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If only they could be like this forever.

I didn’t take a before, and there’s no after yet, so you just get the &.   It was a productive day in Mrs. Sommerer’s room, mostly because I finally tackled my cupboards.  I’ve spent the past two years thinking, “I’m just not going get around to it this time,” and almost said the same thing today – then something fell on my head.   So I took all the junk out and am putting half of it back in  with containers and labels, and the other half is going to live on a nice farm where it can run in the sunshine and be free.  (wink wink)

Speaking of things on heads, Lloyd has been working like a dog at school installing video projectors in the classrooms.  (He has help – he’s not a one-man one-man-and-his-awesome-wife show this time.)  He was crawling around in the attic of one of the portable classrooms and smacked his head on some pointy nails.  It’s too bad I can’t get a good picture of it, but you should all comfort him with sweet words.

Cukes

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What you see here is a delicious cucumber from Beth’s garden.  Since I have no gardening skills, I try to surround myself with good gardeners with surplus produce.  (Thanks, Beth.)  At one of my home visits last night a family gave me a bucket of tomatoes.  Awesome!

Anyway, I made that vinegar-sugar pickle stuff with this cucumber, and this time I used the jazzy little cutter that’s for crinkle fries.  It makes everything more fun to eat!  The vinegar stuff was a little off tonight, though.  I never measure for this – a splash of vinegar, a splash of water, a shake of sugar, salt & pepper.  If I cough when I eat it, it has too much vinegar (add more sugar to fix). So I’m sure you all must have a version of this favorite.  Share it so I can stop coughing.

Crinkle cut cucumbers! A triple-c threat.

Drat those doors.

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What am I doing wrong that my kitchen cabinet doors are rebelling?  Did I anger someone who has cursed me?  Have I not been kind to them?  Have I not occasionally swiped them with a wet rag when I notice that they are turning brown?  I’ve got another one that refuses to close, and since the garbage is behind this one, I don’t think we can implement the Open Door policy.  Grrrrrrrr.

Just enough to be annoying.

Fetch me my brown pants!

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 We went into Lincoln today to go to church with the Kolliparas.  Church was good. Afterward we all went out to eat at Panera Bread. Bread was good. After that we quested far and wide across Lincoln in search of pants. Quest was good.  Samith joined us for the first  part.

Super Target yielded one pair (Samith caught 4 shirts and Lauren snagged one too). Next we went to Office Depot, and no pants were found, but I got two speakers for school. Since Lowes was right by Office Depot, we went there and I picked up some of the last things for mounting video projectors in the classrooms at Lincoln Lutheran. After that we dropped Samith off. (He had softball games to attend and, get this, play in.)

After a quick jaunt to The Fort for boots we went to Target number 2, but it was a pointless stop. From there Yonkers offered up 5 pair of pants. 3 dress pants to replace some that have been going to church with me for over a decade, and two pair of school pants.  J.C. Penney’s was a complete bust, but Sears had a pair. After a fabulous lunch at the mall food court, we went to the final Target and found one more pair.

Lauren needed to grab some baskets at Shopko for her newly made cubbies and I scoped out the pant situation there as well. They were a little more money than the others I bought, but they have pleated fronts. The two from Yonkers have silly flat fronts. They might need replacing.

So many pants, so little time

Last year I bought 6 pair of ultra cheap pants from ShopKo for $7.99 each, but they didn’t hold up well (even allowing for the occasional mishap). This year I decided to spend more money ($11.95-$15.99 each).

Oh, La La.

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TMI coming up ahead, people, so if you’re easily grossed out, just stop here.

I normally have a very rigid get-ready routine in the morning.  Everything is in the same order:  Shower, dry, deodorant, face lotion, body lotion, etc.  But there have been occasions where I forget something.   It’s not such a big deal to forget the lotion, but it is rather inconvenient to forget deodorant.  In fact, the only three times I can remember forgetting are each before some big event – a conference, a meeting, and my reunion. (Yes, my reunion, dnag it!) I’ve often wished that there were some little single-use thing you could keep in your purse. Not a big travel-size one, but something tiny.

Well, the internet came through for me here.  These babies are only 35 cents each, but the shipping will set you back a whopping $10.  I got a few of each, although this never seems to happen to Lloyd, and it wouldn’t matter if it did.

I test-pitted one today, and it appears to be working well.  With La Fresh as my witness, I shall never be stinky again!

Little packets of heaven.