30 Days = Healthier Living

Our 30 Days continue on!  Things are going great unless you ask our 16 yo who doesn't like living with less at all!  She likes our former days of spending!  It's been a bit of a radical change since we literally changed spending habits overnight but it's great (IMHO) to re-adjust.  And in truth, we still spend, we just do it carefully. 

I've lost weight and feel great!  It's a combination of exercising more (trying to see if I can make my tank of gas last all month) and eating much healthier because we are not eating out, we are not buying unhealthy snacks and we are not buying convenience foods.  Instead, we are eating a lot more homemade, unprocessed foods, with an abundance of fruits and veggies!   I have even noticed that Patrick's asthma has been zero and this is the time of year his allergies really kick in.  As a baby, he could not have preservatives or food coloring and tho he seems to have outgrown it, I now wonder if it was still causing problems.

Spending:  $35 at one grocery store and another $10 where milk was cheap.  That only leaves me with $15 for the whole month. 

BUT, I am one smart cookie!  I realized I actually have an additional $24.20 because the challenge was to spend $75 a week.  September has four weeks PLUS TWO DAYS!!!  And 75 divided by 7 + (12.10 x 2) = 24.20. 

I'm so smart, I'm so smart!  Tell me I'm smart!

I guess we will see how smart I can be with only $39.20 for the rest of the month.  Luckily, we do still have lots of food, including crab from our fishermen!





Unfortunately, we only have a couple of crab lovers.  I know, that is a total sin considering we live in the Pacific Northwest!  I found a really great recipe for crab cakes on Paula Deen's website and the boys thought they were YUMMY! 



Vu doesn't mind 30 Days--he loves all the cooking!