on June 01, 2007 @ 9:54 am
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My husband and I do not budget. We do not balance our checkbooks, nor do we reconcile our bank statements. I can't be bothered with it; it gives me The Headache. So we wing it and luckily everything has always been A-OK. But just out of curiousity, I wanted to know how much we spent on various items for the month of May. We ALWAYS use debit cards so it's easy to track.
Groceries - $751.16
Eating out - $496.28
Yeah. $1247.44 That is whacked. And keep in mind, this is for two people and does NOT include pet food. Pet food is bought at specialty stores.
Now our bank account looks the same as it always does so this tells me that we must do this every month. This frightens me. Our lives revolve around food.
Suggestions are welcome. I have a membership to Sam's. I have a food sealer, so buying in bulk is an option. I do not do the cooking, my husband does. We are simple eaters, although I am a bit picky. We love to cook out - expensive cuts of meat are probably part of the problem. We also don't look at prices. Ever. We see food we want, we buy it.
Also, are there any LJ communities I should check out?
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Posted on May 31, 2007 @ 11:29 am
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I always loved getting a new journal - the notebook kind. A blank piece of paper was so exciting.
What has happened over "there" has left a bad taste in my mouth. You're interested in rape, therefore Live Journal can only assume that you like it. The same goes for everything else you list in your interests. Interest = like. I have a very real interest in cannibalism. Live Journal must therefore assume that I eat people. (For the record my interest although genuine, is born out of absolute horrorific fascination; it terrifies me.)
I can't say how much I'll be updating here, or what the content of my posts will be; I certainly haven't left Live Journal.
But I do love empty notebooks.
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Posted on May 31, 2007 @ 9:30 am
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Regarding my feelings about the whole LJ kerfuffle, I think I will let ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) bubble_blunder speak for me.
I've no plans to leave LJ. It wouldn't hurt LJ/6A. Really wouldn't. It would impact *me*. It doesn't mean I'm not going to branch out, though, try out a new mattress (or two). *g*
I've had a Journal Fen account for almost three years. Never updated. Only used for um, wanking.
Journal Fen - queenmab_223
Insane Journal (which looks like LJ did in the old days - you can get a PERMANENT ACCOUNT for $30!!!) - mistress_mab
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| How Many are We? |
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Posted on May 30, 2007 @ 2:42 pm
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Purely for the body count. No posting. ![[info]](http://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif) fandom_counts
Read the user info for clarification. Spread this around, please.
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Posted on May 29, 2007 @ 10:47 am
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Posted on May 27, 2007 @ 3:31 pm
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I was tagged a while ago by lessthangreat to post 10 things about myself that um, you might not know or might find surprising? I really can't remember. Truth be told it might have been 20 things, but you're gonna get 10 and you're lucky to get that.
1. I have a horrible sense of direction. I can't read maps. I get lost very easily.
2. I don't go to zoos or to the circus. Period.
3. In Book 7 of Harry Potter, Sirius Black comes back to life. He and Remus Lupin have buttsex in every room of Hogwarts. This is not speculation, this is TRUFAX. Having said that, I am sorry to have spoiled you.
4. I realize that #3 wasn't about me, but it had to be said nonetheless;, also I am having a hard time coming up with things to reveal.
5. I haven't been able to remove my panties since Naveen Andrews melted them when he broke that guys neck WITH HIS THIGHS on Lost last Wednesday.
6. I have chronic daily migraines. Mine are common migraines which mean I don't have an aura prior to onset (classic migraine). I have to go for frequent steroid injections or am often on steroid packs. If you don't watch out, I will get Roid Rage and go ape shit on you muthafuckas.
7. The dog we adopted, Lil Bit, had fleas. Even though my animals have always been on K9 Advantix, these fleas are extremely clever and have learned to adapt. I am FURIOUS with Lil Bit's foster mother. Supposedly, she was receiving both flea and heartworm treatment. I don't think she was receiving either, at this point. Anyway, I have treated the house with some kind of natural shit that won't harm them - it probably won't work. It's made of cinnamon and apples and peppermint. Smells like boo boo. Jeremy treated the yard - no outside for A WEEK for the pups, which means puppy pads inside. SUCKS.
8. I vacuum the downstairs every day - the couches, too. That might sound extreme, but when you have three dogs and four cats, it's not. The dogs eat in the living room and Sam just dumps his food on the floor, so there are crumbs EVERYWHERE. And the cat hair. UGH. So yes, I vacuum every day. Luckily we have a very small house. It only takes about 20 min, plus it's good exercise, right?
9. I can't think of anything. Is there anything you guys want to ask me? I'm pretty open.
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Posted on May 23, 2007 @ 10:55 am
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Cesar Milan is LAME And, um, who, me? *blinks*
Also, they are making rats gay. I saw it on Yahoo News. I didn't read the article because news doesn't really interest me, I just thought you guys should know. I would rather just assume what the news is from the title of the article. Soooo, I am assuming that they are making rats gay to see if cheese makes humans gay, which I have assumed all along. Cheese=gay. I love cheese.
I voted for Blake 69 times last night. It takes longer than you'd think to send 69 texts. Jeremy was getting irritated with me because I was unable to do laundry and a couple other things due to my texting. How dare he get irritated with me! I'm the one who should be irritated, he only voted 3 times!
I have to go to the gym tonight. I really, really don't want to. There's this spot, over in the corner where all these mats are stacked up. I'm thinking about going behind them and taking a nap. I mean I'm finally to the point where I'm not sore anymore from when I got my ass worked by Renee the Super Mean Evil Personal Trainer. The only thing she forgot to do was flog me.
ETA: This RULES. I got a response to my post on Yahoo.
wow....thats all i can say ana...you are every reason why so many dogs are unhappy...because you think you know whats going on in their heads because you have chanel sunglasses and a D&G bag. Try reading a book like ceasars way, and see how much of what is said in there you already knew. Then come back and pontificate how much you love pink if you wish, but when you've seen how much difference there is between your way and his, then you will know the value of the advice he gives to people. Keep an open mind.
LMAO
For the record, Starbuck HATES clothes. She does love toys, but she doesn't care what color they are. Also, I do not have Chanel sunglasses. My sunglasses are prescription and I do not have a Dolce & Gabana bag. But if you'd like to buy me one...
For the record II, I think that Cesar Milan's ideas regarding affection only after the dog has "done a good deed" are warped. Period. You will not convince me otherwise.
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Posted on May 21, 2007 @ 1:47 pm
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Would you like to know why I love you? Reply and all shall be revealed.
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Posted on May 18, 2007 @ 11:12 am
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I wish I could be marching with them, but I cannot move as last night was my first session with my personal trainer. So instead I march in spirit and even that hurts a little.
I want to get a job at the Wrigley's factory just down the road. I told Jeremy they could pay me in gum. Jeremy said a)I would not like factory work and b)gum doesn't pay the bills. When I become Queen, gum will become currency.
One of the cats (most likely Wiggins) scared Lil Bit so bad that she peed on the couch. WOE FOR LIL BIT. Her bottom lip and tongue were trembling. She gets her LULZ from sniffing cat butt and the cats get tired of it, so they smack her.
Bye, now.
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| Happy Mother's Day |
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Posted on May 13, 2007 @ 10:25 am
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Happy Mother's Day to all of us unconventional mommies.
To Mom's with babies with four legs instead of two and who shop at PetsMart instead of Toys "R" Us.
This is your day, too.
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Posted on May 12, 2007 @ 7:41 pm
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So I just wasted 50 min watching an episode of SVU that B.D. Wong wasn't even in. I feel betrayed. I mean there should have been some sort of warning, right?
I got an iPod Shuffle for Mother's Day! It's super cute. I'm to use it at the gym, Jeremy says. I says LOLLERCAKES!
I called my mom earlier this week to set up plans for Mother's Day and she says she has plans to go antiquing with her friends. LOL I'm her only child. And it is her day so if she wants to go look at a bunch of old shit, more power to her. But still, it was funny because she would have been pissed if I hadn't called and offered to do something with her. So instead Jeremy now wants to do yard work. Booo! I'm going to pretend to have a migraine. Yard work is lame. All I would do is whine anyway, so he's better off without my help.
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Posted on May 02, 2007 @ 9:59 pm
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Oh, noes! They sliced the Cake!
Oh my tears.
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Posted on May 01, 2007 @ 10:36 pm
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So, I haven't checked the flist since watching AI tonight, but I would be willing to bet all my Baja Dragonfruit Starbursts that lessthangreat creamed her panties when Blake sang tonight. AMIRIGHT?
THE PROOF IS IN THE PANTIES.
*once upon a time i was 32, but not tonight, so fuck off.
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Posted on April 24, 2007 @ 8:36 pm
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They. Are. So. Doing. It.
"Simon where's your button?"
*dies*
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Posted on April 24, 2007 @ 9:52 am
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I want someone to write a Simon/Ryan AU story. But not just any story. I want a re-telling of "Love Story." You know what I'm talking about. Ryan O'Neil. Ali MacGraw. Except better because it will be Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest and it will be gay. LOVE MEANS NEVER HAVING TO SAY YOU'RE SORRY.
As a matter of fact, I could deal with a lot of classic movie/book re=tellings. Especially cheesy ones.
Jane Eyre. (OMG Simon is BLIND at the end.)
Dirty Dancing. (Hee. Nobody puts Ryan in the corner!)
The Cutting Edge. (Toe Pick!)
Star Wars
Romeo and Juliet. *dies*
Pride and Prejudice *dies double*
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Posted on April 23, 2007 @ 10:05 am
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Adorable. Buffy in training perhaps? FYI - the word "ass" is present, so if you're at work and bad language is an issue, wait until you're at home to listen. (It is well worth the wait.)
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Posted on April 21, 2007 @ 10:18 am
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My dogs are being insanely ridiculous. I just gave them their flea medicine (K9 Advantix, you put it on the back of their necks) and now they're pretending they can't move their necks.
Also, Mab (cat!Mab) just ate a small wad of string. At first she was just tasting it, but then Starbuck started chasing her and damn if she'd let Starbuck have that string, so she ate it. So it looks like I'll have some cat vomit to look forward to later.
This food recall is driving me insane. I was telling the Time Turner's that if it were a tainted bag of lettuce, this would have been solved in a week. I'm to the point where I'm ready to turn the dogs loose on the squirrel population. But my dogs would fail at that. Starbuck would bring back old stinky shoes as her bounty. And Sam, well, Sam would just build a fort far, far away from Starbuck.
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Posted on April 18, 2007 @ 8:57 am
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From abbi_i: We all have things about our friends that make us slightly envious. Not in a bad way, but in a 'Wow! I wish I had that person's hair/eyes/money/relationship/toenails/whatever.'
So tell me what about me makes you envy me. . . then post this in your LJ and see what makes me envious of you.
On the dog adoption front - I spoke with Lil Bit's foster mom last night and we hit it off. She's coming over Sunday night for an in-home visit. I'm very nervous, but really excited, too! Yay!
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| Living Room Pics (Take Two) |
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Posted on April 16, 2007 @ 5:32 pm
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These came out much better, they're not as heavily saturated and much truer to color.
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Two (Wiggins in the basket and Starbuck on the floor cleaning up the mess that Samwise made with their food.)
And one for lovinlorne: Samwise
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