Feb 27
Everyone,
This morning I got up super early to help bag and receive my share of food from Share DC. I always love going because the people are so nice. I always get a good feeling after going there. Today, another member of my church and I were in charge of the vegetables. He put in the potatoes, the onions, the carrots, the lettuce, and I put in 4 apples and 2 grapefruit. I also moved the full bags to the pass out tables. We seriously rocked the time. The vegetables got done before the meats did which I think is a record. The other workers even commented on it.
On my way out, I talked to the guy who was in charge of this share. We were joking around and I asked him if he ever thought of turning the order around. Basically I got tired of walking from one end of the room to the other with full bags of groceries. I thought if he started on the other side of the room, the bags would end up full right next to the pass out tables, instead of starting there.
A light came on in his face and he asked me really loudly, “Are you a brain surgeon?! Because you are smart enough to be one! Why didn’t I think of this before!”
I can have some few good ideas in my life. I guess this was one of them. So by the time I got home this morning I was flying high on feeling good. We rushed off to the hardware store and the grocery store. They were having a grand re-opening with a bunch of samples at the grocery store. Turns out my kids love brie, steak, bread dipped in olive oil, soup, chocolate (we knew that) and the little toothpick flags they stuck in everything. I also got about $100 worth of groceries for $25 dollars. I love coupons sometimes! (Plus I won a $25 dollar gift card! It was a very cool shopping trip.)
The rest of the day I felt buried in my computer. But not just surfing the Internet like I normally do. I’m helping out my brother with some kind of research project and I have a bunch of companies to look up for him. Ouch this makes my head hurt! It’s due soon so I’ll be spending all my free time in that. It’s not too bad, although I do start to have problems with the i’s and the l’s looking the same.
Off to bed for me!
Safire
Safirecoupons, daily stuff, Share DC
Nov 21
Everyone,
I seem to always be really busy huh? And I don’t know why the past few weeks have been really busy but they have. Next week I have nothing but Thanksgiving (more on that later) and it should be a quiet week.
But today was really busy. It started off this morning with my trip to the “share church” where I helped bag over 100 bags of meat and over 100 bags of veggies. This is so much fun for me. I look forward to doing it every month. This month I came home with a turkey, a bag of meat and a bag of veggies, and all the stuff to make a turkey dinner (green beans, stuffing, pies, etc) for only $45. Nice!
Juice and I spent the next half hour or so reorganizing our freezer so we could put all the food in. We are desperate for a big chest freezer I think since I keep jam packing the little one above our fridge. I am on a no freezer items ban until we can see light in our freezer again. Okay.
I spent about half an hour in the attic today looking for blanket sleepers for the boys. I know when Butterfly was little I used to buy her blue and yellow and green sleepers so I could hand them down to the next kid. Butterfly had some pretty cute clothes! I found all her newborn stuff and it’s hard to imagine her being that small. I did also find the blanket sleepers and that is what the boys are wearing tonight for bed. Professor looks so cute and cuddly in his bright blue sleeper tonight. However, Pirate looks a little stretched. Could it be that he is TALLER than Butterfly was at this age?! It’s late or I’d go look in my archives and find out. Either way, I’m going to have to go get more sleepers in a bigger size so he will actually be able to wear them all winter long. Sigh…I have twins that can’t share clothes!!
While I was in the attic I did a quick look over of my Christmas pile and realized I’m going to have to spend time up there organizing it and figuring out exactly what I have. This is the problem of buying all year long…I forget what I buy! During this time the boys were sobbing at the ceiling because I was up there without them. Poor kids.
We also went to the store (no freezer stuff) and I got a free knife and a free juicer for answering questions at one of those sales tables in the $200 store. I am also a sucker and bought what he was selling. I’m excited about it too!
After a nice lunch of hot dogs, we ran to another store to get a few last minute things for Thanksgiving. Mostly I needed dried cherries and this store is the only place I know where to get them in town. I just happened to buy a few more things while I was there. Like sparkling blueberry juice. How tasty does that sound?!
Once everything was put away, naps were needed. Me included. I slept for almost 3 hours. So did the kids. I woke up with a splitting headache and it hasn’t gone away all evening. Dinner, bath, bed. Then, silence. Ahhh…sleeping children!
I have just spent the evening going over my Christmas list and buying online the rest of what I know I needed to buy. I am almost all done. My goal is to finish this up coming week and get everything sent to Utah by the 10th of December. That should get it there on time for Christmas. Right Mom and her UPS friends?
Yet another busy and full day!
Safire
Safiredaily list, grocery shopping, internet shopping, Share DC
Jan 24
Everyone,
I have felt this building. I know what this is. Periodically when Butterfly was a baby, I went through phases when I have been touched out. The fact that she was attached to me pretty much 24/7 made me not want to have any other living person or thing (talking about the dog here) touching me or near me at all. I remember during my mom’s class at the hospital when Butterfly was a baby we talked about this. Our nurse/instructor said that it was perfectly normal. That day I told Juice all about it and we laughed a little bit. Normal? Pwhsss… It will never happen to us!
Well it did. And today, it did again. I was really surprised that it didn’t happen sooner with the boys with all the holding and toddler climbing I do during the day. And I don’t know why today was the day that I don’t want anyone touching me. But it is.
Luckily, today is a Saturday and Juice is home! We went grocery shopping…where I wore a sleeping baby the whole time. Wow Professor is heavier when asleep. And I saved about 30 dollars because the store was tripling coupons. Yay!
Juice took a nap. I took a small nap. I made pizza all by myself. I picked up my food from the share program and got 2 huge green cabbages. Any ideas what to do with these things?!
It was a good day. Other than the fact that I didn’t want anyone near me.
Poor Pirate is sick again. He has two very bright cheeks and a snotty nose. He has a hard time nursing. It’s more of a nurse-pant-through-mouth-nurse-pant-through-mouth thing. Poor boy. I don’t know why but he always seems to get the worst of any cold we have. Pirate is awfully snuffily, but no snot yet. And Butterfly sounds congested and throaty when she talks.
I hope I have planned for 9am church a little better today. The boys are sleeping in their church clothes so all I have to do is change their diapers and go. I noticed the other day that they are spitting up MUCH less. Hopefully they won’t have a huge diaper blow out or leak. But if they did, it would make me late anyway. I’m going to lay out Butterfly’s clothes tonight and actually get up when my alarm goes off at 6:30am. (Ugh…unfair to have to get up so early! Earlier than the boys!) Because if I want a shower, I need to get up earlier.
I am looking forward to an evening watching a movie with Juice and no snuggling involved. Hard to imagine, I know. But really, I just need a little space. And about 2 extra hours in the morning. (Oh wait, that would make it 11am church…I’ll get that next year.)
Safire
Safirechurch, grocery shopping, no touchy days, Share DC, sickness 2009
Nov 23
Everyone,
Yesterday morning I had the great opportunity to serve. I have been feeling a little down in the dumps lately. Just going crazy by the constant need of three small children and the rising desire to change my name from Mommy and run away. I do love being a Mom and really it’s all I wanted to do (that and raise and ride horses) but it’s a draining job.
My church has started joining in with our community and doing the Share Program. Basically, you perform 2 hours of community service in a month and you are able to get discounted groceries. We did it last month and it was really great to have these groceries supplement our food bill. I actually forgot about it last month but luckily the ladies in the ward looked out for me and delivered it to our house.
This month, I was determined not to forget and showed up at the church at 7am. They put me right to work. I bagged meat for awhile, and then helped another lady put labels on peach pies that we got. I listened to my fellow workers and they talked about the economy, their willingness to help with whatever (or their teenagers lack of willingness to help) and we even sang a few Christmas songs. (And with me being the only white person in the group, these songs were rocking and beautiful!)
It was great. I left with my 2 bags of groceries and a hugely relaxed heart. I felt renewed, recharged. Something that I have been searching for this past week and not finding it. Nothing seemed to help and I always came away from these things feeling anxious and sad. But this was different. This was uplifting, different, easy. I came home with a bounce in my step, renewed patience and love for my family. And all it took was half an hour.
I had such a good time I am thinking of taking Butterfly with me next time. She would love to put things in bags and it would be a good way to show her some service. And hopefully we will both come home loving life.
Safire
SafireNaBloPoMo, service, Share DC
