Crest and Oral B Have a New Way to Recycle Toothbrushes

 I really hate waste, yet I do use things that must be disposed of in the trash. Yes, I have mixed feelings on waste. However, I hate throwing away dental related items. 

There are always at least five toothbrushes in use. One is for my teeth. Two are under the kitchen sink for cleaning the kitchen or sink. The other two are under the bathroom sink for cleaning in the bathroom. I have one toothbrush in the glove compartment and one in my purse. That makes seven in use. 

The massive amounts of floss and containers hurts to throw away. Then, I found a way to recycle these and the excess toothbrushes after the five I keep. 

Recycle oral hygiene products

Dinner: leftover chopped salad, shaved steak, leftover Brussels sprouts. Tommy said these were the best Brussels sprouts we have had. These were in plastic bag from produce counter, so fresh and not frozen. I cut the tough end from them. It certainly made it easier to eat them. The tough end always is so annoying. The steak went into the oven in foil. It was almost like Arby' meat. Tommy put his in an onion roll. I put Horsey Sauce from Arby's on mine but had forgotten about the onion rolls! 

I had strawberries, grapes, and half a banana later. 

Saturday night, I saw how Tommy gets so much water on the counter and floor. He was washing a cookie pan we use in the oven but not for cookies. As he washed and rinsed several times, front and back, he always turned it to the front and poured much water on the counter front and side AND the floor. I did not say a word. 

I learned the hard way very young to contain water and not let it slop out of the sink onto me, the front of the counter, the floor, and, most importantly--the wood fronts of the cabinet doors. 

Will this program help you to recycle more easily or better? Will you recycle using this site? The site has other dental recycling programs, also.

Does the tough stem end of Brussels sprouts annoy you?

Into the Freezer

 A few days ago, I cooked 2.5 lbs. of ground beef with onions and froze it in small packages. Tonight, I froze another 2.5 lbs. raw, and it is in the freezer. Four of the packages were large enough to make a meal that would serve four, so two meals for each of us. Sounds like leftovers to me. The last package was puny. But, I told Tommy I could make a meatloaf that would feed both of us a meal. Or, I could cook it for spaghetti. 

Edit: I know this sounds like tiny portions, but I will put this in spaghetti or make meatloaf or some other recipe to stretch it. If we want a hamburger, which we seldom do, we can always use a package for four meals and use it for two meals, one for each of us. It is flexible packaged raw.

The only way I got this work done was by having Tommy bring a cookie sheet type pan, the meat, a spatula, pint freezer bags, waxed paper. I worked from my lap and got nothing on hands, sheet pan or anything. I am careful. I scooped the ground meat onto a square of waxed paper and folded it to put it into the pint bag. It is labeled and in the freezer. That feels like quite an accomplishment since feeling puny, I was afraid it would the meat would spoil. Of course, I could have had Tommy cook it all in a pot on the stove. 

Tonight, I also made slaw on my lap. 

After a good sleep Monday night, and a very good nap today, I feel just a smidgen better. 

Tuesday morning, Tommy washed a load of underthings and nightgowns. So, tonight, I am hanging them to dry. I have not felt like doing this earlier. They will hang in doorways until tomorrow night unless company comes by. 

I got behind on reading newspapers to send to recycling, so I am working on catching up. I feel a renewed effort is worth it to send the papers to the animal shelter. Plus, we both want them out of the house. 

Today, I found one of the wildflowers is ready to bloom. These were embedded in a postcard from Johnson and Johnson. But, none of the Stella D'Oro bloomed, and I am not sure why. Not enough sun? We had clouds and a slow and gentle rain today. 

Dinner: Tommy had sirloin filet, slaw, leftover potato. I had hotdog with no-beans chili and cheese, slaw. I am not eating a bun with these hotdogs, just a little chili and a lot of cheese.

I had breakfast around noon: Special K, half a banana, milk. Then, at 3 pm, I had a huge salad with chicken, cheese, and Caesar salad dressing. 

We went out for a small chore at phone store. But, we did not take the password. I did not want to go home, get it and go back. Then, I did not want to get the milk we both needed. I just wanted a nap. Not only was it a good nap, I dreamed all my photos magically appeared on my laptop. 

The dog next door barked for a solid hour because the kids across the street were playing basketball. Of course, no one came out to quiet them. Surely, the mothers must become annoyed at some point. Or not.

What did you have for dinner on Tuesday night or this week? I am planning to cook chicken on Wednesday. What will you cook for this week? Are you lucky enough to have leftovers?

Out and About Recycling on Thursday

 As you may know, we recycle--newspaper, other paper, drink cans, drink bottles, water bottles, batteries, prescription/otc bottles, Styrofoam, plastic wrapping film (tp packaging and such). You can imagine the clutter this makes. But, we keep it under control by having each in its own container. We do sell the drink cans and soup/tuna type cans. 

When I heard on the news that the Birmingham News demise was affecting the Birmingham Humane Society, I knew where the newspaper needed to be taken. They were asking for newspaper since the paper was no longer in business. So, today, we took a drive.

Tommy separated the paper from newspaper. I gathered all the prescription/pill bottles and we drove there to donate them. I talked to woman at desk and she came and carried it all inside. 

We picked up a prescription. Then, we collected this week's ads from three stores. Mustard was the free item this week at The Pig. There does not seem to be many exciting sales. But, I did not look at the Publix ad. Tommy said he circled items while I did shop in The Pig. 

If you live in the Birmingham area, maybe you can take a load of newspaper to the Birmingham Humane Society. We go to a battery store to recycle batteries. Publix takes the paper, bottles, and Styrofoam. 

When Lynda was speaking to us, we gave meat scraps to her dog. I would like to compost table scraps and veggie scraps, but Tommy is not amenable to the idea. I want one of the bins that sits up on legs and can be turned with a handle. 

Tonight, we are watching a PBS documentary with David Attenborough about bird songs. He was a strikingly handsome and virile young man! 

So, dinner will be something prepared from the store. The price was right. One dish has some sort of veggie ravioli and the other has asparagus and mushrooms. We can eat chicken thigh if we desire meat. I will put the exact dishes in tomorrow's post. 

I made a mistake. We just had the two dishes and both were beyond too hot/spicy for me. One bite of each made me ill, woozy, and ready to rid myself of both bites. If I did not hate to throw up so much, I would get rid of this. The red sauce had incredibly spicy sausage. The white sauce was the hot part with mushrooms and asparagus. I warned Tommy, but he can stand spicy food even though he does not care for it much. I have had strawberries, watermelon  tonight, apple, and banana tonight. 

Lunch was chicken sandwich with cheese and Romaine. Lunch was late, so brunch, I suppose. My temples are throbbing from a bit of spicy. My blood pressure is high, too. Ears are ringing. 

What do you recycle? 

Got Sneakers? Do Good and Earn a Bit of Cash

 

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The article says "everyone has sneakers." No, neither of us has sneakers. I have never worn sneakers. Tommy discarded all his long ago. But, it is good to know there is a way to get rid of them. Most go to others. The rest are recycled. The money she received would not be an incentive, but the recycling of sneakers is good.

The sneaker above is similar to what I wore and only on a tennis court. I sat down on the court and put these on, placing my sandals outside the court. My daughter in high school said that people spent too much on shoes and she wore the same leather sneakers to high school. Smart girl. Ours did not have the embroidery embellishment. And, they were super cheap back in the 80s. Mostly, they fit our feet well and were easy to walk in. And play tennis. Our feet were the identical size and shape, so when I wore hers once, it was like my own shoes. 

We did nothing today. I did sleep well last night and awoke at 12:30 pm. He covered up the plants since it will be just below freezing tonight and tomorrow night. We both piddled at washing things she dragged out and put some in the dishwasher. Right now, The Sting is on. I love this movie, so that is on the agenda. 

Dinner is in the oven--chicken breasts, carrots, onion, and celery. Tommy reminded me of the onion and the fact we had cut and washed celery. Otherwise, I would not have used the onion and celery. We will open a can of green beans. He might want peas instead. Two of the breasts have bone and skin. The other two or three are thinly sliced breasts. 

Does anyone hate sneakers as much as I do? Or, do you love them and wear them all the time? 

This and That

 You know the usual story with my sleep. I did get enough, but it was badly fractured. I slept four hours, I think. When I went back to bed at 8:30, I called to cancel my cleaning with the dentist and rescheduled. I slept until 1:30. Maybe it was 1:30. 

My work today consisted of picking up and putting things back where they belonged. It does not seem like much, but things can pile up on these two tables, the only things I seem to leave in shambles. 

I hate we throw our containers for our injections in the trash. The drugstore told me to get a "sharps" container and recycle the needle part completely, the metal and the plastic. When I asked where to recycle the pen, I was told to put it in the trash. There has to be a better way. There is a little colored cylinder on the needle and a clear cap over all. I have been saving those lately and having Tommy save his for me. I put them in peanut jars, thinking there could be a craft for these. 

My thought on the craft. If I got a clear ornament that can be filled, I could glue the little pointy caps all over the ornament. Then, I could put a set of fairy lights inside. The ornaments have a place to hang on the top. Well, that is as far as my thoughts have gotten on recycling by making an ornament. It could be for any holiday with different colored lights inside. Any thoughts on recycling any of this? I probably have a gallon of the plastic tops and the tiny colored cylinders that cover the needle. 

Tonight, I put color on my hair. I think it had been four weeks since I did. My white roots were at least 3 inches at the part. Shameful. It is so easy that I don't know why I am so lazy about it. Well, I had not felt well. Plus, if there are dishes in the left hand of the sink, that discourages me. However, the thirty minutes between applying color and washing if off is plenty of time to clear out the sink. I am just lazy! 

Tommy just had a piece of cherry pie, leaving the last for me after I told him he could have it. Well, I changed my mind and told him to just give me the last piece and I could use his saucer and spoon. His saucer and spoon were so sticky it was gross. I will never understand how he can handle a spoon that is sticky from one end to the other! I gave him back the spoon and had him get me a clean one. He said he would have to wash his hands. What? Do you have anyone with whom you interact that keeps everything sticky? Well, anyone over three-years-old? Cabinet doors? Refrigerator and freezer doors? Door knobs? Pencils and pens? Walker? 

Returns and Recycling

 Monday night, I was so tired  that I went to bed at midnight. I slept well, waking at least five times to go to the bathroom, but went sound asleep after coming back to bed each time. I awoke about 8:30 am feeling like I had been beat up. However, we were out the door for chores by 10 or so.  That means I did get my required 7.5 hours of sleep. 

A call from my gastroenterologist was comforting. My liver enzymes are right. I got no report about spleen, pancreas, or gall bladder even though they were studied. I suppose that is good news. The liver is not in the best shape but no worse than five years ago. I have all the symptoms of gall bladder disease. Over my objections, I have had all sorts of tests, and nothing shows up. I do not encourage these tests. 

We had one thing to do in the morning and one thing in the afternoon. I took back a jacket of sweatsuit fabric and got the right size.  When I bought it, a woman was standing in front of the rack. Instead of asking her to move as she had offered, I asked her to hand me a certain size. She did and I left. Well, I put it on at home and it was tight. She had handed me a jacket two sizes too small.  Today, I could not find my size and just one a size larger. It may or may not work. I bought smaller stemless wine glasses.

We took the recycling to Publix--paper, plastic bags, plastic bottles. We will give soup/tuna cans to someone else to recycle and recycle coke type cans ourselves. I returned the larger wine glasses. 

I mailed a few cards yesterday and have one to mail right now. I no longer hold cards until I get them all ready for the mail, now trying to beat the rush of cards and packages as I can at least for a few of them. It is after 5 pm and dark, yet we have to get my med that I need for my heart health. So, I suppose we will go out again. 

Today has been chilly, dry and very dreary! But, it has not dampened my spirit. IT'S CHRISTMAS! I am not in a buying frenzy, cleaning frenzy, or cooking frenzy, just have heightened feelings right now. 

Today, I bought low carb bread that might help with weight loss or at least weight gain. A comment from another blogger made me think twice--she loves a sandwich for lunch. I do too. I don't need so many carbs since I have diabetes. 

Okay, I took a bite of the keto bread. It is the best I have tasted. I tasted two other keto breads in the past. Miracle Whip will jazz it up. This is from Sprouts--Live Carb Smart, only 1 net carb per slice. Is that good? 

We drove the few blocks in the neighborhood to find a pink bag of ads and coupons. See, we did little today. We did offer a ride to a woman on a bike with too many, too heavy boxes and bags. A woman who knows her stopped and with a car more suited to her load and she went with her. We did try. 

Tommy's flashlight and headlamp are on the way. Lynda's Kiss has fairy lights and Hershey's kisses in it and needs to be wrapped. My grandchildren will get Amazon e-gift cards. Things are coming along. A cash donation to one very worth person needs to be delivered. I am set! 

Tonight's dinner--chicken, green beans, slaw, leftover sweet potatoes. I will bake the whole green beans in the tasty juice from the pork loin. The sweet potatoes had cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg in them, but NO sugar. Green beans were not cooked, so he ate chicken, sweet potatoes, and slaw. 

We have everything we need for any possibility, anything I might fancy to cook, bake. There may even be enough milk until after Christmas. The only thing I might hurry out to get is a loss leader that might disappear like the cheap turkey breasts did.

The Tabernacle Choir is wonderful tonight!

Tomorrow should be torrential rains, maybe flooding, and high winds. We will stay in! We do need to put a plastic over the sewing machine, but nothing else right now.

Are plans at your house better formulated? Is everything coming together for you? Do you have snow or rain?

Sunday This and That

 Rats! I forgot about the Budweiser Clydesdales in four or five different places right near me this last week! I am disappointed. I remembered in time to go to Cullman, but I have something hard to do on Monday, so I let it go. 

Saturday night, I slept about 7 hours and was ready for a looong nap four hours later. Maybe I can just sleep through the winter, hibernate. Actually, a lymph node is swollen on the side of my neck. So, I will struggle to stay well.

Tommy usually disappears into the kitchen at night. Sometimes, I cannot hear him. Other times, I hear little noises. If I go in there, he may be giving himself his night shot of insulin. I don't like to go in when he is giving himself insulin because I might bump him as he turns loose his walker and stands with both hands on the needle. So, I just sit. 

Saturday night, he was in there forever and making little noises and then long stretches of silence. Finally, during the little noises, I went in. He was sorting dishes in the sink. He told me he put all the plates in the dishwasher and all the utensils! Glory be! The man is almost tame. I felt bad he did all that. Then, later, he showed me that largest of the plates we have and asked could he mix the sizes. Well, of course. But, I pointed out that putting all the same diameters together would eventually leave a bit more room in the dishwasher. I was nearer the dishwasher, so I told him I would just put it in and not to rearrange. 

When we got the dishwasher, he did not know the baskets for the utensils would come out of the dishwasher. When he figured that out, he started removing the basket and taking it to the drawer to put them in their little nooks. Will miracles never end?

Slowly, we are figuring out more items to recycle. It occurred to me that the paper recycling could hold receipts and torn up notes we have written. Now, I need to find out where to recycle other items--dark plastic med containers from prescriptions, glass dark glass med bottles, labels that have sticky on the back, etc. 

Composting is something I need to figure out, too. For twenty or so years, I threw apple cores and such into a hole in the edge of my yard. I suppose I only drew critters. No, the raccoons only came for my chickens. But, nothing went into the landfill. Then, I built a compost pile inside a cage of building blocks. Finally, the chickens arrived, and they took care of kitchen scraps. Now, I cannot get into the backyard. So, I am stuck throwing kitchen scraps into the trash. I don't know anyone here who gardens, or I would offer scraps. So, I think about this lots. 

My red Kiss is sitting on a table nearby and is very handy for keeping coins. 

The low was predicted to be 30F last night and the same for tonight. It is past time to bring in the hummingbird feeders. So, no flowers, no hummingbirds here, just as well since we cannot leave the door open. I am against cold weather. 

Sunday night, we took a quick drive to see what was already up for Christmas decorations. There was a Thanksgiving decoration-one white, huge, turkey--inflatable, and lit. 

The Christmas movie classics are back, so that is a good thing for me. I love those. 

    BESURETODRINKYOUROVALTINE

This was a pleasant low-key Sunday. How was your day? What did you do this weekend? What are your plans for the week?

Cucumber Sandwiches Recipe

 Remember the pants that dumped my phone on the road as I got out of the car? The ones I have still do it. It is so frustrating. The other day, I was digging around looking for something. I came upon a small, squishy bag among hard items and wondered what it was. Well, apparently it is two more pair of the same pants bought over a year ago. The tags were still on, but the receipt is long gone. 

Aren't I lucky? Not so much. These two are the same as the pair that stays filled with pills and dumped my phone. The pants fit well, are soft, stretchy but do not look like knit pants. So, I decided to keep wearing the pill-y pair. They are good enough for this Pig. I will not wear the others one moment other than out to someplace where I want to look nice, like to the doctor. No wearing them while I sit here. 

This afternoon, well, about 6 pm, we went out. With the light lasting so long, it is hard to think of it as evening. So, I guess we went out this evening and bought water, bananas, PAM bogo, and Cheerios bogo. I decided I wanted Special K Original. By the time we got home around 7 pm, I would rather have died than cooked or dealt with dinner. But, I gave myself a talking-to and got up and headed to the kitchen. 

In the freezer was a package of two chicken legs and another package of two chicken tenders. I thawed the legs for Tommy. He had chicken, corn on the cob, and sweet potato. He was happy. I had Special K with bananas sliced on it and milk. I finished dinner with the two chicken tenders. Right now, I will have apple. 

If I double up on vegetables tomorrow, does that count? 

For nights like these when I have no ambition or when I am sick or we have been gone all day and I am tired, having frozen protein is a lifesaver. He could have had salad or opened a can of peas. Now, the leftover, refrigerated vegetables are gone. Tomorrow, I will probably bake carrots, potatoes, onions and zucchini for dinner. That will be enough vegetables to last at least three days, maybe more. 

Cucumber sandwiches, at least the ones I make, are one of my favorite party foods. I took them for about twenty years to my friends Christmas Open House. One year, people stopped me between the front door and the table to get one "before they disappear." I had them in a gold wire sleigh and covered with Glad Wrap. People who knew me knew what I had brought, so wanted them immediately. 

I suppose with the festivities in England, cucumber sandwiches are my celebration over here. These won't have the bread cut in circles like I usually cut the bread, but they will be delicious. The European cucumbers were given to me, and the cream cheese was here already, bought when it was on sale a few months ago. 

These sandwiches were a hit at a ninth-grade tea party for my class. The boys took the sandwiches in the palm of their hand like their hands were claws. They had no manners or finesse, but it was sort of cute. Thankfully, I had made dozens since I knew they were young, hungry kids. Maybe it was our old-fashioned picnic where we had these. This was a class outdoors on the grass with blankets. We did study poetry, not just skip class. The meanest, rudest, and most recalcitrant boys cooperated. Feed them home-made cookies everyday and they shut up long enough to learn. Yes, they did learn while eating.

Now, Tommy tells me he hates cucumber sandwiches, and Lynda hate cucumbers, rather, cucumbers hate her. So, I have lots of sandwiches if I use even one of the four cucumbers. Of course, I really hate cucumbers, but these European ones grown in Mexico are different somehow, and I don't know how. But, the European cucumbers don't make me violently ill. 

We recycle and take the items to Publix. The newspapers are the problem. I want to read the newspaper every day. When I was ill several times, I missed days of reading. They were stacked for me to finish. It took me three days to get them all ready to add to our recycling bag. Somehow, Tommy put in papers in the stack for me to read, papers I had read. But, they are ready and a place on the shelf is empty. Things get done slowly some days. 

Recipe: 8 ounces cream cheese, 1 package Good Seasons Italian Dressing Mix (powdered). I used another brand at one time and cannot remember what it was, just Italian. Put the cream cheese out to get soft. I put it in a low, flat bottom dish and use a fork to blend in the powdered dressing mix. Use whatever bread you like and use a biscuit cutter, juice glass or what ever to cut circles the diameter of the cucumber. Soften butter. Spread a very thin smear of butter on the bread on one side. Put the cream cheese mix on one buttered circle. Put a thin, very thin slice of European/English cucumber and place another circle of buttered bread with butter next to cucumber. I never make the cucumber thick, but that is your choice. Only put a thin smear on the bread. 

My friend who catered weddings made me promise to never give anyone this recipe. That was about 40 years ago and she is not in wedding or catering business, so I think it is okay to give this out. People have begged me for this recipe and this is the first time I have relented. People have begged me for this recipe, promising me they would keep the secret. 

I am hesitating to post this. I asked Tommy and he said it would not be dishonest. My friend and I had a falling out a few years back, but I still kept the secret. I hope you do not think I am dishonest.

How do you use European cucumbers? Do you like cucumber sandwiches? 

Bargains

 We went to Cullman today, leaving here at 9:30 AM and arriving here at just before 4 PM. We got a lot done. His knees hurt and my feet are swollen! 

~~ delivered Pepsi cans and tuna-type cans to friend to give to mutual friend so she can turn them into money for her septic bill. Also gave her water bottles to recycle. 

~~went to my lot where hundreds of daffodils are ready to bloom. These have been in the yard prior to 1977. The ones I planted in a sunnier place are in full bloom. Tulips I planted several years ago are up about three inches. 

~~Publix had the Hunt's Petite Diced Tomatoes I had bought at BIG BOX for $0.98/can even cheaper-bogo, $1.74 for two, I think. I cannot find the receipt. So, that would be $0.87/can. I had already decided to buy more 10 more, so this saves me a bit.

~~I found butter once again for $1.50 lb. and bought all six packages on the shelf. They had more in the back, but I just got the six pounds. I don't bake a lot. Bought reduced package of Rice a Roni stir fried rice. Tommy will like it. I might, but thought it would be something different. I have plenty of vegetables for it and will add some meat for a whole meal.

~~paid my property taxes at the courthouse. 

~~ate at BK

~~stopped at Verizon to find out how to get to voice mails. Once I knew to hold down "1" to get to voicemails, I set it all up myself.

~~went to PO

~~went to bank

Dinner on Thursday night--thinly sliced chops from a pork loin, zucchini leftover from last night, carrots baked with chicken last night, leftover turnip greens. I love leftovers! 

No, I did not win the PCH! Have the scammers called you? It was 75F today...so nice. What is for dinner at your house? Is spring showing up yet?

More Accomplished

 Sunday afternoon, Tommy got up without my mentioning the sweet potatoes and took them all outside and sorted the good from the bad. Now, we can buy another 40 lbs. I am going to cook the remaining dozen sweet potatoes. I have cooked chicken, so this oven full will not be hard for me to do. 

Tommy always has joined in with my recycling. But, when I came here, he did not want to recycle cans. I mentioned yesterday that we have too many bags of plastic bags and we should throw out the old bags of bags. He reacted with alarm, saying he wanted to recycle them at a store that recycles bags. What a shock. So, we will do that today. We need to get out to go somewhere as it keeps us feeling less cooped up. 

Okay, we went to Publix with kitchen garbage bags full of bags and an employee took them in. Wow, the place here has more room.

Hopefully, the chairs will get washed. I am not too hopeful, though. No, chairs are for Monday. He is cutting coupons and I am listing books.

I mentioned I wanted to go to the "take a book; leave a book" store outside a store in Southside. He asked if I wanted to go now. So, we went. Unopened books have a spine without signs of opening and they are stiff. You know the feeling. 

I know I took 13 and left 0, but it is a long way to this place, a 40 mile trip. I will return 13 books or more when I go there again.  

I  chose 13 books~~ N denotes never opened, so obviously new and never read. 

N To Engineer is Human--role of failure in successful design

N Born To Rock--heavy drinkers and thinkers

Dog Years--Mark Doty

The People's Almanac

N ABCs of Bridge

Literature: Today's Young Adults--how to teach it, not what I thought but useful.

N How to Be a Bridesmaid...just to see what they say. pristine dustcover.

For Her Own Good--150 years of the experts' advice to women by Barbara Ehenreich  I read this before and it's gone.

Technical Manual and Dictionary of Classical Ballet

A Discovery of Witches--I thought this was about witches through the years. I think it is a novel, but the back cover says it is a book about books. I will look it up and see. Okay, it is a novel so I probably will not read it.

Midnight Song by Henry James--I love anything he wrote. Correction: This is "Henry James' Midnight Song", not what I thought. It is a fin-de-siecle mystery set in Vienna. It might be good after all. 

In Praise of Play by Robert E. Neale This sounds good, research, I think.

N Everything, Everthing "soon to be a motion picture" Why, yes it was a movie. Pristine dustcover

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince--hardback Surely, this was read only once. First American Edition

When I picked out a book from this outdoor, exposed-to-the weather bookcase, I opened it, put my nose in and breathed deeply. Ten of these books have the same faint odor of a woman's house. None have even the slightest whiff of mustiness. I wanted to go here before it rains because I sort of figured someone would put out books in this week of dry weather and humidity.  Actually, all these books look so great that I think they threw out the old ones that had gotten wet with rain blowing. 

From the condition of all these books and the subjects, I believe the whole lot belonged to a professor and a maybe a bibliophile. The subjects spoke of erudition. There were about 500 new (not wet and musty) books replacing the mess I found last time I was there. 

Okay, it is Monday and almost 4 pm. It looks like no chair washing will happen today...sigh.

I love Hormel Canned Roast Beef. But, Armour Canned Roast Beef is about $1.50 cheaper, so I bought two cans, one to try now and one to save in stockpile. Tonight, we will try the Armour brand with potatoes or sweet potatoes and two other vegetables. I will let you know. 

What do you recycle? Do you have to take it to a recycling place or does it get picked up at your curb? Do you have a free book place? 

Nothing much today

Once again, I awoke drenched because the bedroom is so hot. I walk into the living room where he is under a blanket because he is cold. Yes, the ac in living room and kitchen work just fine. It feels great. I think his closing off the ac vents in the two bedrooms on either side of me are part of the cause. I read on the internet that closing off rooms and vents will harm the unit.

Today was a busy day as far as solving a few of my problems. The telephone and computer are great tools. However, I could not hear. For some reason I keep accidentally turning down the volume on the phone. I have never had this problem except for the last few months. I have two meetings tomorrow.

The lack of humidity or the low humidity has made the 90F+ weather seem almost balmy. Since I have no sweaters or coats, I am getting nervous that a cool day will catch me lacking.

Sadly, we threw away the cans I save. There is no recycling here for cans. Publix has recycling bins for plastic bags, Styrofoam, and something else. With the cans, my huge chicken, and a sewing machine out of the back of the Rogue, we have only one small can of food left. That goes, too, tomorrow. There must be a place to recycle cans somewhere around here.

Okay, MODERN FAMILY now.