tkrik,
What I save is a lot of time. The items are pretty good. I use to love cooking; but now with often 24/7 pain; it is a godsend. I think the pricing is fair; you get a % back in points to take off your next order. Kitty has the site listed; you may want to check it out. Larry, our delivery guy is here every other Monday between 2 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. I use to do Market Day with the school. Last year they went out of business; then I discovered Schwan's, which I like even better.


Gerry

doydie;
You have to try to give up on worrying whether your house is messy or not. Who really cares other than you. With a little coaxing from you, Charlie might be okay with giving a try to having someone come in every couple of weeks. The wallet is sometimes difficult to use when we feel we can do it ourselves. I find that with a little less stress trying to do too much when the body say's "no" ; I can be in a better mood; which hubby appreciates. So is it worth it; for us, I say "yes".

doydie; you're worth it; now you have to convince Charlie of this. Schwan's is much cheaper than Charlie going out to eat/tip, etc. I hope you reconsider. Check out the site Kitty listed.


Gerry

I think once Charlie tries some of their food he may be convinced to use Schwan's more than going out to eat.

I am so glad you went to the 60th Anniversary celebration. Dolling yourself up was a great idea. For the most part, when I do that I can make myself feel a little better. I know you miss singing in the choir. Maybe once things settle down you can get back to participating in the choir.

I wouldn't worry about a messy house. The people that come in to help see all sorts of things. I do understand if you don't want to do that. Maybe one of your girls or grands (I can't remember their ages) can help you and Charlie out.

I hope you are feeling better!

Gerry - Saving time is worth it. I will check them out. I did my major grocery shopping this weekend so I won't have extra money to try them this month. I did put a reminder on my calendar for next month though.

I have one daughter that lives here in town, the other lives 200 miles away and she is the one who has the grand daughters. I know michelle would do anything I asked her to do but she works full time evening shift. Her weekends are her only time. Right now, one day of that weekend she comes over here and mows our lawn, trims and picks up the grass clippings. She tries to empty all our trash cans into the big trash can but I have told her we are OK in doing that. One time when we were on vacation, she and her now ex husband surprised us by doing a deep clean of our house while we were gone. She lets us know quite often about what we have done to her once clean house.

Her job doesn't pay much, her ex really used the credit card and had no way of paying it off since he was laid off so many times. So when they divorced, she still has a bad credit record which she is slowly bringing up. She has a huge heart for rescue dogs and has 3, 2 medium and one large and frequently babysits anyone's dogs of her girl friends. She is doing that for a 120 pound Great Dane right now. So her small house which wasn't good to begin with is even worse and she puts a lot of money in trying to keep it in as good repair as she can. She has a postage stamp size yard and brings her dogs over here to run in our back yard about once a month. She is on the board of directors of 2 dog parks. So she is a busy person and one with one huge heart who has a hard time saying no. She does so much for us and I don't want to put anymore on her. My other daughter wouldn't know how to clean a house if it came with explicate instructions. She would tell her husband and 2 daughters to do it.

Those omelets are really good. I hesitated trying them for a long time because I just didn't understand how eggs could be good microwaved. I was wrong! They're delicious.

I get the chicken breasts that are individually wrapped and they are wonderful. Easy high protein meal.

I used to love to cook but just can't do it anymore. If it can't be cooked in a microwave then I don't fix it.

I wish you could hire a cleaning service, Doydie. I just had a girl come in and clean my house last month for $100. She did such a good job and she is my neighbors sister so I felt better about using her. I'm so glad I decided to get someone to come in once a month. It really takes a lot of the pressure off me to keep things clean. I just can't do the heavy duty cleaning like I used to.

doydie,
Just a thought;
You mentioned your daughter's job didn't pay much.
Wonder how you would feeling offering your daughter a way to make a few extra $$$ by helping clean your house once a month.

Both of you would be doing each other a favor. I know it might seem difficult for her to accept $$$ from you; but you could tell her you would feel so much better about her doing the cleaning since both of you would be doing each other a favor especially since you would not be having a stranger in your house.

As I mentioned previously......just a thought....

Gerry

P.S,
doydie; some years ago I had a beauty shop. My mother helped me by doing some baby sitting;.....
but... there was one day a week she would wash customer's hair. She hated to take any $$$ for it; but I insisted telling her she was doing me a favor; and it was also helpful because she was at the shop when I wasn't. It was good for both of us.

Kitty,
The the Four Cheese Penne with Prosciutto is delicious. Can be done in the micro in 10 minutes (micro 7min. stir micro 3 min more). I use a side of sliced tomatoes (sprinkled with basel, salt & pepper, a little balsamic or a bit of oil on top) Yummy!!!!!!!! I always order at least one every month.


Gerry

We have offered her to be our lawn service and she was insulted that we would think she would take money to help us. So I don't think she would take money to clean the house. But it is a good idea. She is like me and a night person. I go to bed around 1 or so. She goes to bed around 4 AM and gets up to do some basic things before going to work at 3 PM. So her weekends are really her time for her. If she has to do something during the day she will but she likes her schedule just like I do.

I need to check into Schwann's and Walmart pickup although the pickup doesn't let me get any exercise. But I have used the scooter for the past several times in Walmart so that is no exercise anyway. On another forum I am on, some ladies say they buy a lot off of Amazon.