good deals

I shopped at Aldi today. It was my first time and I probably won't be back, at least for a while. It's pretty far away. I did really enjoy shopping there though. VERY inexpensive. The produce was so cheap and nice! I got a beautiful Del Monte Pineapple for 1.49. I got two bags of iceberg garden bagged salad for .39 each! Hots dogs for .79. The stuff is their own brand for the most part, but nothing is out of date and dented or bruised! I wish we had one close to where we live! I wouldn't shop for everything there, because I try to get whole foods as much as I can, but for produce (from the US) and freshmeats, frozen meats, deli and dairy, I was super impressed. I don't mean to sound snobbish, the products I mean mostly are cereals that we are used to, and crackers, frozen meals for hubby's lunches and so on. They had some health food options too, overall, i saved a big penny and like I said, wish we had one close by!

One thing I will appreciate when the kids are grown, is not having to clean up every possible body liquid that a child could manage to spew. Today was one of those day... wow I guess it's better to all happen at once than to have a little bit every day?

Evie hasn't been napping well lately. She isn't going to sleep well at bedtime either. In fact, she is in her room screaching right now. Ear plugs would be nice.

I have been working on my family tree through Ancestry.com. It's very addictive! I want to spend the extra $10 to get national records so I can try and find the families left behind in Europe. Yes all my ancesters came from Europe. Italy, Germany, Ireland, England, Lithuania and possibly Poland. My family migrated from Italy mostly in the 1910's, and that was only two generations ago. Same with Lithuania. Half of the Germans too. So that would make all of my great grandparents from those countries, naturalized here. The Irish and English have been here as far back as I can trace(1790). I would guess they came over before the country began. Though some may have, and some may not, there are many families involved in them.

It is fun. There is no one famous in my lineage, but it's fun to hear stories about people. I interviewed my grandfather and he told me stories that I was able to jot down. I hope to add them onto my tree. Ancestry really makes it very organized. My goal now is to save and file all the records I connected to my tree before my membership runs up!

I think she's about done whining. I hope she is.