http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/13/what-is-that-lady-laughing-at/264/ Parenting Tips, Trends and Family Fun in the High Desert Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:37:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/13/what-is-that-lady-laughing-at/264/#comment-932 ewingert Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:31:09 +0000 http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/?p=264#comment-932 Charlie, that is hard core shopping. Due to your description I can totally picture the assault on the commissary! Charlie, that is hard core shopping. Due to your description I can totally picture the assault on the commissary!

]]> http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/13/what-is-that-lady-laughing-at/264/#comment-926 Charlie Tue, 25 Nov 2008 21:17:19 +0000 http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/?p=264#comment-926 Eryn, you have such a wonderful outlook on life! Its takes a special person to turn an often stressful chore into an adventure! I'll definitely have a new perspective for my next shopping trip. Since you've opened the door to grocery adventures, I'd like to share with you (vent) about one of our shopping rituals. We do the typical drop by the grocery store for fresh fruit, veggies, milk, etc. (which usually end up with too many can't live without special bargains added on) But for our main purchases we are blessed to be able to go to a military commissary. (The savings can be fantastic!) The drawback is that in pure military style, my husband has designed our visits such that can only be classified as fully planned and executed full-blown military maneuvers. We have our grocery list (appropriations request) on an excel spreadsheet, with items listed as they are positioned on the store shelves, aisle by aisle. Our pre-shopping preparations include a comprehensive inventory to identify our supplies list, highlighting needed items and quantities required. We then requisition (call ahead and special order) large quantity items (like enough canned dog food to feed three basset hounds for two months). Coupons are reviewed and pre-sorted. D-day comes and we transport with 2 large coolers (to protect the deli and frozen food). For increased expediency we will sometimes split the list, with one of us starting at the front of the store while the other starts in the middle. If all goes well, we have a succesfull mission accomplished with only a few "not-on-the-list" items and one or two skirmishes while in the store. ("I can't read your writing" "how many different types of soap do we really need???" Almost anally efficient, it does make each trip a pita, I mean adventure. Can't wait for your next article! Happy Thanksgiving!! Eryn, you have such a wonderful outlook on life! Its takes a special person to turn an often stressful chore into an adventure! I’ll definitely have a new perspective for my next shopping trip.
Since you’ve opened the door to grocery adventures, I’d like to share with you (vent) about one of our shopping rituals. We do the typical drop by the grocery store for fresh fruit, veggies, milk, etc. (which usually end up with too many can’t live without special bargains added on) But for our main purchases we are blessed to be able to go to a military commissary. (The savings can be fantastic!) The drawback is that in pure military style, my husband has designed our visits such that can only be classified as fully planned and executed full-blown military maneuvers. We have our grocery list (appropriations request) on an excel spreadsheet, with items listed as they are positioned on the store shelves, aisle by aisle. Our pre-shopping preparations include a comprehensive inventory to identify our supplies list, highlighting needed items and quantities required. We then requisition (call ahead and special order) large quantity items (like enough canned dog food to feed three basset hounds for two months). Coupons are reviewed and pre-sorted. D-day comes and we transport with 2 large coolers (to protect the deli and frozen food). For increased expediency we will sometimes split the list, with one of us starting at the front of the store while the other starts in the middle. If all goes well, we have a succesfull mission accomplished with only a few “not-on-the-list” items and one or two skirmishes while in the store. (”I can’t read your writing” “how many different types of soap do we really need???” Almost anally efficient, it does make each trip a pita, I mean adventure.
Can’t wait for your next article! Happy Thanksgiving!!

]]> http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/13/what-is-that-lady-laughing-at/264/#comment-924 ewingert Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:06:20 +0000 http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/?p=264#comment-924 I hear ya. I'd be laughed out of the kitchen! I hear ya. I’d be laughed out of the kitchen!

]]> http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/2008/11/13/what-is-that-lady-laughing-at/264/#comment-922 Devin Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:44:51 +0000 http://mommyblog.freedomblogging.com/?p=264#comment-922 I can only imagine what Mike would think if I made him SOY-RIZO tacos! :-) I can only imagine what Mike would think if I made him SOY-RIZO tacos!

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