Is it just me, or does it feel like Thanksgiving was a month ago? Seriously.
Why is it that Thanksgiving week and the week between Christmas and New Years always seem to move at their own pace?
They’re always a bit of a blur really.
You never really know what day it is or what you should be doing or where you’re supposed to go next.
Just that it happened. You were there. There’s a little extra food in the fridge.
During this odd little portal in time, Thanksgiving week and the week between Christmas and New Years you get to indulge and make excuses and maybe, if you’re lucky, hit the pause button for a bit longer than you normally would.
Sometimes, you also get a peek into someone else’s world and see that the things that you do, are the same things they do too.
You are in fact normal.
Like believing that the word dishwasher means just that. DISH-WASHER.
Happily paying $4.33 for 1 onion and a half gallon of milk from the corner store.
Enjoying a bowl of your favorite soup.
And having enough for the next day and some to pop in the freezer as well.
Meals that take all day to make, meals that take 3 minutes to heat up.
Meals that only require you to show up and pass a few dollars over the counter.
Eating anything, with anyone, pretty much anywhere.
I love this time of year. Even if it always seems to move too fast.
~Mavis
Total Spent This Past Week On Groceries $4.33
January $229.38
February $260.86
March $433.46
April $369.57
May $110.69
June $448.14
July $134.63
August $240.70
September $364.07
October $400.11
November $375.05
Dawn says
I put a barely rinsed plate in my SIL’s dishwasher on Thanksgiving, I thought she was going to have a coronary. She took it out, washed it and then put it back in the dishwasher. At my house the plates only get a rinse if they have larger bits on them. If the dishwasher doesn’t get them clean then they’ll get some elbow grease from me but not before the dishwasher gives it a try first.
Annette says
I’m in the no rinse camp. We only scrape off chunks. Water is expensive here, plus dishwasher detergents work better if there’s a little residue for them to start with.
Julie V says
My dishwasher won’t work well if the dishes aren’t pre rinsed, unfortunately.
TC says
There has to be a support group for those that wash dishes before they put them in the dishwasher. We have dishwashers for a reason so don’t deprive them on of their job or they will go extinct!!!!!!!!
Deborah Duncan says
Ha ha ha!