JoB
charlabob..
the number of disposable things in my house has gone way down too..
and i thought i was an old hippy to begin with:)
and i think we cold fit all our books into three very stuffed bookcases again:) we use the library a lot! we even have library night.. which sometimes becomes date night at the luna:)
i have loved my slow cooker option this year.
but i bought a roaster instead of the traditional slow cooker because it lets me know what the temps are… and is easier to control. it actually heats up before i forget i am cooking:)
the downside is that i use a lot of tomato slow cooking and the insert’s teflon is disintegrating. So far i haven’t been able to find replacement inserts… AARG!
i may simply have to use it without the insert.
i wasn’t happy with the bread from my bread machine.. it was one of those vertical ones. i keep thinking i should try again with a horizontal one… especially as i am standing in the grocery aisle reading ingredient lists…
i do know how to do it the good old fashioned way and did years ago… but even though i am home all day most days… we won’t tell hubby. and if someone does.. i am going to use my hands as an excuse:)
i don’t really like to bake… and that is a bit of a drawback to baking bread.. even in a machine:)
Gina..
i could live without the instant communications.. tho i would find this one hard to give up since i don’t go to work where i have access and hate using library computers… they frown on me coming in pjs:)
and i would say that i could live without the dish.. but it turns out that most of what we actually watch is not on the basic plans. i would miss amy goodman and democracy now. (i know, i could watch it on my computer… but the comfort level isn’t the same)
i could do without network tv.. i seldom watch it unless i am really not doing well.
but i have to say.. my hand held phone with computer access works for me. i use it for note taking, the calendar (synced with outlook), addresses (tho i carry an old fashioned paper backup for when my brain isn’t so agile;)), information, maps, a decent camera in a pinch for snaps… and i even found myself reading the west seattle blog on it on the ferry the other day ;->
new resident..
friends and i have done home shopping parties in the past for the clothes fix. No, not the kind where someone comes to your home and sells you clothes.. but the kind where everyone goes through their closet and takes out the good clothes they thought they would wear and didn’t.. and brings them to the party…
we try things on.. model a bit .. this gets better after a couple of glasses of wine… and ultimately go home with a few new things…
anything left over goes to charity.
of course.. it wouldn’t work for you and I.. LOL… you wouldn’t look good in my clothing and i don’t think i could even get a thigh into yours… but with a large enough group of clothes hounds… or a group of friends your same size… it works great.
and there is the sale at dress for success every year…
spending less can be a lot of fun:)