Ok, maybe that title is a little dramatic.
Triumph: Yesterday Vivi officially found her eyes! She was playing with her stuffed lion (which is still a 'kitty') and I asked her where the kitty's eyes were...and she pointed to its eyes! Then I asked her where her eyes were and she pointed to her eyes! Wanting to push my luck, I took off my glasses (she's prolific glasses grabber) and asked her where mommy's eyes were...she pointed to the glasses in my hand :) She's so smart.
Another triumph was that she woke up just jibber-jabbering away. She woke me up with her usual 'Hi-yo' (hello) and when she knew she had my attention she literally said 'jibber jabba jibba gibba jabba...etc.' for about 30 seconds. She let me ask her questions and then she answered with more jibber-jabba, it was the funniest thing. I'm glad she's talkative and I know she knows exactly what I'm saying most of the time. Sometimes she can definitely express what she wants or doesn't want, but we will both be so much better off when she can TELL me what's going on.
Tragedy: One of my goals in staying home was to cook more non-ready-to-eat-meals (as found in your frozen food section, etc) for health and financial reasons. I'm happy to report that I think we are eating healthier as evidenced by the fact that both Doug and I have lost weight and I rarely make frozen meals. However, yesterday I went through our family ledger and added up our grocery bill and it wasn't any lower than it had been previously. Which sucks. I was really hoping I was saving my family money by not buying certain things, but it doesn't look like it. I knew I could do a better job, but I thought I was doing a better job than that.
After I got over the initial disappointment, I realized I need to make some changes. And I also need to ask for help from people who know better than me how to feed a family on a budget. Any ideas?
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I find that the less often I go to the grocery store, the less I end up spending total. It takes planning, and it means sometimes we don't get sour cream with our tacos, but we spend so much more when I visit the store more than once every week or two.
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