Yeah. Small, single family homes start near 400K, here. Two and a half years ago, we sold a 2BR (5 room total) house for about 375K. It had a 30 year old roof, and a 60 year old furnace, and no garage.
That's insane. Of course, on the flipside there's my cousin who bought a 3BR on 3 acres in southern Indiana for 40k. Of course, he's out in the middle of no where, 30 minutes via country roads from the nearest town, but still.
Kalshane, you can get the regular oats and microwave them with milk in 3 minutes. That would probably do more for your cholesterol than the instant stuff. Toss in some cinnamon and vanilla before you nuke and it's pretty tasty
Huh. Never tried that. Didn't even think about the fact the instant stuff might not be as good for me.
My understanding is that whole grain is generally the healthier choice. Those prepackaged oats may lose some value in the processing. And they probably have ingredients that you don't really want/need.
I'd like to be able to have some Oberweis ice cream without feeling like I'm supporting him.
I feel doubly guilty when going to the local Oberweis, partially because of the overpriced (but very yummy) ice cream, and partly because I don't want to be giving him any of my nicely liberal dollars. At least Ben & Jerry opened a store just down the street from the Oberweis, so I have an alternative alternative, so to speak.
Didn't even think about the fact the instant stuff might not be as good for me.
And with the non-instant stuff you can control the level of sweet. I'm in love with this steelcut kind from Whole Foods that takes 5 minutes in the microwave. I make it with water and put in a little brown sugar, some dried cranberries, and some almonds. It equals The Yum.
Of course, for the last few days I've been eating all party leftovers all the time from the big ass baby shower I had on Saturday.
Mmmmmmm, Ben and Jerry's Dublin Mudslide--very yummy.
I feel doubly guilty when going to the local Oberweis, partially because of the overpriced (but very yummy) ice cream, and partly because I don't want to be giving him any of my nicely liberal dollars.
I have no issue with Jim Oberweis pissing away my liberal dollars and thus forcing more legitimate Republican candidates to piss away their conservative dollars.
I will rec McCann's Instant Irish Oatmeal as something quick, tasty, healthy, and not overly sweet. It's really good. I also eat the Kashi Go Lean! instant oatmeal, but that is kinda nast.
on the flipside there's my cousin who bought a 3BR on 3 acres in southern Indiana for 40k. Of course, he's out in the middle of no where, 30 minutes via country roads from the nearest town, but still.
My sister and I last year bought (what's left of) our old family farm; a 100-yr-old 3-bedroom farmhouse on 50 acres, for $50K. Of course, it's at the corner of No and Where, 30 minutes via country roads from the nearest town of decent size... but it's ours. And we grew up there, so... I'd say we're used to it, but having lived in urban areas for lo these many years, we now think we'd go crazy living there. I could maybe stand it, if we got satellite and exorcised the damn ghosts.
I think the McCann's Quick & Easy is what I've been eating! (Exclamation points and oatmeal. What an unlikely couple.)
