today i half read an article in the paper about this family that tries to eat food grown locally/within a 130 mi radius (the major hawaiian islands) while staying within a budget of $15/dinner for 4. they cheated and bought chicken from the mainland because they couldnt find cheap enough local meat, which i felt defeated the purpose of their locally grown only objective, but i was thinking i wish i could do this because the local market is just a couple minutes away. however local produce is pretty expensive, and i am trying to save money cuz i just planned a 3-day trip to the big island! i'm staying at this buddhist bed and breakfast place near hilo over the thxgvg holiday and am really excited, so i am trying to save money and figured i could stop eating out so darn much. i am impatiently waiting for more peas (only 1/4 are fruiting) and the lettuce to grow more leaves. in my hort class i'm planning to grow tomatoes and eggplant and corn and beans. i really want to eat only locally grown foods but that doesnt fit that well under my saving money objective, altho that family was able to do it somewhat successfully. i was thinking of just trying to eat local stuffs, but letting myself eat other stuff if it's more cost effective (and if i already have boxes of cereal and other food at home). anyway should be interesting. i'm hoping to save $100/month by not eating out, and since my mom left cathy and i have been eating at home more and munching on grapes and stuff, and i went thru this cooking phase where i cooked for 4 days straight because i had to use up all the butternut squash somehow. i am tired time for bed.
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