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Woke up feeling a little drained… Breakfast – Sweet Potato. Never tasted so good. Was in a rush so I didn’t eat the hardboiled egg and took it to work. Morning Tea: Carrot Sticks. Yesterday I had a lot of sugar cravings so decided to save the apple for arvo tea. Weird aftertaste was there.ContinueContinue reading “Live Below the Line – Day 2”

Actually started last night when I realised that I need to start cooking all the food I’d have during the day. So we got home rather late and I started cooking 10:30ish. So this morning this was my breakfast, which is pretty close to what I’d have normally except with an extra egg. Sweet potatoContinueContinue reading “Live Below the Line – Day 1”

So with only a couple of days to go, we had a good think and did all our shopping. Initially we received a lot of great advice from friends and family on where to get the cheapest groceries (without dumpster diving). Unfortunately as my brother in law pointed out, we would have to do likeContinueContinue reading “Live Below the Line – preparation and shopping”

$2 a day…you can’t even get a cup of coffee for that… So with one week to go till Live Below the Line we’ve started to draft up our list of food and drink and have opportunities to raise awareness with our friends and family. As we get closer we’re starting to wonder what weContinueContinue reading “Live Below the Line – 1 Week to Go”

Chris and I decided to do this thing called ‘Live Below The Line’. Basically we live on $2 a  day for 5 days to raise awareness of Extreme Poverty and to raise funds for anti-poverty intiatives through the Oaktree Foundation. As a Christian I think Jesus was concerned for both the gospel and social justiceContinueContinue reading “Live Below The Line”