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Hmmmmmmmm Don't happen on my hair

 

Not sure about the rest of the Gardening members here but I have had to up my Water Budget to keep the Fruit trees and Decorative side of the gardens alive. Up from approx 400 to 650 last month but worth the extra to keep things going. The grass I think has Had it?

 

It would be much cheaper to simply buy the electronics here instead of having to buy all those surge protectors and AVRs for the U.S. equipment although a DVD player that plays the U.S. region DVD codes would be a plus.

 

Plenty cash in case all the ATM's are down.

 

I like to eat decent food and I consider it not just the food budget but part of the entertainment budget also. Sure into every life some chicken necks and feet will fall but we don't eat them all the time now do we? I found boneless porkchops cheap, even after I finished the butchering removing excess fat and gristle. Add some soup made from picking some tree leaves in the yard (any tree, it doesn't seem to matter!) and you can feed a goodly number of people a satisfying high protein meal for under 100 php each. Add 20 pesos of rice and everyone would be stuffed.

 

I actually like to be present for the shopping. Not a big buyer of the impulse crap that stores try to move but sometimes I see something I would like and the girl (27,29,34) wouldn't know to get. I have also followed my GF and her mom around and watched what they put in the cart. If it were something that wouldn't spoil I would grab 5 times the amount they put in the cart. If they buy the small item of something I would compare price to the large size and buy the large or multiple small sizes, whichever was the best bargain. I was also teaching them to buy complete meals so nobody has to run out and get two ingredients along with some meat or fish to make a complete dinner. Then there is the ever missing did not get what I said to not come back without item, the main reason for the shopping trip to begin with. Don't get me started on they don't care about the quality of fruit and will buy just about anything! When it comes to watermelons, I told them to have them cut in half to make sure they are not so unripe they are white inside. It is best that I at least be present. It saves time, it saves money, it improves quality. It saves trike and easyride fare. It gets me out of the house and I didn't come to the Philippines to stay indoors.

 

Denmark shows up No. 1 on the recent survey on the Happiest People on earth. I hope you bring some of that happiness here in Dumaguete... spread it out.

 

"Where's the Humor?" might be more appropriate.