#62 "Happy Reading" (By Grandma)

The MP had decided that because of "challenges" in this country we ought to have a 2-week supply of food.  So all of you probably have a six month supply or more.  I actually now have at least a two week supply of fat, but that doesn't count.

So Dad and I decided to see if we could add more stuff to our cupboards.  They are already filled with the cheap candy we bought in the Ukraine.  But I intend to give most of that out on Easter.  

We began our binge purchasing on Thursday.  We walked, took the bus, took the Metro, and walked to IKEA.  It took about one hour to get there.  We arrived in time for lunch, so we had some meatballs and fries.  They were about $2.00.  The eatery was very crowded.  

Because we've been to IKEA a number of times we know how to navigate the store.  We don't even go near the maze.  We cut through here and there.  We bought two frozen turkey breasts, a box of cookies, a bag a meatballs, and some granola.  I can make a bag of meatballs last about 3 months.  When I use them, I cut them in 1/4's and add them to a spaghetti sauce.  Of course the spaghetti sauce is from scratch.  I've never seen a can or bottle of spaghetti sauce.  

We then walked (more than a mile), caught the metro, caught the bus, and walked back to our apartment.  Dad carried most of the heavy stuff.  I'd been complaining about lugging stuff home from the grocery stores, so he tries to carry the heaviest load. He wants his arms to be longer than mine.

On Friday we headed to an open-air market.  It was about a half hour walk from our house.  We bought tomatoes, apples, cucumbers, onions, carrots, pomegranates, oranges.  We bought as many as we could carry.  We walked from the market to the metro, then a bus, then a walk back to our apartment.

We ate a granola bar.  Thanks to a delivery from our family in October we've been saving them for special occasions.

Then we headed another direction for another shopping trip:  Walking, bus, metro, walk.  We went to a "supermarket" which was about one hour the other direction.  We purchased a few additional items: tuna, tiny cans of corn, tomato paste and butter.  We already have a pretty big supply of pasta.

Because we were tired from travelling we ate a late lunch in that distant city.  We had hamburgers that weren't too bad.  

Then we walked, caught the metro, caught a bus, and walked back to our apartment.

That sums up part of our week.  Because of challenges in the country at this time, I can't write about much else.

Happy reading!

Mom