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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Grocery Shopping

 
Hello friends and welcome to Tuesday 4 in honor of Toni Taddeo.
Here are some questions for you on the topic of shopping.

1. Where do you like to buy your groceries and do you buy by the day, week or month?
I like Shoprite. They are modern, clean and well run.
 Years ago I shopped at A&P and also at Acme where my mother shopped. When in Utah I shopped at Harmons and Smith's/
I order through Instacart and sometimes my daughter buys me groceries as well.   Somethings are bought by the month, others every 2 weeks as I don't need much.

2. What foods would we always find in your kitchen?
I have several kinds of cheese,, cream, milk, lots of eggs, fresh celery and carrots, Guerero corn tortillas, salsa.    The family buys a beef cow from the local farm and that's our meat for the year.
In summer we buy from the Amish.

3.Do you buy anything online and if so what kinds of things are you most likely to buy there?
All of my groceries are bought online.    If I need a specialty item I might buy from Amazon.

4. Do you shop with a list on paper, on your phone or do you just shop without a list and maybe come home with things you never planned to buy?
Since it's online I don't need a list, 

Bonus Question:  What will you be cooking in the coming week?
I have some stuffed peppers my daughter made and froze for me as well as a dozen burritos she made and froze.  I have pasta on the list and baked chicken too. I also think I will make a meatloaf if I feel up to it.

Thanks for joining in. I really appreciate it. If you have a subject you'd like to see on Tuesday 4, let me know in comments ! Ideas are very welcome.

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Word Association


Blizzard or no blizzard, that is the question. We are expecting a big one but then as I write this late Sautrday night, who knows what will happen. Our last storm just melted freeing my driveway. Hopefully this storm passes us by but a state of emergency is in place for the state.
Here is the 2nd half of the weekend fun duo (Sat 9 and Sunday Stealing)....
 


Welcome to Sunday Stealing. Here we will steal all types of questions from every corner of the blogosphere. Our promise to you is that we will work hard to find the most interesting and intelligent questions. Cheers to all of us thieves!

This week we're playing word association as suggested by a blogger named Dawn Camp. She said these words "tickled her fancy," and let's see if they inspire you. Feel free to answer with either a single word or a thought/memory. It's up to you.

Biscuits..soft and fluffy
Word Association. Share what comes to mind when you hear the word ...

1. Biscuit  :  made with buttermilk served with butter or gravy.  (biscuits in the USA are not the same as in Britain.  We call those cookies.  

2. crayon: Crayola big pack.

3. warmth:  Of a fluffy bed, a hot meal, a cup of tea.

4. Flip:  Wilson

5. Slush:  snow boots

6. Wing: Buffalo

7. Candle; Yankee's Blue Denim

8. Cinnamon:  Apple  Pie