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This small 'extra food supply' is very handy if you live on your own, as there is no one else there to run to the store for you at a moments notice.

It is also a food supply for when you get sick or can’t go out due to weather. It’s there to ‘back you up’ and support you. It is very handy for when you suddenly run out of something and don’t have time to run to the store.

It has food that keeps along time unattended on a shelf, and I keep mine in the cabinet over the stove. It’s accessible, but not too accessible. It has:

            rice,

            tomato sauce,

            can of tuna,

            noodles,          

            oatmeal,

            big box of raisins,

            bottles of Water,

            a jar of instant coffee,

            Peanut Butter and crackers

            Honey

            cans of this and that.

Stuff I normally eat that are like comfort foods and staples. Things I will feel like eating when I’m sick, things that are real easy to cook.

It began as an ‘emergency food supply’ which I put aside ‘in case of emergency’ like an earthquake or something, but it became more useful than I realized. Now, I call it my ‘Support’ food supply, because it backs me up, it’s there when I need help. Of course, if an earthquake or some other emergency like that does hit, this food will also be there for me.

Tags: cooking, food, live alone, living

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Paying rent is one of the top stress factors in life for those
who live alone, and possibly for couples as well. For
those single paycheck households like ours, I think it
matters most. We are the sole breadwinners and there
is often no backup. If you get sick or take an unpaid
vacation, rent can be at risk. You could find yourself
homeless.

It’s never as bad as it sounds. The landlord doesn’t hate
you [not usually anyway]. As long as you pay regularly,
everything should be fine.

Common Problems:

Banking errors in your checking account is common

That’s the main reason I use money orders, they pay for 
themselves in the long run.

This happens easily and is why I keep a calendar by the
fridge and cross days off as they go by. Many use
automatic checking accounts that let landlords
automatically deduct rent from their accounts. If you have
a fat account that’s fine. If you live on a tight budget, I
suggest not using the automatic rent pay. Go with money
orders or checks and watch your calendar.

This has begun to pop up a lot in recent years. I don’t
know what causes it, but here are some assumptions:

- as more landlords take on more and more assistant
landlords, fewer and fewer are authorized to take rent,
inevitably the ones that can, aren’t around, especially
during holiday seasons.

- as more landlords depend on computers and various
upgrading, inevitably computer systems fail or assistants
don’t know how to  use them, and so no one can take
rent till the ‘repair man comes’

- as more landlords rely on automatic payments from
their tenants checking accounts, those who pay by check

or money order begin to be ignored, or fall into a ‘don’t

worry about it’ type of situation. Sometimes, I think
some makers of these computer rent systems want to
force auto pay onto tennants.

If you’re in a complex for a long time, your rent amount
can change on you. It has become common practice for
landlords to ‘automatically’ raise rent each year - ‘just
because.’ I feel for those who have automatic payment
from their accounts...

Tags: live alone, living, money, rent

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Added Obstacles to choosing a hobby

and 10 ways to be happy, Buddha

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Today I added a Facebook page for the site via my facebook site. I also added links to and from each of them and a like button - both on the facebook page and hopefully on the Live Alone page also.

I also think I added Live Alone to Facebooks blog network and an RSS feed.

Am still studying books about how to do more.

see ya!

Tags: facebook, live alone

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Today I added webrings to my site. Where others with sites at eshire can link up and share viewers.

I started Home and Garden category and then joined the Culture category.

I am looking into other categories. Very few are active.

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Routine:  How to get out of bed on your own

Happiness: Time and the Static Life

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Added to Cooking: Kitchen Basics, how to figure out what they are

Added to Health: Dying alone, needs definition

Added to Happiness: Time and the hectic life

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I have added a Corkboard to the sites Welcome Home page.

Enjoy!

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I have been looking at other sites and planning an upgrade for the site. Also increasing links on facebook.

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