Not Much Wednesday

 The kitchen towels came in late last night. When I got up the bag was closed so did not smell anything. Then, when we came in from shopping, the sweet scent hit me. Tommy now knows he will deal with this load of wash. I suggested he lay them out over things in kitchen, dining room, and bedroom to help the scent dissipate. Maybe it won't affect me. 

Up close, I can see a dozen buds on the lemon tree. I am ecstatic. One flower is already fading. Tomorrow, a lime tree comes home from Lowe's if they still have them. 

We collected the ads from three stores today. Well, I forgot to get the Publix ad when I went in to shop. But, I did find what I do believe are this seasons Red Delicious apples. The three I picked up were the three I bought. Tommy came out the first time he bought apples for me, saying he had to examine 21 apples before he found one to suit me. 

It was annoying when I bought Bayer enteric, low-dose aspirin. I bought a bottle of three hundred. That bottle size is larger than the bottle for 200. However, I dumped all the bottle of 300 into the bottle that had held 200 and had room left over. I dumped the bottle of 90 softgel, Vitamin D tablets into a prescription bottle. It really annoys me to buy a huge bottle with few pills. Why don't they make the bottle smaller???

We had coupons for the aspirin and Vit D, but left them at home, so that will be a chore for tomorrow along with buying whatever we want to get from the ad. 

I have a very small train case that I keep present meds in. So, I want the smallest bottle to make them fit. I have a larger train case in which I keep the duplicate bottle or next doses.

Dinner: two tiny chicken tenders, slice of potato, baby carrots, slaw. All this was prepared last night and the night before. Tommy had part of a chicken breast, kale, potato, carrots. I had a bit of ice cream with blueberries in syrup. Tommy had more ice cream with strawberries over it. 

The weather has been great--not to hot in the day and not too cool at night. However, all that will change this weekend. I need to start thinking about when to bring the lemon tree indoors. Soon, it will be time to put all the plants in the utility room. 

I awoke at 2 pm today and got a moderate amount of sleep. I read that tart cherry juice from Montmercy cherries promoted sleep. Then I read another that touted pineapple. At Publix, I searched all the tart cherry juice bottles, reading the ingredients. Some were pricier than others. The cheap juice had apple juice. Just NO. I bought a 16-ounce bottle for $11,00+. It is just concentrate that has nothing else and is to be added to water or juice or milk. I will see what this does for me. Since I am allergic to pineapple, I don't want to consume it regularly. Both purportedly have massive amounts of melatonin. We will see. 

Other than milk or turkey dinner, is there anything you eat that promotes sleep? 

Butts, Lemons, and Impatiens

I had Tommy go back into the store with the pork butts for $1.79/lb. to see if they got more in before the ad went off on Tuesday. No such luck. He was going to get more lemons, too, but they had gone back up in price since they were on the holiday ad. 

Interested in how the lemons tasted that looked pale orange, I took one and cut it open. It was the juiciest lemon I had ever seen, and the juice was not so tart as most lemons. After a little research, I decided I had bought Meyer lemons. The bag is from Limoneira, from California. The brand seems like an upscale brand, but this grocery store is definitely not upscale, not that it matters. 

I have been checking for lemon flower buds on my Meyer lemon tree. Now, I need to juice the ones I have from the grocery. 

At the plant sale, I bought an impatiens plant. I am not crazy about impatiens, but I knew the ones I had seen had really pretty flowers, especially when viewed from afar. My impatien finally had one red or dark pink flower. Then, the leaves started turning yellow, but the yellow was in a pattern. So, I lost the panic and figured these were variegated leaves. Then, many flowers bloomed. It is beautiful.

Finally, I looked it up and found a plant just like mine. I am so happy I bought this pot because it is beautiful, not as many flowers as in the pictures, but gorgeous anyway. And, the plant was a foot tall for only $4. My flowers are not pink, well not a paler pink like in the picture at the head of this post. I love it. 

Have you ever found Meyer lemons in the produce section at any grocery? 

Do you like impatiens? My friend's impatiens reseeded every year so she never bought them again, just watched them grow. Has this been your experience?