Some may notice that I've become a bit more Earth friendly recently. My son has turned my heart to mush :) Please put me out of my misery is I ever act like this!!!
It's been 4 years and counting of performing my wifely duties and I still have not figured out how to manage my grocery shopping. Ideally, I would put a list on the refrigerator and add items as I realized they were needed. When I have attempted this in the past, I do great for the first 6 hours or so! I get so anxious when I realize that it's time to go shopping. I have no idea what we need and I don't know where to start. I know it would help if I was a better meal planner, but that's another post. In my desperation the other day, I found a great resource. GroceryLists is a website with a free downloadable grocery checklist. I spent some time looking at different lists on the web and this was the best one I found. It helped me organize my thoughts and figure out what we needed. I hope to wean off of it when I get into a better routine. I hope this helps someone. And if you have any ideas of how to help me...send the tips my way.
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We had such a great time in Hilton Head with Mike's family. Henry loves the beach, and boy was the beach beautiful! The waves were small and the water was shallow for a long way out...perfect for a little man like Henry. It would have been nice to turn big waves on for a bit though. I love playing in the waves. We went on this vacation with one of Mike's grandmothers, Mike's aunt, Mike's mom, and three of his cousins.
This picture turned out blurry, but it's still nice. It's me, Grandma Swinson, Aunt Kathy, and Nixsa.
I thought this was a cute picture of Kathy and the boys {her nephews}.
I thought the beach grass on the sand dunes was so beautiful.
The Motley Crew!
Grandma Swinson working on her sand kingdom. They built some neat castles, but the tides didn't let them stand too long.
Henry liked playing in the standing water from the rain. It was warmer than his bath water. I think this sun cover will fit him next year! :)
I just got an email announcing a new Method product. I am very excited about this one. For over a year now, we have been hand washing our dishes and using the dishwasher as our drying rack. Two reasons...the dishwasher is old and doesn't do a great job and I didn't like using soap with chemical warning labels all over it to clean our dishes {and release the stuff on our air when it steams}. Some companies make phosphate free detergents, but I couldn't find them in local stores. Leave it to Method to make my day! I really like their products. I've found that most of them work better than the harsh cleaners I was using previously. I guess this means a trip to Target and trying to see if we can get our dishwasher to work better {I hear there is a filter in there somewhere}.
We returned from Hilton Head Island this week. We had a great time with the Swinson family ladies and cousins. Those are some of the best family beaches I've seen. The water is shallow for a long way out, the water is warm, and the sand is beautiful. Most of the pictures are on Aunt Kathy's camera, so I'll be posting more when I get the cd. Which reminds me....I still haven't posted Henry's birthday party.