The Grocery Revelation
By celticeagle
@celticeagle (167015)
Boise, Idaho
June 1, 2016 6:03pm CST
I started making the grocery list so we can get groceries on Friday. I was putting down all the usual things. Chicken, hamburger,etc. and things that have to be cooked on the stove. Then I had a sudden revelation. It's Spring! Warm, even hot. We don't want added heat in the house. I work hard to get the kids to close the door and not leave it open in the heat of the day. Between about 3p. and about 5p. is the hottest part of the day.
So, I threw that list away and made another with sandwich ingredients, salad, cottage cheese and lighter things. Whoa! Glad I realized. We'll soon be having a fruit salad in a few days. The lady down the way was moving and gave us a smoothie maker. With weather already in the 90's we need to keep it as cool as possible.
It's going to be a sizzler this summer I tell you.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
5 Jun 16
@41CombedaleRoad .....I may turn the A/C on this evening.
@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
I have the fan on now. I will use the fan on those hot days during the heat of the day between 3p. and 5p.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jun 16
I put A/C on at night just before I go to bed, that ensures a cold start. I usually wake up a couple of hours later and then I turn it off. So far we have managed with just the breeze during the day.
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@Jessicalynnt (50523)
• Centralia, Missouri
3 Jun 16
I love my crock pot in the summer!
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
5 Jun 16
You will be asking the children to close the door to keep the heat out now!
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jun 16
I wish grandson would. He says it is his room and he can do what he wants so yesterday during the heat of the day he had his blinds up. He can be such a putz.
@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
12 Jun 16
@41CombedaleRoad ....You got that right. He doesn't listen.
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
11 Jun 16
@celticeagle It might be his room, but whose house is it?
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
Yes, it does. We have had fires here every year for as long as I can remember. Real bad one last year.
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@sueznewz2 (10409)
• Alicante, Spain
8 Jun 16
that sounds like a much better idea... but we do sometimes have a full roast dinner ... and sometimes still use the crock pot in the summer... but I didn't realise it was as hot as that for you already.... ppheewww that is hot.... 
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Jun 16
Today it is going to be over 100 and the one day I have to go out in it.
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
2 Jun 16
Yes, it will be warmer than usual again. I grill a lot during the summer, easy stuff like chicken and burgers.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
Sounds like the way to do it. Why be in the hot kitchen if you don't have to be?
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@lynboobsy11 (11343)
• Philippines
2 Jun 16
That's a good idea I did not realize that, summer is almost at end here in my place and little bit of shower rain is expected in the afternoon. But sometimes from noon time up to 3pm the heat of the sun is still so high and thats a good idea to reduce heat inside the house. 
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
I have had to find some economical tricks to staying cool.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Jun 16
When you are in the mood for chicken you can just pick up an already made rotisserrie chicken from the deli. Go towards the end of the night, around 6:30-7 o'clock as there are usually stickers on them for a few bucks off because it's either get them sold or throw them out...
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
2 Jun 16
I keep my house cool and when I cook you can't tell the different, it doesn't get hot. But my husband does do the meat/chicken/whatever on the grill which helps. But I don't change my cooking habits by the season. But my husband wouldn't go for salads only for dinner - he's a big guy who has to eat!
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
I need more too but sometimes that is all my daughter fixes. Ugh!
@Tampa_girl7 (50256)
• United States
3 Jun 16
That sounds like a wonderful summer menu.
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@noni1959 (10095)
• United States
2 Jun 16
I love smoothies! Lighter fair keeps us cooler too. You can make so many different types of sandwiches using different types of bread too. I came from CA where right now it's 109 this week. It was 82 here in Oregon and I had to laugh when I would hear people talk about how hot it is. I am embracing this heat.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
2 Jun 16
I won't be out in it. Up in the 90's suddenly this week after nice 70's weather for quite a while.
