Monday, March 28, 2022

Last Week's $72 Kroger Shopping Trip (+ what we ate) and more...

I went to Kroger on Friday and picked up some great deals! My total was $72 for all the groceries shown above. Sugar was on sale for $1.27/bag with the digital coupon. Potatoes were on sale for $1.77/bag with the digital coupon. And nectarines and ...
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Last Week’s $72 Kroger Shopping Trip (+ what we ate)

I went to Kroger on Friday and picked up some great deals! My total was $72 for all the groceries shown above.

Sugar was on sale for $1.27/bag with the digital coupon. Potatoes were on sale for $1.77/bag with the digital coupon. And nectarines and peaches were just $0.97/lb again.

The Simply Steam veggies are just $0.99 each with the digital coupon. And I splurged and got a roast that was marked down to $10!

I was excited about these pizzas to stick in the freezer for easy week night dinners!

Have you ever seen or tried these berries before?? Are they any good? I saw them at the store (I don’t recall ever seeing them before!) and they looked like strawberries that didn’t ripen!

I had gotten some tomato soup marked down a few months ago, we had bread and lots of cheese, so we did grilled cheese and tomato soup and it was a hit.

Some of you suggested making the Irish Soda Bread into French Toast. Since we had gotten all those eggs marked down, it was the perfect week to try that. It was yummy!

Silas made steaks for us one night. He loves to watch cooking shows and made his own marinade. They were so delicious!

If you’ve been following for a long time, I bet you can guess what we’re using these ingredients for for dinner tonight! (Here’s a hint.)

   
 

Making Time for Romance When You Have Young Kids

If there was one question we are asked to answer the most often, it’s likely, something along the lines of, “How do you prioritize your marriage when you have kids?”

In this week’s podcast episode, we share some of our best suggestions to make time for romance when you have kids. We share things we have learned, what works for us, and how we’ve improved our communication over the years.

We also talk about some exercise-related things that are saving our lives, what we are currently reading, conspiracy theories, and how I applied something from a book I’m reading to a hard conversation recently.

In This Episode

[00:34] – Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine Show.

[02:00] – Jesse tells us what is saving his life and explains some of the exercises.

[05:50] – The mystery is solved as to why the treadmill has been moved in some odd way.

[06:50] – The weather has been really nice and I have been itching to be outside.

[07:55] – I share an update on what I am reading.

[09:35] – I received an upset message on instagram from a follower and I shared my honest response.

[11:30] – I think so often that people just want to be heard.

[12:20] – Jesse has an update on a book that he has been listening to.

[15:39] – Let’s talk about for romance when you have kids.

[16:25] – The number one key to making time for romance is prioritizing it.

[17:04] – One of the greatest gifts we can give our kids is a strong marriage.

[18:45] – Be intentional; you can’t just assume it will happen without effort and thought.

[21:22] – Getting creative with the time and schedule you have.

[24:15] – The glue that holds our marriage together is laughter.

[26:22] – We love to exercise PDA in front of our kids.

[27:20] – We talk a lot. Or maybe Jesse listens and I talk!

[30:25] – Learning to communicate about communication has been helpful.

[32:27] – Having things that we do just the two of us has been really special.

   
 

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