SuicideBlonde
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A Popsicle mold to make frozen fruit pops this summer and ingredients to try to brew my own beer with the kit my niece gave me.
Last Thing You Bought?
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GingerFoxx
No effin' whey!
I bought a 16oz tub of unsweetened plain coconut milk yogurt for $3.50 on sale. I know from time to time I see recipes that call for vegan yogurt and I never have any on hand. Now that I do, I am sure I won't be able to find any of those recipes and I will just end up eating plain with some fruit, or something.
Ann Chovie
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REAL plums ! You remember them? The ones that taste like they actually grew on a tree?
BUT apparently taste is an optional extra now as these cost well over and beyond the current supermarket " pound a punnet" price.
BUT dont tell CG as I owe him a whole REAL fruit salad after the last "plastic" one I served him up!!
BUT apparently taste is an optional extra now as these cost well over and beyond the current supermarket " pound a punnet" price.
BUT dont tell CG as I owe him a whole REAL fruit salad after the last "plastic" one I served him up!!
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I bought my Mom a Targus chill mat for her laptop several years ago. It's still working fine.Staples: A Targus Dual Fan Chill Mat for my laptop. Cost was about $35, but I had a coupon for $10 off $30 or more, so the total after tax was about $27. I haven't set it up yet. I hope the damn thing works, because I can't find the receipt. I was so sure I put it in my purse, but it's not there. I looked everywhere else I could think of, and it's gone. I have no idea how it could have vanished in just a couple of hours.
Before that, I was in Rite-Aid drugstore and got a portable audio cassette player. Opened up the box, no user guide. I'm going to check the company's website and see if I can get a user guide. There's also a customer service number on the box, so I can call that if I have to. It's not a complicated machine or anything, but it's just a good idea to have a user guide.
A cassette player??? They still make those?
(I can't really make fun of you - I have an 8-track player)
Side note (again): I'm back for a few days, and then I'm going back up to my land for at least another week.
I have a tree right outside my back door that has plums every year weighting down the limbs until they look like they should break. I like plums, but I get tired of processing them and eating them with almost every meal in the fall - too much of a good thing.REAL plums ! You remember them? The ones that taste like they actually grew on a tree?
BUT apparently taste is an optional extra now as these cost well over and beyond the current supermarket " pound a punnet" price.
BUT dont tell CG as I owe him a whole REAL fruit salad after the last "plastic" one I served him up!!
If it wasn't for the apples I have to process at the same time it wouldn't be so much of a bother.
Got my propane tank re-certified and filled ($12.00 plus some change).
Turns out re-certification on the tanks goes 10 years and then every 5 years - I still think it's foolish - they don't even pressure test, it's just a visual inspection.
Bought a 6 foot t-post (metal fence post) $6.79
I used it to prop up one of the kennel sections I have fencing in an area from my trailer to the pole barn up at my land (protection for my dog from wolves and cougar - 3 dogs just up the hill from me have been killed in the last few years, all attributed to wolves, but my closest neighbor puts out a good argument for a cougar with one of them). Because of this I don't let Mati run free like I used to let my other dogs.
Bought 6- 8 foot 2x2's to improve my homemade awning for the trailer . I have been using a tarp. I was going to build a frame for the tarp, and beef up the support system, but after leaving it up in a gentle rain and still catching several gallons of water in it, plus having to get it down in the middle of the night during a wind/thunder storm I'm now thinking of replacing it with tin. (I'll still use the 2x2s - I'll just need to get a few more) $2.30 each ($13.60 so far).
Some rope to tie the 2x2s to the top of my Ford Escape $2.99
A latch to hook my screen door to the outside door (trailer) .99¢
A new window crank (also for trailer) $3.79
Turns out re-certification on the tanks goes 10 years and then every 5 years - I still think it's foolish - they don't even pressure test, it's just a visual inspection.
Bought a 6 foot t-post (metal fence post) $6.79
I used it to prop up one of the kennel sections I have fencing in an area from my trailer to the pole barn up at my land (protection for my dog from wolves and cougar - 3 dogs just up the hill from me have been killed in the last few years, all attributed to wolves, but my closest neighbor puts out a good argument for a cougar with one of them). Because of this I don't let Mati run free like I used to let my other dogs.
Bought 6- 8 foot 2x2's to improve my homemade awning for the trailer . I have been using a tarp. I was going to build a frame for the tarp, and beef up the support system, but after leaving it up in a gentle rain and still catching several gallons of water in it, plus having to get it down in the middle of the night during a wind/thunder storm I'm now thinking of replacing it with tin. (I'll still use the 2x2s - I'll just need to get a few more) $2.30 each ($13.60 so far).
Some rope to tie the 2x2s to the top of my Ford Escape $2.99
A latch to hook my screen door to the outside door (trailer) .99¢
A new window crank (also for trailer) $3.79
I always get made fun of when I buy a blank tape for my VHS recorder. I refuse to pay $15/month for a DVR from the cable company when I have a perfectly good, functioning VHS player.
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I also have a perfectly good, functioning VHS player, but I wouldn't mind paying extra for a DVR. There are some advantages to a DVR, such as not having to worry about whether I have a tape in good condition in my VCR, whether I have enough space on the tape to record what I plan to record, whether or not I'll accidentally tape over something I haven't watched yet, and is the VCR programmed correctly, the current time is set properly, is the VCR turned off, and is the cable converter set to the correct channel? Also, I believe when you use a DVR you can record something on one channel while watching something on another channel? If so, that could really be useful for me. Back before I started using a digital cable converter, I used my VCR as an analog cable converter. I was able to do just that with it - watch something on one channel while recording something on a different channel at the same time. I can't do that with a digital cable converter.
Well today I bought a trailer light kit from Napa for $27.02 to replace the lights on my Dad's utility trailer.
Spent a large portion of the extremely hot day lying on very warm cement working on a trailer that I couldn't touch most of without severe pain (black painted metal in the sun). Tried to make a shade by using duck tape to attach a sheet to two PVC drain pipes and tie them to the trailer, however the sun continually melted the glue in the duck tape and the sheet kept falling down.
-I took a break during this and changed clothes, as I could actually wring the sweat out of them, it looked like I had been swimming in them. My second set looked the same by the time I was done.
Finally removed the old lights and harness and replaced it with the new set. Hooked it up to the truck and found out that the problem was in the truck wiring............... arrrgh......
-I take consolation in the fact that the old lights needed replacing anyway as they were very old and in bad shape.
Spent a large portion of the extremely hot day lying on very warm cement working on a trailer that I couldn't touch most of without severe pain (black painted metal in the sun). Tried to make a shade by using duck tape to attach a sheet to two PVC drain pipes and tie them to the trailer, however the sun continually melted the glue in the duck tape and the sheet kept falling down.
-I took a break during this and changed clothes, as I could actually wring the sweat out of them, it looked like I had been swimming in them. My second set looked the same by the time I was done.
Finally removed the old lights and harness and replaced it with the new set. Hooked it up to the truck and found out that the problem was in the truck wiring............... arrrgh......
-I take consolation in the fact that the old lights needed replacing anyway as they were very old and in bad shape.
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Not sure I didn't over do things in the heat a bit. Didn't feel very good later, my muscles were sore like I'd been working out, I got a cramp later in the evening, and my stomach was slightly upset.
I think I should have drank more water, and I was low in salt - sweated too much out.
I normally don't add salt to my food. I haven't added it for years as I decided I was getting too much. now that I don't eat as many processed and prepared foods as I used to I should probably start using it to season again.
I'm fully recovered and feel fine now.
Going back to the land tomorrow for another week or two (actually planned to leave a couple days ago, but got hung up). So you'll have to do without my scintillating comments for awhile.
Bought a couple of cheap tool boxes that I'm going to use in my trailer. One for a basic tool set that I normally keep in a kitchen drawer and the other for the odds and ends that I would also keep in a kitchen "junk drawer". I have a place under my bed to put the tool boxes where they'll still be handy but out of the way. This will open up two of a very limited number of kitchen drawers for other uses. $5.98 ($2.99 each)
Bought a couple of cheap tool boxes that I'm going to use in my trailer. One for a basic tool set that I normally keep in a kitchen drawer and the other for the odds and ends that I would also keep in a kitchen "junk drawer". I have a place under my bed to put the tool boxes where they'll still be handy but out of the way. This will open up two of a very limited number of kitchen drawers for other uses. $5.98 ($2.99 each)
SuicideBlonde
Adorkable rockstar!
GingerFoxx
No effin' whey!
Stuff for the vegan package exchange. I am excited with my own selections.
SuicideBlonde
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Those tank tops are so comfortable.
I bought a thing to make vegetables into noodles. I am exalcited to use it. Nums.
I bought a thing to make vegetables into noodles. I am exalcited to use it. Nums.
GingerFoxx
No effin' whey!
What brand is the noodle-maker? I see so many online but the nice ones are too expensive for a device I would only use occasionally, and the more affordable ones have questionable reviews and seem like they would break or have a lot of waste.
SuicideBlonde
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It was the as seen on tv one, veggittie or something like that spelling. It was a bit pricy, but I wanted it that day instead of buying it online.
I just bought three types of curry blends from my favorite spice shop.
I just bought three types of curry blends from my favorite spice shop.
GingerFoxx
No effin' whey!
Groceries at Lidl's for € 12. Almonds, corn on the cob (2) 2 Cavaillon melons, 1 ripe mango, eggs, 200 g plain chocolate 2 tomatoes,1 banana, a pack of frozen broccoli and a large cucumber.