To help #flattenthecurve, I try my best to wait for Dan to do everything in one weekly trip--CVS and ShopRite.
He prefers to do it because he is thriftier than I am. I do see a trip to Whole Foods in my future. Have not been there in a dog's age.
Today he got prescriptions and bagfuls of groceries, even a birthday card for my dear Sis. He is very good but inevitably misses several things on my lists [half and half; juice; distilled water; and eggs, because he thought we had enough, but we are down to 8, the amount I need for one weekly batch of Café au Lait Pots de Crème]. I take inventory.
I'm used to shopping almost daily pre-coronavirus. This is a different way to make grocery lists, and to live.
In the meat department, Dan brought home chicken breasts, 2 small steaks and ground turkey. There's a recipe I like for "Dahlia's Chicken Fingers" from Melissa Clark's cookbook--her daughter is Dahlia. It calls for ground chicken, but I can probably use ground turkey.
He again got tofu for vegan Figgy. She was excited to see a bag of veggie chips come in, but alas, the fine print says the ingredients include milk. No go.
I will have to make another grocery run in the next few days, for Sis's bday and things Dan missed.
But I'm so happy he got several pots of spent miniature Tete a Tete Daffodils and colorful hyacinths that we can pop in the garden for guaranteed return on the bulbs next year.
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He prefers to do it because he is thriftier than I am. I do see a trip to Whole Foods in my future. Have not been there in a dog's age.
Today he got prescriptions and bagfuls of groceries, even a birthday card for my dear Sis. He is very good but inevitably misses several things on my lists [half and half; juice; distilled water; and eggs, because he thought we had enough, but we are down to 8, the amount I need for one weekly batch of Café au Lait Pots de Crème]. I take inventory.
I'm used to shopping almost daily pre-coronavirus. This is a different way to make grocery lists, and to live.
In the meat department, Dan brought home chicken breasts, 2 small steaks and ground turkey. There's a recipe I like for "Dahlia's Chicken Fingers" from Melissa Clark's cookbook--her daughter is Dahlia. It calls for ground chicken, but I can probably use ground turkey.
He again got tofu for vegan Figgy. She was excited to see a bag of veggie chips come in, but alas, the fine print says the ingredients include milk. No go.
I will have to make another grocery run in the next few days, for Sis's bday and things Dan missed.
But I'm so happy he got several pots of spent miniature Tete a Tete Daffodils and colorful hyacinths that we can pop in the garden for guaranteed return on the bulbs next year.
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| A lavish mass of tiny Tete a Tete daffs. Link from HERE. |
- Watched two episodes of "The Closer." But I am beginning to realize that while I love it, I need to kick myself out the door and build in a good walk every day for my physical and mental health. Today Figgy went out for a long walk with Punch, and now I regret not joining.
- Made old-fashioned oats for breakfast and tuna for a good lunch--Punch enjoyed both on this "schoolday."
- Going to bed soon to read.
- Reached out to contact for jobs I had applied for online.
$ MONEY SPENT OUT OF POCKET
- eBay, vintage cookbook co-written by the woman who was Jacqueline Kennedy's young chef in the 1960s, with shipping, $12.48.
- Dai-Kichi Montclair Japanese restaurant, "contactless" delivery to our front stoop. I added a big tip on the credit card--$15. This was a dinner splurge for Dan, me, Punch, our neighbor/friend and her son, and salad for Figgy, $129.74 total.
Total daily spend: $142.22.
Ongoing monthly spend as of April 22: $1,857.78.
Avg daily spend: $84.44.
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LOVED your essay! And much sympathy for the role, and late in life. My sailing buddy, a high school friend, noted how her children were already in their twenties and out of the nest when I took on parenting my sister’s kids, and gave me infinite sympathy. It is hard having adolescents -at any age- but broken ones when you are older is a triple whammy.
ReplyDeleteIt is different cooking with what’s on hand, and shopping less often, and having to have a list. I’m very good at updating my list as I go about using things up, but I’m not so good about actually getting everything on it. Takeout will be my big treat as well.
Xoxo,
Nan
"It is hard having adolescents -at any age- but broken ones when you are older is a triple whammy." Hi Nan. Thank you. Yes. Today is a better day, but our days vary. Punch is in the middle of an engaging lesson on poetry by her great ELA teacher. Makes me want to go back to school...as an adult. Learning truly is a privilege, but we don't see it that way as children. How are you holding up? Sounds like you and your family are doing well. Yes, takeout is a big treat. LMK what you order. Do you and Liz meet for social distancing walks? Sending love. Alice
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