The Runs Of August

Apologies to Professor Tuchman. :)

The move back from the undisclosed location is virtually complete. All the tubs are back, and filling the living room. This beats having to haul them upstairs from the basement for sorting. All other items seem accounted for (but the CD collection will need to be inventoried). Total costs for transport and storage, round-trip, approach $2,000, about $50.00/mile. Approximately 10,000 miles were driven between 15 FEB and 3 AUG 2012. The car had been averaging 7,500 miles a *year*, previously. I'll leave the other costs out.

I cleaned out the refrigerator, today. Shop and Save is discontinuing their Marie Callendar chicken pot pies, so I am filling the freezer with them (at a 23% discount). They have these things called "vegetables" in them, so, it's a step up from my nearly 67% fast food diet for the last few months. Over the last six months, I've gained about 12-15 pounds. Not good. The heavy exercise seems to have helped a bit, but it will be a long time going. Now, every time I get a fast-food urge, I go to the store with a $10.00 budget (the usual expenditure). Soup is an amazing value, and makes for a disaster precaution as well. 2 liters of root beer are eighty-nine cents! This is a big change from the $1.50+ soda's I had been buying on the run. Water is now being introduced as a drink! Mon Dieu!

I will miss the Hostess goodies I had been snacking on, but I think my weight and health won't. Rats!

Time to head back to the store- I've got space in my freezer, still.