Shakeing my head

Well after yesterday I had to get out the iron fist and foot once again.  Now lets see if it works totally around here with my Niece.  I told her straight out that I can not keep all of this up and she had to start helping more around the place.  There were afew other things that I had to say around here that she needed to hear also and now she is understanding of why I said them.  With everything going on and I have a strict budget around the place it started clicking in why I haven't been to the regular grocery store also around here at all.  Pluss I have been breaking out the coupons more around the place to help with the budget at some of the places.  It helps to have the coupons no matter what around the place.  With things going like they are around here from the last few months around here I have got alot cheaper for the place and I think it is bothering my Niece all the way.  Pluss I am getting cheaper by the day while I am at it.  I have the box turn off at times during the day around here and it has helped.  I reminded her of the 154 dollar and some change power bill and that it had to stop weather she liked it or not around here.  So no more 3 am on the computer and watching T.V. anymore and the dryer is out totally also.  Pluss if now I can get her to light candles around here by 9:30 pm it would be even better around the place.  I am always thinking of how to do some things better around the hell hold.  Some things are easier to do than other things.  As I tell my Niece all of the time look around the place and see what needs to be done and do it.  With the grocery store I will be hitting Aldi this time around and go from there.  My Niece asked why Aldi for the big shopping trip this time around and not the other store.  When I can get more for less I will do it for the household.  That is what some do not understand about myself when they all come over to the place.  Just like yesterday I told my Niece that I thought that paper plates were a waste of money for my place.  She did not blame me at all around here after I explained it to her.  Since we have to do dishes anyway it makes it easier for to just throw in the plates also around here.  Some folks do not get it around here at all and that is ok with me.  The funny part of it all is that I have been doing this for years and I am getting cheaper by the day around here also.  When some ask why do you streach out everything in the place like you do I tell them becuase I can around here and it is money going out the door if I do not do it.  So I have cut things down to where it is not flying out the door and went from there around the place.  Another good thing is that when I really started alot of this it has stuck with the household to say the least around here.  Just like being stocked up around here also is another big thing that I have here.  It has saved us more in the long run and we did not have to buy in January alot of the times around here.