The economy still sucks, at least for most of us. We all know that some day it's going to come back, at least for most of us. Until then, I've taken to tightening my belt, and enjoying the finer things in life. The things that don't cost much, or the things I need to do anyhow. Like cooking. I forgot how much I love to cook.
I spent the weekend cooking and baking and putting stuff in the freezer: turkey meatloaf, turkey black-bean chili, lemon-raspberry muffins (needed more lemon), and apple turnovers (needed less apples). If it had only been raining, it really would have been the perfect weekend. But I know it's coming......three years in the Pacific Northwest has taught me, it's coming.
Enjoying the things I've been missing has been a "perk" of the economic downturn. I've found many AMAZING parks in the Portland area. At the same time, everyone needs a "Wish List", that list of things that if money were no object, we'd get. Things to save for. A goal. I have a few:
I spent the weekend cooking and baking and putting stuff in the freezer: turkey meatloaf, turkey black-bean chili, lemon-raspberry muffins (needed more lemon), and apple turnovers (needed less apples). If it had only been raining, it really would have been the perfect weekend. But I know it's coming......three years in the Pacific Northwest has taught me, it's coming.
Enjoying the things I've been missing has been a "perk" of the economic downturn. I've found many AMAZING parks in the Portland area. At the same time, everyone needs a "Wish List", that list of things that if money were no object, we'd get. Things to save for. A goal. I have a few:
a necklace (it's gone up since I first saw it)
A wish list, things I want to do, that won't take me a lifetime to save for, but will take just long enough for me to really appreciate them. And that's the lesson of this economic downturn.
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