Living off the grid

I have been thinking more and more being able to up live off the grid.

I don't know that it will happen ever, it sure won't be anytime soon.

I just get tired having so little control over things, like my electric bill, it went up a lot and I honestly don't know we have been doing pretty good about shutting off lights and keeping things more unplugged.

We have been really working on planning our garden we know what we are going to plant and have a rough map for our garden I will be writing about that a
lot starting next week.

Growing your own food that is one big way to be self sustaining.

Is the bad economy really that surprizing

I don't know if economy posts belong on a blog that I am gearing towards living simply but, it does effect us all and lets face it, sometimes our personal economy is what got us into simple living.

Yesterday the stock market tanked almost 300 points today promises more of the same, They say because the jobless rate is increasing, and profits for companies are not in line with expectations.

The experts are shocked, why, In my home town several companies have started layoffs and I have heard of other companies around the country laying off thousands of people.

Yet the experts are caught off guard, is because they just want things to improve so badly they are ignoring all the bad news and clinging desperately to what good news it out there.

Income tax refund

I have never had a windfall anyone in my family who dies either has no money or does not leave me any, i do get tire of hearing about people who come into money and buy cars or pay off their house, I know some one whose in laws even bought them a house because they had a bankruptcy on their credit report.

I just filed my income tax return and it was already accepted by the IRS and I am getting back more than I thought, a little over 4000 dollars, not bad.

Now what to do with it, I know me and my wife will have different ideas, maybe we can compromise.

It is only lettuce

Yesterday at work one of my coworkers called me over to out Cafe area where he was showing me how much food he to throw away.

it was 4 cases of Lettuce, it expired yesterday but it is vacuumed sealed and keep as cold as you can keep lettuce, and looks as fresh as the day they packed it.

By certain laws and company policies we had to throw it out.

It is a shame that is how we feel about food in this country we have had so much for so long we think nothing of throwing 40 pounds of lettuce in the trash.

Of course part of the reason companies have become paranoid about giving stuff away is because of lawsuits so in some instances you can see why they do just throw it out.