Live in Oregon, just DH and me, spend about 400 a month...

• How much do you spend on groceries.... - deenibeeni
  • I live alone now, but I remember other times sm - Food allergies
  • We have been spending less than 100 - for a family of 5 (3 kids.)
    • this is horrible - deenibeeni
      • Deenibeeni, you are right on sm - Touches a nerve with me
      • this is horrible p.s. - deenibeeni
        • You are both so kind, and you are right - for a family of 5 (3kids)
    • BTW: Sorry I forgot to say - I live in Florida.
  • Four people and roughly spend about 700+ per month. sm - Texas Gal
  • $50 a week if I send DH. $100 or more if I go - Backwards typist
  • About $100 a week give or take - LinK
  • In Montana and just me and husband spend $400 a month..nm - KS
  • eating out of the - pantry
  • Live in Oregon, just DH and me, spend about 400 a month... - phillygal
  • I really appreciate this. - deenibeeni
  • Last month I spent $321 for 3 of us. - Lllls
    • I'm in Delaware... - I spend at least $100.00 a week
      • I'm in Delaware also and spend about $150 a week plus sm - iKnow
    • This is incredible - deenibeeni
      • It's actually something like a second job to get the bill that low. - Lllls
  • I think I spend less at the store when - sm
    • Live in WI - Sarah Golat
    • Dogs v kids - deenibeeni
      • When I was in school, it was 85 cents for - sm
  • I'm in Florida and spend about $175/wk for 5 sm - HappyFlaMT
  • I'm from Michigan and s/m - MI-MT
    • I would use coupons more if FL doubled them sm - HappyFlaMT
      • I used to use coupons a lot - deenibeeni
      • At certain stores in MI, s/m - MI-MT
  • I haven't actually figured it up...sm - blondie_1147
    • I think this is about what I spend - deenibeeni
    • Forgot to add what area I live in...sm - blondie_1147
      • Just moved to South Mississippi and... - Kendra

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This happens so often out here in Oregon.  People go unprepared, onto roads that they do not know, no extra food, water, etc.  There were signs posted all over the road that they took -- "road closed by snow"  Bad road, etc.  But they ignored the signs and kept going.  They even moved rocks off of the road and kept on going.  With kids in the car, they should have turned around.   I really feel bad for them and my heart goes out to the mother but they had warnings all along the road and just ignored them.  That is what is going to live with her forever.  And to start out at 8 o'clock to go over mountain passes on roads you don't know -- just does not make sense to me.   That is one of the worst roads in Oregon and really is not a road just a logging road mainly.   My prayers are with them.   Again, I don't even head out from Portland in the winter without water, flares, shovel, blankets, food, etc. if I am even going on the Interstate down south to visit friends about 3 hours away because you never know what will happen.  

I really did not have much of a problem with my 5 yo at this age but man my little one loves to run.  I think she thinks it is a game.  She will run from me in stores.  If I look at anything and I don't have her strapped in a stroller or on that harness she is gone.  In church she wants to run all over the sanctuary.  I had to take her to a parent/teacher meeting last night in the school cafeteria and she wanted to run all over the place.  I did have a harness on her and she is already wise to that and she tried to jerk that thing out of my hand.  I told her no so she laid in the floor and yelled. 

Anyone have any suggestions. 

Another kid question.  As stated earlier, we met my 5 yo teacher. She seemed real nice.  We got to see dd class room, not as big as the pre-K class room but still pretty nice, looked kid friendly.  Some of dd pre-K friends and daycare friends are going to be in her class so it isn't like she doesn't know anyone, but dd bawled and clinged to me.  She said she was afraid I was going to leave her there.  I said no, but I will Monday.  She stayed upset.  This is not like her.  She went to pre-K last year at the same school and she found her chair, sat down and was ready to get started.  This year is a total about face. 

The only thing I can think of is...I never took her out of pre-K for any reason unless she was sick of something but last summer when I had some time off I took her out and we went swimming, bowling, shopping.  I am thinking that in her mind she thinks if she gets to stay at home she gets to do that stuff.  I tell her no that is not what we are going to do.  Mom and dad are working and cannot play with you right then but her little 5 yo friends will be there like sue, and Kate and Zach.  She is still not satisfied.  I tell her if she doesn't go to school the police will get us and she will have to go to a meaner mom and dad.  Not satisfied.  Is there anything to make this easier?

My mother had rental properties and has evicted tenants twice because her daughter (sis) decided she wanted to live there.  Those tenants were pretty upset at the time too, because they didn't want to move.  A landlord isn't required to have a reason for taking back their property or raising the rent.  They will likely give you a good reference since you're been a good tenant. 

A year after Katrina, all the landlords on the Gulf Coast decided to double or triple their rent, just because they could.  Due to the housing crisis rents are going to continue to rise, because more people are losing their homes and looking for apartments.  Its all about supply and demand.

The bright side is that working at home allows you to live "anywhere", so you could see this as an opportunity to move somewhere completely different.  That's what I did, and I haven't regretted it.

If there is no signed lease stating a specific time (1 yr, 2 yr, etc.) then it is implied as a month-to-month least and either the tenant or LL can terminate at any time. 

I would look for a place pronto if I was the OP. 

And she should get another job pronto too if the one she got ain't paying the bills.  No reason to let it go on month after month, paycheck after paycheck, until you are in the street, that is just plain stupid. 

If she is getting evicted --- there is more to this story I believe. 

DH and I drive cross country every year to Philly and for the past 3 years Oregon has been the highest place each time. Wyoming and Kansas have always been the best prices. We are not allowed to pump our own gas here, which believe it or not I miss doing! I can do it a lot faster than some of the people who work at some of our stations!

$3.25 to $3.35 and has been for several weeks; we have been well over $3 for some time now. I am driving cross country to Philly next week and will look forward to paying (hopefully) a bit less. I live in the country, 25 miles from town, my husband drives to work every day 66 miles round trip. Not buying gas for one day may sound like something to do, but just think how much more people will buy on the 16th of the month. The fact is, if you have the $$$ and want to drive you will. I have an SUV, will take it cross country, and will pay what I have to. We have taken this trip every year for 4 years (twice in one year in 2005) and we have never seen a decrease in RVs, trucks, or traffic ever. We are a country obsessed with cars and driving. City dwellers with good public transporation are lucky, but those of us who live rurally make the trade off of paying more each time we go to town.

Thomas Beatie, who used to be a woman, appeared in the most recent issue of The Advocate, a magazine for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender readers, Portland, Ore., television station KPTV reported.

Beatie wrote the article, which includes a picture of him while he was 22 weeks pregnant. According to the story, he went through a sex change, but decided only to have chest reconstruction and testosterone therapy.

Beatie was able to keep the reproductive organs he was born with. The article said he stopped getting the injections and was able to get pregnant.

Beatie, who lives in Bend, wrote he was once pregnant with triplets, but the pregnancy was life-threatening and he lost the fetuses. Now, Beatie said he and his wife, Nancy, are expecting a little girl in July.

In the article, Beatie described some of the challenges he and his wife have faced -- they said doctors won't treat them. The couple met 10 years ago and Nancy is not able to have children.

He wrote in The Advocate that their situation "sparks legal, political and social unknowns."

The couple were out of town Monday and unable to speak with the station.

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I dream of relocating to Oregon - because it's the only state that allows physician-assisted suicide so that people who have terminal diagnoses can end the life the way they want to.  (no flames please, to each his/her own).

Signed:  A Jack Kevorkian Supporter!

P.S. please, really, let's not get into it folks...no flames

on Portland area, nice neighborhoods or nearby towns to live, rentals, real estate companies, local colleges.  Thanks.

I have a dilemma.  I am an animal lover and have something I cannot come to a conclusion about.  At a restaurant where I eat lunch every Friday with a friend of mine, I have noticed a young male kitty hanging around outside looking for food.  This past week he ran up to my friend and rubbed her legs and quietly meowed.  I purposely did not try to pet him because I knew I would get attached and ignored him.  Well, ever since then I find myself thinking about him and wanting to rescue him.  Meanwhile, I already have 4 inside cats (2 rescues, 2 Maine Coons) and hubby really does not want another cat in the house because a few years ago I promised we would  never have more than 4 (had up to 5 at one point previously).  I actually have a huge screened deck he could stay on indefinitely because I do not believe in letting cats run loose for their own safety.  I could provide plenty of food, a warm place to sleep, and veterinary care.  At some point I would even probably work him into our household, but I just cannot do it at the moment.  Just not sure I would be doing right by that kitty because I am sure he would be upset and confused for a good while as to where he was and what was going on, but is that better than being hungry and cold?  I know there are lots of animal lovers out there.  What does everyone think?? 

minutes or so washing, cutting and styling may between chin and shoulder length hair.  Five minutes is ridiculous.  I don't see how they can even do a good job in that amount of time.

Yes, I know $85 is high (plus tip).  I have just had so many hack jobs at less money that I got scared and went to a trendier place in the city.

I'm in Florida, and it is me, my husband, our 2 kids (son 7 and daughter 11), and my father-in-law, and I swear my FIL, who is 5Ǝ" and 158 lbs, eats more than my husband, who is 6Ɖ" and 345 lbs. FIL had to have a feeding tube put in last July, and I had to cut down meals by half because we were having so many leftovers and wasting money. Just when I thought I had it figured out, he was able to get the tube removed, so I'm back to making meals for an army. I just wish I had his metabolism as he just does not seem to gain weight and even had to go on high-calorie Ensure when he had the feeding tube to gain weight. I shudder to think of what my grocery bill will be when my son hits puberty  I don't buy stuff for lunches here at home as we (FIL and I) will just eat a sandwich or leftovers from the fridge

As far as special foods, we don't really buy anything out of the ordinary. I buy frozen vegetables instead of canned unless it is for a recipe, and for a while we were buying meat at a butcher shop but have had to cut that out for now. It was really good but was close to DH's work, and if he couldn't pick it up while he was in the area, it was a 45-minute drive. I cook most things from scratch, except lasagna because I hate making it. Once a month, we have a luncheon at church that I bring a dish and a dessert, and I cook Wednesday night dinner there one night per month, but I get reimbursed for the Wednesday night dinner. I do include paper products and toiletries in with my grocery budget but that's it, and I usually go to Sam's once a month for those.

I have it easy compared to my parents though. My dad got paid once a month, and there were 4 kids at home all the time, 5 when my sister came up during the summer. They used to have 3 grocery carts slap full of food, and my mom figured out that it took something like 18 boxes of cereal to last a month, each one with a date marked on it so we didn't go through them too quickly. And to keep my brother from using a mixing bowl and a serving spoon to eat cereal  We also had a freezer to keep extra bread and other things, and my mom also used to mix in powdered milk when the gallon was half-way gone. I never knew until I was grown, so she definitely blended it well.

we eat out/order in.  Of course, then our "entertaining" budget increases.  But some things are cheaper to just order in.  For example, pizzas -- I can get 2 large pepperoni pizzas from the local pizzeria for under $20.  If I buy them in the store, I spend about $15 and then have to cook them and my kids don't like the frozen kind as well.  The frozen kind are also smaller.

I just got groceries this past Friday and spent $200.  I had an entire cart full.  In addition to the coupons I had, I also had a 20% discount on everything (one of those reward plans for spending so much the previous 2 months).  I got value packs of skinless/boneless chicken breasts - buy 1 get 1 free -- $15 packs of chicken, breakfast sausage on sale, ham steaks on sale, plus my 20% off all that. 

Overall, I think I spend somewhere around $150 a week on groceries.  There are 5 of us -- me, my hubs, and 3 boys -- ages 6 to 11. 

What I notice that I spend more on are school lunches.  It costs $2.00 a day per child and I don't think they actually eat it.  I'm thinking about packing my kids' lunches each day.  $2/day x 3 kids = $6/day x 5 days/week = $30/week x 4 weeks/month = $120 for lunch.  YIKES!!! I think I can do better than that if I pack them.

after I found HUGE holes in the walkway between my house and barn.  I thought they were just little mice stealing grain, but then I spotted one and it was a HONKIN RAT!  My poor olderly cat was out there with me at the time and saw it, and he hissed at it and ran away! 

I asked for advice on what to do at a local agricultural board, because I have other animals and didn't want to use poison and conventional traps weren't working.  They advised putting a large pale of water out with some seeds floating in it, figuring the rats would go for the seeds and end up drowning.  That was a no-go because the water just froze up solid.  I wound up reluctantly going with Decon because I just can't have my house destroyed.  I haven't had seen any more rats or evidence of them stealing grain, so I'm guessing they have died.  The guy at the grain store promised me the rats would not die in the building and stink the joint up, rather they would crawl off and die outside.  I don't know if I believe that, as it is still winter here and decomposition would be holding off until it warms up.  We'll see, but at least the destruction has been halted.

Good luck and I too say have no mercy, because you just don't need them destroying hour house or causing a spark chewing wires and burnin' the place down.  It is war!   

  (How un-PC is this emoticon?!)

At any store that sells puppies and kittens.  Why?  Because they all come from puppy mills or other questionable "breeders" (despite their denials).  I would never put money in the pockets of a puppy miller.