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The Grocery Budget Challenge: Week #1 ($236)
Back before everyone you knew had a blog, before I was married or had kids or lived in Philadelphia, I did a grocery budget challenge for myself on this blog. I can’t believe how little I spent at the...
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The Grocery Challenge: Week# 2 ($175)
I am proud of myself for this one. In week #2 I spent $175. This week’s goal was to only go market shopping once and to just eat other things if we ran out of favorites. One problem I tend to have is...
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The Grocery Challenge: Week #3 ($275)
I’m clearly failing at this. After last week’s low number ($175) I ended up running out of a lot of foods by just a few days later. A second trip at $100 plus a real trip at $175 puts me at $275 for...
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The Grocery Challenge: Week #4 ($150)
It looks like I’m developing a pattern – one expensive week and one reasonable week. I’d like to make all the weeks reasonable, but I think I’m making progress. So far the biggest changes I’ve made...
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The Grocery Challenge: Week 6 ($225)
I didn’t count week 5 in here nor did I log it because Trig and I traveled for the first time without the kids. I stocked the fridge with a few basics for the kids and their caretakers but I didn’t...
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Toddler nightmares
Toddler nightmares are awful. R had a tiny ice cream cone – the ones that are about 2 inches tall – before bed a few nights ago. Only a few hours later he woke up in a fit of screams and tears. Holding...
View ArticleThe Grocery Challenge: Update
I just thought I’d give a little update on my grocery challenge. It’s been several months since I started paying more attention to food prices, and it has paid off. We have now figured out how to eat...
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What we’re eating this week
Although summer isn’t official over, mine is. We really enjoyed this last weekend at the shore. I indulged in nightly ice cream from Aunt B’s, we a pizza dinner picnic on the beach followed by a day...
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What we’re eating, week 2
Woohoo! Week 1 was a fantastic success. We kept to our budget and ate great dinners at home. It felt great to have a plan every day. Here’s what we have planned this week: Sunday: lobster and crab...
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Kid dinners, AKA munchkin meals
My kids are in a food rut. Ali has now joined Raffi in the crusade to not try foods that are all mixed together. She will at least try new basic foods without more than quick glance, but anything in a...
View ArticleRandom thoughts of the day
1. The Dunkin closest to my new office is only 294 steps away. I counted. I also timed it, and it took me 7 minutes and 42 seconds including paying and such. This is not good for my wallet. It’s been...
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How to teach your children to swim before age 3
Originally published on the BabyCenter Blog *April 20, 2018* Want to learn how to teach your children to swim before age 3? I’m going to tell you. My daughter can easily swim the short length of our...
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Nuna Leaf vs. BabyBjorn Bouncer vs. Fisher Price Bouncer
Originally published on the BabyCenter Blog *March 30, 2018* With about a million choices, it can be hard to pick a baby chair or baby bouncer. I now own the Nuna Leaf, BabyBjorn Bouncer Bliss...
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Why this blog is called RhodeyGirl Tests
Grammar is really important to me. Back in the old blogging days of 2007 I wanted to be different and decided to keep the E when changing Rhode Island girl to RhodeyGirl. The “E” was supposed to stand...
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Cloth napkins are better than paper towels.
I am absolutely obsessed with our Marley’s Monsters’ unpaper towels. We have been using them consistently for several months but even more intentionally over the last couple of months. We used to go...
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