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Skriven 2015-05-06 10:21:00 av NANCY BACKUS (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: Re: KK  was: houses
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-=> Quoting Ruth Haffly to Nancy Backus on 05-02-15  16:18 <=-

 RH>> Probably next time I defrost it, whenever that will be. (G) I usually
 RH>> do a different sheet for each category--prepared meals, raw meats,
 RH>> sides, fruits & veggies, misc other, etc.
 NB>> I do similarly...  The specifics, I often do in ink, and then how many
 NB>> is in penciled tally marks... the latter can be erased when used and
 NB>> put back there when replaced...  :)

 RH> I do it all in ink but cross or blot out the tally marks as things are
 RH> used, write in new or replacement items. And usually a date, if
 RH> nowhere else, on the box or bag.

My way is (potentially) less messy... and probably needs redoing less
often... ;)  I try to put a date on packages that don't have one already
on them... sometimes it works..  ;)

 RH>> Very true, we've had, for the most part, just one income. I worked
 RH>> part time for a few years in Germany, helped finance some of the extras
 RH>> we were able to do. My sewing doesn't bring in that much income so
 RH>> Steve lets me keep it for whatever I want--my "pin (replacement)
 RH>> money".
 NB>> Most of the time it's only been Richard's income here... and my piano
 NB>> teaching was little enough that it was "pin money" for me, too... :)
 NB>> Haven't even had that for the last decade...

 RH> I've had some the past few years but had enough times when I didn't
 RH> have any separate income. It's not much but it lets me replace fabric,
 RH> get a splurge something that I don't want to spend "our household"
 RH> money on, or other.

As long as the income covers the expenses of the "business", with a
little more, it works out well..  :)  I let my piano teaching money pay
for the tuning of my piano...  :)
 
 RH>> We bought our first one when Rachel was about 6 months old--couldn't
 RH>> get credit from Sears so my FIL actually bought it, we paid him back. A
 RH>> couple of years later, out of the blue, Sears offered us a card. (G)
 NB>> That's probably about the time that the department stores were all
 NB>> actively seeking new credit customers...

 RH> They'd moved from a plaza store to the brand new mall in Jacksonville
 RH> (NC) and probably wanted new customers. We'd done a crib set on
 RH> layaway, which is how they probably got our name and phone number.
 
A ready-made source of potential credit customers...  :)  Using a credit
card is sorta like using layaway... except that you get the goods up
front, and need to use a bit more self-control to not go overboard... ;)

 RH>> They are big (!) help. My parents got their first one when I was in
 RH>> college. Mom had canned a lot before, but then switched to freezing
 RH>> more veggies.
 NB>> My parents never did get just a freezer, but they did have an extra
 NB>> fridge with freezer in the basement...

 RH> Every little bit helps with a big family.

One can take better advantage of sales...  :)   Especially of ice
cream...  (G)   (which was a staple in our house...  [g])

 NB>> Yup, even the old stove... The dishwasher (portable) was somewhat on
 NB>> it's last legs, although still working, when we stopped using it a
 NB>> couple decades ago, after the fire... It was also 50's technology...
 NB>> :) In our remodeling after the fire, we lost the ability to hook it up
 NB>> to a sink easily, so it became mostly just another surface...  ;)

 RH> Sometimes having an extra surface is handier than anything else. We
 RH> were tight in the house on Pearce, don't have that much more now but
 RH> enough that we feel like there's a lot more.

How it's laid out can make a big difference, too...  :)

ttyl         neb

... For real sponge cake, borrow all ingredients.

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