It's been difficult for me to keep up with the blog lately due to a variety of things. Writing a blog post, gathering and uploading pictures, and organizing it has seemed extra time consuming, so I've unofficially taken a break. When it comes to my free time, it seems that this blog is the first thing that gets the boot, unfortunately. BUT I'm checking in to post about something new despite the many updates I'll post about soon. I'm really hoping that this will get me going on a regular basis again.
Bryce and I have had a recurring conversation about where we shop, how we meal plan (or don't), and how we spend money on food. We actually don't have a strict food budget because every week can be pretty different aside from breakfast and lunch. We have a small group Bible study at our house every couple weeks so dinner that day varies, we will have friends over every now and again so recipes vary, and with Bryce traveling a little more lately, that changes everything (as in, I eat a lot of cereal or whatever is easiest). On top of that, Bryce and I have made a goal to go on more regular date nights which means no cooking for me! Yay! No matter what, one recent goal we made was to only go to the grocery store once a week. This is hard...since we buy some things at Costco, we buy some things at the Walmart grocery store, and other things at Trader Joe's or Safeway. Plus, Bryce works next door to a grocery store so it makes it even more difficult not to drop by after work for me.
I'm always so curious about...1. what other people eat on a regular basis, 2. how they manage life with a family while creatively cooking nutritious meals with variation, and 3. what they "splurge" on at the grocery store.
My friend, Katherine, invited me to be part of a BLOG PARTY, which I'm really excited about. This is new for me. We'll be checking out what some of my friends have in their fridge, what they're cooking for the week, and sharing recipes, too! We'll link up with each of them on Tuesdays for the next few weeks.
Part I features Katherine at Rhymes with Smile.
I'm hoping that this blog party will give us some (new) ideas for meals, things to consider or think about when going to the grocery store, and a way for us to meet more bloggers. And let's be honest, it'll give us a chance to peek into someone else's fridge which is always eye opening.
Elissa...I feel like I never comment on your blog but I do read it and think you guys have such a cool life. :) This sounds like a fun series, I'm excited to read it! We're trying to restructure our grocery shopping too. I feel like I go to the grocery store every other day, and it's getting annoying! We are also trying to start shopping just one day per week (I didn't manage to do it yet today because I was starving by the time I finished buying tons of things from Old Navy...oops), and use a cash system, because that worked really well when we were on Summer Project.
ReplyDeleteSydni! Thanks for reading! I feel ya on the grocery shopping thing...we have toyed with the idea of doing a cash system but haven't bit the bullet yet. I think that would really make us stick to our guns (or budget) when it comes to spending!! :-) And yes, Old Navy gets me every.single.time!
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