Double-decker, Please

Among many of the challenges facing us as parents today are the rising cost of foodstuffs. I watched in amazement a woman who knocked 50% off of her grocery bill by handing the clerk a small pile of coupons. And I think "I need to start looking into this couponing lifestyle a lot more". Because she wasn't one of those scary women from the crazy couponing shows with the Dura-shed built on the back of the house to store her supply of cat food. No, this was an exchange done swiftly and without much fanfare or disruption. And she took $10 off her bill.

Dang.

So I will take the Sunday paper of our left-leaning local news and pore over the advertisements. It might be worth it. I think I could, in fact, become quite skilled at it. Stay tuned.

The other reason behind the obvious renewed need for fastidiousness is the advent of Tweendom in our fold. While having one teenager already in the roost has increased the obvious need for body wash, razors, Gala apples and hummus, when Tank turned 12 he suddenly became ravenously hungry. A bowl of breakfast cereal was suddenly replenished by a large bowl of 3 scrambled eggs with cheese and sausage. And last night he came in and said with all seriousness:

"Mom. I think you need to start packing a double-decker sandwich in my lunch". Basketball season starts soon and he weighed himself at the gym last night. Down three pounds. For our reed thin guy, this is not a happy achievement. So today as he devoured his eggs and cereal, I made him such a huge sandwich of meat and cheese I needed to double-bag it for safety purposes.

And last night he requested that I no longer make GF pasta for dinner anymore. He "knows" I'm trying to go GF, but...what can I say. He's right. The chicken pecan fettucine cooked with rice pasta ended up being a horrific failure. I have to admit.

So the new next adventure in parenting begins...

I should have seen this coming. He suddenly began demanding Baconators or bacon-topped cheeseburgers at whatever eating establishment we go to. I think this is the part they didn't talk about in Sex Ed and Human Development.

No one mentioned Dagwood...