Fun Fact Friday is here, once again!
- Even though it’s “Spring Break” this week for our local public schools, we are not taking any breaks from our daily homeschooling subjects.
- Next week, Papa’s parents and sister come to town for a visit! The kids won’t be doing very much schooling that week. That’s the beauty of homeschooling. We get to switch around our weeks off of school to accommodate what is best for our family.
- I am a fan of “Melissa and Doug” toys. They are educational and solid in design.
- I am quite behind on my emails, texts and blog posts this week. Not sure why I’m so delayed in them, but I better hop to it and get things moving soon!
- I had a homeschool co-op teacher (during my high school years) that would put the initials “K.I.S.S.” on my papers/reports: “Keep It Simple Sister.” He recognized, even back then, my tendency to want to use a lot of words when I write. I still can’t help it. It’s how I’m wired. Details, details, details.
- I have all of our family wall calendars dating back every year to 1999. It’s fun to look back and see what all was happening, who we were hanging out with, and how busy (or not) we were during various seasons of our family.
- I prefer sleeping with heavy blankets as opposed to light and airy ones. The weight helps me feel safe, secure, and cozy.
- I learned a trick (an obvious one!) this month for saving money in our grocery bills: shop every other week instead of every week. When I shop every week, I simply buy more than is needed. Shopping every other week pushes us to use up what we have before we invest in more. Less waste. I buy less, overall, when I’m not at the grocery store as often!
- I think I’d enjoy visiting Colorado at some point. It seems like a beautiful place to stay for a nice vacation.
- I love mountains. They are so majestic, massive, and beautiful. Maybe that’s why Colorado has a certain appeal to me?
#8- how do you do milk and salad? I don’t have storage space for 6 gallons (we go through 3 a week) plus our 2 gallons of 1/2 & 1/2 (yes, 1 a week), not to mention finding 2 week out expirations. Very interested. We’re currently trying to clean out the house of food and start fresh. I think I might be a food hoarder. ?
I swing in to Safeway for a couple of gallons of milk, if needed. But usually, we are pretty barren in our fresh produce by the time the 2 weeks is up. We are wasting far LESS and spending less, too. Costco is my kryptonite. Can’t get out of there without spending hundreds. So, I stay away to save our budget.
I’m with you, I hoard food, too! I put a “freeze” on some of our spending so I could use up our current stockpile instead of adding more and more (which I love to do). Our freezer, fridge and “pantry” foods are so much more organized without all of the extras. Freeeeedom!