If you're like me, grocery shopping can be burdensome. It's even more difficult if you can't manage to make it to the store alone!
A few years ago, our pay schedule changed to monthly instead of bi-weekly. At that time, I made a planning and shopping shift and decided to menu plan and grocery shop for a month at a time. (Mind you, I still get produce during the month through our co-op, and I have to stop for milk.) It was hard at first, but now it is my normal routine.
One of the tools I found online while I was doing this was a master shopping list (http://simplemom.net/tools/downloads/). I have tweaked my version to add the things I buy regularly (and need to remember to pick up), using her format, but it has saved me a ton of time.
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Piecing Together a Puzzle
If you are someone who has ever tried to plan a time to get together with me, you probably have heard me say that working my schedule is like fitting together the pieces of a puzzle.
The kids are on the bus, I have an appointment at 9:00 (which means laundry, organizing, cleaning, etc. can be dealt with for a couple of hours beforehand), I can fit in a quick lunch on this date before the kids get home from school and still have time to run to the library, the bank, and the store, before coming home to fix dinner and get whichever child off to practice before coming home again and needing to wind down and make sure everything is ready for the next day.
I am not the only one. Were you nodding your head in understanding as you read that description? Were you wishing I had given an example on one of my work days (because those are even trickier)?
This time of the year is always the worst for me. The school year starts, and the calendar is pretty fresh. No major commitments out of the ordinary. Then daughter #1 asks, "Can I play volleyball?" and daughter #2 asks, "Can I run cross country?" Another child needs "cab service" to do this or that, etc. Since we have a one sport per child per season rule and practices and games/meets do not conflict, we say, "yes."
Something happens in my brain at the end of summer/early fall when I feel invincible. I am not.
I will come back up for air mid-October, just in time for the holidays. :)
The kids are on the bus, I have an appointment at 9:00 (which means laundry, organizing, cleaning, etc. can be dealt with for a couple of hours beforehand), I can fit in a quick lunch on this date before the kids get home from school and still have time to run to the library, the bank, and the store, before coming home to fix dinner and get whichever child off to practice before coming home again and needing to wind down and make sure everything is ready for the next day.
I am not the only one. Were you nodding your head in understanding as you read that description? Were you wishing I had given an example on one of my work days (because those are even trickier)?
This time of the year is always the worst for me. The school year starts, and the calendar is pretty fresh. No major commitments out of the ordinary. Then daughter #1 asks, "Can I play volleyball?" and daughter #2 asks, "Can I run cross country?" Another child needs "cab service" to do this or that, etc. Since we have a one sport per child per season rule and practices and games/meets do not conflict, we say, "yes."
Something happens in my brain at the end of summer/early fall when I feel invincible. I am not.
I will come back up for air mid-October, just in time for the holidays. :)
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