How time passes by so quickly that your son has grown up and has left home, lph!
We also just cut off the mold on cheese, cook up slightly older veggies..and fruit. We make fruit compote without sugar and freeze it. I'm glad I am able to freeze some stuff after 2 wks. vacation and no fresh food in fridge yet!
Since we don't have a car, there is more careful planning of food buying especially when winter very cold temp. (ie. -24 to -30 degrees C) with snow, ice doesn't encourage me to venture far and long for groceries.