more details/ groceries

On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:35:25 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:

I'm with Om about just the basics, but frankly I couldn't tell you
what your basics are, because basics are for the way *you* cook. Or
is it your husband? For instance, garlic of all types is a must in my
house, but you might hate garlic. I want flour and sugar on hand at
all times, but maybe you don't bake. I want cans of different types
of tomato on hand at all times, but maybe you don't make many recipes
that call for tomato. I need fresh onions and potatoes on hand at all
times, I also need rice and pasta - but maybe you don't. See what I
mean?

You seem to be a list maker and the menu designer, so look at what you
were cooking on a regular basis before and take it from there. Just
don't get carried away. Enjoy having some free shelf space for a
change. The grocery store is well stocked and a short trip away if
you need anything, you don't have to hunker down for any reason.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 08:57:14 -0500, "Storrmmee"
wrote:


When you build your list this time, copy it to a Google Doc and that
will never happen again.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:10:19 -0400, "cshenk" wrote:



Small problem. Their house burned, I gather completely. She is
starting from ground zero.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
 
thanks i needed to read this, you made me lol,

first off what is your address i will be over to shop in YOUR pantry as it
has all the food groups i am interested in it seems...

i design most of our meals, and recipes, the dh does the physical cooking as
he is not only excellent at it he enjoys it, i have no problem cleaning the
kitchen so we have a great division of labor... i do occasionally cook when
he is doing something that i know he will be tired from or when he is ill or
when like the other day i had an idea for a clam sauce like substance and
knew i couldn't explain to dh what i wanted because i had also been thinking
of two other meals and making the clam sauce would require things from the
first two meals,... so i got up and made all three meals as far as they
would go because it was easier, then when it came to meals two and three it
was explainable...

and the last lol is that when we get back into the house, the closest
grocery i trust to not have mold on what i get is eighteen miles away, which
might be part of my anxiety...

again, thanks, you have made my day,

Lee, expecting that adress any minute now
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 14:26:07 -0500, "Storrmmee"
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I keep everything that I don't use daily in the refrigerator and
believe me, a lot of refrigerator space is devoted to herbs and
spices.

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as we designed the house we realised that most of what we do is in the
kitchen, we cook talk and on the rare occasions that we have guests its
usually in the kitchen eating or playing board games so it has the most sq
ft devoted to it, we have a kitty porch where the cats and us will enjoy
floor to ceiling windows and "living room " space is a very small area which
i am planning to be a reading nook with just two recliners, a table between
and lots of book cases... we didn't concern ourselves with resale value but
with what we want to live in, and even when we retire we will probably keep
this house, put in an alarm system and travel, that way we can return to our
quiet safe town for breaks from travelling.

Lee
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not the same in products but very similar in issues, i have a crapload of
allergies and i have to watch fat/calorie intake... normally i do ww, can't
wait to get back to that either... btw have you tried the costco instant
potatoes? its a large package but if you like them they are some of the
best. its one of the consessions we made living here at the hotel, we can
boil/nuke potatoes but there just isn't anywhere to store them so we tried
the costco ones and honestly they aren't bad at all.

thanks for the thoughts, everything is really helping me.

Lee
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i shop at several stores depending on the sales and what we need. one thing
you do need to check out is the walmart site to store option, if there is a
wally close to you, the dh found some exceedingly helalthy things on there
for me.

Lee
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we eat almost anything excluding allergies... so spice staples and others
are pretty extensive... i am one of those people that likes every kind of
bean except black eyed peas and same for rice... thanks for the thoughts,

Lee
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:39:45 -0500, "Storrmmee"
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I think you made a comfortable "modern" living space. My kitchen and
dining room are completely separate rooms with a double French door
between them. I have an "eat in" kitchen with lots of windows, but I
hate the layout. The only reason why I never opened it up to the
dining room is because the dining room has real gumwood paneling on
all four walls, even the doors are gumwood and it's prohibitively
expensive to replace. So a future owner can be the one to "rape" it,
I will not.


Travel while you can!

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 06:35:30 -0500, "Storrmmee"
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My grandfather built his own house. When I say "built", I mean with
his own two hands, not the kind of build people say today when they
buy in a new subdivision and "customize" their house. The thing he
always said, even years after moving into it, is "you can never have
enough closets", he always said he underestimated... and they had more
storage closets than usual.


Okay, I understand the reasoning... but eventually someone will need
to build in conventional closets for resale purposes.

I think that most people start decluttering when they reach retirement
age. Unfortunately, I can't declutter (actually my house isn't
cluttered, but I have a lot of things I don't use) by giving it away
to my kids because I could fit both of their houses inside mine and
still have room for another one. Half of my storage space is filled
with things they can't use now, but don't want to give away/sell.

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Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut that held its ground.
 
i grew up in a house my parents built themselves, including cutting the
walnut off the farm and drying it, then my father built the cabinets, the
one they built next they now live in, he did everything but the brickwork,
and he cut a deal with the bricklayer because he wanted to learn more about
it, so he hired the guy to do the job and then the guy hired my dad as a day
laborer so he could be covered in an accident, and learned,

i had begun declutter after a dear friend died and i had to help empty her
house, it wasn't what she had but how her daughter treated her things that
traumatized me... i am determined that noone i care about deal with excess
items or the way others handle it.

if you are storing things for your children that they will want later that
is not clutter, its being a good mom, Lee
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:32:19 -0500, "Storrmmee"
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Thanks, Lee. Out of sight, out of mind!

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this is a HUGE issue for me, please check what you are storing for them and
label the boxes, i really was traumatised helping empty a friend's house,
and i have begged my mom to label what is in her house, its a quite large
house, including two fully functional kitchens, so she has cool stuff but
its stuff she wants us to have so she has been sorting and labelling so we
don't indavertintly throw away or take what is intended for another
sibling...

Lee
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:33:43 -0500, "Storrmmee"
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Why doesn't she just go ahead and give it to whomever she thinks
should have it? On the other hand, if you aren't real crazy about the
items just as well that she keep the packed up rather than you.

I hope I can do as well as my Aunt did. After her husband died I
helped her clean out all of his junk. He had kept everything.

She got her will done. The lawyer provide a few pages to list
specific things that various people wanted. Anything that she was no
longer using she gave away. On one of my trips there we went though
the house and made the list of who was to get what. The lawyer's
paper indicated the item and the recipient. Then I took pictures of
everything, labeled them with the number from the list and the
recipient. She kept the pictures with her copy of the will.

On the other hand, my in-laws kept everything, including the boxes
they came in. (If you put the box in the garbage the collectors will
know that you just got a new whatever.) We spent months getting much
of the stuff out. He collected books and there are many first
editions and other books of value. DH is still working on getting rid
of them. And the canceled checks from when he bought the 1955 Chevy
new. And the electric bills, etc.

I am cleaning out my collection of books. I don't believe that there
is anything of value there. The local library is the recipient of
them. I just sold my silverware. Think I will see what I can do
about my china. I don't think that there are many things that my kids
would want. Think I will tell them that if there is, speak now.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974)
 
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