I like using home grocery delivery. There is no convenient grocery store around me so grocery delivery saves me a couple hours a week. The scheduled delivery and the minimum purchases force me to plan ahead which kills impulse buys and means I eat out less often.
In the past I've used Safeway.com. Unfortunatly their fees are slowly increasing. Last year I could get free delivery for orders over $75.00. This year it costs $10.00 for orders over $150.00. Since I'm buying for two, $150.00 in groceries is too much. The vegitables go bad or I run out of perishables before my grocery list is up to $150.00.
Safeway's delivery schedule isn't that convenient. If I order today, my groceries are delivered tomorrow night. Yes, technically they could be delivered between 10am and noon tomorrow, but I have a day job.
Along comes Amazon Fresh.
They have free delivery on orders over $75.00. Amazon also has unattended predawn delivery. If I order by midnight, my groceries will be on my door stop by 6am the next morning. Refrigerated and frozen goods are left in returnable freezer totes.
This is so good. I can reasonably spend $75.00 a week on food and the perishables won't go bad before my next order.
Safeway.com may have a larger selection than Amazon Fresh. For similar items, Amazon appears to be less expensive than Safeway.
I'll be using Amazon Fresh for some time to come.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
The secret super powers of David Sedaris.
"When You are Engulfed in Flames" by David Sedaris.
I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. But it's hard to communicate why. I like David Sedaris. It is amusing, but rarely laugh out loud. I'm not constantly wondering "what will happen next?" If I stop and set it down I'm in no rush to start it back up again.
Yet the book is entertaining. Perhaps it's his selfish world view. For being a successfull gay write during the Bush administration, Sedaris is oddly a-political. He writes about his life, his friends, his quirky observations and little more.
I know he'd hate to hear this, but his gentle voice plus the combintion of amusing but not engaging, plesent but not exciting writing, means that his audio books are great for managing insomnia. As a bonus "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" is about nine hours long.
My insomnia happens when I wake up in the middle of the night and start to worry and think too much My mind engages and won't let me go back to sleep. If a David Sedaris book is playing in the back ground, then I'll listen to it. Crisis averted. Within minutes I'm back to sleep.
I thoroughly enjoyed this audio book. But it's hard to communicate why. I like David Sedaris. It is amusing, but rarely laugh out loud. I'm not constantly wondering "what will happen next?" If I stop and set it down I'm in no rush to start it back up again.
Yet the book is entertaining. Perhaps it's his selfish world view. For being a successfull gay write during the Bush administration, Sedaris is oddly a-political. He writes about his life, his friends, his quirky observations and little more.
I know he'd hate to hear this, but his gentle voice plus the combintion of amusing but not engaging, plesent but not exciting writing, means that his audio books are great for managing insomnia. As a bonus "When You Are Engulfed in Flames" is about nine hours long.
My insomnia happens when I wake up in the middle of the night and start to worry and think too much My mind engages and won't let me go back to sleep. If a David Sedaris book is playing in the back ground, then I'll listen to it. Crisis averted. Within minutes I'm back to sleep.
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