Weeks 5 and 6 were a complete free-for-all after my mother-in-law passed away. I did have something strange happen the day before she died though. On Tuesday, (She died on Wednesday), I made two complete dinners when I got home from work. I NEVER do that. Who has time to make two complete dinners at 5:00 on a Tuesday, right? My thought process at the time was I don’t want to have to cook on Wednesday so I am just going to make two dinners and get it over with. Thank God I had the presence of mind to do that because I definitely did not feel like making dinner the rest of the week and we ate from those leftovers thankfully, through our tears.
On that Tuesday I made a stir-fry with homemade teriyaki sauce and rice and fried chicken breast cutlets with steamed broccoli and baked potatoes.
Have you ever looked back after a loved one passed away and noticed little signs the Good Lord gave you to ease your grief? Remember I said in my last grocery update we celebrated a 90th birthday. That birthday was for my mom-in-law’s older sister and that was the last party we enjoyed with her with us. I normally do not go with my husband to see his parents weekly because of responsibilities at home but that day I went and many others that had not been to a party in a while for the family went. It was a blessing that we got to see her that day. 🙂 See, little things God gives us as comfort without us realizing it.
I shopped the Sunday after and didn’t feel like buying much but did spend $78.11. Thank goodness for hot dogs because that’s one thing we ate multiple times last week in between and I am not apologizing for it. I also made a batch of goulash and ate that multiple times, one night was salmon and one night we ate ribs in the crock-pot, one night was steak salad and for Superbowl the boy and I had hamburgers. With the ground beef and steak and Superbowl snacks we totaled about $50 more mid week.
Yesterday, I spent a whopping $132.67 but we needed a pantry restock badly and hopefully this week I can get a bunch of stuff prepped and meals pre-made for us. I desperately need to clean and organize the fridge today. I also spent $20.07 mid week on a special order of bulk meatloaf mix. I have big plans for that!
Total spent on groceries so far in 2024 – $692.94
How have you been doing the past few weeks on meals? I would love to hear. Until next week!- MM
The Professional Domestic 