For the last three months our home has been in some state of construction. We completely gutted and remodeled our kitchen, laundry room, breakfast room and dining room. We painted the entire upstairs (except my room) and just replaced our carpet.
While the project went as smoothly as remodeling can go, it has taken it’s toll on everyone.
Last night my son was on the phone with his friend and he told him he needed to go because it was time for dinner. His friend said,
“Let me guess, pizza rolls?”
The sad thing is that he was right. It was pizza rolls! We had some fruit too, but we are now known as a pizza roll family?
If you are a pizza roll family, I’m not judging. You gotta do what you gotta do. We just aren’t and not because I think we are better or have superior cooking skills. My kids don’t really like pizza rolls and they act like crazy animals when they eat that kind of food, which is why we try to avoid it.
But now we are the pizza roll family.
Something has to change around here.
It isn’t that hard to make dinner, what is hard is actually getting to the grocery store. It seems like every day I have great intentions of making a list and grocery shopping but things keep coming up and I never make it out of the house.
Since I have children who can drive they end up running to the store for milk, apples, and pizza rolls which apparently is enough to sustain us.
In other news, my eye flipped out after all the carpet was ripped up. I think it is a coincidence, but I’m not sure. I spent the whole day trying NOT to rub my eye off my face. Any suggestions? I tried a warm compress, but I don’t know if it worked since my eye is still driving me CRAZY!
See how the upper lid is red and swollen? Thoughts, ideas?
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amanda says
Can you afford to do Peapod just to get you over this hump? At least then the groceries would come to your house. They do still take coupons. Of course not as cheap as the store but might be better than pizza rolls.
Toni Anderson says
Anything is better than pizza rolls! 😉
Marla says
Your eye looks like a stye. Try a very warm compress.
Dee says
My eyes do that when my cat decides to sleep on my face. I use a warm wash rag soaked in hot water and change it every 15 mins. Some days though.. I just have a swollen lid.
When my mother wasn’t around and my dad needed food to happen, the kids ended up taking turns following simple recipes from random family cookbooks. With the internet, you could make it a kid challenge, who can drive to the store and cook meals that are yummy and well balanced. It would be a great practice for the older kids and if you create two teams that included the younger.. it can even give them a fun head start on learning how to peel potatoes, rip apart lettuce ect.
Maybe the group with the most points for the month gets to throw a “fancy” dinner party for their friends?
Kirsten says
Your eye looks like Blepheritis which is like pink eye but an infection of the lid not the eyeball. I’m not a doctor, and I dot play one on TV but I had the same thing a couple of years ago. I had to throw away all my eye makeup & current pair of contacts. I couldn’t wear makeup until the infection was gone. The doctor had me put a warm washcloth on the eye and massage the tear ducts. I think the doctor gave me drops too. Not fun but it worked.
Michelle says
Hey Toni,
I would keep diluting my eye with contact solution (because it’s preservative-free). I hope that helps!
Regarding the grocery store, I HATE going to the grocery story and I was introduced to high quality freeze-dried foods (NOT dehydrated).
It maintains all the nutrients as fresh. Yesterday, I made a black bean salsa that includes black beans, sweet corn, tomato dices, & green chilies all with shelf-stable food.
It’s a little pricey…not as cheap as the grocery story but one #10 can lasts up to 2 years so i’m never throwing food away anymore.
So I may recommend you look into that if you want convenience and good healthy foods. There are several companies that are offering these now. 🙂
Allie O. says
Erin N’s eyes were like this yesterday at co-op {worse, actually. much worse} She used cold compresses- iced them until the puffiness went down.
Hers are allergy related & flared up after a deep cleaning/dusting session… so I bet the carpet IS a big part of it!
((hugs)) Feel better soon.