The other day I was in Meijer (regional grocery chain) and noticed that they had 40 pound bags of Sunflower seeds on sale for $20.  Since this was a good deal, I picked up a bag.  But, before I got to the check out, I decided to buy two.  This should keep the birds fed for the winter I suspect.

A day after Christmas, I noticed that the Valentines Day candy had arrived in the stores.  Time marches on and so does merchandizing.

Last night, the outside temperature was going down into the single digits or lower.  So, I decided that it was a good night to clean my oven.

Now, I was not going to clean it by hand.   Instead, I was going to kick on the self cleaning.  And, with the outside temperature being as low as it was, the house could use the extra heat.

Cleaning the oven was appreciated by both myself and my cats.  And, when I got up in the morning, the kitchen was still warm.

The other day, I decided to make enchiladas for supper.  And, amongst the list of ingredients that I needed was tortillas.   So, I picked up a package of fresh tortillas at Meijer (regional grocery chain).

But, when I started making the enchiladas, I had a terrible struggle with the tortillas.  They were constantly breaking and seemed to be quite stale.  That is when I looked at the package: “sell by Dec 6”.

Well, that explains that.  My bad.  Next time I will be sure to check the date.

Recently, I ate at a restaurant who proudly announced that they only cooked with lard.  Well, OK!

Times have changed.  Lard was once considered to be the bane of food preparation.  Now, it is the blessing.  And so the pendulum swings.

The other day, when I was looking for something in my freezer, I noticed that I had a number of containers with unknown contents.  And, since my freezer was rather full, I decided that it was time to clean.

There were a number of plastic bags containing what I perceived to be meat.  But, because of freezer burn, I couldn’t tell for sure what kind of meat it was or even if it was meat.  So, I tossed them out.

There were also a half dozen “Cool Whip” containers which held various substances of unknown origins.  I also tossed them.

I also tossed my packages of frozen scallions, frozen ginger and frozen jalapenos.  At one time, these were scarce.  But, these are now readily available in the produce section of Meijer (regional grocery chain), so, why use frozen when I can use fresh.

Including the 4 half empty packages of tortillas, I had a trash bag full of frozen food.  My freezer is now cleaned and well organized.

Every year, thousands of children in the US are struck and killed by automobiles that are backing up because the driver could not see them.

To help prevent this from happening, a law has been introduced to add backup cameras to all new vehicles.  These cameras would help the drivers to see into that blind spot when backing up and save the lives of thousands of innocent children.

But, unfortunately, it doesn’t garner the attention of the media who only reports on the sensational and not the common, everyday death of children.

The other day, I had to run to Meijer (regional grocery chain) to buy some Brussels Sprouts for  supper.  When I checked out, not only did I receive a regular receipt, I also received a gift receipt.

Now, I had never considered giving Brussels Sprouts as a gift.  But, I guess I should consider it for next Christmas.  I suppose I could put an orange, a chocolate bar and Brussels Sprouts in next years stockings.

I got rid of my Bow Flex today.  I ran into an old friend of ours at Meijer today.  She inquired if I still had the Bow Flex.  I told her that I did and asked if she wanted it?  She said that she did and two hours later, it was gone.  YES!!

I have wanted to get rid of it for several months now as I have out grown it.  I am sure that Kathy would have approved as I gave to her best friend.

A few weeks back, our Burger King closed.  All that is left is a Realtor sign and an empty building devoid of any franchise emblems.

Well now, the Realtor sign notes that a sale is pending.  Wow, that was quick.  While I realize that it is in a prime location, there is also a lot of vacant land available.  So, I am wondering what could possible be moving into that location.

I guess that I will have to wait and see.