Healthy Eating is for the Rich - Rant

A little rant today, because I read an article that made me roll my eyes because it was soooooo obvious... Healthy eating is for the rich? They just NOW figured this out, or what? It's pretty obvious, isn't it?

I don't know about the prices in other parts to the country, let alone other parts of the world, but fresh foods aren't so cheap around here. People who can afford $1.00 per orange CAN eat a pure whole fruit packed with all sorts of healthy goodness. People who have money CAN afford to buy all fresh foods, they can afford to make frequent trips to the supermarket (because let's face it, good food like that goes bad fast, and needs to be replaced weekly). Whereas poor people like me can only afford to buy processed foods that last longer, packed with all kinds of additives, preservatives, and cardboard - foods with all kinds of extra stuff that's not necessary, and usually not very healthy either. Okay, maybe not cardboard, that's a little extreme, but it sure seems that way, because all we're eating is junk. That's all we can AFFORD to eat!

What's that? A garden you say? Well if you're like me, some of us can't have a garden. We don't own homes. We rent. And with renting a home comes rules. At the moment, we live in a trailer park. That means I can't have a garden in what little yard I have. I DO have a container garden that I tend for a hobby, but it's not nearly enough to sustain my family. Families who are wealthy can usually afford to buy a home and plant a huge garden. Poor folk like me can only afford to pay the rent of a mobile home, and therefore don't have that privilege.

Anyway, that's pretty much all I've got to say about that. Maybe one of these days I'll be able to eat healthy but for now, I've got to make due with what I got, and those who CAN afford to eat healthy, I'm sure you already count yourselves lucky, so I don't believe I have to tell you to do so...

One Week to Go! (Hurry, please?)

Well I've been counting down the days, and now I have just one week to go of working a full-time job. Part of me feels guilty that I'll be home most of the time while my husband works so hard at his factory job, cutting and stacking wood, and making wine barrels... In this heat? It's nuts! I SHOULD feel guilty! But then another part of me thinks - well he got to sit on his butt for two years, so I DESERVE this! I deserve to be at home, taking care of my family, taking care of the house, finally getting things in order, and finally being able to keep up with stuff. It's been TWO YEARS! Two years since we moved out on our own, since we moved here, and we haven't ever really been able to unpack everything and get it all straightened out.

Our drawers are filled with everything from nail polish, to tools, to socks, to party supplies. The spare bathroom is packed with boxes that need to be repacked and sorted through. The clothes go straight from the dryer and into a box because we're both too busy to hang them up or fold them and put them away. It'll be a BIG stress reliever to organize things, put stuff in the right place, and sort the yardsale stuff from what we want to keep. I also plan on finally organizing Tricity's old baby clothes (the ones I just HAVE to keep) and vacuum seal them so they save on space, too. I can only imagine how much room that'll save! lol

It'll be really swell to finally focus on my crafts, too. I used to do what I could with my spare time at work, but ever since the new owners took over the place a couple of years back, they don't really leave me with free time. My time is spent folding mountains of laundry! Man, I can't wait for THAT to be over! lol Now the only laundry I'll have to fold is ours here at home, which is small stuff compared to all the hotel laundry. Maybe now I can FINALLY get my crafts built up enough to start my online store, or to even have a craft booth at one of the town fairs.


Anyway, I've been counting down. One week to go! It's been a long time coming. lol I CAN'T WAIT!