A Sack of Potatoes

Nathanael aka "resident tech guy" is big into syncing. He had to pry my fingers off of my paper planner/calendar and argue the merits of phone calendars (so much more efficient for communicating schedules). Equally challenging was training me to use the virtual shopping list, which then either one of us can access, if we happen to be near the grocery store. This list has a couple of things that work to it's detriment...

1. If my phone runs out of batteries as I'm shopping... bad news.

2. I have to remember to check off or delete items I've already bought so we don't have twice as much of something random, like Brussel sprouts.

3. There is no control over which store things are purchased at... in this case Costco.

Nathanael kindly offered to go to Costco to fill up my car with gas, and also to pick up a few things on the list. I had forgotten that I had put potatoes on the list. He came home with a 20 lb. bag. It reminded me of that scene in "Anne of Green Gables" where Matthew wants to buy Anne a dress with puffed sleeves, but is too shy to tell the shopkeeper, so ends up buying a rake and 20 lbs of brown sugar, much to Marilla's consternation. Substitute sugar for potatoes, and pretty much the same scenario.