REAL Daily Life and Cussing Out Lids.

I ran into a friend while shopping at Target today. I love her and I know the feeling is mutual, but when she saw me she said, "I'm embarrassed to let you see my cart. You're going to think I'm terrible for what's in it." Oh dear. I can see some clarification is in order right from the get-go. News at nine - we ARE a normal family. We splurge, we struggle, we drive-thru, we do all the things you and all "normal" families do. I still battle DAILY with eating disorder tendencies. Only because of God's grace, hard work, Divine revelations, and the best darn accountability partner a gal could hope for do I rein victorious more often than not, but there are still days I lose the battle. This very day, pacifying a 17 month old in the car while we hurried to make one more stop meant sharing a bag of french fries. People, this blog is about finding inspiration in daily living. Sometimes that comes in the form of the best darn homemade, from scratch, veggie packed meal from your own kitchen and sometimes, well, it's found in the form of french fries. Cheers to your, and my, real daily life!

Speaking of daily inspiration. I have been oh-so-inspired to get organized. Here's a little tip for your home from mine that has cut down on "lid sorting-crashing-losing" induced swearing. I hope for you too. Put unused mail sorters in your cabinet to "file" Tupperware lids in. They stay put and no more digging around for the right sized lid. In this same cabinet is another little tip. I try to avoid plastic as much as possible. Whenever I can, I do try to avoid buying food in plastic containers (sometimes you just can't get around it) or storing it in plastic at home. Buying glass storage wear can get pricey though. So, I will often pay the 50 cents more or so for products in glass, then wash and keep them to store food in later. A less expensive alternative.