Breaking the Hardee's Habit

 Every day we went out early, Tommy loved stopping at Hardee's for a sausage and biscuit and coffee. Of course, I like the breakfast, but often carried a sandwich for breakfast. Tommy was not having any of this. He wanted Hardee's. 

Then, I started buying the expensive patties for him. Well, he quit the Hardee's habit cold turkey. I was amazed, still am amazed. He hasn't even had one of the patties lately I bought to turn him around. Once every three months or so, we do get a sausage/biscuit. 

Of course, there is no substitute for a Whopper for me. I eat the Whopper with cheese, lettuce, and tomato. However, I have been trying to get him to let me make us a chicken sandwich or anything to take when we go to Cullman. He objects strongly. His excuse--he just wants something warm.  I think that is an excuse, but I never fight it. I have to figure out what will be a good temptation. 

I suppose I could make a sandwich, wrap it in foil, and strap it to the engine....or something like that. 

The French fry habit has been cracked a bit but not broken. When I have eaten two fries and said I didn't want more, he demands to have them and eats all of them! So, I just quietly do not eat them and they are thrown away. Plus, we don't order meals that have a drink because they always have fries! 

The StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Water came today--48 cans. That was one heavy box. Tommy could barely lift it, but he has trouble bending so far. Eight (8) cans were bent, one pretty bad and on the rim, one slightly and on the rim, the other 6 on their sides. I was given a refund on those. The date on the can is Nov 2025. 

I told Lynda that I would "sell" her a can for $0.935 for each can (not the bent ones) if she wanted SK at that price. She said she did. So, this won't be so costly as it appeared from what I paid. Of course, I don't want to sell too many, maybe just a dozen or less. Since the date is so far off, I won't feel as though it is "old" tuna.. .lol.

The tuna I have is costing me $0.77/can when all is said and done. A credit was used to get it to this price. I'm happy! 

Tommy put the shrink-wrapped package of cans on my lap and I went through each can, stroking and observing for dents. These cans will be placed back on the flat on which they were shipped and stored in the bedroom. However, I can only carry 6 cans in a bag at a time. Tommy will bring the cans we put in bags on his walker to the bedroom for me on Monday. This is hard work for me. My lap to knees need to recover.

I am terrified, petrified by the car wash! Today, I drove my car there and just wanted to die as I went inside! But, my washing my own car days are over. Besides, it must have been almost a year since I washed at this carwash. It was beyond filthy. Oh, it was $7 last time and $10 today!

I am still working on the list. Today, we got a few more things done.

List:

cut hair

wash snaplock lids

wash clothes

take cans of food to Lynda

find yard sale

find deodorant

unload dishwasher

air tires

wash car 

sort sweet potatoes

toss eggs

cook ground beef

buy spray bottle

dice 6 lbs. Vidalia onions

wash or color hair

order Rada

cook ground pork for taco casserole

We bought three more half-gallons of milk for $10.

Tommy did wash two loads of clothing for me, and I am grateful for that. 

We wanted to watch Fiddler on the Roof, so we had chicken and carrots for dinner. Tommy had a salad and I had an apple.

Midnight Sunday night and Tommy is in the kitchen washing two pots. After he used my good, expensive strainer to strain the bits of food from things he washed, I bought some sink strainers. I asked tonight how they worked for keeping food out of the pipes. He said they were so much easier. He can let any water drain now without working so hard to keep bits out of the drain. He had been spreading a dishcloth on the bottom of the sink and pouring liquid slowly through that. Then, he wrung out the cloth carefully and, picked/shook the residue into the trash. He was not aware that the sink strainer was a thing. 

If you use a walker, do you use it to transport heavy objects on the seat? Or, do you push someone else's walker like a cart?

Do you know someone with a fast-food habit?