I received an email from a company offering free shipping for today only. Wow, free shipping. What an offer!! Now if they had offered free shipping for the entire month or even for a week, I might have taken advantage of it. But a “today only” offer doesn’t inspire me to place an order. However, the next time that I get ready to place an order, I might wait a few weeks to see if they are going to offer free shipping again.
I purchased a new book on making bread. And in keeping with the more modern tradition of making bread, ingredients are measured out by weight and not volume. And while I appreciate the concept, I was a bit surprised when the recipe called for 11.75 ounces of flour.
My scale can measure 11.6 ounces, 11.7 ounces and 11.8 ounces, but it does not measure in the .01-.09 range. So, I initially thought about getting a better scale until I realized that we are talking about less than a teaspoon of flour in a measurement of over a cup. I am sure that I spill at least .01 ounces of flour when I put the ingredients in the mixing bowl. And while a new scale would only cost about $30, I am afraid that if I had one, I would spent too much of my time measuring. After all, I am making bread and not rocket fuel.
My wife sent me to the store to buy some cauliflower. But since they had orange and purple and white, I decided to buy purple. My wife has yet to recover.
The ad said “all the colors of the rainbow”. Was this a decorative light for the holidays? No, it was an attachment for your toilet bowl. That’s right. With this motion sensing lighting device, your toilet bowl is transformed into a multicolored light show. And what do you find at the end of the rainbow?
The bread recipe said that it would only take 8 hours from mixing to eating. So, I started it at noon. However, at midnight, the bread was finally finished. And while the timing of the recipe may have been a little off, at least the ingredients were correct.
My wife disappeared into this thicket 20 minutes ago and I haven’t seen her since. I went in looking for her but came back out fearing for my own safety. Maybe if I bang a couple of plastic hangers together, she will come out in the open.
Who needs an Advent calendar. When you see these in the grocery store you know that Fat Tuesday is coming.
I made some Minute Tapioca for the first time the other day. And guess what? It takes more than minute to make.
An ex Chicago official has been found guilty of taking bribes. No, not is Chicago! Say it ain’t so!! Yeah right, so what else is new. And this is just the start of the election year in Chicago.
The sign on the side of the truck said “Advanced Service”. So, if the service isn’t “advanced” does that mean that it is regular service?