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Comment on Why is eating healthy so difficult by Anita
https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.c...In reply to <a href="https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.com/2025/03/10/why-is-eating-healthy-so-difficult/comment-page-1/#comment-9191">miteigenenhaenden</a>.
That's so true, people need to learn to cook from scratch. I also grew up on home grown home made foods. In the 50s and 60s I became persuaded by movie stars and animated animals in commercials to go with tv dinners and fast foods. In the 70s the oil embargo had people, and me, turning to lower cost carb heavy foods which were cheaper. Several pounds and a few years later I've slowly been going back to the old ways I remember. I honestly believed I was doing ok until I had a heart attack. I'm more determined than ever to regain my health.
12.3.2025 15:09Comment on Why is eating healthy so difficult by Anita
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I think it's difficult to eat healthily when you've been eating industrial food for decades. Home-cooked food tastes different to what you're used to from industrial food and many people have to really learn to cook from scratch and without any ready-made sauces or other "magic ingredients".That can be really difficult.I'm very lucky to have grown up without any industrial food. I know the craft and I know the taste. That's a real treasure that I can only appreciate now that I'm older.Hang in there. You can do it!
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11.3.2025 12:13Comment on Why is eating healthy so difficult by miteigenenhaenden
https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.c...Comment on February drive through food bank by Anita
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Thanks Sibylle. I also date the front of things in large numbers so it's easier to see and read. For things without a date I use the date one year from the day I put it into storage. I'm finding more and more canned foods without dates making it difficult to know just how old it really is. Hugs, Anita
8.3.2025 12:22Comment on February drive through food bank by Anita
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It's great that you're slowly finding your way with your training. I'm sure it will do you good.I think the idea of writing the date on things when you've started using them is great. I think I'll do that soon too. So far I've always written the expiration date in large letters on the packages so that nothing goes bad. But your idea is better for getting an overview of how much is being used.
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Best wishes from Germany, Sibylle
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3.3.2025 07:53Comment on February drive through food bank by miteigenenhaenden
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https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.c...In reply to <a href="https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.com/2025/02/15/back-to-frugal/comment-page-1/#comment-9185">kaythegardener</a>.
My check went into my account last night too. Thank you for reminding us Kay.
I haven't been watching the news while I concentrate on cardiac rehab. I wasn't paying attention to the March 14 debt ceiling being so close. One of the followers has gifted me money for groceries. I planned to use it after seeing the dietitian next week. I'll go pull that out just in case. I mailed my monthly payments already so maybe they'll reach the places before the 14th. I'm not worried about anything except my mortgage. I can survive anything as long as I have a roof over my head.
28.2.2025 23:43Comment on Back to frugal by Anita
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<p>Dear all,</p>
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<p>Just reporting that my March Social Security check hit my credit union account last night. The money will be available on the 3rd as usual. However, due to a merger, my credit union accounts will open on Tuesday. Only the debit or credit cards for this account will work over the weekend!! </p>
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<p>Don't know what will happen to US Treasury checks when the debt ceiling kicks in on 14 March. Certain types of checks were sent automatically during past freezes, but who knows this time?? Better to watch your accounts carefully & freeze your cards if you are worried about the security of your private & financial info. </p>
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<p>Who would have thought that retired seniors would be doing this in the "golden years of our lives"??</p>
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28.2.2025 21:13Comment on Back to frugal by kaythegardener
https://nanaisfrugal.wordpress.c...Comment on Snow again by Jane
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<p> I'm in a 12-step program, and I use some of the best known slogans to keep me on track: one day at a time, first things first, next right thing, time takes time. I love reading your blog and I understand how one thing can knock something else off track. The author of The First Wives Club and another one of her books wrote something that I found to be incredibly true has a human being</p>
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<p> "The immediate will overwhelm the necessary".</p>
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25.2.2025 05:00Comment on Snow again by Jane
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