Good afternoon y’all! Can I say this not being from Texas?
Anyway. It’s 3.19 p.m here. I slept until about 1, since I went to bed pretty late. Who am I kidding, I always sleep until lunch hour!
My dearest farmer is working away at our veggie garden, wearing a hat from a music festival. What a weird mix.
I’ve done a messenger video call with my mother and sister and now I intend to catch up on blogs. I really miss you guys, so no one can stop me!! It’s blog reading time!!!!
Then I might tidy up the house a bit. I have no idea how to people and a dog can make things so messy. I want 4/5 children, I will go crazy. If the two of us can produce so much dishes and laundry and the three of us can produce so much dust and hair (one more than the others) I cannot even imagine the mess created by 2 people, possibly more than one dog and five little people. Who am I kidding. What a dream!! I don’t mind washing 10 loads of laundry for the rest of my life, I just want my babies.
I’m going to cook something delicious for dinner (or at least try, things don’t always come out delicious!). I have some amazing leftover rice with seeds and green beans and peas and I think I might saute something called “pota” (which is something that looks like squids or cuttlefish) with some broccoli or Brussels sprouts. I will also make a big salad, as usual!!
I need to send some emails and to answer some texts, I’m not sure I’m doing it today or leaving it for tomorrow. I have to review our grocery budget. We still have plenty of things, the idea is not to buy anything before the 11th. I need to know how much we’ve spent already, because if we go over the budget we cannot eat after that. Kidding!! Just need to make sure to keep it under 150. That’s my challenge. For pay-day reasons we do our months from 23 to 23. I only have about 2 bananas and I was thinking about buying more, since I eat one every day, but maybe I will just put something else on my oatmeal, so I won’t buy anything. The product I use to clean my stove top (ceramic) is almost finished too, but I always put some water inside my products to make them last a little longer and to get every last drop. Yes I cut tubes of moisturizer and I will start doing the same with toothpaste and such. Would you like a post on how I save money (or try?) tell me in the comments, I have a few tricks.
Anyway, I will do a post on our grocery budget. What we ate in a month, how much we spent, the recipes we made, etc.
I will also do a beauty post, since several of my readers asked for one. I will show all of the products that I use for my body, hair, face and makeup. I will also show you the last things I bought and a Yves Rocher haul that I will do next week (I need a few things).
I’m sorry if this is rambly, but the blog is like my diary lol I love to share my daily life with you guys!
That’s it, I guess.
Maybe see you guys later to show you dinner?
Do you have movie suggestions for tonight? I would really appreciate them. We’re thinking of watching Magnolia or Babel. I haven’t watched them yet so.
See you soon. I hope you have the loveliest weekend!!
Kisses and Hugs for everybody.
Do you kiss friends in your country/culture? or just hug? shake hands? Tell me!!
xx
I am very economical too. I use the add-water-and-make-it-last-a-bit-longer 😂 Squeezing the very last bit out of toothpaste and moisturizer tubes is a bit difficult but it’s kind of satisfying! 😁
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Cut them with a pair of scissors and take every single drop of product out with your fingers. Somethings I can get like a week more of use if I do this!
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That’s a great idea! You really should do a post about all these economical hacks
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I will do one!!
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😊
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I have been adding water to make soaps last longer since forever.. . . a little soap goes a long way when you need it too 🙂
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Oh yes. I do that too! ☺
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of course!!! Yay for frugal people!! I do the same with soap dish, detergents, everything.
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Some people say I’m cheap. I say yay because I’m frugal and most long lasting millionaires are frugal as well… That’s how they stay millionaires 🙂
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I am also. At least when it comes to some things. Do have any post with frugality tips?
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I actually have been going through a series of posts about free stuff. Later this week will be free author writer tools http://www.frugaldod.com/category/free/ I have lots more ideas for free stuff for this summer too especially since I am rolling into gardening season now that its warm enough here
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I would love to work with you to create maybe a list of 100 or 150 things you can do to save money. Would you be up for that?
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Would love to 🙂
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Can I contact you through your blog or can you provide me an email so we can discuss this?
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Kevin@frugaldod.com works 🙂
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Watch “Wolyn”. It’s the journey of a polish girl set during the world war 2. Pretty intense. and as for hugs/kisses, wellit depends how close one is. Hugs are pretty common. 🙂
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Thank you for your suggestion and for sharing Neal. I always like to know this things!! Hugs!!
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Well I was so engrossed with that movie that I ended up researching about the events for straight four hours lol. Loved every bit of it. And it’s definitely not for faint hearted 🙂
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I love that kind of movie. Drama is my favorite genre and I especially love war stories!
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Haha, of course you can say “y’all” without being from Texas! It’s just another Texan stereotype. 😉 And you got this girl! Looking forward to your next posts. 😉
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Thank you May!! I think it’s something Southern people say a lot, right?
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Yeah, it is. But you don’t have to be from the South/Texas to say it! 😀
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hahaha okay. I’ll say y’all every time I feel like it!!
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😀
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of course you can say “ya’ll”.
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Thank you, Jim!!
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Or better still make the kids do the laundry 😛 You could substitute bananas with berries in oatmeal. Just a thought. I often plop berries into a bowl of flavoured yogurt with nuts and seeds and boy it tastes like dessert. After those movies, if another day you want to watch something else, do watch ‘The Englishman Who Up the Hill and Came Down a Mountain’. It is one of my favourites 🙂
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Will watch the film. Will eat berries. You’re my guru and the queen of good advice!
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Trouble shall follow thee C, if you take advise from the C you have anointed 😀 But other than that have fun with your Sunday chillin’ x
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You too girl. Big plans for today? xx
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I have stuffed myself with hot wings from KFC. Now I am going to go through some chocolate and orange biscotti with some cappuccino 😀 Big plans yes xx
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Be happy, girl!! xx
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Always the motto dear girl. You too xx
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P.S how are you not morbidly obese?
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Ahahahaha, you are funny. I go running girlie. I mean I have 😀
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LOOL okay. Because every time we talk, which is more than once a day, you are eating. And not broccoli!!
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I know. Adi says I have a little fat girl inside me. I cannot refute the charge of eating all day.
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Poor thing. You eat all you want. I wish I had that metabolism. I want one brownie and gain 5 pounds.
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No no darling, not metabolism. Go running and see. I promise ya, you will feel high on it, and added bonus, the pounds fall off.
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I will run someday. Promise!!
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You will not thank me initially. The first week or so. But after that, boy, Rosa and Rui will have to tie you down 😉
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I’m currently too fat to run. lol I need to lose about 20 kg and then I might be able to run without having a heart attack!
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You should push your body as much as your are comfortable with and sometimes beyond the point of comfort. But do it at your own pace – that is the best way xx
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Hi ! Happy to have found your blog! I love the layout, the style the content…everything! I’ve read some of your posts and I can’t wait to read more! Looking forward to following you 🙂
Lisa | http://www.fromdreamtoplan.net/
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Hi Lisa, I’m happy you like my blog. Also happy to get a new friend. I will follow you back and check your blog!! Thank you so much for following!! xx
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My pleasure! Oh thank you, so nice of you! 🙂
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Yeah, I think a money saving post would be cool too! 🙂 It’s always nice to learn new things. Especially when those things help people save some money! lol 😛
It varies person to person here if people kiss and hug their friends. I think people mostly do hugs here. It really varies person to person though. lol A lot of the times just a casual greeting gets the job done here. 😛
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Yes, I love those posts I would love to see some money saving tips please xx
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You will
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Ok! X
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Me to please!! Always love those ones!! Keep us posted! Thanks for sharing xx
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I think the grocery budget idea is great. We have so few people and such a huge expense with it. It seems ridiculous and I often wonder if everyone is the same or if we are just horrible consumers and glutons. 😉
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hahaha how many are you?
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2 grown ups, a high schooler and a 4th grader. 2 dogs, a cat and a fish… I feel like the grocery bill is off the chain. But we like eat what can I say?
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Hahaha as long as you guys are all fed. Unless it is really ridiculous expensive. If so, there are ways you can change that!
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Most people are huggers around here. I’d prefer to just shake hands, though. 😛
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In Portugal, it depends. If it’s a very formal situation you shake hands. More informal, women kiss, men and women kiss, men and men shake hands or hug
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