fini!!

 I finished mowing today

    I wasn't as cold as yesterday, but I did make a hot cup of herbal tea when I came in after mowing.

    Tomorrow I need to put my new push mower together.  Jackie got me a battery powered mower because I can't get the rider between my raised gardens.  In hindsight, I should have moved the planters farther apart when I built them.   But hindsight solves every problem.

    I grilled for supper.  Unfortunately. I did not cover the grill when I was done and it is now raining. Both the grill and the cover are wet.

    Last night when I went to bed I had a gnawing feeling that I did not shut the garage door at Julia's house.  I know I did.  But that part of my brain that sometimes malfunctions kept telling me I did not.

    So after I went to Emily's today to test my vacuum, I went to Julia's and found that yes, I had closed the door.  And it seems the battery on the vac is dead as it won't recharge.

    That has always been a problem with me.  I leave someplace and then am never sure the door is closed.  Tonight when I got meat out of the freezer I made sure the door was closed, but double checked it when I went to get tea towels for Jackie.

    When I was getting meat, I found a package of frozen raspberries.  I had gone to the store yesterday to buy some fresh, but the packs they had did not look good.  

    I brought the frozen one up and looked at the use by  date:   July 23.  The package had been opened.  

    So I tossed them.  Well, actually put them in my compost bucket. 

    The problem is I buy food and  put it in the freezer and then forget it is there.  

    Most of the time I date the items I stick in the freezer.  But that doesn't mean I remember they are in there. I guess I just need to be more aware of what I buy and then be sure to use it.  

    I hate wasting food.  It's bad for the environment and bad for my wallet!

    That's all I have.

Peace and Love