I know that this is crazy but I miss being able to make a bulk shopping trip for groceries!! Back in Texas, living in a rural town, you would have to make a monthly or twice monthly trip to town to really buy groceries! It is a 30-40 minute drive from Alto, Texas in any one of four directions to a grocery store larger enough to carry everything you are looking for! Well here you go to the grocery store at the least once a week. I plan our dinner menu for the week, and then based on that I usually go on Sunday's to the grocery store and get what we need. The food here doesn't last as long as it does in the states, and I am referring to expiration dates. Milk usually has a 4 day good to bad date marking. Cooking each night uses up the meat supply. Just like at home, fresh fruits and veggies don't last long at all.
I miss being able to buy things in large quantities and freezing them so that I don't have to go to the store all the time. Yes, I can get a deep freeze unit, and that is in the plans for some time in the future. I don't really need one as large as what we had back in Texas. So we will be getting a smaller unit just to help with the storage of meats!
Another thing I miss is the ability to go to Hobby Lobby for craft supplies and fabrics. Some Modge Podge would be great to find, so that I can do the photo to canvas project I have been wanting to do.... You can use regular white glue but it just isn't the same! I don't have a sewing machine yet but that is on the list of things to buy! I have things I want to make! Dresses, curtains, shirts....etc! My plan is to use my sewing and cake skills to make a little money for myself! I think that will be fun!
I am in the process of planning a beginning cake decorating class now, but since we don't have a Hobby Lobby or Michaels here, it is a little more difficult finding supplies. They are here, just have to go to more than one place to get what I need!
The saying is true that you will miss things when you no longer have them or the ability to get them..... We take a lot of things for granted when we get used to just having them available to us. This goes for material things as well as friends and family!
I miss being able to buy things in large quantities and freezing them so that I don't have to go to the store all the time. Yes, I can get a deep freeze unit, and that is in the plans for some time in the future. I don't really need one as large as what we had back in Texas. So we will be getting a smaller unit just to help with the storage of meats!
Another thing I miss is the ability to go to Hobby Lobby for craft supplies and fabrics. Some Modge Podge would be great to find, so that I can do the photo to canvas project I have been wanting to do.... You can use regular white glue but it just isn't the same! I don't have a sewing machine yet but that is on the list of things to buy! I have things I want to make! Dresses, curtains, shirts....etc! My plan is to use my sewing and cake skills to make a little money for myself! I think that will be fun!
I am in the process of planning a beginning cake decorating class now, but since we don't have a Hobby Lobby or Michaels here, it is a little more difficult finding supplies. They are here, just have to go to more than one place to get what I need!
The saying is true that you will miss things when you no longer have them or the ability to get them..... We take a lot of things for granted when we get used to just having them available to us. This goes for material things as well as friends and family!
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