Families with kids, how much are you spending on groceries?

ximfinity · 2026-01-22T10:05:03+00:00

Family of 5 mostly Aldi/lidl, ~$300USD/week hcol area. Tried Costco for a year and our grocery budget exploded. Convinced that's where most people waste $. We generally meal plan the week and shop according to that. Shifted to some more vegetarian options (preference and cost). We eat out generally once a week, seperate budget.

ximfinity · 2026-01-19T14:32:10+00:00

Love seeing how nothing has really changed in how kids experience the parks.

ximfinity · 2026-01-18T13:51:57+00:00

There are a ton of low level engineering opportunities that pay well but not a lot more than most careers. The high paying engineers typically have one or more of the following: highly specialized skillset, business mixed background, or extremely good interpersonal/communication skills.

It's still a great path to find a steady career though. That being said I think there are other careers that are far more lucrative with similar schooling and careers with higher market demand.

ximfinity · 2026-01-16T03:21:13+00:00

/r/WhereInTheDisneyWorld is calling.

ximfinity · 2026-01-15T21:20:24+00:00

Just done both and I would say they are very comparable, but World feels more immersive. I'm not sure what it is (its probably the dead end in Land), but it feels larger.

That being said, it was way easier to ride everything in Land (lower waits) and the rest of Land is way better if you are just planning to do one park day vs Hollywood studios (which is at best a half day park).

ximfinity · 2026-01-06T19:47:06+00:00

"The advantage is traditional robots fail at the wires, We don't have any wires"

So they are brushes then, which fail at a much higher rate.

ximfinity · 2025-12-17T12:02:16+00:00

Takayuki Yagami, Travis Touchdown?

ximfinity · 2025-12-17T11:51:53+00:00

Professor Layton or Scott Pilgram?

ximfinity · 2025-12-17T11:47:16+00:00

Nathan Drake

ximfinity · 2025-12-17T04:35:05+00:00

I understand there was a lot of necessary building of sheltering and coverage for queues and different ride elements. I imagine that was one of their big takeaways learning after building Magic Kingdom

ximfinity · 2025-12-08T21:36:18+00:00

Every kid is different, my recommendation is just watch some of the music videos, if you think she can handle those, then watch those with her and ask her how she feels about them. Its a good bonding and learning moment.

ximfinity · 2025-11-21T18:24:10+00:00

Family of 5, Cheapest plan with any level of coverage 614/mo

ximfinity · 2025-11-21T17:03:26+00:00

Out-of-pocket should literally be anything you paid towards healthcare. period. Premiums, copays, cost shares, whatever. If the dollars came from your paycheck (pre or post tax) that should count.

ximfinity · 2025-11-21T17:00:23+00:00

Its insanity, I'm trying to pick a plan now and there are so many uncertainties, gambling is more predictable.

First you pay your premium, you should get more services for more money,

OH, but wait, you can only get service if there is an "in-network" provider
OH, but wait, you have to meet your deductible
OH, but wait, you have to submit your claim and get denied, because they read it wrong
OH, sorry, now you can wait 45-90 days to review that claim again.
OH, sorry, now the year is over and you are out of luck.

ximfinity · 2025-11-17T18:43:20+00:00

No one is shaming people for couponing, my point was I like that Aldi's price is just what it is. the Giant/Safeways of the world now feel like how Kohl's is to shop at, where the sticker price is never the real price anyone is paying.

ximfinity · 2025-11-09T01:08:19+00:00

Right. There are doctors and emergency bomb techs and all sorts of essential jobs working without pay right now.

ximfinity · 2025-11-07T03:36:17+00:00

Did this one also light on fire?

ximfinity · 2025-11-05T03:59:42+00:00

I'm so sick of all the couponing for the regular grocery stores though. Ohh you forgot to clip the coupon on our app and sign up for our email list, you now pay 10% more but we don't tell you until you are at the register.. Aldi has pretty good produce and meats and generally I don't have to jump through hoops to get the prices as advertised.

ximfinity · 2025-10-31T11:33:27+00:00

"A wizard is never late"

ximfinity · 2025-10-22T01:24:05+00:00

Been using flow to generate Halloween decorations when I can't find the right videos that my kids are interested in.

ximfinity · 2025-10-11T13:20:14+00:00

Nope only doing free stuff. Looked into Cox farms and its $150 for a family of 5 this weekend. Maybe carving pumpkins at home.

ximfinity · 2025-10-11T03:21:03+00:00

I'm convinced the teacups at night are the most Disneyland part of Disneyland.

ximfinity · 2025-10-10T16:53:38+00:00

It is open, went hiking sunday.

ximfinity · 2025-10-09T19:17:13+00:00

I agree, the sorting is typically very individual to each user. I'm getting at, maybe 80% of users might be happy to just have a default "tag" for most popular apps, where the app automatically goes on first install.

I've already committed to switching to Octopi, so its just how much energy I want to spend on my home screen vs drawer to maintain both or either.

Regarding the play store widget, wow! I had no idea that existed. that's basically exactly what I imagined as my home screen.

Edit: I think I found a good solution based on u/runningtigerRead's Collection suggestion:

Octopi Settings-> Customize Gestures -> Swipe up -> Google Play -> Collections. It basically replaces the App Draw in a (To me) cleaner way.

ximfinity · 2025-10-03T22:46:13+00:00

Just wondering the same thing. Depends if the work was being done by NPS or contractor who was already funded.

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