Busy Thursday and Free Chairs

 Today we went to a food box giveaway and got two boxes. Inside each box were 2 lbs of baby carrots. 4 zucchini, 4 yellow onions, 5 lbs. russet potatoes, 5 lbs, apples, 5 lbs pears, and two huge and very fresh bell peppers. 

Tommy will cut the carrots and I will blanch, pack, and freeze. I will cut and freeze the bell peppers and the zucchini. So, that will be the rest of the day. 

On Wednesday night I was planning to bake two packages of chicken. However, when I looked in the refrigerator, I had thawed a package of hamburger meat and a package of chicken. I took the easy way out and made hamburgers. Then I made two small meat loaves from the rest of the ground beef. One is in the freezer and the other is dinner tonight with zucchini and something else. 

We needed an electric flyswatter for the clouds of fruit flies. I went to one big box store and could not get to where they were. The assistant manager said he had never heard of them and refused to have anyone look for them in the jumble. I said, "Well, do you want me to just leave the store without anyone helping me?" He said, "Yes, just leave the store." So, I did. 

We drove to Lowe's and just parked, waiting for any employee to come out. One guy did and I told him I could not walk around the store and search and the electric carts were broken. I asked him if he could find three for us. He came back with one. Then, he took the Lowe's card, took it inside, and brought it and batteries we also asked for before he went in. 

He came out and my back thanked him. 

I discovered a trap for flies and fruit flies, even mosquitoes. I have been doing this for several years. Take any container and put apple cider vinegar in it. Put a drop of Dawn in the vinegar, no need to stir. Flying insects are attracted and are killed, drowned or killed by the Dawn. The concoction is non-toxic. 

Between the electric flyswatter and the vinegar/Dawn trap, I expect to be free of flying critters shortly. Flies like this, too. As we left today, a fly came in because Tommy needs the door open for so long. 

Best of all, we found free chairs. The ladder back chairs were on the trash heap of a home being remodeled. Tommy stopped and I asked about the chairs. Yes, they are being thrown away and do you want them. Well, yes I do. 

Two men quickly came out when I told them I could not get them into the car. We could only carry two and asked them to save the other two and not let anyone get them. Oh, could you put them in when we come back? 

We rushed home, about a half mile, I dragged the chairs out. We went right back and waited about ten minutes for the two guys to come out and help again. So, we had four chairs in the driveway. They are too filthy (spider webs underneath and remodeling dust on top) to sit on and try. Tommy put them in the carport where the rain cannot get to them. He will take a bucket of soapy water and clean them for me. 

Someone has used vinyl to reupholster them, not a very good job. I can do lots better. These are very old and a good quality chair. They are plain and can be painted if I don't like them wood colored. 

I will order two more electric flyswatters shortly. Tommy said we needed one for me and one for him and one for the kitchen. Now, if Tommy wants multiples of something, then we need multiples. 

Last night, I got a 7.5 hours sleep. It has been a good day.