So its April First and that means that we’ve come to the end of our 6-month no grocery challenge. We did fairly well. I will admit to wanting some variation in the last month or so that our food storage couldn’t provide, but all in all we are well nourished and in good spirits. Some [...]
In thinking about how I keep my pantry shelves stocked, I notice that I do a good bit of sale shopping (when not on the 6-month no grocery challenge, that is). I keep a price book, and have for years, so I know a good deal when I see one. If you don’t already keep [...]
I’ve had a few folks ask me about how we prepared for the 6-month no grocery challenge. To be honest, we didn’t do anything (beyond buy walnuts for potica) different than we normally do in terms of stocking our pantry. The goal behind the challenge has been to use up what we had stored and to [...]
I have a desk, but sometimes I need to spread out more than the desk allows. On these occasions I sit at the kitchen table allowing myself a bit more room for papers and hopefully creativity. This weekend, I did just that for a long while, working at the kitchen table. The kitchen table also [...]
I’ve needed to clean and re-organize our freezers for quite some time. I finally tackled them over the weekend. It was good to take a little inventory and figure out what needed to be used up soon. I knew generally what was in there, but now I know specific amounts and that makes meal planning [...]
I dreamt of asparagus the other night. I’m not sure exactly what that means and as I’m not really into dream analysis, I’m just going to assume that I’m craving the lovely spears. Being that its just the beginning of January in Montana and asparagus is no where near “in-season” and that we’re just half-way through [...]
On January 1st, I listed my goals for 2009. I tried something different this year and to be honest, I didn’t love this method. I’ll be going back to my usual list of specific goals in 2010. Here were my goals and how I did: Health - I want to recommit to my health, I let this [...]
We’re just a month and a half into the 6-month no-grocery buying challenge, so I find it a bit too early to really say how its going. We’re eating well and not finding it a challenge at all to eat from the pantry. The only mildly challenging thing is ignoring sales that would normally have [...]
We’re having some dinner guests on Saturday. We’re excited to have these folks over and can’t wait to share a meal with them in our home. This is a couple, I’ve known for years and with whom I have lunch with on a regular basis (their office is just across the street from my day [...]
So we finished the first month of the 6 month no grocery challenge and on the last day of the first month, we had to buy something. We hadn’t thought about Halloween and so we did buy one small bag of candy. We didn’t expect many trick-or-treaters but we didn’t want to be caught without [...]
