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The Simple Life

by Sheryl Simons

 

EASY KEY LIME PIE

 

CRUST

1 pkg graham Crackers, finely crushed

1 tsp sugar

1/4 tsp cinnamon

6 tbs unsalted butter, melted

FILLING

8 oz pkg cream cheese, room temp

1/3 cup sugar

1 tsp grated lime rind

1/3 cup lime juice

8 oz container frozen nondairy whipped topping, thawed

GARNISH: Lime Slices

 

Heat oven to 325 degrees. CRUST: In bowl, mix crumbs, sugar and

cinnamon. Stir in butter. Press into 9 inch glass pie plate. Bake

until edges are lightly golden, 10 min. Let cool.

 

FILLING: In bowl, beat cream cheese, sugar, lime rind and juice until

fluffy. Fold in topping. Spread into crust. Refrigerate until firm, 4

hours. Garnish with lime slices. MAKES 8 SERVINGS.*

 

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Simple Housework

One evening, Jenny arrived home from work to find the children

bathed, one load of laundry in the washer and another in the dryer.

Dinner was on the stove, and the table set. She was astonished! It

turns out that Eddie had read an article that said wives who work

full-time and had to do their own housework were too tired to have

sex.

 

The evening went well and the next day, she told her office friends

all about

it.

 

" We had a great dinner. Eddie even cleaned up. He helped the kids do

their homework, folded all the laundry and put it away. I really

enjoyed

the evening. I put my feet up and read a book. "

 

" But what about afterward? " asked her friends.

 

" Oh, that..., Eddie was too tired. "

 

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Tools for the Garden of Trouble –

How to dig a deep hole and bury yourself – in Debt!

(note: the bigger the tool, the faster you can dig!)

 

Backhoe – Beverages- $100 for 10 - 12 packs, But you don't even get

to keep it! It just goes down the drain. Water is free! Over a

thousand dollars a year just to hear that flush.

 

Hand Shovel - Coffee Bars: What you can make for pennies on the

dollar at home, you can spend unlimited $$$ here, stopping in each

morning before work, after work, and at lunch. $4. a day, become $20

a week which becomes over $1000 a year. Coffee made at home – 50

cents a week, or about $20 a year – a little more if you buy the

expensive stuff.

 

Shovel – Spend your free time shopping. As long as you are looking

for a good deal, it can't be a waste of money, can it? Don't ask

yourself if you need it, just buy whatever comes across your path!

What good would it be to have money just sitting in a bank account or

money market account? Boring.

 

Tractors – Spending a day or two a week at the Casino! What a great

way to relax and lighten your wallet. Wallets full of cash or Debit

cards will have an easy time dieting here. If you go enough you can

get a free meal or a free room for the weekend! They know who their

big-time spenders are!

 

Front End Loaders – Always buy a new car. Used cars are for little

old ladies. Just driving off the new car lot will take 1/4 to 1/3

off the value of that beautiful new car! They great part is,

everyone will notice you are driving a brand new car for at least a

month, but you still get to make the payments long after the shiny

paint has dulled, or you hit a deer. Buying a car from a buy-here-

pay-here place is even better! You will get to spend three times

more for a car than its worth, just because you have bad credit. (And

if it is a lemon and you decide to sell it – you can't because no

other fool will pay as much for it as you owe!) Or, you could look

for a good used car, have it checked out by a mechanic, and have low

payments and get it paid off so you can save more money for the next

car. But that wouldn't be any fun, would it? Now don't worry. When

that car payment gets to be too much, just re-mortgage, ahem, get a

home equity loan. Then it will only take a few extra years to pay

off that mortgage, but who's counting? The lenders are, that's for

sure!

 

Bull dozer - Buy a big house with an even nice big payment! Why save

money doing any work on a fixer-upper? Spend every spare dime out of

your paycheck to make a mortgage payment and property taxes so that

you will have to wonder where your next meal is coming from. If you

do buy an affordable house, do not make any extra payments, or pay

extra on your mortgage. Why pay off your house early and be debt

free? Only dweebs pay off anything early!

 

Keeping it Simple,

Sheryl

 

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