I finished photoshopping some images for work and sent them to the local paper and others who needed some of the meeting on Friday. Now I have to photoshop some things for my daughter. I decided that since I've been photographing one old slip for her (with bands of lace and some horizontal pleats to add texture to the 1/2 slip) I'd go ahead and soak it in water for a couple of days and see if I can't do for it what I did with those handkerchiefs. I got this technique from the folks at Martha Stewart Living. Soak sometimes for several days before using oxy bleach for more soaking.

I have some chuck roast out to thaw and grind for taco meat, and some black beans soaking that I'll cook then add to my taco meat. Between the chicken and the beef that should take care of lunches or dinners this week.

At lunch I took a little limb saw out and removed the lowest whorl of branches on each on two trees out front. A few strokes each branch since the trees aren't huge. The results are indifferent, not a lot of difference in the amount of clearance under them to see the house. I'll hold off trimming more until after the first frost. The trees in the front yard really took off this year.

As the light changes and the semester progresses, I'm looking forward some. This year christmas is going to be mostly a meal for family and some token gifts. The folks at the Collin Street Bakery in Corsicana, TX may be one of the few places I use this year. Their fruitcakes are wonderful and everyone in my family likes them. As far as token gifts go, people will eat these up! I only mention this because their reminder came in the mail today. I've sent these to people for years. They mail internationally, though I don't know how much that costs.

Update on eBay - the first bid is in, so the auction is in play. .99. I tracked back the bidder's purchasing history, and this one collects hearing aids exclusively and isn't shy about paying a good price for them. One lot of a bunch of other hearing aids from an estate went for $1,200. There have been individual devices, a lot of them the brand I'm selling, that went over $100. So here's hoping that with all of the little extras - the box it came in, the flyer, the instructions, things that often got lost, this will give a bidder a wonderful item for their collection and will help me pay a couple of bills. :)

SRS