Grocery Run...

Dutch2

Ok... what did you forget and have to send your Spouse/Kids/SO, etc. out to get at the local grocery on Thursday morning?
My youngest and I made our traditional Thanksgiving morning grocery-run as usual to get the “I thought we had that” stuff. This year we had to get Philadelphia Crème Cheese. Most of the other dads there were also checking out with only one or two “forgot to get them” items. The man in front of me had a dozen brown eggs, the young man checking out had a bottle of vanilla extract, the dad behind me in line had couple packages of brown-n-serve rolls and a couple sticks of butter. Odd, but I didn’t see anyone carrying a can of cranberry sauce.
It was worth the trip! In addition to the traditional pies (chocolate, coconut crème, pecan and pumpkin) my young bride made a Flan and a Key Lime pie. We will be having coffee and pie for a few days yet…and I am very “Thankful.”

joannie

I had much to be thankful for this year. Fortunately, our Community Thanksgiving Program didn't have to make a grocery run. We delivered over 900 meals to individuals in the community and fed over 400 in the dining room. While the number of meals delivered was about the same as last year, the number of individual deliveries was up more than 50% over last year and the number of commercial deliveries was down by the same amount. Sign of the economic times. Many young families we had not seen before took advantage of the free meal. Our largest commercial delivery laid off 10% of its workforce earlier in the month and our 2nd largest commercial delivery shut down because they couldn't find enough workers to fully staff during their busy periods. The good news is our donations were also up by 50%. Seems to me, in this area, those who have are willing to help those who have not and aren't waiting for the government to do it for them.

KSR6450

Good for you, Joannie. It warms your heart to hear about people in a community pulling together in tough times. x:-)

We made not one but TWO grocery runs. Since Thanksgiving was at my oldest sister's house, and she NEVER cooks, the items we went for were more along the lines of measuring cups, flour, sugar and baking pans. Staples that normal folks have in their kitchen!

NaeNae55

We made 2 runs the night before. We went together for a few forgotten items and a turkey to put in the freezer for Christmas. Then when I got home and began to prepare the brine mixture for the turkey to soak in I said, "Uh-oh!" My wonderful hubby quickly stepped in and ran back to the store for more items. No last minute items Thursday morning, but I figured 2 Wednesday night runs were enough to qualify us here. Especially if you consider that I stopped by the store early Wednesday morning for fresh rosemary, etc, so I wouldn't have to go out later.

cnghr

We didn't have to run to the store for anything, we were remarkably efficient for once and got everything we needed the weekend before Thanksgiving. We made a turkey, several side dishes, cranberry sauce, and rolls to take to my son's house. Once we got to their house, however, we did have to run back home and pick up some tablecloths...I'd asked my DIL the evening before if she needed me to bring them and she said no, then once we got there she figured out we needed them. Luckily, our house is only about five minutes away so it wasn't too much trouble to run back and get them!

Dutch2

To cnghr: your daughter-in-law only lives five minutes from her mother-in-law....
I trust that is working out ok for her.

cnghr

Good heavens, yes, that's working out well for her! I am one of those mothers-in-law that you never hear about....I'm pretty much always available at the drop of a hat to watch the kids (ages 14 months, 3.5 years, 9 years, and 11 years), and no, I don't expect them to pay me to babysit. We have anywhere from two to four of the kids spend the night with us every Friday night, we pay for my grandson's piano lessons, help out by dropping my granddaughter off at ballet class many Saturdays, we never, EVER drop by without calling first, I always follow their rules for disciplining the kids, and I never offer unsolicited advice about child-rearing, although I did come close yesterday when I asked her why on earth she was buying more Christmas gifts for them when she already has a whole closet full of stuff to give them.

I just went to Disneyland with them and spent a lot of time at some of the rides sitting in what I came to call "the grandma zone" watching the little ones while they took the bigger kids on the rides the little ones couldn't go on. She knows she can call me to gripe about just about anything (including my own son sometimes) and have a sympathetic ear. And the thing is, I don't complain about any of it, because I'm just glad I've got a nice DIL now (my son was married once before) and I love spending time with my grandkids.