Money is the Root of all Evil

I have heard that Money is the Root of all EVIL all of my life.  I never really thought about it until these past few months.  Everything revolves around money it seems.  Life revolves around money.  Life should revolve around happiness but in many families it does not.  Now I know happiness can be defined in many different ways.  Different things make different people happy.  Personally I am happy if everyone in my family is happy and taken care of.

Tonight Chris and I decided to quit using food stamps.  We have been on them for 4 years this month.  I can a lot of things, and we have a lot of meat in the freezers.  We are surrounded by animals.  God is providing for us but we are overlooking Him.  The government wants us to fail.  They don’t want us to make money.  Money IS the root of ALL evil. 

I will continue to go to school if I can if I can’t afford it I will just quit and substitute teach.  After this semester I will have enough credits to do so. 

I have dreams, but they can be put back on the back burner- they are unimportant.  My children come first.  I don’t want my kids to grow up thinking that they are doing without, but I want them to know how to be frugal.  I don’t want my kids to be the weird kids, but I want them to set a statement and be different.  I know they already are different, but good different.  It is better for them I know. 

We are not going to eat out anymore.  We went to El Rodeo for my birthday a couple weeks ago and I was disgusted.  Usually El Rodeo is my favorite place to eat.  My food wasn’t cooked very well, proportions were smaller than usual and it was expensive.  Why did I waste money on that? Especially when we could have made it at home?  I just can’t hardly eat out anymore.  I literally get sick every time I do.  Not only do I feel queasy but the prices are just crazy expensive.

Money is the ROOT of ALL EVIL.

What I am striving for

Day after Day I am realizing how much crap I put in my body.  It is truly disgusting.  I have never been a health nut- I love my candy, but am now realizing what it is doing.  I have always been overweight and I am so sick and tired of not having a body made for clothes of any type really.  Not only am I sick of the fashion side, I am sick of feeling tired and worn out.  I am only 25 years old.

For starters I am going to try to quit drinking soda and try to limit my candy/sweets intakes.  I am going to make some homemade goodies- I think homemade cakes and cookies are better than those you buy at the store.  Hopefully I can get Chris on board with me, it would help if he didn't bring me a Coke and a Hershey's. lol.  I hope I can enforce this on the kids too.  We don't buy many snack foods, mostly because of the expense.  We are going to strive for more fruits and vegetables.

I know I am at an unhealthy weight.  I am not happy and I feel blah many times.  I am going to try and make more meals at home, and quit buying meal helpers like HB Helper (which I don't buy very often).  Also going to strive for larger portions of vegetables than meat.  I will always like my meat, but I don't think it should be the biggest part of the meal.

While sitting in Health class yesterday I realized just how many people don't cook and live off pre-packaged/processed foods.  UGH!

I have dreamed of someday in the future not having to go to the grocery store... I hope that day comes sooner than later.

My health teacher tried to tell me that whole milk was not good for me, I find it hard to believe that Skim Milk is better than fresh.  I just won't believe it.  I guess it depends on what you are considering healthy.  I guess I am not going for a diet, but more for a natural lifestyle.  Eating good doesn't have to be all carrots and celery and water.  It can be pork chops, mashed potatoes, green beans, and a salad as long as you don't have to go to a store for the items.  Someday I will even grind my own flour.

I find it curious how people say History repeats itself.  100 years ago people lived the life I strive for.  They strove for a better life, while I feel they had a better life than we do.

I may be off the spectrum or some would say off my rocker, but I don't think we should all just depend on technology all the time.  Technology has taken over our lives- it even can now tell you what to eat.  That scares me.  My health teacher reminds me of this teacher I had in High school named Mr Ragain.  I despised him.  These are the guys that are super health fanatics and couldn't live without their technology.  They have probably never driven down a dirt road and couldn't tell the difference between a Brahman and a Charolais.  Yesterday I had to listen to Mr White (rolls eyes) talk about how when you are grocery shopping you should scan your food with your smartphone because there is an app called Fooducate that will "grade" your food for you.  In other words it will tell you if the food is healthy or not.  Seriously?  You don't know what is healthy and you teach health?  I just want to punch him in the face. or at least educate him on what is healthy.

I guess I need to quit ranting about Health class...