Saturday, May 30, 2009

Date night

My Sam's club membership is about to expire, and not being very satisfied with their prices anymore, I've been looking for ways to make a membership unnecessary. The only things I regularly buy at Sam's are bread, tortillas, Gouda cheese, and shredded cheese. Well, I've already nulified the need for bread, since I n0w make all of my own. I have been able to buy a bunch of shredded cheese on sale in the regular stores. That leaves tortillas and Gouda. It's just not worth $40/year to be able to buy those things for a fraction cheaper. My in-laws have memberships to both Sam's and Costco, so I'm sure they wouldn't mind letting me borrow their card 4 times a year to buy some cheese.

As for tortillas. Tortillas is one of those things I always just buy. I never think of the fact that I could just make them! I looked up the recipe and instructions online, and they are surprisingly easy to make. Sure, they take some time, but don't I have plenty of that being a stay at home mom? So last night, Friday night, we didn't have any kind of date planned. We usually don't. It's just not practical. So, I suggested we make a date night out of making tortillas. I added the ingredients, Joe mixed the dough. We both rolled out, and cooked the tortillas. They were so delicious fresh!

Now that we have our pool open, we have been swimming almost every day. After the kids do their chores, we jump in there. I need to get some pictures. Ginger is already excited about swimming from me to the steps, while Sterling still doesn't like the idea of swimming without any floating devices. It has been surprisingly hard to get people to come over to swim with us though. One friend doesn't even own a swimsuit. The other is too busy with her garden. And yet another is just too busy with life. Then there are many people who won't even pick up the phone when I call, or call back when I leave a message. I guess it's hard for me to understand why it's hard to get people to come over, because I know that if I didn't have a pool, and someone would invite me over, I would be soooo excited. Ah well, I guess we're all different. In the mean time, I'll just swim and have fun with my own little family.

7 comments:

Renee Campbell said...

Hmm, I think that if you were down the street it wouldnt be such a deal to come over. Unfortunately you have to factor in an hour and a half just in driving! Trust me Im dying to swim....did I mention I swam in HS! Its my favorite, bummer that my garden is not quite where I want it to be...after today it should be (keeping fingers crossed)!

Amber said...

I would come over to swim in a heartbeat! I want a pool sooo badly (have I mentioned that before?). Also, I have never tried making my own tortillas since we moved from Arizona years ago. We used to make them all the time and the were delish. Where did you get the recipe?

angela michelle said...

Mom used to make tortillas from scratch sometimes and I do very occasionally. Her recipe is in that batch she gave us. Sounds like a great date activity.

angela michelle said...

i think I'm about to let my costco membership lapse too. There are several things I really like to get there, but it doesn't seem worth the fee. I wish I had a neighbor who would go in with me.

Nancy Sabina said...

My Costco membership is worth it as long as I buy diapers and wipes there. But as soon as I'm past that stage (like you are at the moment) I think I'll let mine go too. There are people in my ward who go there every week for bread and milk - but if I did that I would NOT be saving money since it's so hard to get out of there without spending at least $100.

We would definitely come swim with you as often as possible - if it weren't a 2 day drive.

Ruthie said...

I would love to go swimming at your house! I need to come up there. My weekends are all full in June, but maybe in July if I'm still in state!

Grampa Earl said...

You want to borrow my Sam's card? OK, but I probably want to tag along when you do.
Liz has a Costco card, but I don't have one anymore.

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