Know what\u2019s equal parts horrible and great?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not knowing the prices of things, and buying them anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Not talking cars, or houses, or dunno, jewelry, nothing like that. Just the everyday stuff that winds up in the cart and then on the card and then on home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Instance: theKid has a thing for naan bread. More power, I say, \u2018coz theKid is peh-eh-kee<\/em> when it comes to food. Totally my fault\/I take the hit\/didn\u2019t encourage enough different foods as a youngling\/digress<\/p>\n\n\n\n Anyhoo, went to the store to get the naan and potatoes and eggs (which were $5 whole bucks for a 12-piece carton that<\/em> I noticed) and just realized that I have not even the vaguest clue as to how costly the naan bread is. Just found something theKid liked, and ran with it. S\u2019pose I could just look at the receipt but where is that exactly my point<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The luxury of a first-world existence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between Half and other half are a total of seven cars \u2026 three of which are entirely unrunning, two are used for daily commute, one transports the animals, and the final transports the other animals in style<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One of the unrunning is a monster truck\u2014OOoouuuwah! Recently saw Elvis flip El Toro Loco and if you ain\u2019t NHRA, you ain\u2019t lifing right. Yeh, I seddit. Comin\u2019 in a Cummins \u2013 yee-huck! Digress \u2026 where was I \u2026 oh yes, in-house, unrunning monster truck, been sitting for, oh, going on 30 years AND YES I WILL FIX IT just waiting on a large lump sum of lottery winnings\/lost inheritance\/gambling streak to stroll on it to take care of that. Heh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Actually, life has gotten in the way of what I actually want to do, so the fun stuff must wait. And wait. And wait. She\u2019s good, tho\u2019, possessed, \u00e1 la Christine (I almost liked his second haunted car story better \/ almost but not quite \u2026 Buicks are\/always were nightmares) but the good news is that with the regular feedings of my more pesky monkey(s), I can now envision a slow accumulation of cash to do the fun stuff that\u2019s fun \u2026 \u00e1 la in-house, unrunning monster truck, a wee-bot for theKid when older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But \u2026 everything is so much more expensive. Inflation is cutting that dollar back to 75 cents, just spent $80 to fill up the truck, spent ohdunno $850 (yes you read that right) on groceries to restock the house for three people and three dogs, which does not include a meat trip to WholePaycheck (sigh) \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s that movie? Something\u2019s Gotta Give<\/em>. Read a rumor that JackJack has dementia, which is why he hasn\u2019t been seen publicly in years \u2026 too bad, so sad, death comes for us all. And Julian Sands likely fell off a mountain. Did enjoy him in Boxing Helena, although lotta women\/critics hated that movie, methinks me found it morbid and fun \u2026 slut comeuppance \/ Revenge of the Beta. The ending was priceless, that and Human Centipede<\/em> (How long did she stay there? Like that?) mind = warped. Anyhoo, back to prices\u2014<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not sure how to not be an impulse shopper. New stuff that might be tasty to theKid and Half won\u2019t shrill about is a challenge, and trying to prepare and list-shop and stick-to is just so very much. And not to mention buncha stuff ends up in the trash \u2018cuz I over-seasoned (salt is<\/em> a food group, thankyouverymuch<\/em>, like chocolate) or made it too spicy or inedible or too much meh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Never claimed to be a cook \u2026 job just fell on me \u2018cuz Half \u2026 well, is Half.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Am I complaining why yes I am \u2026 singly lived on sweets, heavily-processed foods and beer. Iced tea and pork cracklins (no \u201cg\u201d). Canned cheese (mmm\/yum). Salad? We doan need no stinkin (no \u201cg\u201d) salad. Now, gotta buy the right kind of apples or theKid gets sick. Well, hell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I am in the active process of digressing. The price of things is just too darn high, and there\u2019s nothing to be done about it except \u2026 stop spending. Can we not eat? <\/p>\n\n\n\n So on the one hand \u2018bout that first world lifestyle, and on the other \u2026 that lifestyle is pricey<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hard to feed all the monkeys when there are so many, and they tend to multiply. Guess a garden is next. And chickens \u2014 with eggs $5\/12, could be a good idea. Maybe a goat. I\u2019d love a goat. Who doesn\u2019t love goats? Probably Half. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Suggested a ferret once. The oily, musky poops were too much of a turn-off for Half, started throwing words like leaving<\/em> and separation<\/em> and divorce<\/em> so took that as a firm \u201cno.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Haven\u2019t discussed goats yet, so there\u2019s always maybe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n But truthfully?\u00a0 Whatever the price of things, we (the familial \u201cwe\u201d \u2026 \u00e1 la three people, multiple dogs) are blessed not to worry, not really, and glory is always to GOD.\u00a0 {Matthew 6:26<\/em>}<\/p>\n\n\n\n So we\u2019re good. Even if a tank of gas hits three places beyond the decimal point, we\u2019re covered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Know what\u2019s equal parts horrible and great? Not knowing the prices of things, and buying them anyway. Not talking cars, or houses, or dunno, jewelry, nothing like that. Just the everyday stuff that winds up in the cart and then on the card and then on home. Instance: theKid has a thing for naan bread. … <\/p>\n
Like bonobos [shudder<\/em>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n