| Also, yesterday my glasses broke. Again. We've glued them back together about 5 times now, and I think this is the last time they'll hold. I have awful eyesight, past -10 in both eyes, and can not function without some type of corrective lenses. Mark says I need to go get contacts and we'll put them on the credit card, but I'm terrified of doing that with this joblessness (is that even a word?) looming over our head. The stress of it all really hit yesterday, when I started sobbing while fixing my glasses. |
That's ALOT of lurkers!
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Originally Posted by Thystle
 just say no to the "add ons". Glasses for most would be more "frugal" as they are harder to lose and dont require solution!
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Originally Posted by Lisa Lubner
If you are on medicaid or any similar program, they often will give you a pair of glasses per year.
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Originally Posted by Gendenwitha
Beans are wonderful, so are potatoes (chips for snacks, baked for meals), meat, fish, fruit, PB & celery, cottage cheese... at our local co-op they sell GF in bulk.
You didn't mention how old he is, but I'd still reccomend talking to him and telling him calmly that, that's all there is to eat. I've had good luck even explaining to my four month old why it's important for him to be quiet while mommy's in class. Remember you're stressed to the max, he may be crying more because he's picking up on your stress level that he is his own hunger. |
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Originally Posted by Thystle
josybear
The "Special Needs Parenting" and the "Traditional Foods" forums have alot of good info! You might want to try buying some coconut flour... it's awesome!  These guys have the best coconut products and they run specials on the flour several times a year: http://www.tropicaltraditions.com/or...onut_flour.htm If you get on their mailing list you will find out when the sales are and sometimes they have free shipping too. {{{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} I have a SPD child with serious eating issues and I know how tough it can be! {{{{{{{{{{{{{{hugs}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} |
i know we'll make it, we always do, but it's no fun...
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Originally Posted by josybear
wow, so many postings while i was off doing my thing! i can't keep up! here's my attempt.
:ds is 1.5 and does not respond to reason. he does, however, eat what we have when he gets truly hungry. right now our budget allows for beans, rice, lentils, cornmeal, eggs, carrots and sometimes soy milk. he seems to react to peanut butter. none of us get dairy (he can't have it anyways) or meat or fruits & veggies, they just cost too much. we can't afford special flours or things like that, even in bulk. we give him vitamin supplements and try to balance his eating habits, but lately he doesn't like any of the foods we have so it's a struggle every day. i've been lurking all over mdc seeing what other people suggest, but other people can afford a wider variety of foods, so i haven't found anything particularly helpful. we have discovered, however, that he will eat anything if we put enough salsa or curry on it, so we've been burning through those things. anything to get the monkey to eat, we've been trying to get him to gain weight for too long! |
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Originally Posted by Potty Diva
So I have been minimizing our little house (we just did spring cleaning a few months ago but I held on to so many things "just in case".
But today is a different story. I have a few things in my drawers and enough work clothes for a week plus a few days. Anyway, we have reduced by half. But, we want to have better eating habits ona low budget. The posts above got me thinking and motivated to change. We have meat for this week, but I would prefer to drop meat altogether. Convincing DH is going to be another story though. I cook for everyone and he would be ticked if all I made was meat free dishes. I just asked and he said he is willing to go 2-3 days without meat. Cool. I take that to mean 3-4 But what things do you make as a meal? beans and rice- beans and ? Help me out mamas I feel all clean-like |
by Nancy Birnes. It's out of print, but I got it from my library, and amazon has used ones from a little over a dollar. There are TONS of great recipes in this book, but it's not just food, it also covers personal care products and crafts and toys for the kids. My grocery bill for three of us averages $100 a month thanks in part to this book, and it really doesn't take much more time to make her recipes than it would to cook from convenience foods. I was able to cut our food budget so much (from $600 a month) using those resources that we can still afford to eat meat, and we eat better and healthier than we did before!
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Originally Posted by kytheria
This is odd. Medicaid told me that too, so I went to the optometrist they referred me to and we still had to pay $214 out of pocket. The optometrist told me that Medicaid only covers $25 of the frame and plain glass lenses (which I can't use). We weren't expecting to have to pay anything so that hit us really hard. I called Medicaid back and asked why I wasn't told all that, and each rep I talked to had a different story. I'm not sure where I got cheated, but it's pretty obvious I did. It will cost less to pay it all out of pocket for the contacts than have to deal with Medicaid (about $170 total).
I might have to check into the Lions club. Do you know if it's for adults or just children? |
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Originally Posted by Potty Diva
Anyway, we have reduced by half.
But, we want to have better eating habits ona low budget. The posts above got me thinking and motivated to change. We have meat for this week, but I would prefer to drop meat altogether. Convincing DH is going to be another story though. I cook for everyone and he would be ticked if all I made was meat free dishes. I just asked and he said he is willing to go 2-3 days without meat. Cool. I take that to mean 3-4 But what things do you make as a meal? beans and rice- beans and ? Help me out mamas I feel all clean-like |
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Originally Posted by Lisa Lubner
I don't know if maybe it's just a difference between the PA system and the WI system... BUT... One of the places that I was referred to by the medicaid people told me that they no longer participate in the program, and that MANY places are dropping out because medicaid has been really bad about paying up. The Lion's Club place had frames for adults and kids, though they were all donated and not the prettiest things. I wear glasses with these beautiful frames that I've had since October... NO IDEA how they aren't broken yet.
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Originally Posted by a_work_in_progress
After a LONG job search, I got a job! YAY! I'm hoping this will allow me to get off public assistance. The problem? 1/4 of my pay will be going towards cabs to and from work. The bus doesn't go out there to my place of employment, and walking or riding a bike IS NOT AN OPTION. Not only am I disabled from Lyme Arthritis, but I'm only allowed half an hour for transportation to and from work by childcare assistance. I have no idea how I'm going to manage getting to and from work this next week. I don't have a lot of money for cabs, but that's what I might have to do for the time being.
I sent out an e-mail to everybody at work, seeing if I could rideshare, and toss some money their way. No response yet. I also put an ad on Craigslist looking for a ride, and through the freecycle sister list tradecycle. My BF works just a mile and a half from where I'm working. He gets out half an hour earlier. So, there's a possibility he could walk to where I work after he gets off, and we could share a cab (he cabs to work, too). After looking for work for so long, I don't want to lose it due to transportation issues. |
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