Monthly Archives: February 2008

Day 172: A No-Spend Day

By Suburban Wife | Published: February 20, 2008
I’m beyond exhaused.  But I man­aged to keep my credit cards and my cash in my wal­let and got through the whole day with­out spend­ing any money.
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Day 171: More Groceries

By Suburban Wife | Published: February 19, 2008
I can go only so many days and work only so hard on a diet of noth­ing but tor­tillas and lunch meat  After a full day of work fol­lowed by a run to pick up mov­ing boxes, we stopped at the local gro­cery store (health food type, not a big chain) for some veg­gies — [...]
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Day 170: Fast-Food

By Suburban Wife | Published: February 18, 2008
Mov­ing house is a stress­ful and busy endeavor — even when it’s some­one else who is mov­ing.  My mom is mov­ing across the coun­try.  She’s mov­ing from her own fairly small 5-room house into my sister’s much larger house — but mom will only have one room of her own. Going through all of mom’s pos­ses­sions has been an [...]
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Day 169: Food & Water

By Suburban Wife | Published: February 17, 2008
The Daugh­ter has a cold or some other crud.  Unfor­tu­nately, I fear I’m going to come down with some­thing too.  Today I’m feel­ing just a lit­tle off kil­ter.  My thoat’s a lit­tle tight; my body aches — not ter­ri­bly but enough that I know I’m either get­ting sick or suf­fer­ing from a fibro flare; and my think­ing [...]
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Day 168: Travel Expenses — Gas, Meals, & Munchies

By Suburban Wife | Published: February 16, 2008
The Daugh­ter and I made the drive to my mom’s today.  In case you missed the first part of this saga, my mom is mov­ing.  She sold her lit­tle house where she lives alone with her dogs and is mov­ing across the coun­try to live with my youngest sis­ter, her hus­band, and their three chil­dren.  [...]
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