Saturday Notes

Aghhh grocery shopping. I feel like I spend hours of my life shopping for and preparing the food my family eats. Well now that we are trying to eat non processed foods the time I am spending preparing food is going up.

I can tell you this. Even though I didn't buy any meat, my grocery bill was higher than normal. No coupons for this lady in today's trip. This is what hurts the most about the change to whole foods. I used to love going to the grocery and saving insane amounts on food. It was a high, and I also felt like I was really doing something good for my family. Saving the money on groceries does help me stay at home with my kids. Now that I know differently about all of that free food I was getting, my joy comes from buying the healthy foods for my family. I feel extremely empowered grocery shopping now, and broke. I walk through isles and isles of food, walking right by not even tempted to put it in my cart. It feels good.

This is what your pantry looks like when you aren't buying processed foods I still have some in there, but those are what we are going through. I just bought two weeks worth of groceries, and used to stock my pantry to the max. Pantry space is no longer a major need of mine. When I think about it, although I am no expert, the super size pantry is a thing that has cropped up in the last 10 years or so. I could be wrong.

This is what your fridge looks like when you buy fresh. This isn't two weeks worth, when you eat real food it is perishable. It is so messy because Brian wasn't home to help, I suck at fridge/pantry organization.

These are what farm fresh eggs look like.

Do you know that vanilla extract has corn syrup in it? Crazy huh. Well for 3 million dollars you can buy it without it.

Homemade whole wheat pizza, with fresh mozzarella, and organic Italian sausage. Very good. Yum. I am getting hungry. I recommend.

We made Lainey's bed a toddler bed today. Ellis literally took it apart himself. We gave him the Allen wrench and he went to town. Quite the little handy man.

Oh and my kids are into a going naked kick. That explains the lack of clothes. Also Ellis is wearing his Thursday undies, not his Saturday. Brian dressed him.

Lainey is excited. And went right down for her nap. Thank GOODNESS!

Oh and my kids are cute.

Happy Saturday.