Dorothy! What a gush of news! It sounds like all cylinders are firing in your world! I don't envy you cleaning those freezers, but those cheese and cookie shops - oh, my! And the visit on that new deck sounds devine.

I subscribe to Consumer Reports, and while they don't release their comparison guides as neatly as they used to in the print form, I pulled up my account and it says they have hearing aid brands and retailers. I just found an article about over the counter (but they also talk about prescription) hearing aids and I think there will be a couple of buying guides. At any rate, I can save these as PDF files and get them to you.

The recently adopted process of getting off of the computer earlier has several benefits. I'm reading more long form material (books, articles, journals) instead of skimming things on a screen and it feels like it is resetting my brain. What I'm reading is a mix of things, but the nutrition information is top importance and very helpful. I've also shared some of it to my son who has a problem with migraines and an answer is suggested in my reading (get off of wheat - he was my kid who ate exclusively flour products for the first five years of his life.)

Last night I had the TV on across the room, I wasn't sitting and watching it, I was 20 feet away treating it like a radio with occasional photos - and I photographed three sets of stuff for eBay listings. I'll process the photos during the day and get them listed before I am off of the screens again.

Yesterday I mixed up a batch of brine and assembled three jars of cucumber spears for fresh pickles. I'll do one more jar at least today. They're not the best cucumbers, but they're fresh and will taste good in a few weeks.

Since we're into heat index weather I worked on reinforcing a wonky Goodwill little Igloo cooler (the lid latch broke off) so it will sit on my porch with ice and bottles of water for the mail carrier and Amazon and UPS folks. The last cooler was a small barrel shaped one with a wide screw on lid and harder to open and stuff with a couple of bottles and ice. I taped on my same cobbled-together graphic of a water bottle with the message that it's for the delivery folks and thanks for working in the heat. I think this is my fourth summer of a cooler on the porch.

And right now since there is a cleared-off shelf is available in the garage I'll do a little organizing before it gets too hot.