Ah, to be a dog with not a care in the world except whether…
— you really want to go outside because your paws will get wet
— your treat is where you left it before you got distracted by the bird flying around the room, and if the bird is going to eat it before you do
— you can sneak out and grab some toilet paper before someone notices
— you can hide so mom doesn’t grab you to give you a bath
I have been tuning out the news on TV, ignoring the economic predictions, and shoving stock reports in a drawer without looking at them. Ignorance is truly bliss and by living in denial, I am so much happier! I am so happy not to know that the greedy have taken hard working people’s savings, we will not have enough water this summer, and charitable giving is down by 25%. What I do know is that there is great work being done in the community, Obama is now in office, and I can still fit in to my clothes.
Have you ever analyzed every penny of your expenses for the year? We discovered that we buy too much food–which must mean we eat too much, because we throw very little of it away. This was quite a surprise to us since in the past year, we have made a concerted effort to eat healthfully, filling our plates with lots of veggies. I always knew that fresh food is more expensive than processed, and I wonder how much it would have cost us to eat packaged foods all year. If we spend half as much as we did last year on food, maybe I will weigh half as much! Therefore, in 2009, I am going to try to reduce our food bill by 50% and still eat healthily—stay tuned for the conclusion at the end of 2009.