Still on the subject of cremations - wow, this blog's not been full of light and joy the past few days, has it?! I promise I'll get off the subject and move onto something happier very soon. This is a link to a local to us funeral directors, who offer cremation only in a local crematorium Cremation Only | South West Cremation Services. The page shows exactly what's included for the price of £880, and they collect the body. I think it's a really well thought out and respectful package, and an amazing price. I expect every crematorium has their own arrangements and pricing structure, you'd have to contact your local one for their particular details. Regarding the End of Life Planner book, I got it on Amazon, there's loads on there and they're not all so rudely funny, some are quite serious! Since my siblings (and some of husband's relatives) share my sense of humour, I know they'll find it funny too.
The bee - I had the back door open for the hour I was out in the garden, so I guess it could have come in that way, or indeed through any of the windows I also had open. I suppose the (relatively) warmish temperature and sunshine could have woken it up from hibernation early, and it then must have flown inside the house and hidden itself away somewhere for another little snooze. Poor Betty, it took her ages to calm down enough to go to sleep, she was really quite agitated and still kept scouting all around the house sniffing everywhere.....I did wonder whether perhaps the bee had stung her, but looked inside her mouth and couldn't see anything, so I don't think it did. I think it was the loud buzzing sound that scared her so much, she is quite reactive to noises.
Well, I nearly stuck quite rigidly to my shopping list.....I got just a few extra things - 2 packs of half price pork mince, a box of cup soups that husband wanted, and 2 packs of puff pastry that were yellow stickered to a third of the original price, the mince and pastry went straight in the freezer. I did notice that there were quite a few price rises again, 10 or 20p on some things, 40p on a couple of others - all these were on things we regularly buy, so I know what the price is. As this is a year of saving up for Needs and Wants, I'm determined to keep a rein on our supermarket spending and only buy what we need.
I had to laugh at something Joy said on her Slimming World blog on Monday - apparently there's a trend right now for Reverse Meal Planning. In a nutshell, this is doing an inventory of what you have in and then planning a menu around that. Erm, isn't that what all us like-minded bloggers and readers have been doing for years and years?! But each new generation thinks they've discovered a new way of doing things, don't they.
I've never heard of reverse meal planning. Sounds like you you look at what you've eaten, and THEN plan it. Well, all us older folks, who've been doing reverse planning for years, are finally up to date!🤣 I've never understood all those people who buy food, then throw it away, because it's out of date. You might do that once, but to keep doing it? More money than sense! xx
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely it is, Sooze. It's good that these old frugal strategies are being carried on and made trendy again. Well done with sticking to your list - I'm doing my weekly shop this evening and am hoping I can do the same. Fingers crossed. xx
ReplyDeleteMorning, I have been doing that way of meal planning for at least 56 years, I was never well off with 4 young children on my own and working, I’m not moaning just stating a fact
ReplyDeleteI'd seen taglines about reverse meal planning but didn't realise it was the bleeding obvious! Dearie dearie me!
ReplyDeleteAnd snagging up the yellow stickered stuff that you will use is an absolute score.
"Reverse meal planning" sounds very modern, doesn't it! But there's nothing new under the sun... It's a bit the same with "cash stuffing", which everyone did back in the day. I remember, as a child, we had umpteen different envelopes and jars at home with money saved and earmarked for different things, and woe betide you if you took the money from the wrong jar! I can also remember as a teenager always leaving money by the phone if I had to make a phone call home from a friend's house - it's just what everyone did.
ReplyDeleteI think we have to also factor that how the next generation lives is always going to be different from the previous and so on. Terminology changes, approach to home and life management changes, so I'm never surprised an "old" habit gets refreshed as a new to that generation concept. My youngest has a pantry full, and still hasn't figured out this concept even though she witnessed me, or so I thought, look through cupboards and fridge before shopping. She'll tell me over the phone she has to go grocery shopping and has t made dinner yet. I'll have her tell me what she can see in her pantry, fridge , and freezer and we come up with several meal options she can cook- no shopping required. She'll figure it out in time.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't realised that 'reverse meal planning' was exactly what we have all been doing for decades. It makes me wonder why so many old-time bloggers are now YouTubing about it. I guess they just want to appear to be keeping up with the latest trends. I'll just stick to calling it 'looking in the cupboards before I go shopping'. I'm also getting fed up with seeing the term 'reset' being bandied about by everyone. Weekly resets', monthly resets' and the obvious 'New Year reset'.
ReplyDeleteGosh I'm getting grumpy!!
We had a direct funeral for Tom as we had discussed it before hand. No service and the deceased taken directly to the crem. It cost us around £1000. Neither of us wanted any fuss.
ReplyDeleteBriony x
Jane from frugal queen put something up about that on YouTube.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know you could arrange a funeral direct with the crem either. Neither of us want any fuss and we certainly don't want our daughter to have to invite people we haven't seen for years! It sounds brilliant, we'll look it up.
ReplyDeleteAnd, yes, reverse meal planning is made to sound 'new' but many of us have already got it down to a fine art, haven't we. Even Frugal Queen in France has jumped on the bandwagon in one of her latest vlogs. I suppose it's to 'inform' the young ones how to check their cupboards in a way that sounds modern?
Angie
I saved my parents hundreds one summer when I went home to visit. My father who did the grocery shopping was amazed. I inventoried the pantry, stuck lists on each door and then meal planned. I made all the meals that summer too. I went grocery shopping with my father with my inventory to stop him from buying something out of habit he already had a lot of. I only shop from a list.
ReplyDeleteI say that when something is on a great sale definitely pick it up. Reverse meal planning is something I have always done but never called it that. I do think that one does need a pantry and freezer to do a good job of that though.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.