scottaew posted: " Tuesday, August 30, 2022 This post is inspired by Barbara Brown Taylor's memoir; many bloggers and influencers talk about this from time to time... It sounds dramatic, but it could really be the smallest thing. It's just another way of saying what" Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa
This post is inspired by Barbara Brown Taylor's memoir; many bloggers and influencers talk about this from time to time...
It sounds dramatic, but it could really be the smallest thing. It's just another way of saying what you really appreciate in your life or what makes your life easier.
It's kind of a gratitude practice.
And, some of these things you probably already know if you are a regular reader!
Having a laptop at home so I don't have to tote my work laptop back and forth anymore! I love having less to tote back and forth. Some days I only take my brown crossbody to school. Who am I? Are the days of teacher totes over? Tom bought this little Dell laptop for me for just $80 from his work. They turn in old technology and are able to buy it for personal use.
I don't do much work at home anymore, but when I do, I can just use this.
Meal Prep - this will probably always be on my list. Even just having my 5 breakfasts ready to grab and go is a huge timesaver. I am trying to cook one night and have at least two meals out of it - dinner that night and lunches for work. Even better if I can make chicken or ground beef for two dinners at once.
By the way, the above breakfast burrito variation turned out delish! I would have never thought to just stick a whole sausage link in the burrito, but I saw it on Instagram.
Kroger Grocery Pick Up App - the app is amazing. It saves everything you normally buy so you can just re-order all of it. You can add things gradually through the week as your run out and it saves/remembers your items. I just love it. I am not opposed to Walmart, but Walmart is not convenient. Kroger is really close to home and we love Kroger brand items, too.
I do a Wednesday or Thursday pick up usually right after school, so no special trip out is required. I want to pick it up between 2:45-3:15, but I always choose 1:30-2:00 on the app so it's ready for me. My student who works there says that they save your order for a full 24 hours if something comes up.
I tell the app I am there and which parking spot and honestly I am almost always the only one in a spot at this time. The employee comes out and I pop my hatch and do not even get out of my car. Oh, what a time to be alive!
Those of you all doing delivery...I don't think I can get my Kroger plus card discounts if I were to do Instacart and I don't think Kroger has their own delivery.
And, you are winning when you include your Trulys in your order! Ha!
Wearing sneakers to work - where has this trend been all my teaching career? Of course, I could have always gone this route, but now it's actually trendy and you don't look like Tootsie in Working Girl. Is that the correct reference?
Having fun things on the calendar - I keep it pretty positive around here, but I struggle with my kids leaving the nest. It helps me to have things to do with Tom and our friends at this time of year. First of all, how am I old enough to have kids in college? How am I old enough to qualify for retirement? I loved being a mom of babies, toddlers, pre-schoolers, elementary aged kids, and even middle school kids. High school was touch and go - lol. I totally enjoy this age, too, but it's definitely different. For one thing, my kids are horrible texters and phone conversationalists. I get one word responses from most texts. I feel so much closer to them when we are in person. But, they needed to move back to campus because I could tell at the end of the summer they were ready. We started annoying each other more.
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