Grocery Haul!! How Much Do We Really Spend at the Grocery Store??

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[DebbieBlue-dtzx]

Ruth Ann please never worry about the length of your videos we totally love learning from you. Thank you

[sharimorris]

One reason your videos are superior is because you do not do a lot of scrolling and copying of others content. You are original and real. People are able to gain practical skills for healthy living.

[Linda-fqp]

"Food has no eternal value" but eating a simple meal with your loved ones does. Wow. You changed my life with that one. I have tied myself up in knots with dinners, decorating cookies, etc. but you just summed up what is TRULY important. Thank you!

[jeanhorvath]

Anyone who has watched any of your videos knows how much you value cleanliness. Scuffed doors are not dirty doors.
Your little boys are not so little anymore. I've loved watching them grow. You ate such an inspiration. Thank you.

[paulettemann]

That’s one of the things that I like about your channel. It’s so real. Your cabinets look like paint wearing off not dirty.

[MissChievousRN]

My great grandmother used to call the wear and tear on furniture "heirlooming". We passed this phase down thru the generations and now we all happily see knicks and scratches as part of the history of a well lived life!❤

[ValerieJohnson-qx]

Hey Ruthann, the fact that you don’t buy much at the grocery store is what makes your grocery haul interesting. I too buy mainly ingredients, as I’m a from scratch cook/baker, so my grocery hauls don’t look like others. Please don’t feel you have to excuse the wear and tear on your kitchen cabinets, it’s a hard working well used kitchen for a large family.

[betweenthefieldshomestead]

You are such an inspiration. I'm 62 and starting my homesteading journey and I get so many good tips from you. Thank you

[JeanneBrown]

Your closing remarks on family eating together was everything. ♥️

[juditrimble]

We are in our late 70’s and are making the transition to “making our own”. I know that seems late, but, better late than never, right? And, it might help us to make it into our 90’s and beyond (unless the Lord comes soon. 🙏🏻 ). We’ve just started shopping at Azure and I’m buying the smaller sizes of things until we figure out what we like and since it’s just the two of us. I look forward to your videos and have learned so much from you! We garden on a much smaller scale, using raised beds because of back issues. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your life with us. PS: I think you’re just as cute as a button! 🥰

[patrice]

RuthAnn you don’t need to apologize for the way your cabinets look.

A pristine kitchen is one that is not often used.

A kitchen showing some scuff and scrapes shows that you are using it multiple times a day to provide nutritious meals for your family.

Thanks for sharing your grocery haul and the reasoning behind the way you shop for your large family.

I am a single person household who still continues to shop in bulk for ingredients. I now can get a year or more from my bulk purchases vs when I had more people at home.

Once you start shopping for ingredients instead of prepared meals you don’t really go back to shopping for prepackaged meals even as your family size decreases.

[tizmehere]

“Food has no eternal value.” I loved your explanation. What a wonderful thought. Thank you for all you share.

[barbaramatheney]

I agree with other viewers as I love having coffee with you on Saturday morning. Love your shows and love seeing you each week.

[Taratarinski]

Loved the statement, "Food has no eternal value." Wow! You are an inspiration!

[vickywray]

Your comments at the end were so true, as a society we need to remember the importance of those connections and the lasting impact they will have on Thanks for the important reminder!

[jenoz-kt]

I just love watching your kids get involved and do chores to help! No one is sitting on couch playing on their technology or glued to the tv! What a great thing.

[judyoneal]

Oh how I Iove the energy & mindset of little boys. I have 2 sons, now 33 & 31. I affectionately chuckled at seeing your one son trying to pat down the flour in that bucket using his hands. Then I got a real kick out of seeing his brother sit in the middle of that spilled flour, while he was quasi sweeping it up. But you know, your little boys are learning as they go, & they seem to be willing participants. That can be 90% of the process when training them. As you have older children too I realize you are well aware Ruthann, that in the not too distant future, & very likely before you’re ready to kiss these years goodbye, their energy will become more focused, & their work will less, & less resemble play. But, that’s why it works now, because for children their work IS play & you & your husband understand that. I’m sure you plan to enjoy this stage for as long as you can. I recall my sons cutting the grass with our push mower & how when younger, they seemed to struggle with not making, what my husband called, “crop circles” as they turned the mower at the end of each row. I can’t say my husband loved that at the time but we can affectionately laugh about it now. Oh sure, they loved riding bikes & scooters, action figures, building Lego’s, Scouting, going camping, marching band & all the other fun “work” too. But it was equally important to me that my boys learned how to properly clean a bathroom, to clear up after a meal, vacuum, & do their laundry. While I don’t think they necessarily “loved” doing those things, they did cooperate & I can say with confidence now my sons are quite capable when it comes to keeping a house clean enough so that’s it’s tidy & not overtaken by germs & how to stay on top of their laundry. All that mattered to me as I wanted them to be capable husbands inside their home as well as capable outside.

[onlybev]

For a video from nothing, you did a great job. We all live different lives. Many of us are 1 person households but I still love your videos. You are are a great mom, a great family member and a great teacher. Thank you, Ruth Ann for always being true to yourself and your family. God Bless. Love Bev from Oklahoma

[NanaKCASBO]

Your time is EXPENSIVE Ruth Ann. Never sell yourself short my friend. I L💜VE your grocery haul. It’s real and that’s what I appreciate about your family. Great value, honesty, respect to EVERYONE and the love. The love is so important as it comes so naturally from you. Your heart is genuine and golden. My appreciation runs so very deeply for you. I know it may sound weird coming from the internet but it’s the truth. You have made such an impact on the way I feed my family (small as it is) yet it’s helped so much. Nothing but love & respect from my home in Utah to yours.
Respectfully,
Nana (Staci)

[KayHyer]

I love seeing your family working together.