Since the world was created, you could choose any time, any country, and be able to separate the wealthy from the poor purely on size. The wealthy are rotund, jolly, and red in the cheeks, looking like they can survive a couple of famines without a frown creasing their thick jowls. The poor are hollow-eyed and weary and look like one good shove or an unfortunate misstep could leave them in a broken heap of skin-covered bones.
Well, that is no longer the case. Not in the US, at least - just the opposite is true.
It's been a while since I've had to really squeeze myself into my budget. But since moving to Hawaii, the price of housing, a decent education, gas, and Froot Loops, has thrown me back into my days as a starving student, except now I have children. Because of this I have discovered how expensive it is to eat in a healthy manner. Tomatoes cost $4/lbs while I can get a case of Top Ramen for $2.
No wonder, then, that we see this bizarro-world phenomenon of the thin rich and the thick poor. Add to that the fact that hardly anyone does any manual labor anymore. We have automatic dishwashers and dryers, tv remotes, drive-through pharmacies, bread machines, leaf blowers, and power steering. Only the wealthy can afford gym memberships, personal trainers, or exercise equipment. (There has got to be some irony in the fact that we invent machines to do our work, then invent other machines to make us do work.)
How confusing to time travellers would our modern day be when they see multi-millionaire movie stars looking frail and sickly while their maids and drivers always have something comfortable to sit on.
Oh, and if anyone has any tips or suggestions on how to feed a family healthy, natural foods on a budget, I'm all...I guess on a blog you wouldn't say "ears". I'm all eyes!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
While the Rich Get Thinner...
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Oh my gosh... that picture is creepy. And sad. Hard to imagine anyone seeing the positive in this.
I cant believe you found a picture of me. Im flattered. :)
or maybe just "flat" Jill
Our family has been making a big effort to eat at least five servings of fruit and veggies a day and there are 8 of us (not including the nursing baby) and at Alaska produce prices we are spending a small fortune.
That's not helpful, Ambie. I need tips on how to eat healthy for less. I already know how to spend a fortune.
Jillee, your picture looks like Britney Spears. Who's the baby?
oh right... uh .. grow and pick your own food ..this is the cheapest method.
I agree with Tim, that picture is creeping me out!
I am thinking about how we fed a family of 9 with very little money. My mind is blank. I did cook from scratch almost all of the time. (A personal trainer that I Visit Teach told me last week that home cooked is almost always healther.)
We always had a big garden before we moved to Alaska and that helped. Can you have a garden there?
That's all I can think of right now.
Ray the skeletons are just in time for Halloween.I swear we had the one on the left hanging outside our door last year.
Oh great, if we have to rely on my gardening skills we're all done for. I think only a true brown thumb can kill plants in Hawaii. I wish the kids ate avocado because the tree yielded, I swear, about 300 gallons of guacamole this year. I guess if push came to shove we wouldn't starve from June to October.
britney spears huh? interesting. and that is baby Xavier.
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