Holy Cow – That’s a Challenge
Y’all, I just spent the better part of this morning trying to order groceries online and have them delivered. First off, I’ve done this grocery delivery stuff before to test it. I didn’t need much. Today I did.
I wander through the pages all nicely divided up where you can’t find what you want until page 12 of the canned soup section. I finally gave up and individually searched the full name of everything I wanted. Holy cow.
And, I miss my grandbaby fiercely. He did send me a virtual hug. You can have one, too.
I have some grandsons about the same age. I’m really happy that video conferencing is available. We got virtual bites of strawberries and salami.
1Many thanks, youngun. My apprehension begins when I get on my bike to run around to various places for eats or whatever. It doesn’t subside until I’m back home with my goods and a kick to close the door.
2Awwww…..so much cuteness!
3We’ve been doing groceries online for several months. Last night we couldn’t even get on to Whole Foods, so went to HEB. Got everything (almost) that we needed, and when we pushed the button, the delivery time popped up – IN TEN DAYS. I just slathered myself with Purell and braved shopping in person today.
4I do all my shopping on foot–2 supermarkets and 2 niche stores within a few blocks of one another. I see no need to stop now. The streets aren’t crowded and I try to go when I think the fewest people will be around. Maybe I’m just stupid; but, there it is.
5Offered to take grandson for the duration, but no luck. I got to
At the store this am(I know) and texted to see if my daughter could buy candy for Easter.
Politely told, all caps and exclamation points.
Get out of the store now.
Still don’t know if she has Easter candy….
6My youngest turned 10 yesterday and she thinks she is hot stuff! I wish I could have her over but we’re trying to be extra careful since the oldest is Type 1 diabetic.
7BarbinDC: just wearing disposable gloves will probably protect you, plus washing your hands thoroughly when you get home. I also wear a jacket that can then be dumped into the washer with bleach. You can wash the gloves with your hands in them, to re-use. Plus even cloth gloves will help prevent you from doing face-touching, and they can also be dumped into a wash with hot water, bleach, and the ultra-mangle setting.
So all you Texans have heard the old joke. A cowpoke rides into town, ties up his horse at a hitching post, then walks behind the horse, lifts its tail, and kisses it right on the rear orifice. A townsman sees this and asks him, “what was that about”? The cowpoke said “Chapped lips”. The townsman asks “so that cures chapped lips?” The reply: “No, but it keeps you from licking them.”
i’m not recommending the same thing to avoid touching your face. But you gotta admit, it would keep you from doing it. Plus, everyone else will keep social distance from you!
8For those who don’t know it, HEB offers curbside pickup at no charge. Today when I looked, the availability time was only a few hours, not a lot longer than the time their shoppers would need to pick your list. Just drive up, open the trunk, and they load it in and close the trunk. For free.
9The Walmart online shopping works great, too. I wish they would allow buying weights of produce rather than bunches. I wound up with 10# of banana! I hope I can eat them before they all go bad!!
10No wonder you miss that precious little boy. He is adorable!
11Hang in there, all of you grandmas, stay well and be ready to hug them when this is over.
WA Skeptic — banana bread is good and easy. Check out the recipe on Smitten Kitchen.
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