So, too, do I begin to seek out the comfort of certain cold-weather food and beverage.
Crock pot pork roast and mashed potatoes with gravy...
Apple crisp...ladled with cream...
Pumpkin bars slathered with that yummy cream cheese frosting...
Hot chocolate and Peppermint Schnaps...
Indeed, temperatues plummeted yesterday, and it was 48 degrees as we left the football game last night...the football game where, I might add, I devoured two hot beef sandwiches BEFORE halftime.
Then, on the way home, we stopped at Burger King, and I treated myself to a Whopper Junior w/cheese, fries and a Sprite.
And I didn't feel a twinge of guilt.
If you, like me, find yourself craving more and heavier-type fare as Fall closes in, take heart...
You and I are just normal human beings, our bodies in sync with nature, with the seasons. Read all about it at BoomerGirl.com.
See, we're beefing up for a cold winter...making sure we've got a little extra skin on our bones to keep us warm when the snow starts to fly...
Here at our house, however, we're going to need more than extra skin to keep us warm this winter.
Since ripping open our monthly utility bill and discovering our budget billing amount has skyrocketed from $150/mo to $350/mo, I've issued the edict that from this point forward, we will not turn the furnace on -- ever -- this winter. It's coats, hats and long socks at bedtime, which will be as soon as the sun goes down since we will not be using electric lights of any kind for reading or finding our way through the house after dark.
Geesh.
How's an underpaid grocery schlepper with a bachelor of science degree in magazine journalism, living in small-town rural Iowa, supposed to afford the ever-rising cost of living?
Stay tuned.
Meanwhile, I'm heading to the kitchen for heaping plate of French Toast smeared in real butter and syrup and a steaming cup of fat-ladened chocolate raspberry creamer with a splash of coffee.
I will survive.
2 comments:
Oh my God! If I got a raise in my budget billing such as that, the phone line would be burning up with protests. I can not believe any company could raise a budget bill $200. Ann, call them, be firm, find out what their basis was to come to this number. I fully expect mine to raise a little, but not more than $20. Surely they have made a mistake on yours.
Oh, trust me, anonymous, I let my feelings be known...and when I went in to pay my last reasonable bill, I noticed the utils manager was busy ordering new carpet and desks for the utils office...I told them gee, I was happy to pay $200 more a month for my utils as long as they could afford new carpet...I can be such a "B"...but it felt good to say it! :)
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