Addict

So I still haven't written about it, but we made it through last month under budget by a few dollars. Yay! I think that we're just going to stop calling these things no spend months and just make that our budget and attempt to save a little bit and maybe actually try to pay some things off. I was amazed the other day when watching the news they were talking about how they are going to raise the stipend that people get for food stamps or "nutrition assistance" to something like $425 a month for four people because the $375 they're getting is not enough. I was just stunned. It opened my eyes to see maybe there really is a need for what I want to do in educating people about nutrition, health and environment and that it doesn't have to cost a lot. There is a need for true nutrition assistance out there! Also it was quite the reminder that I live with a very different view than most people. I guess prepackaged food does cost a lot.

I have a serious weakness when it comes to certain things and those certain things at a discount is the most difficult thing in the world for me to pass up. Particularly those things that I've been looking for for some time. So completely ignoring the fact that I'm not suposed to submit myself at the foot of temptation, I was browsing through Craigslist. I was looking for those things that are always on my list: pavers for the back yard, educational books to help Kaylee, an instrument for her, dehydrator, commercial batch freezer, you know, the normal stuff. I usually don't find anything I'm looking for or anything I'd be remotely interested in so I figure no harm. But not this time. I find a girl who is selling a ton of health, nutrition, environmental and spiritual books that are all in great shape, all individually priced at $2-$7 each... what am I supposed to do? Well, I wrote her and asked if she'd give me a discount if I got them all. What else could I do? She said she'd give me 10% off, so I got them. So essentially I have completely blown my April budget, we can't eat this month... I spent all the money on books. Crazy thing is that J's excited about them too, there's lots of good stuff in there on things we've been interested in looking into. Poor Kaylee is going to relive that week in January when I was reading the Twilight books and she kept saying "Mommy no read" and shutting the book on me just to get some direct attention. And then she's going to have to deal with us trying out all kinds of new raw foods. (We got about half a dozen raw food books.) I am so addicted to books, and buying books. I've got so many on my shelf that I haven't read yet, and I just got a whole new box full. This is not going to help me get my studies done! This isn't going to make me focus on all of the hundreds of other things I need to get done! But yet I'm like a crack fiend that keeps going back for more, at least this time I'm fired up about books that at least realate to what I'm supposed to be studying. I think I can somewhat let the novels go for a few weeks now and shift my attention for awhile. Fiction was an amazing break though that I love!
I finished Angels and Demons by Dan Brown the other day, it was another one that kept me up half the night reading because I couldn't put it down. I love how in depth it went with art and history, it was a puzzle and that made it so fun! J's reading it now and is already half way through. I keep saying I should let him read these books first, because he flys through them, but it's so much fun to talk to him as he's progressing through and see his reactions and frustrations as the story unfolds. I wish I could read like he does sometimes.