You are living my life right now. Even paid an extra $15 yesterday to have my Groceries delivered instead of going literally 3 miles down the road to have them placed in my trunk.
Ive been using 70% alcohol in small bottles ( refilling the original travel hand sanitizer) for everything. 91% is excellent too. I will buy 1 bottle when ever I see it. I have peroxide (the one for scapes and cuts) and that will also disinfect surfaces. These are low cost, less residual , disinfectants - that dont smell horrible. Walmart has both (sometimes) - no need for “hand sanitzer”. I keep 1 on the door of my car. One in the outside pocket of my handbag. Ive been Covid free since February. And since I have the alcohol readily available- I dont need gloves.
I plan meals based on the weekly marketplace and rewards specials at Nino Salvaggio's. I get the email first thing Wednesday morning and make a list based on the foods that are featured for the week. I check pantry and fridge to see if we need staples or other items that I'll need for recipes.
Thanks for sharing. Your posts brighten my day!Just finished my Nino's list for Saturday. It's actually three separate lists: Produce, meat/seafood, grocery. I'll get produce while DH gets meat/seafood, and we can both work on grocery items. We will easily spend the required $50 to use our $10 rewards gift certificate. DH will likely make a quick trip to Meijer mid-week, and it's time for a monthly Costco run, but I think we will have just about everything we'll need through Christmas weekend. No plans for New Year's, but it would certainly be nice if our Governor lifted the dining restrictions before the end of the holiday season. DH got a $200 restaurant gift card for his retirement, and we'd certainly like to use it
Our humane society does a curbside pet pantry every Wed from 10am-1pm. The people who feed the stray cats that are in the park come get some of it. They’ve even been known to put out pet toys, pet beds, etc.DH and I no longer have a dog, but we made our annual holiday visit to the local branch of Michigan Humane Society yesterday to drop off large boxes of Milkbone dog biscuits and a check. We were pleased to see that MHS has opened a pandemic pet food pantry for those who are finding it difficult to feed their pets. Have any of you noticed these pet food pantries where you live? There are probably many pet owners who have had to make a choice about feeding their families or their pets with lost jobs/wages during the pandemic. The pet food pantry is a wonderful idea
DH and I spoil the neighborhood squirrels with whole walnuts during the holiday season. Nino's usually starts carrying whole nuts in bins in the produce department around Thanksgiving and through the holidays. Each time we're there, we get a bag and toss a handful out on the deck just about every day. It's fun to watch the squirrels scurry about in the backyard hiding their nuts for the winter. I haven't seen any deer lately, but I almost always have carrots and will put them out if I see deer around the subdivision.
I live vicariously through you! Thanks for these posts, not only does it brighten my day but also gives me ideas for my Covid shopping. Which is different from years past.
Happy Vegan Christmas from a fellow vegan. We have a Gardien Celebration Loaf, mashed potatoes, fresh cranberries, asparagus on the menu. For stuffing at Christmas I used an instant type version that was just bread cubes and spices. I used veggie broth instead of the chicken broth. The only thing that made it chicken stuffing was the chicken broth. I used 365 from Whole Foods. It came in a bag.
