Big Brood

… you go out to a buffet, they ask you “How many kids?” and it’s a hard question for you to answer.

The Star-Telegram has an article talking to the Hinkles about 10 tips to save money on your food bill.

We don’t have any teens yet so I’m glad to get a little advice from a more “advanced” family. From their tips, the only things I don’t think we’ve tried are:

• Shopping at international markets where you may find things like rice and spices cheaper.
• Setting a once-a-month Use-It-Up week to use up leftovers and bits & pieces.
• Setting aside stale bread. I don’t think we usually get much stale bread.

We do have a few small international markets around here, so it sounds like we need to take our price book and check them out!

Do you have any other tips to add to these that help you to save money on your bill?

Looks like the new CEO for Eli Lily offers his big family as inspiration for many of the skills that got him to the top.

A large family taught Lechleiter how to negotiate, cooperate and get along with others. It also taught him the importance of education. He tore through high school, taking advanced chemistry, physics and calculus classes.

I’ve certainly seen a lot of negotiation happen around here. Too often it’s the “Take it or leave it” negotiation tactic, but I’ve often seen some wonderfully giving moments between my children that make me feel ashamed for my own “It’s MINE!” attitude that I have sometimes.

How about you? Do you see any budding CEO’s in your brood? What kind of “business skills” do you think your goslings are learning?