Dorothy, I hope one of those land and house excursions yields pay dirt pretty soon! You've visited some interesting sounding places.

We're at the time of year when cooking every day is too much effort and heat released into the house. I made things over the weekend to serve as leftovers during the week. Last night's dinner was a quesadilla made with some leftover chicken, a Hatch chile pepper, a couple of tortillas from the freezer, and some cheese that needs to be used, along with a homemade pickle, a home grown tomato, and one of the remaining peaches from last week's canning. Lunch I brought to work today will be much the same.

The sun room is looking good, but it can be better once I fill some unused lower bookcase shelves. It also looks better because tossed one plant that was too ratty looking to keep longer (I nursed a poinsettia from xmas three years ago, but it wasn't going to survive this summer.)

The orthodontist this morning was able to trim my existing retainer so it now fits (the new crown on a back molar didn't align with the retainer). It feels fine and saved me $150 for a new one.

SRS