puzzle # 6

As you can see here, we've finished puzzle # 6. And I think this one was appropriate for our last puzzle of the winter.

As March progresses here in Mid Michigan, we get a varying weather pattern. It reached all the way to 60 on Friday! We even got some deck furniture out! Today it's currently 35, reaching a high today of 44. Not warm, but still beats below freezing. Nothing blooming yet. The daffodils are up about an inch. But if this milder weather holds, they'll 'spring' forth!
Our weight thingy didn't do so well this past week, as we both gained about a pound. And we even walked most days. 'sigh' But we'll keep working on it. Maybe I need to cut back on the cocktails. I'd like to get a few more pounds off.
And my big project this weekend is tearing the dash of the mo-ho out. I need to replace the dash fan motor. I e-mailed Newmar, and they said it's under the dash. So if I can do that myself, it'll save us a bundle. I'm not real mechanically inclined, but John said he'd try and give some long distance assistance if I need it. (he's in Texas right now) He also told me to take lot's of pics as I progress, so as to make sure I know where everything goes back. A very good idea!
I'll let you know how I do!

funny friday

For this weeks ff, I'm sharing some fun little info I bet a lot of you didn't know.
From Dave in Florida............

Was this something we were supposed to learn from our Mom's?

I can't believe it's been there all this time.

I had to go into the kitchen and check this out for myself.

Whoever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box?

You know when you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box.

Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over.

The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.

Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it, and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place.

How long has this little locking tab been there?

I then looked at a generic (Publix) brand of aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box of Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran wrap roll has jumped out, when I was trying to cover something up.

Okay readers, how many of you knew about those little tabs?

Have a great weekend!

pre spring cleaning done!

I can't call it spring cleaning, because it's not spring here, yet. But when spring does arrive I'll be out side, so that's why I cleaned this when I did. It's taken several weeks, but I finally got all the grid cleaned and everything above the grid cleaned. Now you know why I only do this once a year! I finished up yesterday morning. Went in at 8am cleaned till about 9:30. My first customer was at 10, and I left for home at 6:30. A long day. Today my first customer is at 8am, and my last one is 6pm with only 2 small breaks during the day, so another long one. But Friday and Saturday are only 7:30 to about 3, so I'll end the week easy.
Oh, and speaking of spring, it looks like we may be seeing some. Today it'll be into the 40's, and the highs will stay there for the next 7 - 10 day's before dropping back into the 30's. But it looks like the day time temps will start staying above freezing, so spring won't be far behind!

Cooking with Craig and other things

I got good news from the doctor on my eye thingy. It's just a Chalazion. And what's that? Well a Stye is an infected eyelash follicle, and a Chalazion is a plugged up oil gland. So I got some drops to help prevent infection, and am to use warm compresses to help clear the clogged gland.
It's been bitter cold here. Currently 4 degrees out right now with a high in the mid 20's. So even though the snow's gone for the moment, it's too damn cold to do anything outside yet. So, we're working on puzzle #6, walking every day, (indoors) and yesterday, Craig made a final batch of broth. In a large pot, he put the last Turkey carcass, and bags of veggies he'd saved. Things like trimmings of Broccoli, celery, onions, carrots, etc. Let it all simmer for a few hours, and double strain and put into freezer containers.
And this is some good stuff! Would be wonderful as a soup base except we're not much soup people, so he'll use it to make rice, mashed potatoes, and anything that he can substitute water for.
And for dinner yesterday, he prepared baked pork cutlets over stuffing. But instead of plain stuffing, he added a can of pinto beans, corn, onions and salsa. It was great! And today he's using some leftover Turkey to make his Turkey Rice Casserole. And we'll use some of this broth for the rice!

I spy a stye in my eye

Greetings from a bitter cold mid Michigan. A whopping 13 degrees out! No it's not spring here yet!

But here's another pic of the grid at the Salon. I've got it all cleaned now, and I'm working on dusting all the stuff above the grid.

We backed the mo-ho out of it's storage spot and turned it around. Tuesday morning I take it in to have a recall fixed. Apparently there is a potential problem with the gas service to the refrigerator. Can you believe it's a 2002, and getting a recall.

The snow for the time being has all melted with the last mini warm spell we had, so we decided now would be a good time to get this taken care of before spring arrives and they get busy. Or before we get more snow, and I can't get it out.

Also, tomorrow morning I get to go to another doctor. When I had my physical, my doctor said my eye thingy was going on too long and wanted an Opthamologist to look at it. He thinks it's a stye, but I've had it too long.

Well, that's all I got for now!