Mary's List

Mary: Go car, Mummy!
Mummy: You want to go car?
Mary: Yeah! Go a mall!
Mummy: What do you want to do at the mall?
Mary: Umm... buy.
Mummy: What do you want to buy at the mall?
Mary: Umm... bananas!
Mummy: You want to buy bananas? What else do you want to buy?
Mary: Umm... milk!
Mummy: What else?
Mary: Umm... potatoes.
Mummy: And what else should we buy.
Mary: Umm... POOPOOS! *obnoxious laughter*
Mummy: You want to buy poopoos???
Mary: Yeah! *more obnoxious laughter*



She went on to also list fishies and cereal. So since we had nothing in particular else to do, we got ready to go to the grocery store. Mary helped me write our list. Then she chose a few extra things to put on.

We walked through the store without argument and collected all the things on the list, and nothing more. Mary had a great conversation with the check-out lady about her poopoos and who might eat them, and how yummy they were. They also discussed her housecoat. Then I asked Mary if she would like to go home, and rather than insist on going into the rest of the mall, she said yes.

Bread

Three weeks ago I bought nearly-expired organic milk at the grocery store. They mark it way down - $1.50 for a 2L and $3.50 for a 4L. Less than half the regular price and well under the price for non-organic milk. We almost always drink it, but this one jug got forgotten till after it was expired. I didn't want to give it to the kids, so I saved it. A week later, I tried sour milk biscuits. Or hockey pucks. I guess the milk wasn't sour enough. Today I tried sour milk bread. Yum!

Warrior Girl

Scott has always called Mary "Warrior Girl" for no particular reason at all. And now we have this photo.

Green Goals

Goal set: Find a butcher/farmer's market source for meat (sick of plastic and styrofoam packaging)

Goal accomplished: Start collecting warm-up/cool-down water in the sink, and start collecting the drips from the leaky faucet outside to use for watering

Goal set: Switch to cloth "paper" towels and, maybe, cloth toilet "paper"

Goal accomplished: Bake a successful loaf of bread.

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Healthy Eating Win: Homemade whole wheat multigrain bread
Healthy Eating Fail: Perogies fried in bacon fat with full fat sour cream and bacon bits on top, with a side of bacon.