Money Saving Tips for the Medical Medium Lifestyle

I've been asked to do a video about how to save money on this lifestyle, more times than I can count. I finally managed to make the video! I hope it's useful. Did I forget anything?

I did! Holiday shopping - stocking up on supplements and tinctures during the holidays when these companies have sales!  Same for the kitchen items as well! 

Buying produce in bulk from the Farmers' Markets! Ask your local farmer if you can buy in bulk! A case of cucumbers directly from the farmer can be really cheap!

What are some of your best money-saving tips for this lifestyle?

Tips for Medical Medium Recommendations

 

Medical Medium has this amazing directory on his website here. His directory lists preferred supplements, teas, foods, kitchen tools, personal care items, pet health stuff, and kids' items. All to help us get the highest quality, most effective, cleanest things we need to live our healthiest life and keep it clean for our families as well. 

I love this directory and refer to it often, as he changes his recommendations as better things become available. Mostly the supplements change, but other things change too. I have no idea how he keeps up with these things - I'm just going to guess it's spirit in his ear saying this has changed - now this is better for that thing. And the directory gets updated with the new information.

Anthony William (Medical Medium) has said that he will contact these companies himself to see if he can get them to make their products better, cleaner, or to keep formulas from changing if they change. And if he cannot get through to them or they prove themselves to be failing in that way, he will find someone who can rise to the task. That's no small feat, let me tell you! Especially on top of writing books 24/7 so we can get the best healing information available.

MM does not recommend whole companies when he recommends a product - he just recommends that product. There may be several products from that same company, but that doesn't constitute an endorsement of that company. It's only a recommendation for that specific product. And that can even exclude variations on that product, like multiple flavors, scents, or even different types of packaging that that product was in. It's just that one product.

As an example, this deodorant is one he recommends. Or this one. These are the only two listed on the directory. That means these are the only two he recommends. Not other scents from the same company or even other products. Just these two. This is what he means when he says he doesn't endorse any companies. Nor is he sponsored by any of them. If they change the formula in a way that makes them unsafe, or if he finds a product that is safer or better - he changes the recommendations. I've watched it happen in my 33 months of healing, many times.

I'm using the deodorant as an example because although I knew this was so of the supplements, my brain seemed to glitch when it came to the deodorant, and I was using a scented one - me of all people, me with chemical sensitivity - I was using a chamomile one. Same company, theoretically the same product, but not the same. Different ingredients. Why that didn't click in my brain until recently I don't know, but I thought I'd use my glitch to save someone else the same fate maybe - word to the wise.

the move preparation continues

I was reminded the other day that I have an account at fotopages.com, so I perused it and figured I'd link it here.  Honestly I'm surprised that website still exists with flickr and picasa and other such mediums about. But there you go, my life when we lived in Washington...nice taking that little walk down memory lane when I'm of course supposed to be packing and/or backing up files on my computer in preparation for the move.

A little tip about moving: back up all of your files and especially important things (for me that means photos and video) on your computer before you move. Just in case. In our case, we have not only DVD backup, but also an external hard drive to backup to. Just in case.

Also, because we're crossing a border, we're keeping an inventory of everything we pack, including values. I've got myself a spreadsheet going that I continually update as we go. We're currently up to Item # 136 and counting: there are at lease 5 incomplete boxes in the living room waiting for last minute items to be put in (videos, video games, toys, etc) and I haven't even touched the kitchen or the bathroom yet - mostly because I ran out of boxes before I ran out of stuff.

Type of boxes that are a favourite for moving: for me, it's case paper boxes - you can get them at any place that sells paper and/or makes copies, usually for free. I love these because they're small enough that no matter what you put in them, it's not going to be too heavy to carry. These are awesome for books and other heavy items. My cousin swears by banana boxes. She loves then for the handles, the lids, and the durability. These, of course, can be gotten at grocery stores, and I'd also bet smoothie places. We've been getting boxes from all over the place this move, though - the dumpsters behind the sandwich shop, the dumpster behind the outlet store (all clean and cardboard-only), and my husband's work (he works in a hotel building doing IT, so these are mostly toilet paper boxes - but they're a good size for lighter items. Big, so too much filling can make them heavy, according to my husband. Loading the moving truck ought to be interesting, as these boxes are nothing close to uniform in size. Whee.

Moving day draws nearer - friends are calling us for last dinners and visits, and there are only 12 days left until we load the truck.

I still need to do things like close bank accounts we won't keep and pick up medical and dental records - I've been putting these off because I really don't want to do them - they aren't fun errands at all. I'm hoping to combine dental records with a visit with a friend in the same area, and vet records need to be gotten for our cat, which means we need to create some, as in take her in for a visit. She seems to be the only cat of the four we previously had to not need visits to the vet, so I was surprised to find she had zero records with them.

We sold out LCD TV to a neighbor because the warranty won't cross the border, nor will they issue a refund, but they will transfer it to a different person. That's fine by me, honestly - the TV is less than a year old and it was too big for me anyway - when we move I can choose one that is better suited to our space and is less crazymaking for me.

Items are listed and selling on Craigslist - assorted things we wanted to not give away but try to recoup some money for. We'll see. The rest we'll donate to charity.

We're still working on a solution for our little kitty, Frenzie being taken care of for a month while we're visiting family. Of course we could leave her here, but when we return from there, here will be a 6 hour drive from where we'll be settling, so that isn't a really desirable option. I've got feelers out for her being in OR or WA at least. We shall see.

We have renters and auto insurance lined up for when we move - yay! These things are important. And I'm told everything is covered in transit as well. Our house is looking emptier and emptier as more things go into boxes - and we're getting more excited.

Apparently all of the dust I've been kicking up coupled with the lack of sleep I've been managing for whatever reasons has given me a cough that wants to settle. I figure better now than when we're on a plane, so I'm fine with it. We have time now for me to rest a day or two and recuperate, I'm glad for that.

Moving right along.....