Wednesday: grocery shopping adventures

Welcome back to the highly riveting tales of my grocery adventures.  It's a bit annoying that grocery shopping is the most interesting thing of the day, but I'll assume historians will care in the future.  At least, that's what I'll pretend.

Anyway, the shelves were well stocked today.  The only thing I wasn't able to get was cinnamon applesauce in the brand that was the cheapest, because it was on sale.  (Both the big jars and the small cups.)  I also had more time than normal, so I went through my whole list and didn't skip things that I knew could wait another week.  The whole trip took me about an hour longer than normal, but I also returned some pop cans and chatted with some people I met in the store.

The grocery bill was huge.  Between some great sales, needing dishwasher detergent, and being told by multiple people I may want to stock up on some things, it really added up.  I ended up with about $32 dollars of dishwasher detergent, but it was buy >$25 get a coupon for $5...and it doesn't go bad and we don't really go through it that quickly.  Ground beef and frozen pizza were on sale.  I got more taquitos, only to realize that I already had two boxes in the freezer.  Oh well...they'll stay good long enough too.  I did some actual meal planning, instead of just scrounging around, so I needed a few extra ingredients for meals.  I got a few extra of the pantry items in case the supply chain issues do become a problem, but I expect we'll either eat them before the issues affect us or I'll never notice the issues because I stocked up and then don't use the item very quickly.  This especially applies to brown sugar.  I thought I was almost out so I got two bags, but it turns out that I already had one bag in the pantry.  So if you need brown sugar, I'm the person to talk to.

Monday: dominion

Isaac and I played an interesting game of Dominion today.  There were several "when you gain a card, gain at least one more card".  I finished the game right before Isaac's crazy turn, but we determined he could have ended up with 10 additional cards.  Surprisingly, while the decks were large they didn't feel all that bogged down with annoying cards.

Saturday: games

Today we played a lot of games.  I played one with Joshua that he had made up based on Quarriors.  It...was not really that fun.  I didn't understand the rules and that never helps.  But he realized it was a test run and he worked really hard on the card art.

I played a game of Dominion with Isaac.  He chose some new cards and it was fun.

I played a game Isaac made up in the afternoon.  Usually the games and cards that the children make up don't work well and I don't enjoy playing them.  This game, on the other hand, worked pretty well (and I understood the rules!)  It was a bit like making a nerdle.

 

Thursday: classes, stitches, ducks

Today was the last day of classes for me!  I had a 7:30am class, and while it wasn't too bad to get up for it I'm also glad that it's done.  The students did a good job of showing up, and I was a bit afraid of that.

Joshua got his stitches out today.  The wound is healing well.

Isaac and I saw another duck on a roof today.  We wondered if we've just missed seeing ducks on roofs before or if the ducks have suddenly changed their habits and are perching on roofs.

Wednesday: duck

Isaac: There's a duck on our roof!

Amanda/Joshua: what?  I've never seen a duck on our roof.

*Assorted laughter by all of us*

Amanda: look!  There's a duck on our neighbor's roof too!

*Isaac almost dies from laughter.*

Monday: eventually

 Eventually the boys will probably be about the same size.

...I have no idea how I'll remember whose clothes are whose when sorting laundry.

One of these things just doesn't belong

 ...one of these things is not like the others, can you tell by the time I finish this song.

I also made peanut butter-nutella-strawberry jam three way sandwich for the boys.  They were excited, but said it was rather hard to eat.