Money CAN buy me love!
By marguicha
@marguicha (230350)
Chile
July 12, 2024 10:37pm CST
This is another month in which I did not make payout. Not that it is important, I could not buy my daily bread with it even though I eat a very small amount of bread each day.
But I am trying to make a difference by editing my grocery list. There is a great change in it if I just take out a piece of cheese (Camembert or brie) or if I leave out a chocolate cake. This last month I skipped the chocolate cake and that meant about 3 months´ mylot payment.
Another big small savings (if you understand what I mean) is when Anita says that she cannot come to work on a certain week. THAT is something that shows! What I pay for a day of Anita´s work is a little less than what I spend in groceries in a week. Many times I wish I could tell her to come less often but don´t dare. She needs to have work every week.
That´s why I´m happy that next week she will not come. Don´t worry, I said, as if I were being generous.
I´ll buy a little something to eat that is a bit on the luxury side.
Last week I made a delicious tuna mousse. I need 2 cans of tuna, 2 jars of plain yogurt, gelatin and mayo. Although it is not inexpensive, it counts as food. I can be a great salad.
Now I´ll start the list of groceries instead of Anita. I bet Anita doesn´t know that I see her absence as an extra shopping.
See you, friends.
I´ll buy a little something to eat that is a bit on the luxury side.
Last week I made a delicious tuna mousse. I need 2 cans of tuna, 2 jars of plain yogurt, gelatin and mayo. Although it is not inexpensive, it counts as food. I can be a great salad.
Now I´ll start the list of groceries instead of Anita. I bet Anita doesn´t know that I see her absence as an extra shopping.
See you, friends.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
I just bought some extra groceries that included some half luxuries.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
@LadyDuck I decided against cake as I have bought it for so long that I´m not interested in it now. But I bought buns and smoked ham to make delicious sandwiches.
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@LadyDuck (502487)
• Italy
13 Jul 24
@marguicha That is good we need some treats time by time.
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@abhi_bangal (7679)
• Ahmednagar, India
13 Jul 24
I didn't really get who Anita is. I suppose she is your household help. And as you mention that you didn't get paid this month, shows that you are almost getting paid regularly from MyLot. That's good nice of you. But, yes hard work is required for that.
Well from what you said cost cutting is quite necessary for us, because that's some extra money to spend.
But I was really sorry and sad to read that you couldn't even buy your daily bread. I hope everything is going on well with you.
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@abhi_bangal (7679)
• Ahmednagar, India
13 Jul 24
@marguicha
That's what I guessed correctly. Anita is your domestic maid. But you know, Anita, this name very much sounds Indian to me. Though I'm not sure about it's origin. Anita is a female name here in India.
So, I was saying that, that was nice to know that you were getting paid each month. So if you continue to be active in the same way, as earlier, there are chances that you will start getting paid each month again. But for that you'll need to stick to your older schedule.
My third point is, the way we earn here can't be the main source of our earning, right? It's just a side income.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
@abhi_bangal Anita in Spanish is the diminutive of Ana. I have not been less active here but payment is less. But I´m here for the friends.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
Anita is a maid that helps me once a week. She does the heavy cleaning that I can´t do. As for mylot, I used to get paid every month. Not anymore. I can buy bread (and other very nice things to eat) but not with the earnings here.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
14 Jul 24
Maids do eat into our finances. Maids here are expensive too.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
14 Jul 24
Unfortunatly there are things I cannot do now. I need someone to clean and vaccuum. But I still make lunch and dinner.
@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
18 Jul 24
@allknowing When I was a girl every person I knew had a maid and they lived in the house where they worked. That changed a lot during my lifetime. Now many people eother don´t have a maid at all or have them for a couple of days in a week.
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@allknowing (153530)
• India
15 Jul 24
@marguicha There have always been maids in my life. Just cannot do without them.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
13 Jul 24
I hope you splurged a little and bought yourself a treat. Have a good weekend.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
14 Jul 24
@LindaOHio I bought smoked ham instead of salami this time. But I bought the cheese I liked best.
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@LindaOHio (222417)
• United States
14 Jul 24
@marguicha Glad to hear it! I would like some cheese and salami and some cake!
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
13 Jul 24
Enjoy that extra shopping. As long as ir works for both you and Anita missing it on few days, it's a win win situation.
I have not made a payout in the last three months here and not sure if it will happen this month either 

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@abhi_bangal (7679)
• Ahmednagar, India
13 Jul 24
@marguicha
You are quite true to your words, my friend. Yes $5 is not a big amount and trivial for most of us. But it's the friends, the learning, the knowledge we get here that really means a lot. But not importantly, there are friends like all of us to share our good and sad situations in our life.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
The $5 means nothing for me. It is the friends I like here.
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@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
18 Jul 24
@marguicha I totally agree there. 5 dollars is not good enough for anything with this inflation. But yes, it can buy you few small things. I am here more for friends and interaction. My job gets me much more than that in one hour.

@Beestring (15372)
• Hong Kong
13 Jul 24
Your tuna mousse sounds delicious. I'll try to make it.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
I use boiling water for the gelatin and then finish it in the microwave oven. Everythin else is something I mix in a blender. I add the gelatin in the end.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
@Beestring After I had back surgery (over 25 years ago) I decided that I would skip cooking that needed being standing for too long. The same happened to me with books. I´m a bookworm. Now I first divide them depending in how big the font is.

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@GardenGerty (169477)
• United States
13 Jul 24
That is so funny but is absolutely correct as well. I think that tuna mousse will do you well for more than one meal. It is healthy and it is a cool dish for hot weather.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
14 Jul 24
Tuna mousse is very easy to make. I do the same recipe with avocados instead of tuna when I have enough ripe avocados.
@wolfgirl569 (135770)
• Marion, Ohio
13 Jul 24
I don't think I will make payout for this month. But I did get paid yesterday.
Buy yourself a treat
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
After reading your comments I went to read just what I had ordered. And found some smoked ham that I´ll have for breakfast. I deleted the sweets though.
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@JudyEv (382104)
• Rockingham, Australia
13 Jul 24
I sometimes think I'd like a bit of help but then I think o f what that money could buy and decide I should just do it myself. I know it's different for you as you have trouble bending etc but I'd just be being lazy if I got someone to help.
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@marguicha (230350)
• Chile
13 Jul 24
My body changed completly anter cancer. Not all was chemo. I felt pains that never went away even before chemo. I have learned to live with it but I cannot do some things.
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