Keeping At It!

 

The clothesline was out today too. We normally put our towels in the dryer every day between washing (every three days), but now I can put them out in the sun to air out.  I aired out my nightgown too.  Spritzing them with vodka and water might end up part of the routine, as that will kill any smells or mildew. However, the sun and hot temp should take care of that on its own.

I styled "Suburban Grandma" today because I had a lot of errands and some cooking to do. I was just thrilled to be wearing my yellow limon quartz ring. Since the weather is hot, I am letting my hair air dry, which means waves. My hope was that the sloppy side of my attire and hair would be balanced out by my jewelry. In the future, I might pick a yellow shirt that isn't too big (which I think this one is).

Thrifting was my first stop today. My goal was to find glassware for the party we are having at the end of the month. Last month, I got a dozen wine glasses. This week, it was beer and mixed drinks glassware. Monday is Senior Discount Day at Amvets, which is 25% off. The color tags I found were mostly 25% off too. I did find a nice pillowcase that was 99 cents (74 cents after senior discount), so my total was ten dollars (it's on the patio table). Pretty good, I think!

After thrifting, I picked up a FlashFood order. The deal on sesame oil was great. Now I have a couple of bottles on my tariff shelf. We use it a lot for stir fry, and for roasting salmon. We'll be set for mozzarella for a while too. I am making sauce tomorrow and we're having linguini for dinner, so the cheese will go on pizza for Wednesday. Well, some older cheese from the freezer will be used, and the new stuff will get used later.  FF must be gaining popularity because I was there picking up with three other people!

This is a wine rack which I've mounted to the grid in back of our pergola area. My goal is to find colorful bottles or vases to put in it. It might even work as plant holder. Not sure. But I found it in the basement, so I'm using it!

It was a Frankie food day too. I used a tray of pork and a tray of beef -- marked down from Save-a-Lot two weeks ago. I had pork bones from dinner last night. This batch has a can of salmon, so I also had the liquid from that. The oatmeal I made had stock made from both, plus the drippings from the meat loaves. I used FlashFood rainbow slaw, along with a container of frozen hash browns I mixed up when making food last time.  All of this food probably cost 8 dollars to make. The egg I mixed in was free!

I finished the day baking. This is a big sourdough loaf made with wheat-based starter (and I used wheat flour to feed it). The apple tart was made using frozen shells I wanted to get out of the freezer, and a cheap can of apples from Ollies (25 cents).  Hopefully I will be disciplined enough not to touch it until tomorrow night.

Tommy is spending the night at the Cleveland Clinic, which is three hours away.  He signed up to participate in a study that will take place over ten years, measuring his cognitive health as he ages. There are comprehensive health tests every year. He's getting a brain scan and sleep study this year. Another visit (next year, I am guessing), will probably involve his heart. We have a friend who just started working at the clinic and she's enrolled too, which is how Tommy learned about it. He's getting some free testing, plus he got to see a friend. Would you enroll in a test like that?