I didn't even go into the garage today. Sad, but true. Tomorrow's my day at the preschool, so it might not happen tomorrow either. Ugh! If I don't eat those frogs first thing in the morning, it just doesn't get done.
I just realized that if this is the first post you've read, you might really think I'm eating frogs in my garage. Yikes! I'm not, to figure out just what I'm talking about, go here.
I worked on birthday shopping for my son who will turn 17 on the 4th today, so that's where my focus was.
In regard to that, I have to share a little something. I know part of emergency preparedness is having a cash reserve on hand. The best way our family has found to do this is with an envelope system. I've written quite a bit about our exploration of this system, and I really love it.
I'm really kicking myself for letting emergency preparedness fall to the wayside in our budget. I did take that $20 and head to the grocery store. I went to the one that I know has the lowest prices for canned goods and ended up buying 5 larger cans of chicken and 12 cans of tuna.
The next things on my priority list will be canned fruit and peanut butter.
Oh, and while I was out birthday shopping, I picked up a can opener at Ikea. It was super cheap, and who knows if the thing even works, but I figure a can opener might be an invaluable object--much better than banging a can on a rock over and over again trying to get it open. I think it cost me a couple dollars.
I think, at this point, it's a matter of getting this kind of thing set in my mind on a daily basis and doing the little things that'll eventually add up to become bigger things.
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