Just thought I would blog about some random stuff. . . .
The only shopping I have done is some small trips to Walgreen's to use all of those register rewards I got a couple of weeks back. The rewards worked out great as for all of our grocery needs like milk, bread, etc. I also got the free after rebate items and only spent $2.90.
I forgot while the kids were with their moms how much food teenagers eat. I am so glad I continued to stock items that we eat all the time when they were cheap or free. It has been nine-weeks since I cooked every night so I plan on making a menu plan probably on Sunday. When it is just my husband and I, we cook a few nights and eat left overs or frozen pizza the rest. How do you make your menu plan? Do you list out what you are having every day or do you have a list of items available and let everyone pick from the list? I have always just made a list of about eight items and let the kids take turn picking what we have. I don't know if this is the best option so I may try the other for a few weeks and see how it goes. I hope to use my crock pot more for busy nights. I also hope to set aside a day for my step daughter to cook every week. She loves to cook and it is so hard for me to walk away from the kitchen and just let her do what she wants.
Laundry!! How do teenagers have more than one load of laundry a day? There are only two of them. The bad part is they have actually wore all of them. Son has to have All soap or he breaks out. I need to find some good coupons and a really good sale on this soap. My husband and I have been using another brand I got for really cheap while the kids were away but I have to have this kind for him.
I have to sit in a 8 hour class tomorrow for work. Yuck! I won't be doing double coupon day at Fred's this week but I don't need anything. My stock pile has grown alot, but there are still alot of items I have a hard time finding a extra good deal on to stock up like toilet paper and cream soups. Does anyone else have this problem?
2 comments:
I have three, count em three, teens now, so I can relate to the overflowing laundry problem.lol
What helped me is to make each kid do their own laundry. When they had to actually 'work'/do their own, they were less likely to change clothes and throw them into the dirty clothes as quickly.
Have you tried baby soap for your son's sensitivity? Laundry detergent is just that, Detergent. It isn't soap. People don't realize that. Google and you'll find that they are very different. Try using a baby laundry soap, dreft, ivory snow or one of the eco-type ones like I use. My son hasn't had a problem since I switched.
If you are really into trying something different and 'green', try soap nuts. It's a totally natural cleaner using the hull of the seeds from the soapberry tree. That alternative is hypo-allergenic.
HTH and good luck with the teens!
We use All Small & Mighty and I get it at CVS when it is B1G1 at least once a month. With coupons, you can usually get 2 bottles for $4 or $5. I try to mix it in with $10/$50 or other $/$$ coupons to make it come out less.
-Heather
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