Consolidation

We are beginning to prepare for our annual Thanksgiving open house.  Toward that end, we have just spent some time getting our “emergency” food supplies organized.  I combined multiple packages (one pound plastic bags) of black beans, split peas, lentils, pasta, brown sugar, and powdered sugar) into labeled, covered containers that will fit more easily into the cabinet.  No more plastic bags of anything will be stored in the cabinet.  It is much easier and more frugal to combine the small bags of foods into the covered containers.  We used a glass container, plastic, gallon-sized ice cream containers, margarine tubs and other containers we already had on hand.  We do plan to purchase more containers eventually, but we will do so only after we decide how they will be used.

Time Passes . . .

Tomorrow is the ninth anniversary of my grandmother’s death.  Hard to believe it’s been that long, but I still remember the phone call from my Aunt with the news.  Shock.  Loss. Huge, crushing grief.  All of those emotions and reactions have given way to peaceful and happy memories of her.  She gave me the gift of childhood, and taught me a lot of practical skills that have carried me through well.  I miss her; I always will, until we are reunited in God’s kingdom one day.   We had her funeral on our fourth wedding anniversary.  At the end of this week, we will celebrate thirteen years of marriage, longer than either of our first marriages lasted.