Good luck with the pottery sales, Dorothy! And enjoy your shifted approach to cooking. I use my little toaster oven several times a week because it does avoid the power usage of the big oven (and not heating the house). I still have a regular toaster I use, often just for thawing bread before using it for something else (it has a button for "frozen" bread to thaw before toasting). I can do the same thing in the microwave or the toaster oven, it's just which one appeals to me for the task at the time. The toaster is mostly used for bagels (though I haven't eaten many of them as I pursue my weight loss goals).

We're into hot weather for a couple of days; mid-to high-90s this weekend, so I'll save water and mow the lawn before I take my shower today. A portion of the back got mowed yesterday (parts of it are now sprouting small groundcover after it died off during the heat) and the same for the front after I move a few obstacles like the extra bird bath saucers). It has been since mid-June that I last mowed; the lawn tends to go dormant in the heat, this year a fair amount of it died.

Still drawing down stuff in the fridge where I have unintentionally ended up with a lot of foods that need eating now. Some I'm sharing with the dogs who always get some kind of vegetable on top of their dry food for their evening meal. Alternate day fasting (this is a fasting day) means I go through the fridge contents slower than usual.