Patty, it is not necessary to use hot water in most laundry these days. The dishwasher, on the other hand, should have lots of it. It costs more to heat it so I don't use it in the laundry. Rim flats - one of those things you can't fix. Park carefully with the new tires!

My morning routine this week of cat sitting means I'm doing my fitness workout while I wait for time to pass between two types of cat medication (one hour). I need to keep doing it this way even without a cat gig.

Some baking today, in preparation for tomorrow, and more picking up around the house. I've pulled out the stack of recipes to get started on things that can be done ahead.

My new printer cartridge arrived and was installed and didn't connect with the printer after many attempts. Note to self: next time check the paper tray first, it was empty. The new cartridge works now, no lines. Before placing the order I researched the black line problem (the drum is bad on the old cartridge) and realized they can be swapped out easily (he speaks Hindi, but you get the idea).

Before I realized the paper was out, I thought if the new cartridge wasn't connecting, I could at least use the new drum in the old one. When that also didn't work is when I checked the paper. [slaps forehead]

I've put the new drum back into the new cartridge and into the printer. The old cartridge is boxed with a note that the drum is bad. The self-test on the old cartridge showed it had 89% toner left so if I'm still around when this new cartridge runs out and if the drum is still good it can be swapped into the old cartridge. There are new toner drums out there but they cost as much as the entire new cartridge.

Yesterday I dropped a string of pearls at the jeweler to be restrung. It won't be expensive, about $60. Turns out they are simulated (but they look very good, they're so old they were probably made better at the time). I'm going to assume the double strand is also simulated and I'll go ahead and string that one myself, after getting a good look at the string done professionally (and a few YouTube videos). Darn - another windfall down the drain. :)