We started our Saturday a little late. Elder Morgenegg needed a haircut and although we did not bring our hair cutting supplies our mission president’s wife supplied us with a set they had but did not use as President has a very chic haircut and his wife is just too busy to do it for him. So I am back to cutting Elder Morgenegg’s hair – but it is not too bad and it is better than trying to find a barber that we could communicate with that would not butcher his hair – many of the missionaries sport butchered hair.
Then after showering we were off to the store. We have a plan. The carts are different sizes but the size we like to use allows Elder Morgenegg to mount our cart on the rail of the cart and then hold it on as he pushes the cart. I just move along and put things in. He is very patient as I pick and choose produce, meat, cheese and other things. His main job is to remind me when we get close to capacity as our cart to carry home groceries does have a limit. Mostly he just follows me around as I shop for what is on my list (and other things I think look good). Sometimes he offers suggestions as well.
Today, I thought I would share what our cart looks like. Here it is after we got home – it is full.
Our full cart – actually super full today as we had two large bags in it and a little.
Side view of our very full bag. We have bungee cords that we use to hold it all in.
When we come home we unload all the groceries and put them away. Today I put them all on the counter so you could see what we bought today.
The size is not apparent but these two bags held all our groceries for today. They are bigger than the ones I have bought in the States.
All of this was in our two bags and in our one cart. It includes a 5 kg bag of flour, meat, milk, juice, cheese, eggs and so much more.
After we put them all away we folded up our cart for storage in our coat closet near the door ready for next week. I actually keep one of the grocery bags in my bag that I carry to work. It is what I use to carry mail in when I have a lot to carry like the last two weeks when I have filled it up and then some. Here is our folded cart.
Our cart all folded for storage.
Side View – it is quite compact!
Now I had cooking and baking to do. First I used the tomatoes I found in the clearance basket to make a large pot of sauce for the lasagna I would make for the couple who are coming to dinner tomorrow night. I used onion, garlic (the cloves of the garlic here are huge – in one large bulb there are usually only four or maybe five cloves), red pepper, carrot, and spices to make a good beginning sauteing them in olive oil. Then I chopped up about twelve tomatoes and put them in with some water and a little tomato paste. I let it simmer while I made oatmeal cake for our dessert and then the dough for cinnamon rolls for breakfast (tomorrow is our general conference Sunday), wheat rolls for dinner and wheat bread. After all the dough was ready I began to make the lasagna and got it into the frig. By then the oatmeal cake was done and Elder Morgenegg was cooking his peanuts (we can buy them raw here very cheaply and then he roasts them in our oven – they are really a great snack) while I worked on the dough.
In between somewhere we stopped for dinner and now as I write this (it is now 6:10pm) Elder Morgenegg is almost done vacuuming our apartment and all our little rugs. I still need to clean the bathroom and mop the kitchen floor and, of course, we need to do all the dirty dishes I have piled up.
Here is a picture of the rolls raising in my new silicon baking cups.
Rolls raising in our new silicon baking cups that Andrea and Andrew sent us. One set is in the muffin pan I found a month or so ago and the other on a cookie sheet.
And here is the end result of my day so far.
A half a days work! the cinnamon rolls are in the round pan, the unbaked lasagna is in the middle, the oatmeal cake is on the right in the back and the bread for our week on the right front. I hope I have room in the freezer.
So now I am off to put it all away, clean the bathroom, mop the floors, and crash – oh, we also did two loads of wash which are hanging to dry in our hall so Elder Morgenegg will probably be ironing later as mostly he irons his own shirts and other clothes here – most of my things just hang and don’t need to be ironed – yeah for that!
As soon as we finish out cleaning we plan to watch another session of General Conference. Probably the Priesthood session and then tomorrow we will watch the last Sunday session. We have seen the others but love that we can watch via the internet or downloads. What a wonderful blessing to live at this time.
The couple we are having over tomorrow are very young. His name is Pavel (there are lots of Pavels in our branch – and lots of Sergeys and lots of Igors – very common names here). Her name is Sondra and she is so gorgeous – she is a model but right now she is on “vacation” as they just had their first child – a darling little boy – in June. Sometimes she leaves him with her mother – I hope tomorrow she brings him. They both speak enough English we hope it works out but we will love having them here no matter what. He sent me a text this morning saying they look forward to tasting our delicious meal – I hope they like it.
Love you all! Hope you enjoyed seeing my homemaker day.