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This really isn’t so much a post as it is, “I need to go to bed and these are the photos I have on hand”.
For snack the other day we were given graham crackers, marshmallow creme, and chocolate chips. We could have just eaten them separately, or had crunchy bits in a s’more-type sandwich, but I chose to show the children (booming voice) The Power Of The Sun and left the chocolate on the windowsill to melt it. This lesson can also be learned by (booming voice) Leaving A Snickers In A Hot Car.
When we were young we’d save money by going to a grocery store and buy some bread and butter and really thin sliced ham and call it lunch. Sometimes we’d go to a park and picnic, sometimes we’d eat in the car. We’ve tried this at Whole Foods in Omaha a few times, and this does not save any money.
But it is yummy in my tummy.
The Orange Juice is a dollar more than at the Wal*Marts.
I’ve been thinking a lot about composting lately. Sustainable Dave has worms doing his composting right in his basement, but that’s a little too creepy for me. I’ve thought about having a worm composter right outside our back door, because then I could just toss the scraps right after I’ve scooped them from the cutting board.
The whole reason for this worm pondering is that Lloyd doesn’t want me collecting scraps in a container on the counter until I get around to taking them on the long walk across the yard to the ‘compost pile‘. That’s a problem because I am NOT walking a single banana peel across the yard when it’s dark outside. There are jibblie things out there, like vampires. So, this morning I came up with a multi-tasker solution. I have a gravy separator that gets used once in a never, so now it lives in the trash can, like Oscar, and I can walk the scraps out to the pile at my leisure. In full, safe daylight.
I like that Brad calls looking for something a ‘quest’. It sounds so much more noble than ‘dorking around Lincoln looking for cake mix’.
While Lloyd was at choir today, I drove around looking for a grocery store that carries Jiffy Devil’s Food cake mix. (Every so often I have a hankering for chocolate cake, and my homemade cakes are not reliable.) Every store I’ve visited only has yellow or white, along with their cornbread & muffin mixes. I’ve searched the internet but shipping costs ($17) would be prohibitive, since I’d have to buy a whole case ($21). I went to the Russ’s Market on 27th & Washington – no dice.
On my way to the gigantic Hy-Vee I took some side streets and stumbled upon Leon’s. This place was great! I would have taken pictures inside but I felt foolish. It’s small and homey, but had lots of extravagant foodie items. A sliver of super-aged cheddar cheese was $5 / $22 a pound. Yikes! They had lots of interesting cake mixes from all kinds of specialized companies, but only white and yellow Jiffy mix. I bought a jar of raspberry preserves so I would have a souvenir. This is the real purpose of this post – so I can remember where it is. On South street, turn south on Wintrop, just west of 33rd.
Next stop – the giant Hy-Vee. Same story with the cake mix, but I did get to help a lady who bemoaned to her cell phone, “I’m at the biggest Hy-Vee in the world and I can’t find the bouquet!” Thanks to Beth’s post, I knew what that was and helped her find it.
Super Saver, nothing. Not even white and yellow cake mix.
On our way out of town, we stopped at that place on Cornhusker right before you hit Highway 34. (I forgot the name.) Score!
How sad is it that buying cake mix makes me so happy?
Lloyd drives the Eggplant to and from school on Wednesdays, and the past few weeks I’ve been meeting him downtown for a ride home. Last week we stopped at the farmer’s market for hamburgers, but all they had were cold polish sausages. Tonight they had FABULOUS hamburgers, and I’m not saying that just because I was starving. They were great! Thanks, farmers market, for keeping us alive one more day.
I love Italian dressing so much. If they put it in a pop-top can I’d probably drink it. I was going to eat an avocado drenched in I.D.* for dinner, but Annette called and we went out for burgers at R.O.’s. We saw the Pester family there! Anyway, I struggled all evening not to eat the avocado anyway, but it is 9:04 and I have caved.
In other news, I hope to get into Lincoln and get a haircut sometime soon. Any hair suggestions would be appreciated. (Maybe in photo form? I’m looking for something above shoulder-length, long layers.)
(*I’m going Rachel Ray with this – like EVOO. Think it will catch on?)