{"id":19172,"date":"2013-01-14T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2013-01-14T20:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=19172"},"modified":"2013-01-14T15:45:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T20:45:02","slug":"life-simplified-no-grocery-shopping-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=19172","title":{"rendered":"Life Simplified: No Grocery Shopping (Week 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1460143c.jpg?ssl=1\"> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"No Grocery Shopping Challenge 2013\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/P1460143c.jpg?resize=173%2C348&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"173\" height=\"348\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our family finished week 2 of our no grocery shopping goal.\u00a0 Every new year we set goals, challenge ourselves to reach new heights, and to focus on what\u2019s really important in life.\u00a0 I\u00a0 have made it a goal to simplify my life more by enjoying the blessings and not wasting what God has given me.\u00a0 One of the ways I did this was by going through several <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/2011\/02\/life-simplified-no-grocery-shopping-february-update\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">No Grocery Shopping<\/a> weeks, picking up only necessities while trying to use the items we already had in our fridge, freezer, and pantry.<\/p>\n<p>When I did it this 2011 it was my intention to go 1 month, but I made it 8 weeks (<em>with only a few hiccups<\/em>). \u00a0 It is my plan to do this again with the hope of making it at least through the month of January.\u00a0 I will be sharing with you the successes and challenges on those specific areas in my life as I go through them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life Simplified Goal:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No Grocery Shopping (except for necessities) in the month of January.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Explanation of the Goal: <\/strong>My goal during the month of January is to not shop for groceries other than necessities (milk, eggs, bread).\u00a0 Our freezer is full of meat, produce from our garden this summer, fruit, and other great items.\u00a0 Our pantry is also overflowing with all the great deals that we have picked up over the past few months.\u00a0 One of the reason for the goal is that I want to use the items I have and not waste them.\u00a0 Stockpiling is wonderful but there may come a point when we need to eat through that stockpile before it expires, save the extra money to work on a financial goal, and be creative with what we have at home.\u00a0 I have been thinking about this challenge for several weeks over the Holidays.\u00a0 Over the past few months (including our experience traveling to India) it has really hit me that we have been really blessed yet there are children and families that content with a lot less.\u00a0 Menu planning may take a little extra creative thinking on my part but I think I can do it. If I do purchase something it needs to meet one of the following criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FREE \u2013 I don\u2019t want to waste free grocery coupons that my family will use while doing this goal<\/li>\n<li>Necessity \u2013 Milk, Eggs, Bread, etc\u2026<\/li>\n<li>For Someone Else outside of my household.\u00a0 For example I make meals for new Moms in our church and if I need to pick up an item for them on the way to deliver a meal that will be an exception.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>What Happened this week?<\/h4>\n<p>I finished the second week of this goal.\u00a0\u00a0 The only things I purchased this week were a 1 gallon of Milk, a jar of Mayonnaise, and soft foods for my daughter who was recovering from tonsil surgery (bananas, popsicles, drinks, yogurt, etc&#8230;).\u00a0 I was able to plan our menu around the foods we had on hand, plus Jake was traveling for a couple days this week so we tried to keep it a little simpler.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a little more time and focus to come up with a menu but everyone seems to be doing pretty well.\u00a0 The real challenge will come at the end of the month when we are getting low in the pantry and when we host guests!<\/p>\n<p>I will share with you the challenges, successes and what I had to purchase so you can keep me accountable or even go through the journey with me by participating\u00a0 and sharing your story.\u00a0 I would love to extend this goal into February if I can make our pantry stretch!<\/p>\n<p><em>Life Simplified is a series on getting rid of the extras in our life while learning how to enjoy what God has given us so we can continue to be a blessing to others.\u00a0 Our homes can quickly start are bursting with \u201cstuff\u201d\u00a0 and if you are like us we just have too much.\u00a0 I am doing a series on ways we are learning to simplifying our food, homes, and lives.\u00a0 When our hearts, lives, and homes get too cluttered we may start missing out on opportunities to serve and bless the people around us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our family finished week 2 of our no grocery shopping goal.\u00a0 Every new year we set goals, challenge ourselves to reach new heights, and to focus on what\u2019s really important in life.\u00a0 I\u00a0 have made it a goal to simplify my life more by enjoying the blessings and not wasting what God has given me.\u00a0 One of the ways I did this was by going through several No Grocery Shopping weeks, picking up only necessities while trying to use the items we already had in our fridge, freezer, and pantry. When I did it this 2011 it was my intention to go 1 month, but I made it 8 weeks (with only a few hiccups). \u00a0 It is my plan to do this again with the hope of making it at least through the month of January.\u00a0 I will be sharing with you the successes and challenges on those specific areas in my life as I go through them. Life Simplified Goal: No Grocery Shopping (except for necessities) in the month of January. Explanation of the Goal: My goal during the month of January is to not shop for groceries other than necessities (milk, eggs, bread).\u00a0 Our freezer is full of meat, produce from our garden this summer, fruit, and other great items.\u00a0 Our pantry is also overflowing with all the great deals that we have picked up over the past few months.\u00a0 One of the reason for the goal is that I want to use the items I have and not waste them.\u00a0 Stockpiling is wonderful but there may come a point when we need to eat through that stockpile before it expires, save the extra money to work on a financial goal, and be creative with what we have at home.\u00a0 I have been thinking about this challenge for several weeks over the Holidays.\u00a0 Over the past few months (including our experience traveling to India) it has really hit me that we have been really blessed yet there are children and families that content with a lot less.\u00a0 Menu planning may take a little extra creative thinking on my part but I think I can do it. If I do purchase something it needs to meet one of the following criteria: FREE \u2013 I don\u2019t want to waste free grocery coupons that my family will use while doing this goal Necessity \u2013 Milk, Eggs, Bread, etc\u2026 For Someone Else outside of my household.\u00a0 For example I make meals for new Moms in our church and if I need to pick up an item for them on the way to deliver a meal that will be an exception. What Happened this week? I finished the second week of this goal.\u00a0\u00a0 The only things I purchased this week were a 1 gallon of Milk, a jar of Mayonnaise, and soft foods for my daughter who was recovering from tonsil surgery (bananas, popsicles, drinks, yogurt, etc&#8230;).\u00a0 I was able to plan our menu around the foods we had on hand, plus Jake was traveling for a couple days this week so we tried to keep it a little simpler. It takes a little more time and focus to come up with a menu but everyone seems to be doing pretty well.\u00a0 The real challenge will come at the end of the month when we are getting low in the pantry and when we host guests! I will share with you the challenges, successes and what I had to purchase so you can keep me accountable or even go through the journey with me by participating\u00a0 and sharing your story.\u00a0 I would love to extend this goal into February if I can make our pantry stretch! Life Simplified is a series on getting rid of the extras in our life while learning how to enjoy what God has given us so we can continue to be a blessing to others.\u00a0 Our homes can quickly start are bursting with \u201cstuff\u201d\u00a0 and if you are like us we just have too much.\u00a0 I am doing a series on ways we are learning to simplifying our food, homes, and lives.\u00a0 When our hearts, lives, and homes get too cluttered we may start missing out on opportunities to serve and bless the people around us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[54,8,70,73,77,18,80,81,37],"tags":[3061,3199,5967,10979,11012,15854,16101,16917,18304,21336,22443,22683,22979],"class_list":["post-19172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budget","category-financial","category-goals","category-intentional-living","category-life-simplified","category-living-on-a-budget","category-menu-planning","category-organization","category-stores","tag-bread","tag-budget","tag-dinner","tag-groceries","tag-grocery","tag-meals","tag-milk","tag-no-grocery-shopping","tag-planning","tag-shopping","tag-staples","tag-store","tag-supper"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-4Ze","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}