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August 17th, 2005 at 04:33 am

walked with mom for 45 min. On the days we only walk 45 min vs 55 min we take a different route that has two very steep hills. It's good for the legs, but strenuous, and I can only handle so much at a time so we walk for a shorter amount of time when we do that route.

I read the library book Feed Your Family for $12.00 a Day by Rhonda Barfield. This was a pretty good book. There were three things that I found especially interesting. One was the chapter where she describes how a fictional family slowly started to practice her ideas on saving money throughout the year. They started with one idea and gradually added new ways to save as they got more comfortable with what they were doing. I liked this because it's more true to life of how people actually operate.

The second thing I liked was at the end of the book, she has a complete checklist of all the ways to save money on groceries. This allows you to browse the list and pick one that you want to try as you have the time.

The third thing I liked was her attitude towards saving: not spending massive amounts of time on either the shopping or cooking part. That attitude fits with my own. If I can't cook it quickly, (meaning not a lot of hands on time) then it isn't going to get cooked in my house. Smile

My dad was telling me he called Progressive about insurance quotes for his car and house and he saved about 30% over State Farm which we both have. We've both had State Farm for more than 25 years. My car insurance is due next month and my house insurance the month after that. I'm going to have to check out rates from other companies. In the past they never beat State Farm since I'd been there so long and didn't have any tickets and very few claims but maybe it will be different this time. I'd love to save 30% but doubt if I can, that's quite a bit.

1 Responses to “saving on groceries”

  1. Anonymous Says:
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    Personally, I would avoid Progressive. Everyone I know who has gone with them ended up with nothing but trouble (extra monthly drafts taken out of their account, random cancellations of insurance without notification or reason, absolutely no help with accidents, etc). I'm sure other people have had good experiences, but none that I know. Progressive was a lot cheaper when I looked at changing insurance, but I went with the next higher premium I could find, and I'm still saving $300 a year.

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