I am addicted to blogs and web searches that give ways to save money. Not only that but, I am also addicted to making lists of these Ideas. So, I thought I would share how we are saving right now and Ideas we will be implementing in the next month or so and some tips on vitamins and such. I am not a doctor. These are just vitamins that I have found that work for me and general health in general.
1. Not a way to save money, but, a tip. Soy is not good for you. There is a recent study done saying that soy in the USA is not as healthy as it should be. And that it is actually promoting cancer, heart disease and infertility. My personal opinion is: That people in the USA cannot digest it as well as say a person of asian descent.
The study also shows that people in the USA have a very high intolerance of soy. Thus contributing to the infertility. So, all those health conscience people out there.....cows milk is actually healthier for you than soy milk. If you are still ewwing out....my suggestion is to drink almond milk. I love it! I am lactose intolerant and loved soy milk......but, since finding all of this stuff out...I have cut soy from my diet. Completely.
Moral: Always read food labels. Look for: Soy and MSG.
2. We make all of our own breads. Savings: $4.00-5.00 per week. For 2 loaves.
3. Buying no meat except fish for 2 meals: Savings $20.00+ per week.
4.Hand washing all our clothes for a month. We did save about $65.00-80.00 that month. It got very tiring very fast. If I find a clothes wringer then we will go back to that.
5.paying cash at doctors appointments. Savings: A percentage off that you owe.
6. Couponing. Coupon for groceries, entertainment, medicine, doctors appointments, and all kinds of things.
Ok. Now onto Vitamins:
I take:
Prenatal vitamin
Vitamin C extra
Sometimes I will take a garlic capsule
1000 mg of fish oil
I also take a potassium pill if I feel I panic attack or hard to breathe
If I am particularly achy in my bones, I take a calcium vitamin. But, I haven't needed that in a long time
I think that is all for me.
For the hubby:
Men's Everyday Vitamin
2000 mg fish oil
I also drink:
Chamomile tea: Helps the digestive system, helps me sleep, and I have both IBS and most likely Endometriosis. So, I have almost debilitating cramps, and my stomach is very ruined from abusing advil. I discovered that chamomile tea and a heating pad really help.
Mint tea -Helps the digestive system
Almond milk for health and calcium.
And lots of water. LOTS. I have only made it up to 4. But, I am determined to get up to 10 a day.
Are trying to incorporate exercise into our routines:
Actually going to look up a fertility yoga
Going to start walking again
Alright well this wraps it up for right now
Have a great night,
Raven Dudis
Monday, April 22, 2013
Our dream
I just would first really like to share our dream.
Our dream:
To have our own homestead, orchard and animals. To minimize our living and to live in a smaller home of about 1600 sq. ft. or smaller.
Planning to have a vegetable garden with:
-Potatoes
-Tomatoes
-Green peppers
-Carrots
-Lettuce
-Cabbage
-Peas
-Green beans
-Cucumbers
-Wheat
-Corn
-Oats
There are probably some I have forgotten.
We are also planning on having fruit trees and nut trees
-Apples
-Pears
-Peach
-Walnut
The animals we are planning on having
2-3 dogs
2-3 cats (maybe less)
1-2 milk goats
1-2 horses
maybe a pig or 2
5-12 chickens
Maybe a cow. Haven't decided on that yet.
1-2 ducks
Hubby really wants some sheep.....Maybe 1-2
If not sheep then probably some llamas or alpacas
Our dream home: We are actually looking for either a fixer upper or a trailer on a good amount of land. Our minimum amount we are looking for is nothing less than 5 acres. And actually looking at installing solar panels sometime down the line.
We will be completely free of all processed foods. Will be making our own :
-Flour-for baking and all our breads
-All veggies
-All purpose cleaners
-Laundry detergent
-Dish soap
-Cloth diapers
-Cloth wipes
-Teas
-Making all foods from scratch and
-Be a stay at home wife/mom
-Planning to also sell our extra produce at farmers markets and such.
Just a little bit of what we are dreaming. We are really hoping we will be getting this up and ready to go in 1-3 years. Already looking at houses and acreage.
Just wanted to write down all of our hopes and dreams on this blog :)
Our dream:
To have our own homestead, orchard and animals. To minimize our living and to live in a smaller home of about 1600 sq. ft. or smaller.
Planning to have a vegetable garden with:
-Potatoes
-Tomatoes
-Green peppers
-Carrots
-Lettuce
-Cabbage
-Peas
-Green beans
-Cucumbers
-Wheat
-Corn
-Oats
There are probably some I have forgotten.
We are also planning on having fruit trees and nut trees
-Apples
-Pears
-Peach
-Walnut
The animals we are planning on having
2-3 dogs
2-3 cats (maybe less)
1-2 milk goats
1-2 horses
maybe a pig or 2
5-12 chickens
Maybe a cow. Haven't decided on that yet.
1-2 ducks
Hubby really wants some sheep.....Maybe 1-2
If not sheep then probably some llamas or alpacas
Our dream home: We are actually looking for either a fixer upper or a trailer on a good amount of land. Our minimum amount we are looking for is nothing less than 5 acres. And actually looking at installing solar panels sometime down the line.
We will be completely free of all processed foods. Will be making our own :
-Flour-for baking and all our breads
-All veggies
-All purpose cleaners
-Laundry detergent
-Dish soap
-Cloth diapers
-Cloth wipes
-Teas
-Making all foods from scratch and
-Be a stay at home wife/mom
-Planning to also sell our extra produce at farmers markets and such.
Just a little bit of what we are dreaming. We are really hoping we will be getting this up and ready to go in 1-3 years. Already looking at houses and acreage.
Just wanted to write down all of our hopes and dreams on this blog :)
Thursday, April 11, 2013
A Post Of my life
So...alot has happened in the last couple of weeks.
1. Abdominal problems. Ok, so, my last period was January 29, 2013. As you can tell by the date on this post it was WAY overdue. About 2 weeks ago I went to the emergency room with right sided extreme pain. They did a urine pregnancy test, A blood pregnancy test, and a abdominal ultrasound. Everything looked ok and the Pregnancy tests all came out negative.
Well, I had an appointment with my stomach doctor and he ordered a cat scan. Got the results today and it is good news with it being just a fairly large cyst that is going away on its own! Also I got my period today! :) I am probably the only woman on the planet that is excited about that.
2. No baby. I was a little sad about that but, because my period wasn't showing up I was to worried to have anything to do with sex. But, now I know what it is, we can start trying again! :)
3. We are planning our future homestead. Yep, thats right. We will be making all of our own: veggies, keeping animals for useful things and possibly build our future home. But, for now at the apartment we will be doing alot of container gardening and some planted in the yard. We had gotten permission. So that is exciting and will save us alot of money.
4. WE ARE GETTING A FUR BABY DAUGHTER! Yes, we are getting a little baby kitten! :) We are so excited. Even though it is an extra 25$ in rent. It won't be that bad. Especially since we need to cut back on spending anyways!
5. Soon we will be coming up on our 1 year anniversary! :D And 4 years since we have been together! We will be spending the day at the Cleveland zoo and possibly a hotel. But, we got vacation hours and asked for the whole week of June 15-22 off. We will probably stay home that week except for the zoo trip.
And thats about it for now.
Going to eat supper now lol!
Bye for now, Raven
1. Abdominal problems. Ok, so, my last period was January 29, 2013. As you can tell by the date on this post it was WAY overdue. About 2 weeks ago I went to the emergency room with right sided extreme pain. They did a urine pregnancy test, A blood pregnancy test, and a abdominal ultrasound. Everything looked ok and the Pregnancy tests all came out negative.
Well, I had an appointment with my stomach doctor and he ordered a cat scan. Got the results today and it is good news with it being just a fairly large cyst that is going away on its own! Also I got my period today! :) I am probably the only woman on the planet that is excited about that.
2. No baby. I was a little sad about that but, because my period wasn't showing up I was to worried to have anything to do with sex. But, now I know what it is, we can start trying again! :)
3. We are planning our future homestead. Yep, thats right. We will be making all of our own: veggies, keeping animals for useful things and possibly build our future home. But, for now at the apartment we will be doing alot of container gardening and some planted in the yard. We had gotten permission. So that is exciting and will save us alot of money.
4. WE ARE GETTING A FUR BABY DAUGHTER! Yes, we are getting a little baby kitten! :) We are so excited. Even though it is an extra 25$ in rent. It won't be that bad. Especially since we need to cut back on spending anyways!
5. Soon we will be coming up on our 1 year anniversary! :D And 4 years since we have been together! We will be spending the day at the Cleveland zoo and possibly a hotel. But, we got vacation hours and asked for the whole week of June 15-22 off. We will probably stay home that week except for the zoo trip.
And thats about it for now.
Going to eat supper now lol!
Bye for now, Raven
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