Grubby Situation

Kit Kat went with Momoko to school today. Kit Kat needed to run some experiments for her research projects. It has to do with the way kids learn best (visual, auditory, etc). I dropped by at lunch time to give Kit Kat a pizza and Momoko some Mexican food.

It just so happened that today was Momoko's office work party. So I also dropped by the school to pick the kids up at the end of the day. Due to some oversight, we had no food to cook for dinner. The kids and I went grocery shopping. Cokes were on sale. Yay. They did not have my little microwave pizzas there.

In the classroom, Momoko's goldfish are getting really big. Little Kat and I bought them big, and they are growing. We wanted to take the fish home for the holiday. But we only have a small goldfish tank at home. So after grocery shopping, we bought a 20 gallon goldfish tank. We also picked up some gerbil food for home and school gerbils.

Af home after dinner, Kit Kat was going to play with our home gerbils. She opened up the store bag with the gerbil food and found a bunch of worms! They were white grub with little dark heads. Kit Kat counted between 20 and 30 of them. Nasty. Kit Kat and I immediately returned to the pet store for a prompt exchange. It was still oh so nasty.

Goodbye Frozen Foods

The hurricane knocked out our power for a whopping 5 days. We kept our huge freezer closed the entire time. But the food could just stay frozen the whole time. We decided to let the freezer refreeze the stuff that thawed out. Even so, it still all had to be thrown out.

We waited until tonight because tomorrow is trash day. The kids double bagged the stuff that looked like it may melt in the trash can. Then we put everything (including the stuff already double bagged) into big trash bags that themselves were double bagged. Let's hope this stuff does not leak out into the trash cans tonight.

The family used Mean Green to clean out the freezer shelves. The biggest pain will be when Momoko goes to the store and starts to replace all the frozen foods we lost. This freezer is a huge stand alone one. It is as big or bigger than a standard fridge/freezer combo.

Running Late

Momoko and Little Kat were late coming home from work yesterday. They were supposed to pick up a few groceries so Kit Kat could make baked potato soup. They were too tired to go the grocery store. That meant dinner was in trouble.

In these situations, Momoko usually wants to go out to eat. For me that requires a lot of energy. I am the one who usually has to drive. However we were out of options. We hit out favorite Mexican place. Their chili con queso was especially good last night.

There is talk of a storm coming our way this weekend. So we put gas in Momoko's car, dropped by the bank to get some cash, and stocked up on groceries. Finally we got home. We were all still tired. Momoko and I both went to bed early. That is rare for a Friday night.

Shopping Surprise

Today Momoko stayed home from work. I took Little Kat to school. The guy could not stay awake in the car. After I dropped him off, I watched him bounce along on the sidewalk going to school. He must have sensed an eye on him, because he looked back at me.

Everyone at work kept trying to give me work. I told people that I could not get all this stuff done today. I had to return to school to pick up Little Kat. They got the message one way or another. When Kit Kat got home, Momoko declared that she could not go shopping today.

Kit Kat was sick. But we forged on to the grocery store. We skipped the local store that got held up at gunpoint last night. Instead we went to the upscale store. The damage came out to the tune of $200 large. We were prepared with a detailed list. The only item we could not find was chicken bouillon. I had Kit Kat keep asking store personnel until one of them told us where it was. Too bad they were all wrong. Another customer took pity on us and showed us the real way. However when we got to the check out, the bouillon kept beeping. The cashier said it had been recalled. We decided to get out of that store.