A Tribe United Again

Chapter 5

Marcy woke up early again and set the children in with Maddie and Lisa but this time it was so Mal could sleep in.

She drove to the house and let in the crew that would be setting up the labs and music studio. After they left, she cleaned then went to rearrange her lab how she liked.

Then she went about fixing up anything she felt needed to be done then went grocery shopping. She went in two trips in every store she went to. First for non perishables then for perishables.

Luckily she had Travis but he was so ladened down with purchases, she could abnormally feel every dip in the road.

She brought everything just inside the front door then took her shoes off so that she could drag bags to the kitchen.

She started with the perishables, which she divided up into two categories. She took small bits out and put them in the refrigerators in clearly labeled bins. Things like deli meats and cheeses, yoghurt, fruit in a cup, fruits and veggies.

Whatever needed freezing was put in ziplock bags and had the date scrawled across the front along with what it was. She did the same for raw meats, other cheeses, frozen veggies and fruits and extra bread she didn't put in the bread box.

She put it all in the walk-in freezer in their own spaces so everything was clearly defined and easy to find. She also bought frozen meals like pizza because she had heard great things about frozen pizza and wanted to try it.

During the whole time, she filmed herself for a YouTube video.

After the perishables were put away, she started on the pantry. She opened all her spices and put them in their cute jars; she did the same with her staples like flour, sugar, rice and dry pasta then put things like her other baking goods in bins. She put protein powders, tea, hot cocoa mixes, coffee and coffee syrups in bins.

She made sure to start at the top of the left and make her way right then go a level down until she reached the floor. She made a snack corner that was too high for the children because she refused to bend just to grab a granola bar.

But she did stock it with good things to eat.

Drinks sat on the bottom either in their cases or in bins if they weren't going in the "junk" fridge.

She dedicated a whole refrigerator to snacks and drinks that needed refrigeration. She filled that one with juice, soda, waters, nectars and wine. There was a wine cellar in the basement but she liked her wine cold.

She also added ice cream, sherbet and popsicles to that freezer. Both refrigerators got bottled water and trays of ice. She made sure juice boxes for the kids were at the bottom of the junk fridge so they could grab at will.

Then she filled the "real" fridge with condiments on the doors' shelves. They had miracle whip, mayo, mustards, ketchup, relish, salad dressings, syrups for milks, a place for butter, peanut butter, Soy-Nut butter and various jams.

The only drinks that were in that refrigerator were various milks. Mal could drink real milk but Marcy was lactose intolerant and so were the kids. They instead had Lactaid.

Marcy also put liquid creamers in the junk fridge. She put extras of the condiments in the pantry along with canned goods. She had canned fruit and veggies, canned beans along with dry beans in labeled canisters, spam, canned tuna, canned sardines (for Mal), Vienna sausages (for the kids), canned tomatoes, refried beans, enchilada sauce and soup (cream of chicken and cream of mushroom).

She also added pre-made dinners to the junk fridge. Just things that would spoil within a week.

When she finished, she found her shoes so she could take all the garbage out to the rubbish bins then came back to make sure her kitchen sparkled. It did so she stopped the camera and collected her things to leave, happy it'd only taken the morning instead of all day like the day before and she could spend the rest of the day bonding with her babies.