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Lunch Challenge and Pet Sitting

June 13th, 2010 at 09:35 pm

Hello, everyone. My Challenge last week was pretty successful. I brought my lunch every day and spent about $2.00 per day on extras. Here's what I have planned for this coming week.

Monday - 1 Lunchable, carrots, apple, water, handful of nuts

Tuesday - 1 Lunchable, brown rice, apple, water, nuts

Wednesday - 1 Lunchable, brown rice, apple, water, nuts

Thursday - 1 Lunchable, brown rice, apple, water, nuts

Friday - 1 Lunchable, brown rice, apple, water, nuts

I got the Lunchables on sale for $0.99 each way cheaper than the alternative boneless chicken breasts I was about to purchase. I already had a couple of apples, so I just bought 3 more. The apples I bought were on sale about $0.20 per pound off. The rice was both on sale and I had a coupon. I already had the nuts at home from a previous purchase. The carrots were leftover from last week and need to be eaten before they go bad. I calculate about $1.98 per day to feed myself lunch.

Sometime in the near future, hubby and I plan to visit family a few hours away. We don't want to kennel our cats. They hate being even in cat carriers during a ride to the vet clinic, so I am pretty sure they would a cat kennel. I know someone really well who has a couple of cats and might be amenable to feeding our cats in our home while we are out of town. I would need that person to come to our house twice a day and feed them, give them their cat treats, and play with them for about 30 minutes. For those of you who have hired pet sitters or actually done pet sitting, how much would be fair to offer a pet sitter?

2 Responses to “Lunch Challenge and Pet Sitting”

  1. creditcardfree Says:
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    We hired a pre teen to come over once a day for our cats last year for $5/day. We were gone for 7 days. I tried to pay more, but they refused. I think the going rate may be $10 or more per day. It may also be based on the number of visits.

  2. Looking Forward Says:
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    Here in California a professional pet sitter might charge upwards of $30+ per day for a twice daily visit. When we go out of town I usually have a friend stop by once daily for our cats. I take her out to dinner as a Thank You. We have also paid older teens and acquaintances $10 per day for a once daily visit. They way I look at it is you want to pay enough so whoever is doing the job will want to do it again for you.

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